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As part of Youth Task Force “YTF '' video series on the Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action: Stories from Zaatari Camp for Syrian Refugees- Jordan.  This film highlights the key action around “Services”. The Compact promotes the increased age- and gender responsive and inclusive programmes that contribute to the protection, health and development of young women, young men, girls and boys within humanitarian settings;  The film showcases examples of youth services in Zaatari Camp. Among 37 community centers in the camp, 19 of them are youth and adolescents centers distributed in 12 districts in the camp. The provides services includes: The services includes informal education, vocational trainings, recreational activities, sports, art, theater, self development, basic life skills, employability skills, psycho-social support 

Aiming to enhance service delivery for adolescents and youth in the camp, The Youth Task Force in Zaatari is piloting the global interagency guideline to assist humanitarian actors in the camp to programme with and for young people, building on the potential of young people, and laying the foundation for adolescents and youth to continue contributing positively to their communities in the longer term.