Dear Partners, supporters, and followers of YIDA, It is believed that youths are at the forefront of developing communities through resilience and commitment mostly during times of crisis like the pandemic, wars, and climate change. It is then unfortunate that most of the systems and policies in government and non-government structures at different levels do not favor or consider youth and the crisis situation worsens. Youth pass through hard times to legalize their own entities and have less engagement in decision-making that concerns them even in national planning. Still, many companies do not trust that youth can be trusted and invest in their ideas even when youth show that they can pay back with interest or proper accountability.

In the due course, a lot of resources are put to less use and many youths are left jobless and