Nicaragua TVET-SAY Youth Advisory Council.

Nicaragua: Youth on the front lines of improving technical education

In Nicaragua's Caribbean Coast region, a unique project called Aprendo y Emprendo is working to improve access to quality technical education for at-risk youth. A group of scholarship winners and other community representatives have formed a Youth Advisory Council, which will give valuable feedback to the project and create a support network among peers....
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Honduran Garifuna family.

Honduras: Garifuna families use culture to prevent violence

Despite the relative isolation and calm of the Garifuna community, there are warning signs that Garifuna youth are not immune to the risk of becoming involved in gangs—a problem across much of the country. Meet the Guity family and see how a unique violence prevention program is drawing on traditional cultural strengths to support the family's two sons in reducing their risk for violence....
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Fanny Romero with Steven and Yuvini

Honduras: Strong families build safer communities

Teenage cousins Steven and Yuvini were at high risk for joining a gang, measured through an evidence-based risk assessment. But through a unique family-based violence prevention program called Proponte Más, the boys and their family are working together to lower those risk factors for violence and build resilience....
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