Leaving no one behind: improving skills and economic opportunities for the Bangladeshi community and Rohingya women and youths in Cox’s Bazar

The project will be identifying Rohingya youths of aged between 18-24 years through conducting baseline survey at the targeted camps and be selecting the 900 targeted project beneficiaries according to the beneficiary selection criteria to be set in consultation with IOM, Generally, the project will be prioritizing the youths having strong willingness to engage with self-reliance activity, having not engaged with other self-reliance activity, of households having more than 6 members, lactating mothers, pregnant women, children or Infants of 0-5 years, have elderly persons aged above 60 years, have persons with chronic illness and disability etc. Among the identified beneficiaries, the project will be selecting 50% women i.e., 400 women and at least 1% person with disability (PWD) i.e., 8 PWD. The project will be identifying and selecting the youths irrespective of any sort of discrimination in race, color, religion, language or any socioeconomic aspect. Through the baseline survey capabilities gap of the Rohingya women and youths will be identified as well as camp level of mapping will be done to allocate trades among the women and youths.

During beneficiary selection, the project will be providing skill counselling to the primarily identified beneficiaries on the services the project is offering to the beneficiaries including vocational training facilities, self-employment and wage employment opportunities as well as the anticipated impact of the project on their life during their stay in the camps and even after their repatriation to their homeland in Myanmar through courtyard sessions. Skill counselling will emphasis on the importance of receiving skill development training as well as on the aspects how these training facilities will improve their life and promote wellbeing.

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