YAI and Global Learning Outreach (GLO) are partnering to provide an education to children in West Africa. Through the sale of its ECO-friendly GLO pens, GLO is supporting scholarships to children through YAI. To purchase GLO pens, or find out more about GLO, visit Project GLO.com
One of YAI’s ambassadors through the Hour Hands Campaign is 10 year old Fiona. She was highlighted on CTV in Calgary for her efforts, and her mission to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro with her family this spring. To watch more interviews with Fiona, click here. Good luck, and thank you Fiona!
YAI and its staff are in full support of organizations working to help the victims of the Haitian disaster. Since we don’t work directly in Haiti, we would like to offer our support of Partners in Health. Partners in Health has been working in Haiti for over 20 years and is currently responding to the [...]
The Kids with Sole raised over $2,000 in support of YAI at their Steps in the Right Direction fundraiser last weekend. In spite of freezing weather, dozens of students at Rye Neck High School in New York gathered on January 10th to walk 1 mile and raise money for YAI. Congratulations and thank you to the [...]
YAI has completed the distribution of its initial Mother Goose Time curriculum packages intended to enhance education and literacy for children in Monrovia. The program is ideal for children from birth to 8 years-of-age, and provides preschool curriculum in monthly themed kits. This program also helps to train and support Liberian teachers through its peer-to-peer model. Once [...]
The Liberian newspaper The Inquirer has named Kimmie Weeks “Youth Leader of the Year” for his advocacy and advancement of issues affecting Liberian youth. To read the full Inquirer article please visit http://theinquirer.com.lr/story.php?record_id=2069&sub=14
Thanks to Kids with Sole, Youth Action International staff in Liberia have been delivering thousands shoes to residents in Monrovia for the past two weeks. The donation has created enthusiasm in the community, and crowds of people gathered to receive a pair of tennis shoes. This news comes in advance of the Kids with Sole [...]
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.
Read the YAI 2008 Annual Report: Empowering Africa (pdf)
