on February 20, 2010 by AllAfrica.com in Cameroon News, Douala Cameroon, YAOUNDE Cameroon, Comments Off
Cameroon: Viable Projects to Support Youth Development
John N. is a graduate from the University of Yaounde 1. He is a holder of a Master's Degree in Philosophy. Since he left school, he has not been able to pick up a job. He has become a burden to his family. His only hope is to travel to Europe to look for greener pastures. This is the situation of the thousands of young graduates in the country today. The Support Programme for Rural and Urban Youths (PAJER-U) is an initiative of the Ministry of Youth Affairs. PAJER-U is a mechanism for the promotion of employment and self employment of youths which intends to assist youths wherever they are be it in the rural or urban areas. The project targets youths between the ages of 15 and 35 years who have left school or have never been to school and are either researchers or are seeking employment.
PAJER-U is extended in all the 10 regions and in 58 departments of the country. The objective of PAJER-U is to promote the socio economic insertion of Cameroonian youths through the social mobilisation, training and financing in view of ensuring national development. Officially launched in November 2007, PAJER-U has received a total of 29,879 applications. Some 4,170 youths have been mobilised in 17 branches. Among youths who have received assistance from the project during the process of preparing their projects, 1,275 business plans were prepared for the period 2007 and 2008. For 2007, about 185 micro activities were financed. In 2008, some 723 micro activities were financed. Concerning specifically for 2009, a total of 2,735 youths from the 58 divisions are mobilized in PAJER-U. For the 2009 exercise, at the end of the credit committee in December, the sum of FCFA 1,561,000,000 have been accorded for 1,484 projects financed both in micro activities and junior enterprises.
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