Project Overview In October 2015, we selected 300 young unemployed residents of the marginalized neighborhoods of the northern region of Tunis. We listened to their problems and their aspirations through a series of youth debate sessions, then we shortlisted 150 of them to participate in our 14-month project that aims to empower young people to
Zouhair is one of our participants from Bhar Lazreg, a marginalized neighborhood on the outskirts of the luxurious region of Gammarth north of Tunis. During his teens, he didn’t give much importance to pursuing his high school education spending most of his time in the cafés of his neighborhood. Zouhair was never approached, prior to
The US Embassy website posted a brief summary of the visit of MEPI representatives to our office in Tunis. The visitors met with some of the beneficiaries of MEPI funded project “Our Neighborhood Our Democracy” which is being implemented by Jasmine Foundation in the northern region of Tunis and aims to empower young unemployed living
The “Knock The Door” project launches its preparations for its youth competition under the umbrella of Jasmine Foundation and MEPI. This competition brings together 100 young people organized in 20 teams from different districts of Soukra and Marsa. This competition is a culmination of a series of activities to see the “Youth Cafés” and the
At first, I didn’t understand the point of the café jeunesse, the topic seemed to be very theoretical and far from the youth interest. I didn’t know anyone but the facilitator who invited me to check the event, it was a Sunday morning and I wasn’t very excited to do it but my curiosity pushed
Jasmine Foundation organized its third annual conference on June 11th and 12th 2015, around the theme of The Participatory Governance; at Ramada Plaza Hotel, Gammarth, Tunis. In her opening speech, Dr. Tesnim Chirchi, the executive director of Jasmine Foundation, elaborated that the choice of participatory governance as a theme for the third annual conference was
