Success Stories

Impact Maker Project

 

The goal of the "Impact Maker" program, implemented by Resonate! Yemen, with the support of PAX, is to shape and reinforce the technical capacities of youth and to qualify them as active community leaders and peacebuilders concerned with the issues of their local communities, thus addressing these issued in coordination with local authorities and councils.

The outputs of the project were comprised of two training phases for youth in five topics, including leadership skills, governance, community needs identification, project preparation, conflict management, and gender. The formation of a youth network of 21 young people was one of the outputs as well, all of which will contribute to empowering youth in designing and advocating public policies on issues of peace and inclusive accountability. Another training phase for local councils in the three targeted districts was conducted as another output of the project. 

In addition, the project included conducting workshops, networking and exchanging experiences obtained by the participants during the implementation stages of the program, which in turn enabled young people to contribute to community development and lay the foundations of community peace in coordination with the leaders of the local authority and local and international organizations, which resulted in activating channels of communication between youth and the local councils. Furthermore, 10 community initiatives were implemented by the youth.

The project supported local councils by signing agreements of understanding, and working on technical cooperation programs, which were represented in training the staff of the local council and executive offices. Additionally, the project sought through its activities to stimulate community participation among citizens and achieve progress in the provision of public services.

This project resulted in the issuance of 3 decisions to form the Community Committee for Peace and Community Partnership consisting of youth and the local authority, and issued 12 official memoranda of cooperation to facilitate the work and activities of young people in the field, in the ten initiatives for women and community security, at a time when the capabilities of young people in community contribution have grown, becoming active and participating in various community projects and activities.