Rural Youth Association for Voluntary Development

Rural Youth Association for Voluntary Development

With assistance and guidance from the SFD Training Unit, an initiative was ignited by some active members of (RAWFD) who established the first association of its kind nationwide.

The association has been given access to the "graduates database" basically compiled by the SFD, and, thus, the association members became capable to communicate with all the rural university graduates, who were trained by SFD on voluntary development, and inform them about the association function. They called upon them for networking between governorates through governorate-based sub-committees from among those interested in voluntary work and youth issues. The ultimate objective has been to become a strong national network of voluntary youth. The association designed a number of training and awareness raising programs with clear objectives, and it seeks to obtain support from the SFD and others. The association participated in a competition to be selected as an implementing partner for a noted development agency. It has arrived to the last stage of selection process benefiting from its voluntary nature and its outreach to all governorates especially the rural areas. This is in addition to the confidence of the development agency in the outputs of the SFD.

Sample of initiatives submitted by the program graduates:

"My village is generally suffering from illiteracy, and my mother is one of the mothers who greatly suffered from illiteracy, but with God's willing, I will do my best to educate my mother and any adult female in our household who desire to learn. This is in order to diminish, as much as possible, the excessive illiteracy in my area".

 Muna Yehya Saleh Al-Ryashi – Hajjah

" I will do my best to raise awareness among parents and all community members on how  to treat children and explain our duties concerning their rights and methods of raising them well through the best treatment for the human being. I will devote my time and knowledge to hold an awareness campaign in schools and explain clearly the rights of the child to those who are unaware of them. This is because some teachers at the classroom adopt violent punishment toward children".

 Bakr Ahmed Ghaleb Shahtara - Ibb