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Humanitarian and Resilience Program: Engaging with young people as agents of change

Humanitarian and Resilience Program: Engaging with young people as agents of change

ActionAid Arab Region (AAAR) aims to create a more just, feminist, resilient and green society where women and young people enjoy greater access to rights, resources, and services.

How do we aim to achieve that? Through strategic and intentional programs designed to create a transformative journey where youth are empowered, rights are protected, and resilience prevails. 

Author Jamais Cascio says, “Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.”

This is the precise goal underpinning our Humanitarian and Resilience Program (SPA II), a four-year program in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, funded by DANIDA through ActionAid Denmark, and in partnership with the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering (RDFL), SHIFT Social Innovation Hub, Drabzeen and HSF in Jordan, and Violet in Northwest Syria.

Humanitarian and Resilience Program: Engaging with young people as agents of change

Through this program we aim to transform societies, so they become more just, feminist, green, and resilient, empowering people so that they are prepared for and are able to respond to all crises, standing in solidarity and shifting the power to them so they become the drivers of social change. 

The program rests on three strategic outcomes, ensuring that young people, especially young women and those facing marginalisation or fragility:

  • enjoy their rights to an open and enabling democratic space and access to well-resourced programmes and public services.
  • enjoy a just transition and their right to climate resilient livelihoods.
  • are resilient to shocks and enjoy their right to protection in fragile contexts, disasters, and protracted crises.

During this four-year program, AAAR has been working, and continues to work, with our dedicated local partners to actively reshape the future. We believe in empowering and inspiring positive change at grassroots levels, fostering community development and social cohesion. 

We are continuously inspired by the fervour with which young people work alongside us to tackle issues like climate justice, and women and youth empowerment. Our resilience-focused activities develop leadership skills in crises, helping build capacity alongside empathy. 


Join us on this transformative journey by following our news updates and stories of those whose lives have been affected by this program on our website and social media.