Globally, young people are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults. In Africa 40 percent out of the total 70 percent unemployed live in the rural areas and those who are employed have insecure work arrangements, characterised by low productivity and meagre earnings.
Anasema kwa kutumia mafanikio kwenye mikoa ya mradi wa RFSP tumeshuhudia umasikini ukipungua kwa asilimia 50 kwa wanachama wa miradi na asilimia 17 kwa wasiokuwa wanachama. Hapana shaka kuwa RFSP imeonesha kuwa masikini wakipatiwa elimu wana uwezo wa kubadilisha uchumi na maisha yao kwa kasi kubwa.