Addis Ababa city administration official Adanech Abebē states that intensive work is underway to expand youth skills guidance centers in Mediana district. The effort seeks to train behaviorally challenged dropouts in clean, accessible, and healthy environments while creating job opportunities to boost center utilization.
Adanech Abebē from the Addis Ababa city administration's kebele office stated that urgent efforts are focused on expanding youth skills guidance centers in Mediana to offer training in clean, accessible, and healthy settings for behaviorally challenged dropouts.
Over the past four years and six months, more than 2 million youths have gained job opportunities through such initiatives, aimed at enhancing the centers' usage rates.
In Mediana, sports gymnasiums, bookstores, and other accessible facilities have been established. In 2012 E.C., the area had 495 sports gym positions; this has now grown to 1,589.
The federal government noted that these Addis Ababa centers rehabilitate street youth and skills dropouts. Facilities urgently needed to rehabilitate national carrier youths intellectually, physically, and in skills.