YADA aims to provide educational and training opportunities to help youth build skills ranging from adult literacy, financial literacy including budgeting and personal accounting, entrepreneurship, vocational training and a variety of critical life skills.

The objectives of the vocational instruction and training at both the post-primary and post- secondary levels are to provide training opportunities for school drop outs to enable them to be productive citizens and self-supporting, to provide vocational education and training that is relevant to the industrial, commercial and economic needs of Somalia, and to reduce disparities through increased training opportunities for the handicapped and learners from disadvantaged communities, as well as women.

YADA believes that education in post- conflict states like Somalia, especially educating girls, can help drive entrepreneurship. This type of equitable economic growth promotes stabilization and ultimately inclusive governance for women, youth and the minority.

Youth Resource Centre aims to provide a range of support services and structured programs for young people aged between 12-35 years and their families. YADA will provide access to information and interaction among peers across all youth age groups, gives resources including computers, educative visual equipment, literature, indoors and outdoors sports and games. Some of the activities that will take place in the resource center are information, communication and education on health and other key issues that affect the youth.

These will be done through providing a conducive and youth friendly  environment where the youths can interact, relax, learn and innovate, while at the same time receive referral services by the providers on health matters. To empower youth and women improve their livelihood through skills training as income generation,YADA shall;

• Establish Vocational training centers for hopeless youth to empower them earn their livings through the skills gained
• Provide basic health to the target community
• Support activities aimed at improving employment opportunities for trained graduates
• Put in places mechanisms that will improve future sustainability of vocational training centers
• Improve linkage with other Skills/ Vocational training Centers for cross learning and experience sharing
• Combating exploitive child labor, human trafficking, and conflict through programs to improve economic opportunities through literacy and job skills training Supporting alternative and transitional education programs that address illiteracy and innumeracy through accelerated learning principles, partnered with practical job skills, leadership and life skills curricula to assist students’ transition to more formal learning opportunities or gainful employment
• Developing customized internship and mentoring programs to ensure that the trainee has continued support while adapting to a new work or educational environment