A Soccer Tournament Unites Youth from North to SouthOn a hot summer day, one day before the start of the holy month of Ramadan, in one of Jordan’s largest parks - Al Hussein National Park - more than a hundred Youth:Work Jordan (YWJ) program participan...Read more |
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Finding Your Passion: A Former IT Trainee Now Trains His PeersZarqa, Jordan – “I couldn’t keep waiting for success, so I decided to walk toward it.’’ This is how Malik starts his story. The 23-year-old didn’t complete his secondary education, spending several ye...Read more |
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Sabino Mendoza and his Dictionary for SuccessBy Juan Carlos Hernandez Sabino Mendoza, now 25, grew up in the Ataquero district of the Peruvian Andes, as one of nine children. His father, like many Peruvian farmers, never went to school, yet...Read more |
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Laureate Education, Inc.: Champion of Youth-led Social InnovationImagine a global network of youth leadership programs dedicated to equipping emerging social entrepreneurs with the knowledge and skills to dramatically increase the impact of their social change work...Read more |
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Young Ambassadors of Paint and LightIn the heart of the Royal Village of Zarqa, overlooking a sea of beige buildings, spans a 20-meter mural depicting a picturesque landscape. Winding its way through the scene is the Jordan River, and i...Read more |
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Youth in Zarqa Benefit from On-the-Job TrainingZarqa, Jordan – Sajeda, 22, hopes to sell her own jewelry some day. Osama, 18, wants to be a pastry chef. Mohammed, 17, would like to open a restaurant. All three dropped out of secondary school...Read more |
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Engaging Parents as Part of the SolutionRusseifeh, Jordan – Sometimes it’s hard for a mother to know what to do – especially when it comes to raising teenage boys. To help the mothers of its youth beneficiaries to better cope with communica...Read more |
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Young Women Seize New Opportunities to Develop Skills; Access JobsMallaha, Jordan – The main road leading into this small urban center in Jordan’s agricultural belt is flanked by plastic covered greenhouses and vendors selling freshly-picked tomatoes, cauliflower, a...Read more |
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Ready, Set, Paint: Young Volunteers Transform a SchoolyardZarqa, Jordan – On a sunny, wind-swept Saturday, 14 youth dressed in jeans and sporting ball caps, mix paints and soak brushes on the steps leading up to the Prince Mohammed School for Boys. Over the...Read more |
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Finding Courage for Life: Zakarea’s StoryEast Amman, Jordan – Young men growing up in the Al-Nuzha neighborhood have few role models. The youngest in a family of nine children, Zakarea, 19, felt lost after failing to pass the Tawjihi exam at...Read more |
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