http://www.youthactioninternational.org/yai education & economic empowerment for young people Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:16:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en YAI, in collaboration with the Richard Coleman Family Foundation, has distributed notebooks and pencils to nearly 300 students at the William Coleman High School and Christian A. Richards school. The distribution is part of a larger plan and effort to upgrade the standards of education at both schools. When YAI ... http://www.youthactioninternational.org/yai/index.php/news/yai-collaborates-with-richard-coleman-family-foundation/ Sixty young people have successfully completed the first phase of YAI's rural Computer Training Center program. The program,which was implemented in the port city of Buchanan in Liberia's Grand Bassa County, gives 60 community students the opportunity to learn basic and intermediary computer skills. YAI initiated the computer training program in ... http://www.youthactioninternational.org/yai/index.php/news/60-graduate-from-yais-computer-training-center/ CNN International is re-airing its profile of Kimmie Weeks on it's popular African Voicessegment today (2/27) at 11:30 GMT (5:30 am EST) and 18:30 or 19:30 GMT (12:30 or 1:30 pm EST). It will also air Sunday at 17:00 GMT. If you weren't able to watch this interview the first time ... http://www.youthactioninternational.org/yai/index.php/news/cnn-profiles-kimmie-weeks/ Kimmie Weeks is featured on AT&T's 28 Days campaign. On Day 28, the work of Kimmie and YAI are highlighted and visitors to the site can share their stories of action. The site includes information about how to take action, and contains a speaker series. To check it out, get ... http://www.youthactioninternational.org/yai/index.php/news/28-days/ This Valentine’s Day, show your love…. to a young entrepreneur in Africa to a war-affected child to someone you know It doesn’t take much – by donating $1 to YAI you can show your love to all of these people. Make a donation to YAI by February 12th through our First Giving page and ... http://www.youthactioninternational.org/yai/index.php/news/show-your-love/ The Greener Diamond will donate 100% of the proceeds from the ENOUGH t-shirt sales to Youth Action International for a project that will regenerate and reclaim a former diamond mine in the Kono region of Sierra Leone. Former child soldiers will farm the land into new rice fields that will ... http://www.youthactioninternational.org/yai/index.php/news/buy-the-greener-diamond-t-shirt-and-support-yai/ 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 http://www.youthactioninternational.org/yai/index.php/news/yai-partnering-with-project-glo/ 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! http://www.youthactioninternational.org/yai/index.php/news/young-yai-ambassador-highlighted-on-ctv/ 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 ... http://www.youthactioninternational.org/yai/index.php/news/the-crisis-in-haiti/ 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 ... http://www.youthactioninternational.org/yai/index.php/uncategorized/kids-with-sole-raise-2000-for-yai/