One of the key target groups for the NSYC is former child soldiers, to be demobilized and integrated in to the Centre, counseled, organized, and provided with the basic needs of life, including education and health services, while being empowered with farming skills and other practical vocational skills, like brick making, masonry, carpentry, among others, to empower them with the necessary livelihood skills required to succeed in life and effectively contribute to the nation building process.