Unemployed, Undereducated

Under-employment of the youth of Nicaragua is a fairly new problem. Since the economic problems of the World have increased in recent years, it has been harder for youth to find work. Many parents look forward to the age of indepencence for thier children. Between the ages of 15 and 24, many families depend on the employemnet of thier young adults to help lighten the financial load of the household

Often times while one parent is laid off and dealing with the loss of thier income, the brunt of the finacial responsiblities of the the family fall on the remaining parent. This is a struggle for everyone. Not to mention the dificulties a single parent household deals with when the income is cut short or eliminated all together.

The article of El Nuevo Diario reports that one out of every five young people between the ages of 15 and 24 does not work or go to school. They have not even had technical trainng to help with job preparation.
The lack of education and training is a crucial factor in this growing problem of youth unemployment. Without education how will these young people find the hope of gainful employment in the future? For this reason many young people of Nicaragua want to migarte to other countries in expectaion of employment. Moving away doesn´t gaurantee a better life or the promise of employement. These young people need education and training.

In order to help these young adults the Spanish and US governments have created a program called ¨Ventana de Juventud, Empleo y Migración” .This program is proposed to help nearly 40 thousand young people from 11 municipalities of Nicaragua mirgrate to other countries to aquire employment.

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