Youth Empowerment Solutions Project Initiative (YES PROJECT)

About us

Youth Empowerment Solutions Project Initiative (YES Project) is a non-profit youth focused and youth driven organization working to build youth capacity, advocate for/and promote youth participation in democratic governance and ensure delivery of public services.
It was founded in 2014 and formally registered and incorporated in 2016 with registration No. CAC/IT/NO 84944 with corporate head office in Abuja, Nigeria.
Over the last few years, with support from our partners and our highly experienced, committed, innovative team, we have champion several advocacy campaign across Nigeria as it relate to policy, youth inclusion, human rights and peace. We have empowered hundreds of young people with provision of study scholarship, organized several leadership and capacity development forum for youth in Nigeria.

Vision
A world where youth participation in democratic governance, accountability, and in the promotion of human rights and peace building is enhanced.

Mission
To work with young people to create enhanced platform of opportunity to realise their full potential.

Our Focus Area
• Democracy
• Accountability and Transparency
• Human Rights
• Policy Development/Analysis
• Peace Building
• Entrepreneurship

Programs:
• Inspired Hub is a national interactive forum designed primarily to teach, inspire and motivate young people to succeed in their various field of endeavours as well as contribute to nation building politically, socially and economically. At Inspired Hub, qualified resource persons and other stakeholders come from different parts of the country to share their experiences; success stories with a view to motivating youths to take positive actions that will translate into self and national development.
• Democracy and Good Governance Project (DGG-P) with an objective to increase citizens participation in democratic process, particularly the youths where their rights are guaranteed and where the dividends of democracy is made available and assessable to all irrespective of religion, ethnicity and gender.
• Center For Peace Advocacy (CPA): The objective of this centre is to teach, advocate, intermediate and promote non violent engagement, peace and peaceful co-existence among citizens for rapid growth and development of our country through the I Stand 4 Peace Campaign.
• Clean Records Project: The key objective is to constantly evaluate the integrity and effectiveness of public officials and to increase citizens awareness on government programs and initiatives in a bid to monitor and ensure complayance with stated objective in a transparent and accountable manner.
• Rights Voices: A platform dedicated to promoting human rights and mobilizing Nigerians against the flagrant disregard and breach of these fundamental rights. It aims to encourage the enforcement of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to which nations of the world have pledged to uphold. It is our hope that through this platform, the average Nigerian will be armed with adequate and robust knowledge of his human rights and would be better positioned to respond or react accordingly, whenever and wherever a breach is noticed or occurs.

Oche Precious Edeh is the Founder and Executive Director of Youth Empowerment Solutions Project Initiative (YES PROJECT).

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