#EMPOWERINGYOUTH
Youth in Lebanon and particularly in areas such as Akkar and North Lebanon have long been marginalized and suffer from lack of access to education and employment opportunities. The situation has recently been further exacerbated by the economic crisis.
According to a report by the World Bank, Lebanon faces high youth unemployment and inactivity with 40 percent of youth neither in employment nor in education or training, which had led to loss of human capital through migration, mostly of the educated youth[1].
Founded in 2016, EMPOWER is a Lebanese NGO whose mission is to promote...
