*YES!
Youth Empowerment Skills!
A Community based Human Rights, Life Skills and
HIV/AIDS awareness pilot Project
January 2003-December 2005
The Pakistani Youth, specifically those belonging to
the poorer strata of society, are vulnerable to sexual
exploitation. These adolescents have little or no
knowledge of matters related to Reproductive health
such as puberty, virginity, menstruation, masturbation
and family planning, HIV/AIDS/STDs or Human rights. It
is important that they are made aware of a variety of
reproductive health and human rights issues.
Quetta city, heart of Baluchistan, is the largest
market of automobile spare parts and carpet weaving
industry in the province. It is densely populated.
Socio Economic status of the people of the locality is
generally very low. A lot of young people of the city
are employed as child labour or are involved in petty
crimes. Most of these young people are illiterate.
Availability of cheap labour and the low rents attract
legal and illegal businesses to this location.
"YES!" is piloting a youth oriented project in the
area of Quetta city. Target population for YES! Is out
of school male and female youth aged between 10-17
years. The majority of labour force working in these
shops, workshops and carpet weaving industry are these
young children. Majority of them are paid Rs 5-10 a
day for their apprenticeships and labour. Most of them
are migrant children. They are also vulnerable to
physical/ sexual abuse.
Under the YES! Project, AMAL will provide a series of
result oriented activities like CRC, HIV/AIDS
awareness and sensitization, rights base training,
life skills training, non-formal education/ vocational
training, assertiveness, self-protection, peer
education, training of trainers, monthly social and
cultural activities, and development of community
organization.
These interventions are designed on the basis of a
situational analysis and needs assessment of the area.
The YES! Team would welcome your contributions, time,
resources, talent and any other kinds of support.
SAY YES TO YES!
For further information contact: Rana Gulzar Ahmad
YES! Project Manager
*YES! Is a community based health initiative managed
by "AMAL Human Development Network" a registered
non-profit organization.
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AMAL, H-9-14/128, Ram bagh, Zarghon road, Quetta,
Pakistan
Tel: 9281823340 Fax: 92512272491 e-mail:
yesquetta@yahoo.com
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