Youth Peer Mentors

About the Program

Youth Peer Mentors is a program developed by Mentor Arabia in collaboration with UNICEF Lebanon based on the “peer-to-peer” approach to implement various personal development and career mentoring activities.

Objectives

  • Ease youths’ transition to work and increase their academic retention
  • Provide peer mentors with the necessary training to help them
    enhance their peers’ life skills
  • Provide youth with personal and career development mentoring

SDGs

Themes

Youth

  1. Self-Esteem
  2. Communication
  3. Decision-Making
  4. Empathy
  5. Anger Management
  6. Stress Management
  7. Problem Solving
  8. Critical Thinking
  9. Assertive behavior
  10. Interviewing Skills

Process

  1. Partner with local actors
  2. Recruit and train trainers on the program
  3. Recruit and train peer mentors
  4. Match mentors with mentees through launching event
  5. Implement peer-to-peer mentoring sessions
  6. Coach the mentors throughout the implementation
  7. Monitor and Evaluate the program
  8. Document lessons learned and disseminate knowledge

Youth aged 18-24 years

Out of school selling

On-ground

12 to 16 weeks

12 sessions

90 minutes per session

8 to 15 participants per session