Kefeta Plus project works towards empowering youth to advance their own economic, civic, and social development. This project approach applies integrated skill building, financial access, technical skills training, youth-friendly health services, and opportunities to participate in and lead social and community issues.
Kefeta Plus plans to reach more than 500,000 young people (15-29 years old, 55% of female) by designing youth centered interventions in youth centers and career development centers at higher education institutions, health centers, public universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges. While providing integrated youth-friendly services, we mainly focus on providing services to groups of youth who need special support such as
out-of-school youth/unemployed youth, youth with disability, young girls and migrant young girls. Implemented in Addis Ababa and Debre Berhane, this project is supported by the Agence Francaise de Developement from June 2022-May 2025 with our local partner, Development Expertise Center. It is also aligned and working closely in collaboration with the USAID funded Integrated Youth Activity – Kefeta.
Major Pillars of Interventions
Specific Project Targets
- 7,800 youths participating in civic engagements as a result of soft skills and life skills training or project initiatives
- More than 500 youths to have new job opportunities
- 240 health care providers trained on sexual and reproductive health (SRH)/ family planning, adolescent youth health, mental health and sexual and gender-based violence
- Increased utilization of modern contraceptives among young people and reduced young people sexual gender-based violence
- Five higher education institutions with functional career centers and youth friendly service provision