Effects of Via Jiandalie Ajira Project in Reducing Youth Unemployment in Tanzania

Abstract

It’s a pretty tough time to be a young Tanzanian seeking to enter the labour market, but what exactly is the nature of the problem facing young people trying to find employment. It has long been recognized that unemployment is associated with a series of negative health consequences, both physical and psychological which tend to grow disproportionately with the duration of unemployment. Unemployment is also associated with unhappiness – both for those experiencing it as well as those who are employed but fear unemployment in a time of high job insecurity and it is widely understood that unhappiness is of itself linked to mental and physical ill-health. There is also a substantial body of evidence which links youth unemployment (and non employment) to crime. Not only is crime costly for society it is also costly for the individual. Moreover, any such effects are likely to have long-term consequences; once a path of marginalization and criminality has been embarked upon, one’s future prospects (and expectations) are likely to adjust accordingly. Thus, unemployment is bad for young people and for society as a whole world wide and Tanzania as well; however, equally important, the detrimental consequences of youth unemployment are largely associated with longer term unemployment rather than unemployment per se. The study intended to identify the causes of youth unemployment in Dodoma city council. Specifically: to find out the effects of unemployment among the youth in the area, to propose solutions towards youth unemployment. The study used descriptive design, the study also used mixed approach in data collection. The study used 200 respondents as a targeted population, sample size is 133 and sampling technique was simple random and purposive sampling techniques. The study reveals that the influence of entrepreneurship and financial training Via Jiandalie Ajira Project in reducing youths unemployment through the use of the use of via Jiandalie ajira project, the research findings and their analysis of the study to examine the influence of entrepreneurship and financial training in Dodoma city, Tanzania. this study revealed that the main reasons for the reduction of youth’s unemployment in Dodoma City and Tanzania at large is due to influx of social evils caused by unemployed people in the society like rapping cases, robbery, drug abuse and bandits are the main factors influencing via jiandalie ajira project to put more efforts in initiating alternative ways which can help to reduce youths unemployment like entrepreneurship and financial training. Furthermore, Via Jiandalie Ajira Project decreased unnecessary challenges facing youths in the community particularly in Dodoma city by providing life skills training to the youths which created awareness on how to solve unemployment challenge. The study findings indicated that life skills training on reducing youth’s unemployment under Via Jiandalie Ajira Project had a positive result. The effective and efficiency use of life skills training on reducing youths unemployment had a number of advantages, some of these are: Self-awareness about themselves, creativity becomes possible, seeking other alternative incomes apart from depending on public employment and enabling youth to employ themselves as a result of via Jiandalie Ajira project’s objectives. The study concluded that having entrepreneurship and financial training to the youths through the projects like via jiandalie ajira project it is more helpful in reducing youth’s unemployment in Tanzania. The study implied that having entrepreneurship and financial training also led to the reduction of youth’s unemployment in Dodoma City. The study recommended that the government should put more effort and emphasis on assisting all youth based projects regardless the ownership, public or private in order to reduce youth unemployment.