Latin America & the Caribbean
We’ve worked with more than 70 local organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean to help them harness their passion for sustainable youth development projects that measurably change the lives of underserved youth. The first member of IYF’s global partner network joined from Ecuador in 1991, just a year after our founding. Flagship initiatives New Employment Opportunities (NEO) and entra21 have connected more than 100,000 young people with employability training and jobs and created critical alliances among government ministries, businesses, and youth organizations. A great example of how IYF builds local capacity to meet global standards of excellence, our innovative new assessment tool for NEO is helping us evaluate more than 200 service providers, who receive tailored coaching and improvement plans from our regional experts. Together, we’re reshaping how young people in Latin America and the Caribbean envision and can access a brighter future.Learn more about IYF’s work in Latin America and the Caribbean by downloading the fact sheet, available in English, Portuguese and Spanish, or explore our 2024 Impact Report, available in English and Spanish.
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Read more: EquipYouth (2012 – 2024)
EquipYouth (2012 – 2024)
IYF and Caterpillar’s philanthropic organization, the Caterpillar Foundation, launched this global initiative in 2012 to increase youth employability prospects and support youth entrepreneurship. The initiative has prepared young people with…
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Read more: Caribbean Youth Empowerment Fact Sheet
Caribbean Youth Empowerment Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides a brief description of the Caribbean Youth Empowerment Program (CYEP) in Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Jamaica, and St. Lucia. Launched in 2008 and concluded in 2013,…
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Read more: Entra21 Notes: Training Youth for the Business Sector
Entra21 Notes: Training Youth for the Business Sector
This study presents findings from the entra21 program. It describes the alliance created between the International Youth Foundation’s partner, Instituto Aliança (a Brazilian non-profit organization), and Walmart Brazil to train…
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Read more: Entra21 Notes: Case Study of an Inclusive Business
Entra21 Notes: Case Study of an Inclusive Business
This study presents findings from the entra21 program. It describes how a company worked with six communities and helped create 600 new jobs in Paraguay. The study also describes how…
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Read more: Opportunity for Action
Opportunity for Action
This report presents an overview of the barriers that stand between young people and their opportunities for a decent livelihood. The data summarized here are presented from a regional perspective…
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Read more: Obra: Alliances for Youth—Trust, Learning, and Collaboration
Obra: Alliances for Youth—Trust, Learning, and Collaboration
This report presents findings from the Obra program. It describes lessons learned during the process of building the program’s partnerships in Peru. The report is available only in Spanish.
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Read more: Building Alliances for Youth: Lessons from Obra
Building Alliances for Youth: Lessons from Obra
This report presents findings from the Obra initiative. It describes the process, from 2010 to 2011, for building the program’s sub-regional partnerships in Peru, Guatemala, and Jamaica and the lessons…
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Read more: Learning Series #8: Equipping Youth Who Are Harder to Hire for the Labor Market
Learning Series #8: Equipping Youth Who Are Harder to Hire for the Labor Market
This study is the eighth edition in the entra21 Learning Series, which presents findings from that program. The study describes how successful five projects were in recruiting more vulnerable youth,…
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Read more: Learning Series #7: The Role of Technology in Preparing Disadvantaged Youth for the World of Work
Learning Series #7: The Role of Technology in Preparing Disadvantaged Youth for the World of Work
This study is the seventh edition in the entra21 Learning Series, which presents findings from that program. The study describes the cases of E.dúcate (Ecuador), Fundación Universitaria Panamericana (Colombia), and…