3 July 2023–30 June 2024
Piloting the SLIC training materials
A group of six entrepreneurs benefited from Life Economics and responsible resource-management training.
SLIC
Sustainable Livelihood Identification and Creation
Equipping young people to identify, design, launch, and sustain dignified businesses in their own communities while respecting the environment.
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Program Description
SLIC responds to Guinean young people’s aspiration to gain or create decent work that improves their livelihoods. The program draws on USAID/Guinea’s 2020 Youth Situational Analysis and research on factors that allow young Guineans to find or create decent employment.
Jeune Espoir works closely with cohorts of youth, introducing them to principles of economic life, basic accounting, responsible resource management, and practical business ideas. Participants choose and design a business, receive structured one-on-one coaching, and may be connected to donors through fundraising campaigns.
Program Projects
Our First SLIC Cohort
Goal: Help at least four of six young entrepreneurs identify and create prosperous, environmentally conscious businesses.
In FY 2023–24, Jeune Espoir introduced a group of local entrepreneurs to selected SLIC materials, including principles of economic life and responsible resource management. The next phase takes participants through the full program.
Core activities
- Review principles of economic life and resource management.
- Provide basic-accounting training and practical business research.
- Guide participants in choosing and designing an enterprise.
- Present selected ideas through fundraising campaigns.
- Provide one-on-one mentoring for sustainable success.
Quick Facts
5 March–20 July 2020
USAID/Guinea Youth Situational Analysis
Sekou Mansaré, Executive Director of Jeune Espoir, co-led the USAID/Guinea Youth Situational Analysis.
17 July 2017–11 May 2019
Research on youth employment success
Through a Fulbright scholarship, Sekou Mansaré studied factors that allowed 43 young people to gain or create decent employment despite adversities in Guinea.