Fifty students in Grand Bassa County, Liberia have graduated from YAI’s computer training program. Launched two years ago the computer training program provides basic and advanced computer courses to young people in rural Liberia. Youth Action International designed this program for youths in Grand Bassa because the county had no higher education institutions and young [...]
Youth Action International’s Center for Women’s Empowerment in Sierra Leone and Liberia have graduated 175 women from its Center for Women’s Empowerment. The graduates were trained in one of eight areas: tailoring, jewelry making, Interior decorating, pastry, cake decorating, fabric production, country cloth weaving, and cosmetology. In addition to receiving vocational training, each of the [...]
World acclaimed Liberian activist Kimmie Weeks has received an honorary Doctorate Degree from one of America’s prestigious schools. Amherst College conferred the degree on the newly named Dr. Weeks at the school’s commencement ceremony held in Amherst, Massachusetts on Sunday, May 22nd. Other honorees at the ceremony included France’s current Minister of Economy, Finance and [...]
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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