This program targets the feeling of helplessness among Palestinain youth in order to give a platform for them to be empowered and regain their confidence in themselves as they do in their own generation.
Youth can be the power of lobbying to address issues that range from local social services to national issues on poverty, unemployment, democracy, national concerns and even politics.
Training in the fields of civics, leadership Lobbying and advocacy, is a must and it definitely gives the tools needed for better influence and greater impact. It is educating the Palestinian youth in order to serve their national aspiration of independence and freedom.
Teenagers and youth training continues this summer by the JAI, under the YWCA Palestine' "Young Citizen" project. On Saturday the 19th of June 2021, a training session was conducted for a group of 18 girls and boys, in the ages between 13 and 17, from Aida Refugee camp in Bethlehem.
The training was on rights and citizenship, advocacy mechanisms and campaigns locally and internationally, and the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions (BDS) Campaign. And it used role playing, groups' discussions, exercises and short clips screening.