Burundi is a country whose 70% of its active population is condemned to poverty by unemployment and rural based. Youth who are supposed to be the main asset of the society are unemployed. Youth needs to be made aware of unfolding realities and be innovative. As a country, Burundi has to realize time has come to introduce new modules and extracurricular activities to capitalize the youth potentiality at the place work.

YELI takes initiative to capitalize youth workforce by equipping them with entrepreneurial skills
Burundi is a country whose 70% of its active population is condemned to poverty by unemployment and rural based. Youth who are supposed to be the main asset of the society are unemployed. Their integration into the labor market was the best solution for our economic development and peace building in a country recovering from a couple decade of civil war.
The great challenge is the prevalence of youth underemployment in rural areas and unemployment in urban areas. 90% of Burundians are traditional farmers with archaic means of cultivating; industrializing the agricultural system with modern technology would be a response to the plague of unemployment affecting the country.
The country releases each year a huge number of graduates in country of a quasi-inexistence of companies ready to capitalize these young people, this becomes a perplexing issue in the country. This lack of entrepreneurial skills accompanied by the false belief that government can offer jobs in an unproductive state is another challenge. Burundi needs to change her education system to counteract these challenges.
Conclusively, Burundi has to realize that time has come to introduce new modules and extracurricular activities that include the learning of craft skills. These types of skills should be included in general education and at the university level in order for young people to be able to grab job opportunities or create some. Farmers need to be empowered and educated to integrate the modern way of doing things, youths need to be made aware of unfolding realities.
With that awareness, the Yeli takes initiative to capitalize these youth workforce by equipping them with entrepreneurial skills throughout ongoing workshops hosted by different expert from different walk of life to meet the needs of the Youth and empower them to action and self-reliance. Together we can create some jobs for ourselves and others...