Youth Action International 

On August 19th, YAI teamed up with Humanity Unites Brilliance and StarShine Academy to provide the Quintessential Teacher Training (QTT) to more than 600 teachers in Monrovia, Liberia. The teachers came from over 70 schools within Liberia. The focus of the training was to provide teachers with the training and personal commitment towards body, mind, [...]

The Hour Hands Campaign is a global initiative to reclaim the horrific and brutal hours that the people of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Uganda spent in the midst of civil war. These wars lasted generations – the entire lifetimes of a generation of young people.Â
Through the Hour Hands Campaign, YAI is trying to raise $150,000 by [...]

Youth Action International welcomes new Associate Director, Emily Huntoon. Emily has worked in the nonprofit sector for eight years for organizations such as Infant Welfare Society and the Great Lakes Children’s Museum, and has experience in program management, volunteer coordination, and fundraising. She graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A. in International Studies in [...]

On July 24th, YAI celebrated the graduation of 62 women from its Center for Women’s Empowerment in Monrovia, Liberia. The women graduated with the job training, life skills and micro-loans needed to maintain successful businesses. President Sirleaf was in attendance and spoke to the women, congratulating them on their achievements. The Center is a free vocational training [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]