Youth Action International’s mission in Sierra Leone has organized and held a series of training workshops on managing small business enterprise for women living in some of the poorest communities in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
More than 500 women have benefited from the workshops which are geared at helping women develop or improve their small businesses. Youth [...]
Youth Action International’s country office in Uganda is providing emergency medical and nutrition assistance to children belonging to the Karamajong tribe in Uganda. Youth Action International began the emergency humanitarian assistance in December after discovering that hundreds of Karamajong children living in Kampala were sick and did not have access to medical attention.
Most of the [...]
Memory Bandera has arrived in East Africa to serve as YAI’s Regional Director. Memory is currently in Uganda where she is working on developing YAI’s comprehensive program to provide emergency relief and long term sustainability aid to the marginalized Karamajong people.
Before joining YAI, Memory served as founder President of the Girl Child Network (GCN), a [...]
The Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Republic of Liberia, Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has bestowed Liberia’s highest honor on child rights activist Kimmie Weeks for “sacrificial and dedicated services to the people of Liberia.” The President formally decorated Kimmie Weeks as Knight Grand Commander in the Humane Order of African [...]
Youth Action International director Kimmie Weeks was awarded the coveted Golden BR!CK award in a televised event aired earlier in April on The CW.
The BR!CK Awards are the premiere national award given to young change-makers who have committed themselves to making a difference in the world. It is the only televised award show about changing [...]
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Youth Action International is a non-governmental organization that uses grassroots techniques to develop and implement programs that help alleviate the suffering of children affected by war or living in difficult circumstances, empower them to reach their full potential, and break cycles of violence and poverty.
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