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About Youth Crime Watch of Liberia
Youth Crime Watch of Liberia helps schools and communities in Liberia start and sustain their crime watch programs. Services will include:
- Background information about Youth Crime Watch
- YCW awareness presentations
- YCW implementation training for new sites
- Technical assistance getting new sites started
- Technical assistance once sites are up and running
News from Liberia
May 2009: YCWL founder helps youth throughout the region
YCW of Liberia founder and executive director Zuo D. Taylor has extended his scope of activity beyond Liberia's borders as a member of the Mano River Union Youth Forum - a youth-serving project active in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Liberia. The forum was organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Taylor serves as their national expert in the youth employment program. Although his work takes him out of the country on occasion, he remains strongly committed to the youth of Liberia and represents their interests at this international level. Visit www.mruyouthplatform.org for more information about the project.
January 2009: YCW Liberia to operate innovative UN youth network in Liberia
Youth Crime Watch of Liberia was selected by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to host the Mano River Union Youth Employment Communication Hub/Platform in Liberia.
The Communication Hub/Platform is a web-based, open source (using the newly developed crabgrass technology), youth friendly, the communication platform is a powerful tool for youth participation, inclusion in decision making, knowledge sharing, peer-to-peer support, networking and information gathering. The platform's main focus is youth employment and youth-led development; it provides the rare opportunity for youth in the Mano River Union Countries to generate ideas, concrete recommendations, and share visions on youth development in the region. The platform's design provides a mechanism for transparency and full participation, enabling youth to submit their opinions to government officials, the business community, as well as the public at large.
It is believed that the platform has the potentials to become a motor for business development in the region, providing youth the challenge of enriching their network and business horizons.
Meanwhile, the Executive Director of Youth Crime Watch of Liberia was also appointed as National Staff on this Mano River Union Youth Employment Project in Liberia by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
For more imformation on this project, visit www.ilo.org/yen.
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