Vision Statement: TO BUILD A VERSATILE YOUTH

NUEYS’ mission is to cultivate and produce capable youth by promoting and strengthening Eritrean youth in all aspects of national, regional, and international development processes.

The role that NUEYS plays in dealing with the youth in general has been consistent with its mission. This mission encompasses the values and ideals of the 30-year struggle for independence and, with the same spirit, NUEYS’ mission has been redrafted to include the new challenges faced by the...
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The role that NUEYS plays in dealing with the youth in general has been consistent with its mission. This mission encompasses the values and ideals of the 30-year struggle for independence and, with the same spirit, NUEYS’ mission has been redrafted to include the new challenges faced by the youth in post-liberated Eritrea.

As a mass organization, NUEYS’ main role is embodied in the following functions:

1. Advocacy and Lobbying: The first and foremost responsibility of NUEYS is to stand for youth issues in all spheres and at all levels, ensuring that the youths’ concerns and special needs are provided for and that the relevant bodies are well aware of those needs.
2. Service Provision: NUEYS seeks to provide services that are in scarce supply, which directly address the youths’ problems. However, NUEY is not there to continue the provision of these services as much as to try to temporarily fill the gap until the responsible body assumes the service.

The overall objective of NUEYS is to contribute to the well-balanced development of Eritrea’s youth through the provision of information, education, and services to address all issues affecting young peoples lives. NUEYS also runs with the aim to meet the following specific objectives:

· Building the youth to safeguard the sovereignty of their nation while retaining their culture and identity.
· Lobbying government and other organizations for the benefit of the youth.
· Building a physically and spiritually confident youth with a passion for education and work.
· Preparing the youth to become active partakers in nation building and reconstruction endeavors.
· Preparing the youth to retain the achievements of the martyrs and to pass it on to the coming generations.
· Supporting and promoting the rights and equality of women and fight against negative gender perceptions.
· Advocating and lobbying for children rights.
· Promoting and actively participating in the protection of the environment.
· Ensuring the role of the youth for the promotion of peace and stability.
· Establishing bilateral ties with various regional, continental, governmental, and non-governmental organizations.

Program Areas

Health
HIV/AIDS Awareness
FGM Awareness
Education and Training
Campaigns, Seminars, and Meetings
Value Transfer Program
Youth Empowerment
Gender Issues
Girls Education
Media Activities
IHRD Activities (Human Resource Development)
Organizational Development
Foreign Branches and International Relations
Recreational Activities and Spots
Clubs and Cultural Groups
Environment and Community Services
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NUEYS has established several priorities for youth development. These include:

· Organizing youth through a network of chapters, groups, and sub-groups, in all the sub-regions, and in schools inside and outside the country.
· Conducting training and educational programs on...
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NUEYS has established several priorities for youth development. These include:

· Organizing youth through a network of chapters, groups, and sub-groups, in all the sub-regions, and in schools inside and outside the country.
· Conducting training and educational programs on civic education, literacy, vocational skills, gender issues, human rights, democracy, and health issues.
· Providing health services including reproductive health services, clinical services, libraries, hot line counseling services, provision of condoms and contraceptives, first-aid services, and referral cases to hospitals.
· Providing information and publication—campaigns, seminars, and meetings are regularly conducted on current affairs and health issues to disseminate information and share ideas including through newsletters and IEC materials.
· Establishing and maintaining various clubs, cultural groups, recreational, and sport activities.
· Creating employment initiatives and income generating activities (fund raising, trust fund projects).
· Conducting and facilitating of research on youth-related issues for the sake of decision-making and problem analysis.
· Providing environment and community services, including values transfer programs.
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