The international learning group is formed. Together they have determined goals, milestones, and developed a tailor-made learning programme to share, test and blend the chosen solutions in the local context.

Visiting all 7 selected initiatives 

With passion and determination, Empower Youth for Work (EYW) Pakistan team decided to visit all 7 selected initiatives in Egypt. It was not an easy task to visit a wide range of initiatives in such a short visit and to ensure the quality outcome at the same time. However, EYW Pakistan team was ambitious and devoted itself fully into the learning. The previous E-motive exchange has also given the team experience, with which the team was able to make the best out of this learning.

Have a look at the profiles of all 7 visited initiatives.

Challenges

Due to the government restriction, the team was not allowed to travel in the rural areas where the activity implementation took place. For a project like EYW which focuses on the economic empowerment of rural youth, missing the opportunity to visit rural areas in Egypt and to interact with local youth was a great pity.

The team however got the chance to visit Delta region in Alexandria, where the activity implementation of Alexandria Business Association (ABA) was carried out. During the visit in Delta region, EYW Pakistan team had fruitful conversation with the beneficiaries who got access to loan and started their own business, with the support from ABA. The team was also invited by the local youth entrepreneurs to visit their workplace , like beauty and health salon, fashion clothes store, as well as local restaurant.

   

The trip went on

With the ambition, EYW Pakistan team overcame the challenges and successfully carried out the trip. In the following you can get an overview of the programme schedule: