Central America: Reto Juvenil Internacional (RJI)
Reto Juvenil Internacional (RJI) is a non-profit Costa Rican organization, which was officially registered in 1994 - though initial project work began as early as 1991. To date RJI has implemented more than 200 environmental and community projects, engaging over 2,000 international volunteers in the process. Winner of the nationally recognized "Contributions for the Quality of Life Improvements Award" in 2005, RJI works to support community initiatives that contribute to community growth, while also promoting the personal development of youth volunteers through their solidarity-driven participation in community projects.
Guyana: Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG)
Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG) was incorporated in 1990 after YCI’s inaugural project in Guyana and has become a nationally acclaimed leader in youth development and HIV/AIDS. YCI has partnered with YCG for its entire history and much of YCI’s future success in all countries can be attributed to the relationship with YCG. YCG programs include HIV/AIDS education and counseling, skills training, gender equity, literacy and the expansion of peer education networks in remote areas. YCG is a strong sustainable organization with a long history of involvement with YCI and with youth volunteers, having involved over 1,000 youth to date.
Tanzania: Faraja Trust Fund
Faraja Trust Fund is a registered non-governmental organization established in 1991 in Morogoro, Tanzania. Faraja is an HIV/AIDS and community focused organization with a strong emphasis on youth and women. From only three volunteers, Faraja has grown into a vibrant institution with 83 volunteers including peer educators, home care nurses, credit advisers and life skills trainers. Faraja’s key programming activities are preventive HIV/AIDS education, HIV/AIDS care and counseling, income generation support for out-of-school youth, encouraging neighborhood women’s associations and providing access to legal and human rights support. YCI has partnered with Faraja since 2005.
Tanzania: Umoja Centre
The Umoja Centre, run by the registered NGO Umoja Tanzania Incorporated, is an education centre located in Arusha, Tanzania and is YCI’s newest partner organization. Founded in 2009 by Caroline Goody and Emma Wagner, the Umoja Centre’s mission is to create a centre that encourages independent thinking and empowers young people to create change in their lives and the wider community. The centre currently works with approximately 80 students who come from extreme poverty and have had minimal access to education. Students at the Umoja Centre participate in a year-long program to learn vital skills such as English, computers, business studies, and personal development, in addition to organizing community activities and initiatives about relevant local issues.
Tanzania: ZANGOC
ZANGOC (Zanzibar NGO Cluster) is a Non-governmental organization established in 1996 that strives to build collective efforts in combating the HIV/AIDS pandemic. ZANGOC is comprised of 30 HIV/AIDS organizations of which 10 are youth-serving and draws its members from the two Islands of Pemba and Unguja. ZANGOC’s vision is of strong, committed and dynamic member organizations that effectively fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Zanzibar. The member organizations of ZANGOC are working on youth and HIV/AIDS programming and related youth employment and advocacy in Zanzibar. YCI has been working with ZANGOC since 2005 and has extended their capacity to deliver programs at a larger scale.
Youth Challenge International-Tanzania is a Tanzanian-registered NGO (registration # 00NGO/0062) that has been working with youth in Tanzania since 2004. In partnership with local non-governmental organizations, YCI-T has worked to develop youth-specific programming related to HIV/AIDS, gender, and leadership and life skills within urban and rural communities throughout Tanzania. The bulk of YCI-T programming is made possible through the regular work of youth who volunteer with YCI-T and its partners for 6 to 8 week sessions throughout the year.
Ghana: YMCA Ghana
The YMCA of Ghana was founded in 1890 and its mission is to bring positive change to the lives of young people and to make them useful and productive citizens. The YMCA of Ghana is headquartered in Accra and operates in 77 communities in 8 of the 10 Administrative Regions in Ghana. YCI has partnered with the YMCA of Ghana since 2006, training 50 Ghanaian youth as HIV/AIDS peer educators and reaching over 4,000 local youth through HIV/AIDS and employability training activities.
Ghana: Youth Empowerment Synergy
Currently, YES Ghana is the most extensive non-governmental youth organization in Ghana, run by youth, for youth. YES and YCI have partnered to work on key programming areas throughout Ghana. These include a “Youth Employability” project, which enables Ghanaian young men and women successful earn a sustainable living through employability skills training, entrepreneurship and business creation, as well as an “Active Citizenship” project, which encourages young people to take leadership roles in their communities and ensure their voices are being heard.
Uganda Youth Network
The Uganda Youth Network (UYONET) has seven full-time staff, as well as local volunteers. They lead a consortium of 15 registered youth community-based organizations, and multiple other associates in 17 districts throughout Uganda. UYONET’s programming is focused on four themes: governance and human rights, youth, environment and climate change, economic empowerment and institutional capacity building, as well as capacity building with partners. YCI launched its partnership and first pilot project with UYONET in 2010. UYONET has also received funds and partnered with the UN democracy fund, National Endowment for Democracy, African Youth Trust and others.
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