Youth Action International 

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 [...]

Acclaimed Liberian activist Kimmie Weeks has received a number of major awards at home and abroad. These include honors bestowed upon him by the National Excellence Award, and Oracle Group. �
On April 17th, Kimmie Weeks received the Wangari Mathai Award for Global Citizenship.  The award was presented to Weeks in the Atrium Ballroom of the [...]

Youth Action International has launched its first rural office in Kono district, eastern Sierra Leone. The agriculture project is currently engaging 500 young people in rice and vegetable production. It is estimated that through 500 youth farmers and 20 youth groups, about 2,850 people in 22 marginalized villages in the districts of Kono will directly [...]

The Greener Diamond has released a new line of t-shirts to raise awareness and support YAI’s work.  The “ENOUGH!” campaign t-shirts have been worn and is being promoted by celebrities including   Johnny Littlefield on the show:Extreme Makeover, Home Edition.
The Greener Diamond will donate 100% of the proceeds from the ENOUGH t-shirt sales to Kimmie Week’s [...]

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)—Liberian activist Kimmie Weeks is in the American City of Chicago as a featured participant at Northwestern University’s KIN Global Summit.   The conference theme this year “Building Global Prosperity: Innovation and Action” and is taking place from June 1 – 3, 2009.
A group of 175 “invitation-only” delegates with outstanding credentials in innovation in many fields [...]

In April 2008, Kimmie Weeks, founder of Youth Action International (YAI) was a guest speaker at the Rye Neck High School in Mamaroneck, New York. At that time, Mr. Week’s shared his personal story and encouraged Rye Neck’s students to become active global citizens. When the students asked Mr. Weeks what relevant action they may [...]