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YouthActionNet® is the flagship of the International Youth Foundation’s Citizenship programs. The initiative supports young community leaders through skill-building, as well as providing access to networks, resources, and advocacy opportunities....
From 2001 to 2011, entra21, the flagship of IYF’s Work programs, provided disadvantaged youth, ages 16-29, with employment training and job placement services so they could find decent jobs and increase their employability. The program was launched in 2001 with support from the...
Launched in 2004 with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), ELSA is one of the lead implementing initiatives of the Education Quality and Access for Learning and Livelihood Skills (EQuAlLLS2). The project provides learning and employment...
From 2008-2010, Samsung Real Dreams empowered African youth with the opportunities, tools, and training to realize their dreams. Working with local nongovernmental organizations in four countries, Samsung Real Dreams cultivated the technical, business, and soft skills of young...
From 2000-2011, Nokia and IYF managed a robust portfolio of youth development initiatives. The company’s investment of nearly US$50million has supported education, employability, and civic engagement programs in 68 countries. Country programs, each tailored to meet locally-identified needs,...
Youth for the Future (Y4F), formerly known as Youth:Work Jordan, is a program of the International Youth Foundation (IYF) carried out in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development and the Government of Jordan. Its goal: to support youth at-risk in...
From 2009 to 2011, Obra (“work” in Spanish), a US$2 million initiative, operated with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and worked to ensure youth at risk in the LAC region have improved access to the programs and services needed to prepare them for...
Launched in 2008 with support from the Wm. J. Wrigley Jr. Company Foundation, the Youth. Empowerment. Success. (Y.E.S.) program provides vulnerable youth with access to the education and skills training needed to successfully transition to adulthood. Y.E.S. empowers...
In Sub-Saharan Africa, one in five young people is jobless. From 2007 to 2010, the Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) worked in close partnership with local organizations in Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tanzania, to offer African youth training in life skills, employability and...
A key component of the Starbucks™ Shared Planet™ commitment to communities, the Youth Action Grants program supports young people in creating positive solutions for the needs they see in their communities.
Through the program, young leaders who have completed IYF’s...
Launched in 2007 and supported by the Merrill Lynch Bank of America Foundation, this three- year initiative provided disadvantaged youth, ages 16 to 29, with financial literacy training and/or the opportunity to develop their own businesses. In Colombia, for example, vulnerable youth in Bogotá...
In 2008, with support from the World Bank, IYF joined with the Youth Employment Network (YEN), the Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI), and the Understanding Children's Work Project (UCW) to create the Global Partnership to Promote Youth Employment and Employability...
Launched in 2008 with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Caribbean Youth Empowerment Program (CYEP) equips vulnerable youth with the technical, vocational, and life skills needed to develop sustainable livelihoods. This program targets school...
Launched in 2008, Youth:Work brings comprehensive employment and entrepreneurship programs to young people, ages 15 to 29. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Youth:Work enables USAID bureaus and missions to easily access IYF’s proven youth...
From 2007 to 2012, Bridgeit improved the quality of teacher instruction and increases primary school student achievement in math, science, and life skills by leveraging the power of cell-phone technology. After a successful launch in the Philippines under the name text2teach,...
From November 2009 – August 2011, the Skills for Youth (SkY) program piloted two programs in collaboration with government agencies in India to help address the national skills deficit facing disadvantaged youth, ages 15 to 29. Every year, approximately 12.8 million young people enter...
Building on the success of its global program, YouthActionNet® has taken root at the national level, offering many more young leaders the skills, opportunities, and recognition to drive change in their communities. Established within individual countries/regions, local programs support...
More than 223,000 people lost their lives and 1.4 million their source of livelihood as a result of the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged a dozen South and Southeast Asian countries on December 26, 2004. From 2006 to 2009, the Tsunami Reconstruction Initiative promoted long-term...
Launched in 2005, the Empowering Africa’s Young People Initiative (EAYPI) helped prevent the spread of HIV among youth in Sub-Saharan Africa through scaling up programs proven to promote healthy behaviors. The five-year initiative, supported through the President’s Emergency Plan for...
The Emploi-Habilité program seeks to train disadvantaged youth, ages 15 to 25, in industry-demanded technical and life skills and place them in tourism sector jobs. Building on IYF’s lessons and successes through the Education and Employment Alliance in Morocco (MEEA), the two-year...
Between 250,000 to 300,000 students drop out of middle school each year in the Fès-Boulemane and Doukkala-Abda regions of Morocco. The ITQANE project (Improving Training for Quality Advancement in National Education, which also means "perfection" in Arabic) seeks to reverse...
Life skills are key building blocks for young people to realize their potential at home, at school, at work, and in their communities. Launched in 2004 with support from the GE Foundation, the Passport to Success® (PTS) program equips young people, ages 14 to 24, with a range of skills...
The Planning for Life project aims to integrate reproductive health and family planning into youth development programs to improve the health of young women and men ages 10-24. The program was launched in 2007 with support from USAID and World Learning. The Planning for Life...
From 2005-2010, EEA improved and expanded education and employment opportunities for disadvantaged and unemployed youth in six countries in the Middle East and Asia. Supported by USAID and a wide array of corporate, foundation, and other donors, EEA forged partnerships on multiple levels (global...
More than half of the world’s youth, ages 10 to 24, can be found in Asia and the Pacific; yet the majority lives in poverty, lacks access to quality education, and needs additional skills to secure meaningful employment. From 2007 to 2011, the Unlocking the Potential of Asian Youth...
From January to December 2007, Travelport and the International Youth Foundation (IYF) partnered with Fundação Abrinq to better prepare young people for success in the work force, while encouraging their commitment to improve their own communities. With the support of the Center for the...
YouthMap is a multi-country initiative that aims to better understand and address the challenges facing Africa’s young people. Through YouthMap and its Innovation Fund, the International Youth Foundation (IYF) is conducting holistic assessments on youth circumstances and...
USAID and IYF launched Youth:Work Mexico in 2010 to address youth challenges in Ciudad Juarez and Tijuana, some of Mexico’s most violent and crime-ridden communities. Working with local civil society groups, the initiative will help create safe spaces for disadvantaged young people,...
The Youth Entrepreneurship Development program is a four-year US$15 million initiative created to improve employment, entrepreneurship, and civic engagement opportunities for young Palestinians and to support the Palestinian National Youth Strategy 2011 - 2013.
With funding...
Despite a strong emphasis on the value of work in the Senegalese culture, most youth in this country are ill-prepared to enter the local job market. In order to increase their opportunities to become successful professionals IYF is partnering with a Senegalese NGO, the Synapse Center, to launch...
Nearly 10% of Tanzanian youth are orphans and/or vulnerable children; and these young people lack opportunities to gain the necessary education and job training for their transition to a successful adulthood. Launched in May 2011, Tanzania Youth Scholars (TYS) is a five-year initiative...
A four-year, US$4.2 million civic engagement and entrepreneurship initiative, Jasa.kg harnesses and cultivates the dynamism and creativity of Kyrgyzstani youth to build a stable, prosperous and democratic Kyrgyzstan. Launched in 2011 by IYF, the project primarily aims to:
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Launched in 2011 with funding from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and support from Creative Associates, Tanzania 21st Century (TZ21) provides technical and logistical assistance to the Tanzanian Ministry of Education and Vocational Training to improve child...
Despite the fact that youth educational attainment is the highest in Egypt’s history, at least 90 percent of the country’s unemployed are under 30. Disadvantaged youth, particularly women, do not have access to relevant training to obtain jobs in the formal private sector.
The...
China is striving to adapt its education system to support its booming economy and meet employer demands for qualified workers. In order to prepare Chinese youth for educational achievement and employment success, it is imperative that schools provide not only strong academic curriculums, but...
Each year, as many as 12 million young people in India enter the labor market seeking jobs that can support themselves and their families. However, the Indian economy only creates about one million new jobs in the formal sector every year. To respond directly to these challenges, the...
In 2012, the International Youth Foundation and the Caterpillar Foundation launched EquipYouth to address the challenges young people face when entering the labor force or starting their own business. Implemented over three years the US$11 million initiative will provide 8,500 young...
The International Youth Foundation and Hilton Worldwide are partnering to provide economic opportunities to youth in communities across the globe. In recent years, the world has seen a staggering “youth bulge” – an overwhelming number of young people around the world who lack basic human...
Working in close cooperation with the U.S. Embassy in Algiers, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and stakeholders from the Algerian public, private, and civil society sectors, IYF is implementing the three-year IDMAJ to expand opportunities among...
Initiated in January 2012, this three-year US $1.2 million project aims to improve livelihood opportunities for highly vulnerable in- and out-of-school youth and members of their household in the province of Cabo Delgado. Youth:Work Mozambique is a partnership between IYF, the USAID...
The Youth Livelihoods Alliance (YLA) is a multi-stakeholder initiative, led by IYF, focused on addressing the global youth unemployment crisis. Launched in October 2012, YLA aims to convene leaders in government, business and civil society to:
- Showcase...
Launched in 2012 with the support of the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Tunisia Works is a two-year program designed to build the capacity of local organizations and institutions to support high-quality youth employability, entrepreneurship, and civic engagement projects in...
The Saudi Youth@Work Alliance is centered upon a partnership started in 2012 between IYF and the King Khalid Foundation (KKF), one of the leading foundations supporting youth development in the Kingdom of Saudi...
Partners:
Centro Asesor para el Desarrollo de los Recursos Humanos de Honduras
Drishti
Centre for Community Development and Education
Centro de Investigación y Promoción Educativa y Cultural
Colegio de Educacion Profesional Tecnica del Estado de Tamaulipas
Servicio de Promoción Integral Comunitario Juvenil
Al Jisr
Foundation of Goodness
kuleana Center for Children’s Rights
Vocational Education and Training Authority
National Council for Child and Youth Development
Fundación Para la Infancia y la Juventud - Opportúnitas
Girl Guides Association of Zambia
L'Heure Joyeuse
Fundacion Leon 2000
Instituto CentroAmericano de Estudios para la Democracia Social - DEMOS
Fondation Abdelkader Sedraoui
Childhood Institute
Youth of Osh
Area Youth Foundation
El Jawasreh Charity Association
Khreibet Al Souq Women Charity Association
Prince Talal Bin Mohammad Housing Association
Rawda Charity Associaton
Sanabel Al-Kheir Charity Association
Tawoun Charity Association
Training and Rehabilitation of the Jordanian Woman Charity Association
Waqqas
Zain El-Sharaf Charity Association
Community Development and Continuing Education Institute
TA'AWON for Conflict Resolution Institute
Assiut Businessman Association (ASBA)
Life Vision for Development
The National Program Management Unit (NPMU)
Youth Association for Population and Development (YAPD)
Khawla Bint Al Azwar Association
That Al Nitaqain Association
Associação Unidos Para Ajudar - UPA
King Khalid Foundation
National Council of YMCAs of Korea
Microking Savings and Credit Company
Royal Business Consult Trust
The BOOST Fellowship
Oasis
Association de Développement Technologique
Création et Créativité pour le Développement et l'Embauche
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