• Youth Business Program
  This program is designed to give youth E2: Exposure and Experience in their desired careers.  The program will focus on the youth's career entrepreneurship interests.  The youth will have the opportunity to team up with professionals that currently or formerly worked in the field of the youth's desired career path.  These professionals will serve as mentors to the youth providing guidance and assistance.  The youth will learn the foundation of starting a business and/or selecting a career.  This program will target 30 male and female youth in between the ages of 15-24.
  
  


• Youth Services (Career Development Services)
  The Career Development Service will be offered to youth who want to focus on a specific career.  This service will be offered year round, and will also aide in the selection of youth entrepreneurs for the Youth Business Program.

A Pressing Need

Every child has a right to learn  
   In Zambia some 19% of primary school-age children do not attend school; this number jumps to an appalling 70% for secondary school.  Chipata, Zambia has a population of 503,000 people, with 60% consisting of youth.  In 2005, a group of Chipata youth was surveyed on future goals; and the results showed that 54% of the youth never thought about their future goals, or knew how to go about attaining them. (What would become of a youth with no dreams or hope for the future?)

WNG + Ending Poverty = LIFE  
   Zambia is on the the world's poorest countries, ranking 164th out of 177 on the United Nations Development Project's Human Development Index.  Nearly 87% of Zambians survive on less than $2 (US) per day.
   Despite progress in privitization and budgetary reform, Zambia's economic growth remains below the 5% to 7% necessary to reduce poverty significantly.

HIV/AIDS Is A Global Issue
   HIV/AIDS is a significant problem in Zambia.  Youth are often bombarded with literature and prevention messages.  While this strategic method serves a viable purpose in educating youth, underlying problems that contribute and/or cause the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS are overlooked.  HIV/AIDS, alone is not the problem.   It is a mere symptom of a larger problem.

HIV/AIDS In Zambia
Adult Prevalence Rate: 16.5%
People Living With HIV/AIDS: 1.8 million
Annual Deaths from HIV/AIDS: 170,000