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Youth Empowerment Program Network

Strengthening the capacity of youth-serving organizations to teach young people how to

be agents of change in their communities.

2. Training and coaching by World Vision staff to implement the curriculum as well as professional development in areas of youth and adult partnerships, youth engagement, child protection, boosting youth resiliency, and program evaluation.3. Access to SEARCH Institute evaluation tools, with support and analysis.4. Access to an expanding community of youth-serving organizations.

World Vision’s Youth Empowerment Program Network provides the opportunity to expand the important work that you are already doing with youth. You’ll become better equipped to initiate positive change in your community in partnership with young people!

As a Youth Empowerment Program Network subscriber, you’ll gain access to:

1. The Empowered for Change: Youth Advocacy Training curriculum and other digital resources.

“My World Vision experience radically

changed my life. My voice is more

courageous and more educated and I am

moving forward with great hope.”

—Vianeli Garcia, a Youth Empowerment

Program graduate in New York

Ignite Community Change

Here’s a sampling of the skills that youth learn through Empowered for Change: • How to effectively communicate with adults and work with them in true partnership.• What it means to be an advocate.• How to create a vision for changing their community for the better.• How to gain confidence to present a policy recommendation to a government official.

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Join the Youth Empowerment Program Network!

FINDING HER STRENGTH AND VOICE

World Vision “helps young people from high-risk neighborhoods in the U.S. to see their potential and change themselves and their communities,” says Vianeli Garcia, who knows firsthand the type of mentoring and encouragement taught in the Youth Empowerment Program.

Growing up in the foster care system in New York City, at one point Vianelli “didn’t think any good could come out of me.” But, she adds, “through hard work and encouragement, I soon found my strength and my voice.”

For more information or to register, please go to: www.worldvision.org/yepnetwork

Join the Youth Empowerment Program Network in three steps:

The network provides multiple resources and support for organizations that are committed to improving

their work with vulnerable youth—and empowering them to make a difference in their community.

1. Apply for your organization to participate in a virtual learning community. You’ll join up to 14 other youth-focused organizations across the U.S. and gain insights from each other as you all take this journey. Go to www.worldvision.org/yepnetwork and click on the “Join” link.

2. Participate in the nine-month program and we’ll support you through the beginning-to-end process of curriculum implementation. You’ll receive coaching and training on everything from start-up to sustaining the impact. You’ll learn how to engage youth, deliver curriculum, build effective youth and adult partnerships, evaluate training, build resiliency in your youth, and more. You’ll also receive one-on-one support from a World Vision coach by phone and email.

3. Stay connected. After the nine-month program, your organization will continue to have access to World Vision’s Empowered for Change curriculum and the rest of our virtual resources. Technical support will also continue to be available along with the opportunity to stay connected to the expanding Youth Empowerment Network.

Cost: A one-time fee of $125

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