Mission: Promote education and practical skills training for employability, natural resources management and community development
Organization’s objectives
The objectives of YDC include:
To enhance the sustainable management of Natural Resources for the benefit of the local populations
To assist in the implementation of sustainable agricultural activities with youths and women’s groups.
Initiating and supporting community development projects such as potable water supply systems, hygiene and sanitation promotion campaigns in schools and communities.
Promoting education & vocational skills development for the youth and the less privileged.
To carry out campaigns against the spread of COVID-19, HIV/AIDS & other diseases. *Providing humanitarian assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
A profile of Youth Development Centre.
Status of YDC (Who we are)
Youth Development Centre (YDC) is a non-profit making Association (NGO) registered with the Ministry of Territorial Administration with registration No 053/G.37/D14/1/Vol.T/T/OAPP. YDC was established in 1996 out of the need to meet the challenges of the impact of the economic crisis of the mid 1980s and 90s, which greatly affected Cameroon as a country and particular sectors such as: education, agriculture and health just to name these. The crisis caused alarming youth unemployment, juvenile delinquency, poor health service provision among others in the country. YDC decided to start a development initiative aimed at providing practical life and vocational skills to under privileged young people so that they can create their own employment or acquire employability skills which can enable them secure jobs or become self- reliant. The Organization employs a strategy of changing the mentalities of young people from looking up to only white-collar jobs provided by government and private companies to creating their own jobs and employing other youth. The Youth Development Centre focuses on primary health care, water, hygiene & sanitation targeting Primary school children, Youth, Women and the Underprivileged persons, conservation related activities, community development projects, vocational training and promoting sustainable agriculture and sporting activities.
Challenges faced by YDC
– YDC lacks adequate space for its life skills and vocational training programme
– Lack of adequate man power and inability to keep staff for long due to the absence of long term programme support from donors (For example, 3 – 10 years programmes).
– Absence of some training equipments such as overhead projector, and other office equipment
– Lack of funds to enable the YDC implement planned activities for the year
– Lack of funds for humanitarian activities
– Lack long – term funding partners