The youth development programs are skill training designed for our youths to participate in an activity of their interest outside school hours. The importance of skills acquisition is not in any way a waste as it is a good source of income to many across the world. The goal of these programs is to teach our youths self-efficiency. By assisting children to survive to reach adulthood, we enable them to become self- supporting individuals who are able to care for themselves, their families, and contribute significantly to the future of their community. Learning any of these skills will be a way for our youths to provide for themselves and they will be less dependent on handouts. Sewing/fashion designing Classes The world today is moving towards entrepreneurship and fashion designing is one of the leading entrepreneurial skills of which the Liberian youths can learn easily. This will enable them to be more useful to themselves as they will able to fetch for their immediate needs. We are committed to teaching them this skill so that they can make a living from it. Computer Literacy In this computer age, the knowledge and operations of computer is vastly embraced around the world today. So, the importance of computer can never be overemphasized in this age as it makes work to be done easier and faster. This being a vital agent of transformation in many developed and developing countries today. With this program, the youths will become a computer literate and this will definitely affect their communities positively. Computers are now part of our lives, they play important role in business, education, and healthcare, it is an integral part of our professional lives and in the development of a nation. Agriculture At Ri’ayah Foundation, we are committed to ending childhood hunger by educating the youth about growing their own food. Liberia is well suited to farming, instead of having a surplus of food, which the land could provide if properly cultivated, there is barely enough. Very little livestock is raised in Liberia, with 80% of the protein people eat coming from fish. Sadly, even the availability of fish has been reduced by climate change and recent flooding. These factors add up to a sobering fact: in a country with rich agricultural lands, more than half the food must be imported, raising the price of food for a people already struggling to survive. We believe that by introducing more successful farming practices and providing needed tools and supplies to grow their own food, Liberians will live a better life and able to provide food for their own families. Carpentry Classes This is another work that will always be relevant. Many houses are been built and carpentry is needed in the process. Every interested youth in this aspect will be trained on how to make a lot of daily needed furniture from carpentry which will help them to provide for themselves and this families.