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EQUIP3: Learning and Earning for Out-of-school Youth is a program designed to engage and prepare out-of-school youth for their roles within the world of work, civil society and family life. We strengthen youth and youth-serving organizations, including nongovernmental organizations, government agencies, private businesses, and education and training providers.

EQUIP3 helps countries meet the needs and draw on the assets of young men and young women by improving policies and programs affecting youth in different sectors, such as education, democracy and governance, urban development, health, and agriculture. The program facilitates the involvement of youth in the design, implementation, and evaluation of these activities.

Leader Award
Yemen Youth Assessment Final Report: USAID/Yemen tasked EQUIP3 to conduct a rapid cross-sectoral assessment of youth in Yemen. The assessment focus was to better understand how the living conditions and environment of marginalized youth affect their levels of social, political, and economic disaffection; their existing developmental assets; and their priority needs and aspirations. A key finding from the assessment was that youth violence and extremism are associated with the exclusion and isolation youth experience within their families and communities, as well as the injustice they face under weak and corrupt law enforcement and security systems. This finding refutes the mainstream assumption that youth resort to violence because of lack of tolerance for other religions or the West.

Kenya: In November, EQUIP3 performed a rapid youth assessment in Garissa, Kenya to best understand young people's strengths, challenges and needs.

Associate Awards
Somalia: The new EQUIP3 Somalia Youth Livelihood Program (SYLP) began project start-up in the late fall. SYLP is a 16 month program whose purpose is to add to the stability and development of Somalia by engaging 1200 Somali youth ages 15-24 years old in market driven employment opportunities.

Bangladesh: EQUIP3 began implementing the Bangladesh Youth Employment Pilot (BYEP) in January. BYEP will focus on and assess the challenges and opportunities for improved vocational skills for youth in the fast-growing aquaculture industry.

Europe and Eurasia: The E&E Social Legacy Program has identified three organizations to serve as local partners and implement project activities with the youth in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Macedonia.

Philippines: EQuALLS2 gave 56,000 books to 300 teachers from 80 schools in Mindanao in October. The new books are worth over $1 million and are part of the Global Development Alliance Partnership between EQuALLS2 and the US-based Brothers' Brother Foundation.

CSY India: CSY India was recognized by UN Habitat as a "Good Practice" and will be featured on the UN-Habitat Best Practices Database. Following a 10-month application period, a committee gathered in Dubai to review 436 practices from around the world. CSY India, locally know as "Crosscutting Agra Program for City Wide Slum Upgrading", was highlighted for its successful work with youth and communities in 5 slum communities in Agra, behind the famed Taj Mahal. EQUIP3 is proud to receive this honor for its collaborative work with the Center for Urban and Regional Excellence (CURE) in India.

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