United Action for
Youth Empowerment
10 charities
Empower youth for a better future
Without young people, the world would collapse, and yet most of them lack access to basic opportunities to fulfil their potential, and build a better future. Our United Action bundles the best performing charities empowering youth around the world, so you can donate to several solutions at once.
The problem
Young people represent a large proportion of the human capital in developing countries. However, the majority of the young population in these countries doesn’t have access to economic, social and political opportunities and assets to help them fulfill their potential.
Young people are agents of effective economic, political and social change but the youth agenda is often deemed secondary and they are left out of important decision-making processes, stripping them of their voice and agency.
Development agents are not sufficiently including youth in national and international policy making.
Solutions
Development programmes should focus on supporting countries to implement national youth strategies and create legal and institutional frameworks that encourage youth participation.
Partnerships among governments, civil societies and networks in the youth sector need to be strengthened. Youth participation should be part of all aspects of public and private life.
Governments must strengthen mechanisms for youth policy development on a local, national and international level. By donating to the organisations below you’ll be supporting these solutions.
Charities in this United Action
Donate to this United Action to make your money as effective as possible. Our research team rigorously evaluates each charity, and curates collections of the top performing among them, so you can tackle the same urgent problem with different solutions.
Restless Development
Powered by young people
Restless Development works with young people in solving the world's most pressing problems. They support young people who strive to make a positive impact in their communities. They do this by connecting them with relevant partners and helping them with lobbying, rallying, awareness raising and interactions with national and international decision-makers.
IGLYO
Empowering LGBTQI youth activists and campaigning for their rights
IGLYO is a youth development and leadership organisation that supports LGBTQI+ youth activists. They aim to ensure LGBTQI+ young people are heard by making schools safe and creating inclusive and supportive learning spaces.
Aflatoun International
Children Empowered
Aflatoun International offers social and financial education to children and young people worldwide. They are a network of partner organisations, teachers, supporters and staff, delivering education through a social franchise model. Aflateen and Aflayouth, their programmes tailored to youth, teach them about money, prepare them for the job market and provide technical and vocational training.
Centrepoint
Give homeless young people a future
Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation, health support and life skills in order to get them back into education, training and employment. Their programs involve housing, health, skills development, community engagement and self-sustainability. Centrepoint also campaigns to influence national and local government policy that affects homeless young people.
Solidaridad
For change that matters.
Solidaridad believes that to be sustainable, the agricultural sector must attract younger generations. Therefore, they provide opportunities for young people to engage in this sector and get access to jobs. Solidaridad promotes youth-led services in the cocoa-growing communities and explores opportunities on how young people as entrepreneurs can become more involved in the sector.
KIYO
Empowering youth together
KIYO wants all children and youth to have the opportunity develop themselves to their full potential, where they can express themselves, are being heard and their voice is taken into account. They empower children and youth to take charge of their lives and realise their rights. Together with its partners, KIYO strengthens life and technical skills enabling them to bring about societal change as global citizens.
Woord en Daad
Fight against poverty, from a Christian perspective
Word en Daad provides vocational education and job opportunities to young people in Ethiopia. Entrepreneurs, various levels of the government, communities and vocational training institutes work together to maintain high-quality education, increase job opportunities for young people and to contribute to economic growth.
educate.
Help us support rural communities in empowering children and youth
educate. is a grassroots non-profit organisation that empowers young people in Honduras through community-driven initiatives focused on education. Their scholarship programme works in partnership with local public secondary schools to provide opportunities for excellent students from low-income backgrounds so they can continue their education.
Help A Child
provides a future for children in need
Amongst Help a Child's expertise is youth development and employment. They support the social and economic resilience of vulnerable young people and communities and equip youth with relevant skills to build their future. They emphasize capacity building, skill training and peacebuilding
Goblis Foundation
Empowering Africa's problem-solvers to create economically prosperous and self-reliant communities.
The Goblis Foundation is run by locals and works to empower talented young people from less privileged backgrounds. They help them become successful entrepreneurs and aim to create sustainable solutions. They provide training classes focused around entrepreneurship, fiscal skills, and business and they focus on young people of the communities they work with.
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