{"id":5196,"date":"2019-01-15T17:35:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T14:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iycy.org\/iycy\/?p=5196"},"modified":"2024-01-17T00:31:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T21:31:29","slug":"empowering-youth-for-sustainable-development-iyc-yemen-and-rfsd-join-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iycy.org\/iycy\/empowering-youth-for-sustainable-development-iyc-yemen-and-rfsd-join-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Youth for Sustainable Development: IYC-Yemen and RFSD Join Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a crucial step towards building a sustainable future, the International Youth Council-Yemen (IYC-Yemen) and the Resources Foundation for Sustainable Development (RFSD) collaborated to train 26 young men and women on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Held in Amanat Al-Asimah in 2019, this impactful training equipped participants with knowledge and skills to become agents of positive change in their communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The training Led by Engineer Tareq Hassan, President of the Arab Youth Sustainable Development Network and IYC-Yemen representative, the training delved into the history, goals, and implications of the SDGs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interactive sessions focused on crucial goals like ending hunger (SDG 2) and achieving clean water and sanitation (SDG 6), equipping participants with practical strategies for action.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Group activities fostered innovative thinking, leading to the development of sustainable projects addressing key challenges faced by Yemeni society.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engineer Hassan provided valuable mentorship and guidance, encouraging participants to further refine and implement their projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The training forms part of the &#8220;Sustainable Development Goals Ambassadors Project &#8211; Yemen,&#8221; aimed at empowering 100 young people in the capital to spearhead awareness campaigns and projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It focused on nutrition, food security, clean water, and sanitation, the project fosters tangible change at the local level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By actively engaging and equipping young people, IYC-Yemen and RFSD are laying the groundwork for a more sustainable and equitable future for Yemen.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5197\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2019-1.jpg?resize=700%2C467&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2019-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2019-1.jpg?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5198\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2019-2.jpg?resize=701%2C460&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2019-2.jpg?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2019-2.jpg?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a crucial step towards building a sustainable future, the International Youth Council-Yemen (IYC-Yemen) and the Resources Foundation for Sustainable&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,21,83],"tags":[90,91,80],"class_list":["post-5196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment-energy-and-climate-change","category-news","category-youth-development-2","tag-climate-change","tag-empowerment","tag-youth"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2019-1.jpg?fit=512%2C342&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5196"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5202,"href":"https:\/\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5196\/revisions\/5202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iycy.org\/iycy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}