RAPPORT DES ACTIVITES DU SERVICE DES JEUNES A LEUR COMMUNAUTE (GYSD 2014) PAR YOUTH SERVICE AFRICA EN COLLABORATION AVEC L’ONG SEND BENIN, L’UNFPA, L’ABRD, L’OBSVJ, ET LE HUNGER PROJECT AU BENIN

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Country of Project Location	Benin
City of Project Location	Cotonou
Postal Code / Zip Code of Project Location	229
Organization / Group / School Name	YOUTH SERVICE AFRICA
Are you reporting as a GYSD Country Partner?	Yes
Contact Name	TOSSOU BERANGER
Contact Email	Yserviceafrica@gmail.com
Partner Affiliation	Not Affiliated with a Partner
Partner Days of Service	Great American Clean-Up
Project's Primary Issue Area	Environment
Total Number of Youth Volunteers (age 5-25)	523
Total Number of Youth Volunteers Not Traditionally Asked to Serve	DK
Project Summary	We conducted three (03) activities in the days of youth services to the community including: Campaign on safety tois main sites such as the Benin National University of Abomey, the Friendship Stadium in Cotonou and the place of reconciliation located behind the presidency of the Republic, where more than 500 young people voluntarily clean sites for a change of mentality. We trained young volunteers in computer science and English so that they can be used in professional life. We organized a conference debate to explain the importance of volunteering in the youth's life and encourage young people to serve their community voluntarily
Community Impacts
Please select the response that best describes the primary output of your project. For each output, select the relevant output from the dropdown list and then enter the number you are reporting for that output in the text box below the dropdown. Provide up to 3 community outputs for your project. Only 1 is required to submit this form.
Project Output #1	ENVIRONMENT: Number of parks, public lands, or wilderness areas cleaned or improved, preserved, protected, or created
Number or Amount for Project Output #1	3
Project Output #2	OTHER
Other Output Type	computer training and English
Number or Amount for Project Output #2	100
Project Output #3	OTHER
Other Output Type	conference debate
Number or Amount for Project Output #3	674
Total Number of Hours Served	10320
Number of People Benefited	800000
Types of Beneficiaries-Infants and children	yes
Types of Beneficiaries-Girls and young women	yes
Types of Beneficiaries-Teens	yes
Types of Beneficiaries-Parents	yes
Types of Beneficiaries-Elderly	yes
Types of Beneficiaries-Immigrants or refugees	yes
Types of Beneficiaries-Homeless, street children, low income	no
Types of Beneficiaries-Children and youth in foster care or orphanages	no
Types of Beneficiaries-Youth and adults in the justice system (youth in juvenile system; children of incarcerated parents)	no
Types of Beneficiaries-Unemployed, unskilled	no
Types of Beneficiaries-Vets and Military families	no
Types of Beneficiaries-People with disabilities	no
Types of Beneficiaries-Community residents (multiple populations)	yes
Types of Beneficiaries-Other	yes
Number of Media Stories Covering Your Project	8
Number of Influential Community Leaders Participating in Project	5
Media & Public Officials Details	April 11th we had the national television and national radio (ORTB) which increased activities in television salubrités editions (Diary) 08 p.m, 11:30 p.m. to 5 hours of morning interview lasting 60 seconds. Four written presses such as LE PALMARES, LE PAYS EMERGEANT, LE REVELATEUR of National University of Abome Calavi and LES 4 VERITES in their parrution of Monday, April 14, 2014 with titles such as OBSVJ and GYSD do useful work, the GYSD service to his community. The Director of the Office of Benin Youth Voluntary Services (OBSVJ) Madam IZBATH DJABOUTOUBOUTOU which made the media available to us and working tools such as hoes, rakes and made a statement on TV, radio and newspapers. Then Mrs. A. BEEN Ayichatou-FAFOUMI, DG / ABRD site manager in charge of reconciliation, moral support and encouragement. The HUNGER PROJECT BENIN participated in cooling volunteers. UNFPA participated BENIN offering us 100 T-shirts and 100 caps
Number of Youth Volunteers Exposed to Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills	2624
Number of Youth Volunteers Exposted to Creativity and Innovation Skills	1789