| dc.description.abstract | Unemployment of youth in any nation thwarts social fabrics and identity of young potential labor
force globally. This results in less effective and inefficient economic support from the most vibrant
members of the community. Greening is the process of creating a friendlier environment and better
systems by the government and organizations towards job creation leading to improved lives and
livelihoods as well as transformation in life styles. The purpose of the study was to train and mentor
unemployed youth to exploit soft and hard skills. The study sought to promote goat rearing in the
target communities to stimulate start-up of viable youth enterprises; revitalize cage fishing towards
greening of youth employment opportunities and growth; enhance ICT skills and Innovation and
train on on-line jobs towards youth empowerment. This research adopted participatory action research design (PAR) to mitigate the depriving factors that have impacted negatively on the youth
and to enhance effective community ownership through sensitization seminars and workshops for
value creation and exchange for the identified projects such as Goat rearing, Cage fishing, ICT and
Innovation, online jobs, so that the projects meet the standard as anticipated and change the attitude of the youth. The study employed simple random sampling for selection of the sample. Anonymous and self-administered questionnaires and interview guides were distributed to 1000
respondents. Secondary data was collected through review of records, reports, journals and books.
The data was analyzed using thematic analysis. The results for objectives 1-4 were based on qualitative data analysis showing that employment opportunities significantly followed goat rearing, cage fishing, ICT Skills and Innovations and on-line jobs. For example the youth are more
willing to engage in these activities to better their lives than is commonly assumed from the evidence adduced. The research also found that value chain interventions across all the objectives
potentially increases employment, alleviates poverty and impacts on the lives of the youth despite
the existing challenges which we recommend should be addressed for better outcomes. | en_US |
