SYRC-Profile
- 1. EMPOWERING POTENTIAL IN YOUNG PEOPLE ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE The Somali Youth Rescue Council (SYRC) is a youth run and led organization that supports and enables young people to create programs and influence policies in the areas of gender, health, education, livelihoods, the arts & governance. The organization promotes, protects and advances young people’s human rights by building leadership, and strengthening youth led initiatives and movements. Founded in 2014, SYRC has worked directly with young people to set up projects in Somalia over the last 2 years, reaching out to 300,000 adolescents and young people between 3-28 years of age in Mogadishu. STRATEGIC FOCUS We believe in empowering young people’s access to information, services and rights such that they can build collective platforms to challenge and develop their leadership potential, politics and identity. We empower young people by supporting their work through three key focus areas, namely: Awareness and Advocacy: Young people’s work with Gender, Health & Rights, Peer Pressure and Mental Health, Life Skills and Education, Healthcare and Governance and Accountability (focusing on the implementation of The Right to Information Act in Somalia). Community Based Partnerships: SYRC works primarily in National Youth Organization of Somalia and works with youth led groups with partnerships at national, regional and international levels. We have collaborated with youth groups and young activists from 17 districts of Banadir region, and we hope to have other members from other regions. Communication & Skills Development: SYRC trains young people to develop their communication and technical skills, and skill to work with what they are interesting to be their skills in order to make self- confidence. Through our 3 focus areas, SYRC engages young people to develop projects through 6 programmatic divisions that work with: 1. Empowering Street Children (With Health & Hygiene Awareness, Life Skills & Education) 2. Addressing Psychosocial Issues & Developing Life Skills with Adolescents 3. Awareness & Advocacy 4. The Right to Information Act, Governance & Citizenship 5. Promoting, Protecting Youth SYRC MISSION SYRC's mission: Literacy and social awareness, self-reliance and self supported Community, community health and wealth liberation, Leadership development, Relief and Rehabilitation, Empowering youth and encouraging people. SYRC VISION To create a new people in a developed nation where there is no caste, creed, race, discrimination but only humanitarian ship. ORGANIZATION CURRENT ACTIVITIES Youth civic engagement activities The organization operates a Youth based community resource centre with library facility, On- going Academic tuition and Basic computer training for the youths. We aim at capacity building in various areas among the youths and community, we have 3 workshops in a month to involve the youths in development at different levels, the topic of the workshop are all geared towards encouraging active participation of youth in the development process. The organization has a monthly forum for youth discussions on Responsible Citizenship, addressing topical issues in the country.
- 2. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES PrPROGRAMS FOCUSED BY SYRC Education Programs To reduce ignorance among the new generation of Somali, SYRC runs both formal and informal education projects to build and enhance the knowledge and skills of Somali young generation in order to build their capacity to participate the development of the country. Livelihoods Support Provision of sustainable and profitable means of livelihoods, training of Income Generating Activities and financial management, in order to utilize the source of the country. Peace Building and Reconciliation. Training of Parents and Youth Support Groups on peace building and conflict resolution, ongoing tracing and re-union, facilitation of community reconciliation and peace meetings. To sustain the peace of Somalia through the young generation. Gender and human right programs In order to protect children and women from violence, SYRC runs child protection, gender and human right programs to support the children and women at risk of violence and response those experienced violence. Agriculture Agriculture in Somalia is a major employment activity and is the largest economic sector in the country. It contributes more than 65% to the national GDP from domestic distribution and exports to other parts of the continent. But during the civil war, the production of Somali agriculture reduced due to little support and encouragement gets by Somali farmers. So SYRC runs activities to support the Somali young farmers in orders to increase the products of the Somali agriculture. To raise awareness, understanding and knowledge on Nationalism, raising awareness on risks of Migration that endangered many lives of Somali youth. - Empowering youth through vocational training skills and platforms that they can change their ideas to build their future. - To provide a basic education, vocational education and trainings for the disadvantage adolescents (orphanages) and youth in order to make them literate and empowered. - To eliminate gender inequalities in primary and secondary education by achieving equality in education, with ensuring girl’s full and equal access to basic education of good quality. - To improve the environmental condition for nomads and rural people, to create To make a campaigns of tree plantation and collection of plastic
- 3. Fundamental principles humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality Our beliefs and values We believe in; Championing young people Hearing young people’s voice Having a youth focused view Excitement about Youth Leadership Individual young people Importance of families We Value; commitment to team work Having integrity in our work Being neighborhood and brotherhood based Investors in the community readiness to change and improvement Promoting supported risk and challenge Youth voices from SYRC for stronger society We, SYRC, commit to selves to: 1. Do our part in building stronger societies by using the invaluable knowledge, re-sources, energy, capabilities and networks of young people to carry the efforts and build their country. - 2. Embrace equal leadership opportunities for young women and - young men, and share success stories -
- 4. SYRC Organizational structure Contacts: Address: Taleh Village, near Abdirashid Mosque, Hodan district, Mogadishu Somalia Email: [email protected]/[email protected] Cell phones: