Burao Youth Education for Peace Center.

The project intended at the building and furnishing a new youth centre that will serve as an educational and vocational centre four youth. The building would be equipped with computers and related communication technology and educational material to help youth in Burao to become productive and self-sufficient citizens.   

Somali Canadian Education and Rural Development Organization (SCERDO), Barako Family Health and Education, Somali (Burao, Togdheer region, Somaliland) based local NGO and Personal Community Support Association (PCSA) in Alberta,   jointly started the planning and implementation of the Youth Centre for Peace (YCEP) project that was approved by Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for funding. The project consisted the building and furnishing a four-room building that will serve as an educational and vocational centre for youth in the city of Burao

The local partner (Barako) in cooperation with SCERDO have committed to initiating the preparatory phase of the project after entering into a formal memorandum of agreement with SCERDO in which project roles of each party were clearly defined. The formal memorandum consisted of the following major activities:

·        Build and furnish a four-classroom building that will serve as an educational and vocational center for youth.

·        Establish a place where relevant education is accessible to Somali youth in Burao, regardless of income or gender.

·        Promote peace with collaboration of communities. Three partners (SCERDO, BARAKO and PCSA) join together to community leaders in both countries take responsibility for continuing the initiative.

·        Encourage lifestyle choices that lead to life in peace and persuade Somali students to choose education and vocational training over militia and gang involvement.