EDC facilitates global knowledge-sharing about the meaning and mechanisms of sustainable development. Drawing on the strengths of information and communication technologies, EDC works to create sustainable livelihood opportunities for youth, organizations, and governments. Our EQUIP3/Youth Trust: Learning and Earning for Out-of-school Youth project helps institutions in several countries prepare out-of-school children and youth for their roles in the world of work, civil society, and family life. The project collaborates with local youth serving organizations, including nongovernmental organizations, government agencies, private businesses, and education agencies to engage out-of-school and disenfranchised youth in addressing the social service and economic development needs of their communities, while helping young people acquire the skills they need to create productive lives.
EDC is leading a project aimed at improving education and skills training for young people, ages 10–35, in Liberia.
Cornelia Janke just returned from her 10th trip to Haiti, where EDC is working to improve job opportunities for youth. It’s an enormous challenge in a country with 70 percent unemployment.
A Year after it ended, an EDC project in India that used tourism to engage youth in income-generating, health promoting, and community development activities, is continuing to have an impact.
For young adults in EDC’s international workforce training programs, the results rarely go unnoticed—the proof is in the paychecks.
Technology center revives Macedonian apparel industry and continues to prosper three years after the EDC project is complete.
A new public-private partnership is helping migrant workers in China adjust to factory life.
Youth in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo learn to build sustainable livelihoods while at the same time reducing their risk for HIV/AIDS.
