YESYES Challenge

For funders & systems partners

Fund the multiplier, not the workshop.

One investment does not buy one program. It activates a network of Changemaker Hubs: each runs its own challenges, each generates its own evidence, and many become locally self-funding.

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One investment

A funder backs the model. Not a single site, but the capacity to activate many.

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Many Hubs

Institutions become Changemaker Hubs, each running challenges with its own young people.

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Many young people

Every Hub reaches new cohorts every year, and the revolving fund keeps them going.

Why the numbers work

~$25

is the trust-based investment per team, and about 95% of it comes back into a revolving fund that seeds the next cohort.

500,000+

young people were engaged over five years through YES Network Pakistan. The model scales.

Self-funding

In Zimbabwe, Hubs are building toward local self-funding through the revolving fund and alumni partnerships.

What a funder gets

  • Leverage. Your investment reaches youth through many Hubs, not one site.
  • A low, honest cost-per-youth. The core investment is tens of dollars per team, and most of it recycles.
  • Auditable impact. Every cohort produces real numbers: teams, profitability, repayment, people served.
  • A model that weans off aid. The revolving fund and alumni pathways move Hubs toward local funding over time.

We hold an honest line between what is proven and what is still early. Zimbabwe and Pakistan are proof of the model; each new Hub is reported as what it is.

Start a conversation

If you fund youth, education, or economic inclusion, we'll send the multiplier model and the current evidence base, and set up a conversation.