The biz bridge: empowering at-risk youth for economic success

This project aims to address youth crime and violence in Clarendon Jamaica by supporting young people in starting or strengthening their businesses. Project activities include: (1) delivering training workshops to youth participants on entrepreneurship financial literacy marketing and life skills; (2) providing one-on-one mentorship and guidance to youth participants by experienced entrepreneurs and professionals; (3) organizing networking events and guest speaker sessions to enhance youth participants’ business knowledge and expand their professional networks; and (4) allocating seed funding for youth participants’ new business ideas.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) strengthened business development and life skills for participating youth in Clarendon Jamaica; and (2) increased employment or business opportunities for participating youth in Clarendon Jamaica.