1.0.background

1.1.introduction

Youth Empowerment Society (YES) is a registered non-governmental and non-profit making organization established in Tanzania on 19^th September 2008 and come into active in 1^st January 2009. YES works to strengthen and promote education strategy, provides HIV/AIDS, Human right/Civil and Entrepreneurship education as well as building capacity of young people for sustainable development so that they can effectively participate in decision making whether local, regional or national level.YES founded with 4 young people where number of members increased up to 30 member in 2010.

December 2010 marked YES with two years of experience on youth development in Tanzania that works to influence youth to explore various opportunities which make positive contribution to the society for the purpose of improving their lives and serves their needs and aspirations.

2.0. Achievements

Since establishment of  YES it has been able to implement various activities/ projects in collaboration with partners organisation. Those projects which implemented by YES were focused in three areas which are Youth empowerment, Capacity building and Policy advocacy.

2.1. Youth Empowerment

Youth Empowerment is the core business of YES where capacity building and policy advocacy work as essential tool to enable youth to engage effectively in development issues so as to improve their lives especially those who are socially disadvantaged and impoverished. 

YES implemented sports and education development project where young people who are in and out of schools were participated and equiped with materials or technical supports so as to enable them to met their intended goals. This project entitled to collect two secondary school, two primary schools, two orphans center, and adults who live in mwananyamala especially Kopa street. The objective of the project is to support sports and education development programmes within orphans centers, primary and secondary school as well as to support streets youth sports clubs.

Education Quality Improvement Programme (EQUIP)

Since the government introduced free and compulsory primary education the number of children enrolled in primary school have been ever since where nowadays therein lies the problem. Although the government committed to solve this problem by building more secondary school, YES revealed that there is more to be done to strengthen education development specially regarding teachers, training facilities and the school environment, inadequate classrooms and school materials

YES revealed that absence of education materials and conductive environment for student and pupils to acquire quality education are major problems which are facing education sector.

With this in mind YES requested donation of education materials to Macmilan Aidan Ltd to support the implementation of  EQUIP programme. Macmillan aidan as business company donated books and other education materials. After the implementation of this programme Macmillan Aidan  as publisher and suppliers of education materials in primary, secondary and high institution continued to support YES and played vital role to support education development whether local, region and national level.

1.0. Background

1.1 i ntroduction.

Uwezeshaji wa Vijana Society (YES) imesajiliwa yasiyo ya kiserikali na yasiyo ya faida ya kufanya shirika imara katika Tanzania ^tarehe 19 Septemba 2008 na kuja katika kazi katika 1 ^Januari 2009. YES kazi ya kuimarisha na kuendeleza elimu ya mkakati, hutoa VVU / UKIMWI, haki za Binadamu / Civil na Entrepreneurship elimu pamoja na kujenga uwezo wa vijana kwa ajili ya maendeleo endelevu ili waweze kushiriki kikamilifu katika kufanya maamuzi kama level.YES za mitaa, mikoa na kitaifa ilianzishwa na watu 4 vijana ambapo idadi ya wanachama iliongezeka hadi wanachama 30 katika 2010.

Desemba 2010 ilikuwa YES kwa miaka miwili ya uzoefu juu ya vijana katika maendeleo ya Tanzania ambayo inafanya kazi ushawishi wa vijana kutafuta fursa mbalimbali kutoa mchango chanya kwa jamii kwa lengo la kuboresha maisha yao na mtumishi mahitaji yao na matarajio.

2.0. Mafanikio

Tangu kuanzishwa kwa YES imekuwa na uwezo wa kutekeleza shughuli mbalimbali / miradi kwa kushirikiana na washirika wa shirika. Miradi ambayo kutekelezwa na YES walikuwa umakini katika maeneo matatu ambayo ni uwezeshaji wa vijana, Kujenga uwezo na utetezi wa Sera.

2.1. Uwezeshaji wa Vijana

Uwezeshaji wa Vijana ni biashara ya msingi ya YES ambapo kujenga uwezo na sera ya kazi ya utetezi kama nyenzo muhimu ya kuwawezesha vijana kushiriki kikamilifu katika masuala ya maendeleo ili kuboresha maisha yao hasa wale walio katika jamii maskini na maskini.

YES kutekelezwa michezo na elimu ya mradi wa maendeleo ambapo vijana ambao ni ndani na nje ya shule walikuwa walishiriki na vifaa na vifaa au kiufundi inasaidia ili kuwawezesha kukutana na malengo yao ya lengo. Mradi huu haki ya kukusanya wawili wa shule ya sekondari, mbili, shule za msingi, mbili, kituo cha watoto yatima, na watu wazima ambao wanaishi katika mwananyamala hasa Kopa mitaani. Lengo la mradi ni kusaidia michezo na mipango ya maendeleo ya elimu ndani ya vituo vya watoto yatima, shule ya msingi na sekondari pamoja na kusaidia vijana mitaani klabu ya michezo.

Elimu ya Quality Improvement Programme (kuvipa)

Tangu serikali ilianzisha bure na ya lazima ya elimu ya msingi idadi ya watoto wanaoandikishwa katika shule ya msingi kuwa tangu siku hizi humo ambapo kuna tatizo. Pamoja na serikali ya nia ya kutatua tatizo hili kwa kujenga zaidi ya shule za sekondari, YES umebaini kuwa kuna mengi ya kufanyika kuimarisha maendeleo ya elimu maalum kuhusu walimu, vifaa vya mafunzo na mazingira ya shule, madarasa na uhaba wa vifaa vya shule

YES umebaini kuwa ukosefu wa vifaa vya elimu na mazingira conductive kwa mwanafunzi na wanafunzi kupata elimu bora ni matatizo makubwa ambayo inakabiliwa na sekta ya elimu.

Na hili akilini YES aliomba mchango wa vifaa vya elimu kwa Macmilan Aidan Ltd kusaidia utekelezaji wa mpango wa kuandaa. Macmillan Aidan kama biashara ya vitabu vya kampuni ya msaada na vifaa vingine vya elimu. Baada ya utekelezaji wa mpango huu Macmillan Aidan   kama wachapishaji na wauzaji wa vifaa vya elimu katika taasisi za msingi, sekondari na high iliendelea msaada YES na jukumu muhimu ya kusaidia maendeleo ya elimu kama kanda za mitaa, na ngazi ya taifa.