Our focus is on four key outcomes: for kids and young people to graduate HEALTHY, EDUCATED, EMPOWERED and EMPLOYED. Why these four? Because they’re all interconnected and essential to achieving the big goal: helping break the cycle of poverty.
Health.
Knowledge is power, especially when it comes to getting and staying healthy. So our health programmes focus on two essential things:
- Developing healthy habits; and
- Connecting kids and young people with services when they need help.
Education.
Education doesn’t have a one-size-fits-all solution. Your support is invested in helping kids and young people complete school using a wide range of tools to make it happen: providing school fees, uniforms, supplies, tutoring and scholarships.
Empowerment.
Through empowerment programmes that build leadership, teamwork and confidence, you’re not only making a brighter future possible, but you’re also creating a positive ripple effect on kids’ and young people’s communities.
YUVA has launched a speciality school called the YUVA Academy to sustain the empowerment cause. There exist three departments under the YUVA Academy:
- YUVA School of Leadership
- YUVA School of Entrepreneurship
- YUVA School of Humanities
Employment.
Mock interviews, résumé writing, connecting with jobs, earning scholarships for university or vocational training — YUVA teens are focused on developing workplace and technical skills to help them change their lives for good.
age + location + circumstances = how programmes get delivered
“For me, YUVA is a door to success. YUVA has had a great impact on me because it helped me grow as a leader. This programme changes lives — it changed mine. I participated in almost all the programmes here. Now, I am a volunteer, teaching the kids everything I learned.“
Dayana S., 22, YUVA Academy Graduate