Yes
to Emotions
in Youth
YEY is an Emotional Intelligence training program that focuses on fostering emotional identification, understanding, expression, regulation and utilization.
Through
our program, we aim to
empower adolescents by
enhancing their emotional competencies to improve their
quality of life.
What do we do?
YEY aims to improve emotional understanding and interpersonal relationships through youth-led discussions, promoting healthier communication and emotional regulation.
Testimonies of our students
After I took this program, I became more understanding to myself and to others, I was more capable of controlling my own emotions, as well as able to calm myself easier when I needed to. As such, I would suggest that this program become an official course to be implemented in schools curriculums, because I think that for an individual to handle life's difficulties properly, it is important for every person to be emotionally intelligent.
The program helped me understand myself and the people around me better. It enabled me to decide what to do and how to find solutions when I encounter a problem. Additionally, listening to my friends and considering different perspectives during the sessions helped me understand and see things more clearly.
I believe everyone needs to participate in a program like this because most people weren’t taught how to express and deal with their emotions growing up. It might help them, just as it helped me, to understand and deal with their emotions in a healthier way. I learned not to take everything personally; just because a person might be acting a certain way doesn’t mean they hate me. It simply means they might be dealing with something.
I feel like I am more relaxed after the program, I can sleep better, and I am not as nervous as before. Moreover, my relationships with others have been improving ever since I started applying what I am learning. In addition to that, I feel I can organize my schedule better now and use my emotions to improve my skills.
To improve youth’s emotional intelligence for better mental health
Empowering Youth
Helping them effectively transform their unique challenges into growth opportunities by enhancing their emotional acceptance and awareness.
Improving youth’s emotional intelligence
For better psychological health, academic, and social-related adjustment, which will increase adaptability in challenging times.
Family and community bonds
Individuals with improved mental health will positively influence their families and peer circles, which in turn, will strengthen communities in difficult times.
General
YEY is an evidence-based culturally sensitive Emotional Intelligence training, which follows a sustainable Youth-Empowering-Youth design.
Enriching life
Emotional intelligence is one of the top skills demanded by the labor market in 2020 according to the The World Economic Forum.
Increasing Wellbeing
Research has found that the techniques used by YEY are very effective in improving wellbeing, quality of life, social interactions and employability among youth.
Benefits
of
Emotional Intelligence
Mental health
High
emotional intelligence
is related to less anxiety,
depression,
and better coping strategies
Social level
High
emotional intelligence
enables better social
relationships
and leadership skills
Personal level
High
emotional intelligence
is linked to greater life
satisfaction
and performance
Situation
of children
in Lebanon
15%
Loss of children’s rights
15%
of families stopped their children’s
education
(UNICEF, 2021)
52%
Education is not a priority
52%
households reduction
in education expenses
(UNICEF, 2023)
700,000
Loss of students
700.000
children were
out of school
(UNICEF, 2022)
About the training
Our program empowers vulnerable Lebanese youth in public schools, aged between 14 and 21, who are currently facing a variety of challenges that put them at risk of deteriorating mental health. YEY’s aim is to help them effectively transform their unique challenges into growth opportunities by enhancing their emotional acceptance and awareness.
This approach aims to enhance emotional competences, decrease emotional distress, and lower the risk of future emotional challenges. It also improves overall quality of life, boosts resilience and emotional strength, and enhances the ability to accept and manage intense emotions.
Meet the team
We are a multidisciplinary team divided into the following: Research team members, Youth leaders & facilitators, project administrator, local consultants and international collaborators.
Maria-Jose Sanchez-Ruiz, PhD.
Myriam El Khoury, PhD.
Rita Doumit, PhD.
Elma Nassar, PhD.
YEY
aims to enhance quality of life through
building
Trait emotional intelligence.
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