The Somali Youth Coalition (SYC) is a community reach organization primarily based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was formed in 2001 when representatives from a number of little one-youth service organizations united to establish and address the needs of and challenges facing the town’s Somali youth.

Initiatives
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In 2003, the Trillium Foundation of Ontario accepted an SYC grant to determine the Somali Youth Assist Project. The mission’s goals include keeping youth in class, involving them in group, social, recreational, sporting and educational actions, encouraging volunteerism, and selling youth management throughout the Somali group.

That very same yr, the SYC initiated two youth assist applications: the Gang Prevention program and the Youth Assist Providers challenge. The Somali Youth Help program, for its part, works with the Somali group in addition to mainstream establishments to cut back the danger components which may trigger Somali youth to drop out of school, be part of gangs and run into bother with the regulation. The Gang Prevention undertaking is aimed toward younger Somalis in the Rexdale area of Toronto with the goal of working along side the Somali group, Somali parents, and Canadian public programs reminiscent of Education, Parks & Recreation, Youngster Welfare, and Criminal Justice to supply instructional and preventative providers to the native Somali youth and their parents. The Challenge’s technique is to adopt an early prevention method by selling staying at school, getting concerned in community recreation and sporting occasions, and growing young leaders who can serve as position models for different Somali youth.

Somali Youth Recognition Awards
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Beneath the umbrella of the Somali Youth Coalition, the Somali Youth Affiliation of Toronto (SOYAT), Midaynta (a settlement and family services organization) and the Children’s Support Society of Toronto established in 2004 the Somali Youth Recognition Awards (SYRA), a ceremony that acknowledges the significant achievements of and contributions to the Somali group by individual Somali youngsters. The SYRA additionally gives the Somali neighborhood a chance to indicate ownership and delight in its young folks.

In an effort to win the award, nominees should meet a collection of demanding general and award-specific standards equivalent to maintaining a minimum grade point average, managing or owning a business, setting a great example for other Somali youth, getting concerned with the community and volunteering frequently, amongst other issues. 9 younger males and 9 younger ladies are then chosen to be recognized for outstanding achievement in a specific class.

Primary eligibility necessities
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A candidate:

should be of Somali descent

have to be a resident of the Better Toronto Area (GTA)

have to be between the ages of 14 and 29

Previous winners cannot win for the same category

Award categories
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Educational Achievement Award

Entrepreneurship Achievements Award

Profitable Career Achievement Award

Sports activities/ Athletics Achievement Award

Community Work Achievement Award

Music / Arts Achievement Award

Spiritual Achievement Award

Management Award

Yasmin Warsame

Somali Youth Recognition Awards

Somali youth acknowledged at particular awards ceremony

Association of Somali Service Companies – 2003 Annual Report: Building a better & Affluent Group

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