Youth Sector: Health & HIV Capacity Builders, Community & Youth Development Specialists, Youth Educators
YOUTH IN DEVELOPMENT
Peace Corps Volunteers who serve in the Youth in Development (YD) sector engage youth by working on awareness projects such as HIV/AIDS education, gender issues, environmental awareness, sports programs, and more.
WHY YOUTH IN DEVELOPMENT IS IMPORTANT
An unprecedented youth bulge of over 1.8 billion individuals between the ages of 10 and 24 poses both a challenge and an opportunity. More than 200 million youth live on less than $1 per day; over 260 million are not attending school, and over 71 million remain unemployed globally. Engaging youth, fostering agency, and building critical life and leadership skills significantly strengthens long-term health, education, economic and community engagement outcomes.
WHAT YOUTH IN DEVELOPMENT VOLUNTEERS DO
YD Volunteers support youth in their transition to becoming healthy, productive, civically engaged adults by:
• co-facilitating youth clubs focused on building life, leadership, and employability-related skills
• mentoring youth in support of life, leadership, and employability-related skills
• facilitating youth’s participation in volunteer or service learning in their school or community
• co-teaching or supporting opportunities for youth to learn life and employability-related skills in a school or other instructional setting
OUR IMPACT
In Fiscal Year 2018 YD Volunteers:
• co-facilitated over 5,000 youth clubs, reaching over 51,000 youth,including over 31,000 girls and young women, with mentoring activities aimed at developing a wide range of skills and promoting leadership potential
• reached over 40,000 youth, including close to 23,000 girls and young women, with mentoring activities aimed at building life skills and fostering their sense of agency
• facilitated or co-facilitated over 3,500 training activities for developing livelihood (employment, entrepreneurship, financial literacy) skills and strengthening participation in economic life that reached over 80,000 youth
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WANT TO APPLY?
Search through Peace Corp’s current openings and apply to the one that best suits your skills and interest, or apply to where you’re needed most and we’ll select the positions that best matches your skills. View current opportunities at: https://www.peacecorps.gov/volunteer/volunteer-openings/?sectors=6
Connect with your local recruiter to learn more about service and the application at https://www.peacecorps.gov/volunteer/connect-with-a-recruiter/.