Asia & Oceania
In this region where countries with already huge youth contingents are experiencing massive population growth, we offer solutions for turning the youth bulge into a demographic dividend. Beginning more than two decades ago, we’ve empowered young people here with the information, skills, and mentoring to succeed as employees and as entrepreneurs. Working with international partners, we’ve developed initiatives that offer youth market-relevant training to help them win jobs and close the skills gap. As part of our commitment to our global partner network, we support local organizations through workshops, tailored curricula, and mentoring that build their capacity to serve youth.
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Read more: Planning for Life

Planning for Life
The goal of this two-phase USAID-funded initiative was to increase the integration of youth reproductive health and family planning into IYF’s youth development programs and strengthen the relevant technical capacity…
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Read more: Passport to Success® (2007–Present)

Passport to Success® (2007–Present)
Passport to Success® equips young people ages 14 to 24 with a range of skills that will help them stay in school and acquire the education, professional skills, employment readiness…
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Read more: Tsunami Reconstruction Initiative

Tsunami Reconstruction Initiative
The earthquake and tsunami that ravaged a dozen South and Southeast Asian countries in December of 2004 caused a huge loss of lives and livelihoods. From 2006 to 2009, the Tsunami…
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Read more: YouthActionNet® Global Network (2006–2020)

YouthActionNet® Global Network (2006–2020)
YouthActionNet® established a global network of national and regional youth leadership institutes, spanning more than 20 youth-serving institutions. While a majority of local institutes were housed in university settings, others…
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Read more: Youth. Empowerment. Success. (Y.E.S.)

Youth. Empowerment. Success. (Y.E.S.)
With support from the Wm. J. Wrigley Jr. Company Foundation, the Y.E.S. initiative provided vulnerable youth in India with access to the education and skills training needed to successfully transition…
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Read more: Starbucks™ Shared Planet™ Youth Action Grants

Starbucks™ Shared Planet™ Youth Action Grants
This initiative provided grants to young social entrepreneurs who participated in our YouthActionNet® program. From 2008 to 2013, 90 youth-led social innovations in 32 countries received this financial support, which…
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Read more: Bridgeit

Bridgeit
An innovative example of how technology can enrich teaching, Bridgeit used cell phones to improve instruction and increase primary school student achievement in math, science, and life skills. The program…
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Read more: Skills for Youth (SkY)

Skills for Youth (SkY)
With this initiative, we sought to do in Rajasthan, Delhi, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh what we’ve being doing around the world: connecting disadvantaged youth with the skills and training needed…
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Read more: Nokia-IYF Global Youth Development Initiative (2000–2011)

Nokia-IYF Global Youth Development Initiative (2000–2011)
For more than a decade, we teamed with Nokia to connect youth in 68 countries to their community and country, a better education, and improved job prospects. With the company’s…
