This campaign has now closed

WAYout provides music, media and arts facilities & training to street & disadvantaged youth in Sierra Leone. Due to user demand, we need more equipment and bigger premises, where there is electricity, support and kit is available and people can share ideas and get grants to get off the streets

100%
Categories

  • Arts/Culture/Heritage Arts/​Culture/​Heritage
  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
  • Human Rights/Advocacy Human Rights/​Advocacy
  • Beneficiaries

    • Minority Groups Minority Groups
    • Women & Girls Women & Girls
    • Young People (18-30) Young People (18-30)

    Situation

    Sierra Leone has 65% youth unemployment and many live on the street. Street survival often means joining a gang. Lack of free education makes finding a job even more difficult and leads to young people having no voice, confidence or belief in themselves. Young women, especially in the provinces, marry young and suffer domestic abuse. Young men on the streets or in gangs having nothing to lose and are open to organised crime and drug abuse.

    Solution

    WAYout offers hope to some of those disadvantaged young people in providing arts, media and music training- both to give people a voice and a chance to express and believe in themselves, and explore issues important to them often leading to re-engagement with family and community. We also provide training to a professional level to enable some of these young people to get jobs in media or music. Getting them off the street and into meaningful employment. We have an open door policy.

    • “”
      -
    • “”
      -
    • “”
      -
    • “”
      -
    100%
    Categories

  • Arts/Culture/Heritage Arts/​Culture/​Heritage
  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
  • Human Rights/Advocacy Human Rights/​Advocacy
  • Beneficiaries

    • Minority Groups Minority Groups
    • Women & Girls Women & Girls
    • Young People (18-30) Young People (18-30)