YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

God Gave Them a Passion …

Your gift to Youth Development helps young people take the next step out of poverty through university studies, vocational school, entrepreneurship training and microenterprise opportunities.

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You Can Help Them Pursue It!

Compassion's Youth Development program provides youths ages 12 and older with customized training and educational paths according to their own unique, God-given talents, potential and purpose.

Our goal is that each young person completes the Compassion program equipped with the knowledge, skills, abilities and behaviors that allow them to succeed and have a sustainable way to support themselves.

Your donation is a tangible demonstration of the meaning of compassion that will help a student develop impactful Christian leadership skills and achieve their dreams.

FORMAL EDUCATION

Tutoring for examinations and financial assistance for university and seminary resources and fees

NONFORMAL EDUCATION

Vocational training and apprenticeships, job-search skills and computer literacy

BUSINESS STARTUP TRAINING

Coaching on business and entrepreneurship, and access to seed capital and microloans

Three Reasons Why Your Support Is Critical

61 million children worldwide do not attend primary school, let alone college

617 million youths worldwide do not have basic math and reading skills

1/5 of the world’s young people are not in education, employment or training

Sources: ourworldindata.org, un.org/sustainabledevelopment

Youth Development Helps Young People Like Pedro

Pedro lives in a community in Nicaragua where teenagers are exposed, even from a young age, to dangerous influences from gangs and vices like drugs and alcohol.

But Pedro’s Compassion child development center has a Youth Development program that protects children from these influences. The church-based staff and volunteers equip teens with skills to empower them and make them agents of change with a different attitude toward their futures. Pedro was able to attend vocational training to learn how to make hammocks — a skill he’s found he really enjoys.

“I really like this workshop. I could use this knowledge to start my own hammock business,” he says. “I still find knots complicated, but I’m practicing!”

Your gifts help teenagers like Pedro to realize their potential and make a positive impact on their families, friends and surrounding communities!