SOCIAL SECTOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMME
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SUSTAINING GROWTH, SECURING PROSPERITY
CHAPTER 5: REVIEW OF SOCIAL PROGRAMMES
AND INITIATIVES FOR 2013
INITIATIVE
MEDIUM
TERM
PRIORITY
(Where
Applicable)
BENEFICIARY
CATEGORY
PROJECT
OUTPUT
ACHIEVEMENTS
OUTCOME
MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
(CCC) PROGRAMME
The Civilian Conservation Corps,
which operates through the Ministry of
National Security, offers introductory
training, life skills development and on
the job training to at risk youth.
Its objectives are to:
Raise the self-esteem of young people
at risk;
•
Initiate intervention that would
assist in fostering socially desirable
behaviours among youths;
•
Train and develop unemployed/
unemployable young adults
between the ages of 18-25 years to
prepare them for employment; and
•
Foster a sense of national pride in
the participants
•
Provide temporary employment for
unemployed youths.
Poverty
Reduction
and Human
Capital
Development
Young persons
between the
ages of 18-25
years
Recipients of
Community
Based Training
and Education
For the period October 2012 to March
2013:
1,151 youth (516 males and
635 females)
benefited from the
programme
Other Achievements:
Trainees were involved in rendering
assistance to schools, community
groups and NGOs
•
95% of those enrolled in the
programme graduated from the
CCC Cycle as well as successfully
completed the OJT programme
•
Successful integration of socially
acceptable conflict resolution
and anger management skills,
as well an increase in discipline,
punctuality and team work
•
Past trainees were retained as
Junior Team Commanders and
Assistant Team Commanders
and provided mentorship for new
trainees during the cycle.
Self-reliant and
Sustainable
Communities
MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY
MILITARY-LED ACADEMIC TRAINING
PROGRAMME (MiLAT)
The overall objectives of this initiative
are:
•
To orient participants to the
benefits of routine and discipline
•
To establish the link between
personal responsibility and
personal success
•
To reinsert participants into
mainstream academic or vocational
training programmes
•
Create attitudes that accept
responsibility for life choices and
the consequences
Poverty
Reduction
ad Human
Capital
Development
At-risk/
vulnerable
males
between the
ages of 15 –
24 years
Recipients of
Community-
Based Training
and Education
&
Increased
Number
of Trained
Persons from
Among the
Poor and
Vulnerable
For the period October 2012 to March
2013:
110 young men between the ages of
16 - 20
benefited from the programme.
Self-reliant and
Sustainable
Communities
&
An Efficient and
Effective Social
System for the Poor
and Vulnerable
