Rehabilitating former child soldiers

The Northern Uganda Youth Development Centre, a Government of Uganda project located in Gulu district and currently supported with funding from the Commonwealth Youth Programme, targets young people aged 15 to 25 years old in Gulu District and will subsequently expand to cover the Acholi sub-region. The project aims to help young people gain decent employment through learning vocational and other skills and also create a healthy young labour force to ensure a constructive contribution to the development and peace building process.

It will also facilitate youth involvement in social and cultural reconstruction as a way of helping them reclaim their identity. Dialogue and the promotion of reconciliation and peaceful coexistence are encouraged at the Centre. This effort is directly aimed at the families and communities who were torn apart by the conflict.