Mission Statement
To Deliver and empower young people and Youth by building their leadership virtues, creating mentorship, economic
and educational opportunities for them to become positive change agents in their communities.
Our Vision
To be recognized as the premier resource centre for excellent development of African change agents.
VALUES:
Creativity
We celebrate, recognize and reward creativity to the mission and vision of African Youth Organization.
Excellence
We demonstrate excellence in all our activities going the extra mile to ensure that our programmes, services and
operations are world class and of the highest standards.
A culture of responsibility for self and others
Integrity and openness
Paying-it-forward
Respect
We recognize and celebrate the diversity in our society and demonstrate respect in all of our interactions with
different Representatives/stakeholders.
What We Do
Our thematic area of focus is based on our research into pertinent issues that affect the development of Africans
as global citizens. We strongly believe that women and young people are highly affected but rarely considered in
decision making processes that affects their lives hence our focus area is to develop empower them to serve as
change agents and also to influence and advocate the existing structures into creating the environment that would
make this happen.
Our six thematic areas are:
1.REVIVAL/DELIVERANCE PROGRAMMES:
2. Cultural and Educational Development: Hands on training through internships, cultural youth exchange initiatives
and human capital development through scholarship schemes, music and arts workshop, short educational courses for
Youth. We also target building bridges between European and African culture.
3. Entrepreneurial Empowerment: Concrete training and empowerment with the introduction of Business extension
workers.
4. Democracy and Good Governance Development: Mainstreaming youth participation in decision making processes.
Understanding of civic rights and duties. Social support for enhancing rights, educate youth and children to be
ambassadors of peace in their schools and communities
5. Research and development
6. Social and Human rights
Africa Youths 4 Change Organization (AY4C) is a Profit/nonprofit organization, which is committed to educating,
equipping and empowering African Youths and young people to effectively create the desired positive change within
their communities and serve as active players in the decision making processes of their communities.
Major Project
0. RIVIVAL/DELIVARANCE PROGAMES
1. Youths Entrepreneurship Training
2. Youth Entrepreneurship Training
3. Charity Support
4. PEER2PEER
5. Democratic Youths Leadership Training
6. FEEDER Project
7. Youths Educational Training Courses
Countries
AY4C currently runs an office in philistine and other African Countries, which caters for Africans living overseas
and outside of Africa. This affords us the opportunity to facilitate cultural exchange programmes and give African
youth the opportunity to be familiar with the African culture, deal with the challenges of racial discrimination,
social confidence and identity whiles ensuring that Africans living outside of Africa fully harness the available
opportunities within their communities. The African centre is situated in Abuja Nigeria with the mandate of
empowering young men and Youths with requisite skills and knowledge that would make them equal partners on the
global scene as well as play active role in the development of their communities. The Nigerian office is currently
involved in main streaming youth and women into decision making processes ensure grassroots' participation in
democratic processes, advocate for more decent job creation and a development of friendly governance structure.
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