Skills Training for Youth in Nigeria

In Nigeria, unemployment is one of the drivers of radicalisation and recruitment by extremist groups. With support from GCERF, the Murna Foundation offered job training to unemployed youth in Funtua, These trainings have provided better alternatives to the false promises offered by the extremist groups. Nigeria. Since 2016, GCERF has invested USD 12.5 million to support civil society organisations like the Murna Foundation which are working to prevent violent extremism.