UN-Habitat Opens A One-Stop Youth Centre In Wau, South Sudan

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Youth with the Japan’s Ambassador to South Sudan, Government officials and UN-Habitat staff during the launch of the One Stop Youth Centre in Wau, South Sudan

Wau City, South Sudan, February 2019 – Young people in Wau, in the north west of South Sudan, will have a place to relax, learn and come together following the opening of a One Stop Youth Centre with funding from Japan.

The new One Stop Youth Centre provides a space for conflict resolution forums as well as opportunities for vocati

L-R Dr. Thomas Chiramba (UN Habitat), H.E Zackaria Joseph Garange, Acting Governor of Wau, Ambassador of Japan to South Sudan, Seiji Okada, , Hon. Dr. Nadia Arop, National Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, youth representatives, Hon. Mary Rose Mariano, Wau State Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports handing over sports items to the centre.

onal and computer training, recreational activities job placement and entrepreneurial skills development.

The centre has already trained 72 young men and women in conflict resolution and trauma healing and 170 youth have enrolled in computer, tailoring and English courses. Up to 100 young people use the sports facilities daily and the Centre has attracted youth from all over the state including internally displaced people.

The Centres involve a partnership between UN-Habitat, South Sudan’s national and local governments, civil society, youths, and the private sector.

During the inauguration, the Japanese Ambassador to South Sudan, Mr. Seiji Okada handed equipment for basketball, volley ball and handball to the Centre in the presence of the Governor, the national Minister of Culture Youth and Sports and the Wau State Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports.

The Japanese Ambassador called on the youth to dream big and develop the country.

“The next responsibility for the development of South Sudan lies with you young people,” said Ambassador Okada.

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