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From Street Peddler to Small Business Owner: Adail’s StoryMedellín, Colombia – As a child who sold candy on the street to support his family, Adail Cano Martin was an unlikely candidate to become a successful small business owner and catalyst for local econo...Read more |
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Action Takes Root — IYF’s Global Youth Leadership Program Goes LocalSince 2001, with support from Nokia, IYF’s YouthActionNet® program has provided 160 youth leaders from 55 countries with critical leadership training and practical skill-building to help them build th...Read more |
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“Celebrating 20 Years”“Microsoft chose to work with IYF in many countries because it is an effectively global and appropriately local organization.” — Akhtar BadshahSenior Director, Global Community AffairsMicr...Read more |
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Sustaining Results: The Case of NokiaIYF works with companies — big and small — co-creating corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs to improve young people’s lives. Since 1990, IYF has helped visionary businesses impleme...Read more |
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Using Games and Sporting Activities to Teach Children about Global IssuesDina Buchbinder Auron is among 15 youth in Mexico honored with the 2010 Premio UVM por el Desarrollo Social (UVM Prize for Social Development). The prize celebrates and supports young Mexican social e...Read more |
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An Aspiring Journalist Pursues His DreamTwenty-year-old Adnan Kryeziu grew up in the Rahovec (Orahovac) municipality of southwestern Kosovo. One of six children, Adnan always wanted to be a journalist; yet like many Kosovar youth, he was fo...Read more |
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Learning through Volunteering: Věra's Story“Kun!,” said Hana in Czech, pointing excitedly to the picture she drew of a brown horse with a black mane and tail. Three weeks earlier, Hana, age 20, rode a horse for the very first time while taking...Read more |
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Rays of Hope for a Devastated CommunityThe tsunami that smashed into the small southeastern Indian coastal fishing village of Killai on December 26, 2004, destroyed an already fragile community — washing away homes and killing countless...Read more |
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HIV Positive Peer Educator and Trainer of Trainers: Iddy's StoryIddy Wiraji Chuma is a positive role model for the youth living in Bagamoyo District — a 2-hour drive Northwest of Dar Es Salaam. He volunteers with the Tanzanian Red Cross as a peer educator and a...Read more |
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Indonesia Youth Gain Employability Skills and Strengthen Local Fishing IndustryFamilies living in coastal communities in West Java, Indonesia, are blessed with an abundant supply of Kuniran fish that is in great demand locally and globally. Yet many of those families have been u...Read more |
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In Mindanao, Science Videos Generate Excitement Among StudentsKristine Magola, a sixth-grade student at Katidtuan Elementary School in Mindanao, Philippines, knew she wanted to be a nurse, but was not learning enough in school to realize her ambition. When her s...Read more |
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In Jordan, 23-year-old Wafaa Gains Self Confidence Through Volunteer Project“I gained a lot of self confidence, and I want to do more,” says Wafaa, a 23-year-old Jordanian woman who worked with a group of youth volunteers to fix up the local school in Mallaha, a small town in...Read more |
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Building Success from Challenging BeginningsTannu, a bright and engaging 17-year old in the Wrigley Youth.Empowerment.Success (Y.E.S) program at Don Bosco in Chandigarh, India, stands out wherever she is – in a group, in the classroom, or on th...Read more |
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From Nothing to SomethingAllen Lopez, a young man from Antipolo City, Philippines, dropped out of school when he was 16, and his life began to spiral downward. Today, he feels fortunate to be enrolled in welding classes suppo...Read more |
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InsightsHave you ever wondered what’s really on the minds of young people? Here’s your chance. As IYF turns 20, we surveyed 20-year-olds around the globe participating in IYF-supported programs about wh...Read more |
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International Youth Foundation Releases 4th Edition of YOUth MagazineToday’s 12-24-year olds represent the world’s most promising younger generation. In the years ahead, they will face daunting challenges – and extraordinary opportunities. But what directio...Read more |
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