Young people get a few dollars to start a project, build an income and learn that they can change their world.
We help organisations, educational institutions and inspired individuals to organize Youth-led Changemaking Challenges aka YES Challenges around the globe. Within as little as a week, young people come up with ideas and use the small investment to launch a project and make a profit. Participants emerge empowered and with a new skillset. They engage with their community, develop self-confidence and create opportunities for themselves and others.
How it works
You can sign up as an institution, school, college or church OR you can participate in the
YES Challenge with a team you form on your own.
01
Sign up as an institution or form your own youth team.
The first step is either signing up your institution (school, university, NGO or church group) OR forming a team of motivated individuals who want to participate in the challenge together and we send you the FREE YES Starter Kit.
02
Trust Based Investment as initial catalyst for changemaking
Each youth team receives a trust based investment of 10USD to 25USD and an initial introduction as well as a kickoff toolkit. With the FREE Yes Starter Kit we give you input on how you can fundraise this Trust Based Investment locally.
03
Kick-Off Changemaking Challenge & Start of projects
Over the course of 7 to 14 days, each team develops and implements a project idea, acquires the first paying customers and generates revenue and profit.
04
Share and celebrate
the results
At the end of the challenge teams present their results and pay back the trust based investment if they made a profit. If successful, they graduate to Level 2 and get more time and more investment. If they don't, they are invited to try again.
"We sell the bricks to the community in order for them to build their houses..."
Listen to Simbarashe Kahuni share how him and his team started a youth-led changemaking project molding bricks in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe after receiving 50 USD Trust Based Investment through the YES Youth-led Changemaking program.
Start a YES Challenge!
Are you a young person that wants to experience the power of a YES Challenge? Or are you a teacher, professor or community leader that wants to empower young people?
The YES Youth-led Changemaking Model has been proven thousands of times in its power
to inspire young people to action and to activate and empower youth to take responsibility,
build an income and change their communities.