In Grenada, CYEP reached 715 youth from the poorest parishes of the country. Priority was given to particularly vulnerable youth such as single mothers and those at risk of becoming involved in juvenile delinquency. CYEP supported them with market-driven technical, vocational, and life skills plus entrepreneurship training and career guidance. To create sustainable, long-lasting change, we also built our local partners’ institutional capacity and strengthened their ability to deliver services.
CYEP’s key implementing partners were: T.A. Marryshow Community College providing comprehensive vocational training and job placement services to at-risk youth; Grenada Industrial Development Corporation providing at-risk youth with entrepreneurship training and business support services; and New Life Organisation implementing CYEP’s vocational training and job placement model. Private sector and governmental partners included: Grenada Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the Government of Grenada’s Market Access and Rural Enterprise Programme, the Ministry of Finance’s Office of Private Sector Development, The Grenada Development Bank, LIME, National Training Agency of Grenada, the Grenada Employers Federation, the Camerhogne Foundation and the Ministry of Youth.
Project achievements in Grenada include:
At ex-post, 50 percent of graduates were employed or poised to start a business within 2-6 months
100 percent of employers expressed satisfaction with the youth they had hosted as interns or hired as entry level employees.
This fact sheet provides a brief description of the Caribbean Youth Empowerment Program (CYEP) in Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Jamaica, and St. Lucia. Launched in 2008 and concluded in 2013, CYEP equipped youth with the technical, vocational, entrepreneurship, and life…
The Caribbean Youth Empowerment Program (CYEP) was a five-year, US$5 million initiative in Antigua & Barbuda, Jamaica, Grenada, and St Lucia. Launched in partnership with USAID, CYEP offered vulnerable youth ages 17 to 25 a second chance to gain the…
This fact sheet provides a brief description of the Caribbean Youth Empowerment Program (CYEP) in Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Jamaica, and St. Lucia. Launched in 2008 and concluded in 2013, CYEP equipped youth with the technical, vocational, entrepreneurship, and life…
The call came while I was in a meeting. My mind was on the group discussions as I stepped out of the room and distractedly answered, “Hello, how can I help you?” The connection was bad, every other word barely audible. Amidst the lost phrases, I was able to piece together “My name is Clerina - I benefited from IYF’s CYEP program - and I am calling to say thank you.”.
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