Youth Action International 

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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 [...]

 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 [...]

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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 [...]

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. [...]

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.

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 [...]