Introducing Global Youth for Education and Change
The developing world requires immediate assistance as it possesses some of the world’s most challenging social issues. Young adults are a growing part of the solution. However, there is a lack of service opportunities during one of the most dynamic and transformational periods in youth development: the college years.
We believe if you can activate youth during their transformative years, and engage them in acts of social innovation, you can ignite a passion that lasts a lifetime. When they are engaged during the college years, rather than after, they get a “jump start” to engagement. The benefits to the individual, the communities, and the world are magnified.
Mission
Our mission is to inspire young people in the U.S. to be forces for good by delivering opportunities to be socially innovative, enable people in the developing world with limited formal education to become leaders in their communities, and cultivate lasting relationships that advance the idea and practice of responsible and strategic global service.
We do this by:
– Immersive learning and training
– Strategic Service Corps - matching student interest and giving opportunities. Corps positions are awarded by proposal.
• Phase 1, follow the community social work model
• Phase 2, ground-level IT development
• Phase 3, utilizing skills, teaching others in community, develop own small business
– Entrepreneurial/Microfinance opportunities
– Fundraising & Scholarships
– Partnerships w/ businesses, community-based organizations around world. GYEC currently has partnerships with MRULE and VVOCF, and is developing/resurrecting partnerships in Kenya, India and Thailand.