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Archive for June, 2009

YAI invests in early education

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

The American based organization Youth Action International (YAI) has announced that it is working in partnership with Mother Goose Time (MGT) and the International Child Resource Institute (ICRI) to launch an early childhood education program in Liberia.   The program will be the only one of its kind in Liberia and is expected to make a [...]

House Parties

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

Introduction
One of the easiest special events, and sometimes one of the most lucrative, is the common house party. In some ways, it seems ludicrous to describe how to do a house party, since anyone who has ever had a birthday party, school picnic, anniversary celebration, a small wedding or bat mitzvah already possesses the knowledge [...]

KIN GLOBAL SUPPORTS YAI!

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Between June 1 – 3, 2009, a group of 200 delegates from around the world convened to attend the Kellogg Innovative Network (KIN Global).  The goal of the event was to build a path toward global prosperity. During the event, delegates raised close to $50,000 in support of YAI’s work.
The funds are in support of YAI’s [...]

Tangible results: 150,000+ Impacted & Counting!

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

100,000 West African youth benefit from YAI’s youth empowerment programs.
4,000 children receive education supplies.
700 youth in the U.S. are actively engaged through YAI member chapters.
YAI speaking tours reach 40,000 youth each year, world-wide.
500 former child soldiers benefit from informal counseling, skills training, micro-credit loans, and other support services.
400 single mothers gain work skills, receive micro-loans [...]

LIBERIA CORE STAFF

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

 Martina B. Marshall - Martina joined the YAI family in October of 2007 as Program Officer for Women and currently serves as Country Representative for YAI- Liberia.  A cum laude graduate of the African Methodist Episcopal University (A.M E.U), she holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology. Her goal is to contribute to society through [...]

Action: Join YAI & HUB to change the world

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Wouldn’t it be amazing if you found an opportunity in which giving and receiving happened naturally at the same time?  There is no limit to the positive impact we can make when we unite our brilliance for the greater good.Imagine, how joining forces with Brilliant minded, Heart centered, Action oriented people would impact your personal [...]

Uganda: YAI & MYDEL to graduate 62

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

YAI is set to graduate the first batch of students from Mengo Youth Development Link Vocational Training Center. It ran for a year beginning February 2008 and was officially launched by the former Minister of Youth and Children, Honorable James Kinobe. The students were trained in wood curving, tailoring, tie & Dye, paper beads making [...]

Uganda: Agricultural initiative a success

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Youth Action International has successfully implemented the Family Empowerment Initiative to support children made vulnerable by AIDS, poverty and conflict in Rakai District. In the first phase of this program, YAI provided 150 families with seeds and tools for subsistence farming. We trained farmers on various topics including post-harvest handling, good environmental practices, and seeds preservation. [...]

Liberia: YAI Country Representative Returns From Senegal

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Informer Newspaper, 15 April:
The Country Representative of Youth Action International (YAI) Martina Marshall has returned from a weeklong capacity-building workshop held in Dakar, Senegal, for civil society organizations.  The workshop brought together a number of participants from all over West Africa.

YAI Graduates 150 in Sierra Leone

Monday, June 1st, 2009

150 Women have graduatted from YAI’s Center for Women Empowerment in Sierra Leone. The women mainly drawn from the slum community of Kroobay were awarded certificates for completing courses in Tailoring, Hairdressing, Jewelry Making, Computer, photography and Adult Literacy.
The graduation ceremony took place on 30th May 2009. Women who had gone through the program graduated with new [...]

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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