Key Achievements
To date, more than 100,000 West African youth have benefited from YAI’s youth empowerment programs; more than 5,000 children have climbed on a new playground and rediscovered their youth through YAI and the power to play; more than 400 single mothers have gained work skills, received micro-loans and claimed a place of influence in their communities; more than 200 young women have learned via lifetime scholarships and experienced the strength of education; more than 300 children have healed from illness through medical care and received the opportunity to grow to their full potential; more than 150 Ugandan families have received agricultural training and seeds to become self sustainable.
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