Youth FORWARD Phase 1 YRI and EPP Study

The YRI is designed to assist youth facing complex problems using evidence-based treatments that have been tested and shown to work well in other settings and cultures. The YRI has three specific goals: 1) develop emotion regulation skills for healthy coping; 2) develop problem-solving skills to assist with achieving goals, and; 3) improve interpersonal skills to enable healthy relationships and effective communication. It integrates six CBT-based, empirically-supported practice elements shown to have transdiagnostic efficacy across disorders ranging from major depressive disorder to PTSD and conduct disorders. The YRI's six evidence-based components are delivered in three phases common in trauma-informed interventions: stabilization, integration, and connection.

The youth capacity development component of GIZ's EPP includes the following core components: financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and vocational training delivered through six modules (agro-processing, solar photovoltaic installation and maintenance, governance and conflict resolution, psychosocial competencies, entrepreneurship, employability). Youth will be trained at training sites and have access to a youth center in the area. These centers will have agricultural equipment and machinery available for youth to use. Our YRI curriculum will be used for the psychosocial competency training module.