The Youth Resilience Programme aims to help young people to: resume normal, routine activities during or in the aftermath of crisis events; have strong personal and social skills to adapt to and cope with adversities; feel good about themselves and confident in their own abilities; make good and safe life choices; be more social and act as role models to other children and young people; trust others and feel comfortable about sharing feelings and thoughts; seek help from others when needed and have stronger awareness about who can help; and solve problems without violence. It uses a nonclinical psychosocial and protection methodology and is framed within the complex interaction of individual and social factors that facilitate resilience. The heart of the programme is a series of 8-16 structured workshops for young individuals aged ~14 and above designed to be implemented once or twice a week.

The resource kit contains:

• Theory and Programmatic Guide - This provides a detailed overview of key concepts and the theoretical background and reviews approaches and methodologies for implementing the programme.

• Facilitator’s handbook 1: Life Skills Workshops for Youth - This gives detailed instructions for facilitators for each workshop, including the objective of the session, the timing for activities and the materials required.

• Facilitator’s handbook 2: Parents and Caregivers Meetings - This gives instructions for facilitating meetings with parents and caregivers, providing them with updates and enhancing parents’ and caregivers’ understanding and skills to support their children’s wellbeing and protection.

Additionally a Guidance Note summarising key aspects of the Youth Resilience Programme and a Questionnaire to assess ‘readiness’ and identify what preparatory actions are necessary can be found at the resource document section.