Green Jobs for Adolescents and Youth Project Baseline Study Report

Save the Children Malawi is the grant holder and implementing the project together with CRECCOM, ADRA, TEVETA, Mzuzu E-Hub and Mzuzu University for 3 years, from June 2023 to May 2026. Funded by Save the Children Italy, GJ4AY aims to contribute towards addressing lack of employable skills and income for sustainable transition of young people 15-24 years of age to adulthood. There are three categories of the youth in the project 1) 90 youths trained and with Informal Sector Skills Development Program (ISSDP) certificates from TEVETA in Mzimba, 2) 400 vulnerable out of school girls and boys without the ISSDP certificate in Ntcheu and 200 youths newly enrolled in green skills.

The purpose of the study was to provide baseline figures for impact and outcome indicators to serve as points of comparison or benchmarks for the final evaluation of the project or any subsequent assessments.