Empowering the Next Generation - Transforming the Future
Youth clubs are led by caring staff and volunteers, offering guidance, inspiration, and opportunities for growth to young people in their communities. Affiliate clubs and organizations gain access to a vast range of tools, mentorship, and resources—all designed to help them make a greater impact. Affiliates retain their autonomy while receiving the full backing of WYC’s global network, making their outreach stronger and more effective.
Teen Counseling Program
Club de Niños y Niñas de Nuevo León A.B.P. México
The Teen Counseling Program addresses adolescent struggles, particularly the lack of access to upper secondary education. This program has achieved remarkable success, despite facing obstacles such as a lack of economic resources in the community and pressure from organized crime.
One of the program’s most noteworthy strengths is its ability to adapt and respond to the changing needs of teenagers in difficult situations. This program provides a safe and confidential space where young people can express their concerns, receive emotional support, and learn important life skills like self-awareness, empathy, assertive communication, interpersonal relationships, decision-making, problem-solving, creative thinking, and critical thinking so they can be adequately prepared to face life’s challenges. The program not only focuses on teenagers but also involves their families to ensure that the youth have a solid support system during the personal development process. In the future, this program will focus on increasing its reach to more adolescents in the community through promotion and outreach in schools, community centers, and local media.
Seraphin Mutabazi Kamutera
Weaver School, DRC
Seraphin, a Congolese residing in Goma, D.R. Congo, has been instrumental in establishing the Weaver School, where he serves as the school’s advisor and counselor. Seraphin helps students with psychological barriers by holding counseling sessions with them. He has also helped to solve cultural issues at the school due to the multicultural environment with his effective conflict resolution and counseling skills, promoting a sense of togetherness. As a result of Seraphin’s efforts, he has fostered an environment of peace and friendship, where differences are respected.
The Weaver School has been a tremendous help for vulnerable children lacking formal education. Eight years ago, Seraphin facilitated the creation of schools so that underprivileged children could acquire the education they deserved. Without the use of financial aid, Seraphin has engaged local church members to support the school’s daily operations. The Weaver School began with eighty-five vulnerable children in 2016. This initiative has become an operation that hosts the most vulnerable children in Goma. Thanks to Seraphin’s leadership skills, the school has become a safer environment where students are pushed to excel in their classes and reach their full potential.
As an Affiliate Member, youth clubs and organizations throughout the world have access to resources, education, and support designed specifically for them to make their work simpler, more productive, and impactful as they serve youth.
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WYC provides personalized assessment services and customized technical assistance in critical areas of organizational development, including:
• Strategic Planning
• Board Development
• Professional Staff Development
• Program Curriculum
• Outcomes Measurement
• Volunteer Recruitment & Management
• Resource Development
• Finance & Administration
• Marketing & Communications
• Safety & Facilities
• Technology Systems
WYC curates knowledge across a broad range of youth development models to improve organizational efficiencies, develop youth professionals, and enhance the work of board volunteers. Opportunities include:
• Annual WYC International Conference
• WYC Leadership Summits
• Women’s Leadership Alliance
• Networking opportunities for sharing best practices
• WYC Global Links cross-cultural "sister clubs" network
WYC advocates on behalf of the global youth development movement, creating awareness for the positive impact of youth clubs and youth development professionals. Opportunities include:
• WYC’s Promise Awards celebrate outstanding young people, professionals and volunteers, and effective programs of Affiliate clubs.
• Challenge Grants provide pass-through funding to WYC Affiliates to support growth and innovation.
Empower youth clubs. Empower the future. Join us, and together we will ignite change on a global scale - one young life at a time.
We can’t do it alone. The urgency to reach more young people has never been greater. As the challenges facing youth around the world intensify, so must our response. Your support will ensure that youth clubs continue to be transformative forces - empowering the next generation of compassionate, capable, and visionary leaders.
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World Youth Clubs
2145 MetroCenter Blvd, Suite 150
Orlando, Florida 32835
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