Employment Hub is a program that aims to support financially-vulnerable, unemployed Lebanese youth with essential skills, boosting their employability chances and potential for income generation. Participants can benefit from comprehensive employment skills training, personalized career coaching, mentorship, and specialized technical upskilling.
The program pilot launched in the autumn of 2020, in the wake of COVID19, the tragic Beirut blasts, and the ongoing economic crisis in Lebanon.
Employment Hub has served more than 1,417 unemployed university students or graduates since its launch in 2020.
Employment Hub is part of UNICEF Lebanon’s Generation of Innovation Leaders program.
The tumultuous events in Lebanon for the past five years have caused a sharp and concerning increase in youth unemployment in Lebanon. With no income to pay for rent, food, or medicine, people are turning to desperate measures to survive, while crime, violence, drug use, homelessness, depression, and suicide have increased significantly.
Employment Hub supports financially-disadvantaged and unemployed youth by enrolling them in employability and soft skills trainings, followed by a technical course of their choice. They also receive one-on-one career coaching and mentoring to help them navigate the volatile job market and forge a path forward.
This program allows youth to focus on developing their personal and professional skills during a period of intense financial crisis, where they will be given a chance to feel productive and dignified again. The skills they learn will be essential to help them secure long-term employment. After the completion of the program, Nawaya, helps connect youth to local and remote employment and income-generating opportunities.
Employment Hub is part of the Generation of Innovation Leaders program by UNICEF Lebanon, funded by the Government of the Netherlands and implemented by The Nawaya Network.