Strengthening youth serving organisations

One of Y Care International's key contributions to the YMCA movement in the developing world is to strengthen organisations, building their capacity to deliver high quality and sustainable programmes that benefit disadvantaged young people.

Capacity building enables our partners to generate their own resources, plan and carry out more effective work with young people and ensure their long-term organisational viability.

One example of this area of work is the Comic Relief Investment Grant which has enabled us to support a global programme to strengthen youth serving organisations in Honduras, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Zambia.

After consultation with YMCA partners, key priorities were identified to be addressed by the programme, including financial sustainability, youth advocacy, youth participation and leadership, capturing and sharing learning and board development.