Outcomes of "Meshwary" Program

The Meshwary program skilled more than 570,000 adolescents and young people from 2018 to 2022, UNICEF said.

Meshwary is a project implemented in partnership between UNICEF and the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS). The project coaches girls and boys from 13 to 24 years old to become more empowered economically and socially.

The adolescents and youth receive training on life, employability, and entrepreneurial skills. They also receive comprehensive career guidance services.

The project aims at expanding young people’s ability to make strategic life choices, and increase their access to information and skills, with a special focus on girl empowerment. These skills will have a marked impact on their ability to find a job, said UNICEF.

According to Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhi, the ‘Mashwary’ program, spanned over 14 years, during which it was able to reach nearly 400,000 young men and women in 15 governorates representing Upper Egypt and the Delta.

He noted that the "Meshwary" program has been able to provide youth, including the Differently Abled, with continuous opportunities for capacity building and career guidance, through two main components: the first is a skills development and the second component is vocational counseling.

The program also resulted in six innovation labs, where children and young people are encouraged to take charge of their lives. These innovation labs help young people address their situation and then take action to improve their access to resources and transform their consciousness through their beliefs, values, and attitudes.