Run a YEP program at your location. We’ll give you everything you need at no cost, and help you every step of the way. We’re based in Toronto, but we help communities anywhere in the world.
Are you with a school? Check out our schools page →
Run a YEP program at your location. We’ll give you everything you need at no cost, and help you every step of the way. We’re based in Toronto, but we help communities anywhere in the world.
Are you with a school? Check out our schools page →
Do you have youth who want to lead?
Do you have a meeting space?
Do you have adults or seniors who want to learn?You can run your own YEP program. And we’ll help you do it.
Everyone gains: youth get real teaching experience and leadership skills, adults and seniors get free 1-on-1 learning, and your organization gets a proven program to offer its community.
You run it, we help
1,000+ pages of lesson plans on many topics, carefully designed so youth can teach them.
Staff and young tutors are ready to teach 1-on-1 from day one.
We help you solve problems, keep youth engaged, and grow.
Where it works
Our partners run programs in:
See it in action
A community health centre engaged local high school students, who came every week to teach seniors how to use technology.
“Now I can call my family back home on Skype. It was the first time seeing their faces after so many years!”
Pencils for Kids, an organization that supports development activities in Libore, Niger, engaged youth to teach computer and internet skills to adults. Learners have included local police officers, who used their new skills to digitize their department’s records.
“In one month, I learned more than in six months at a private institute, because I always had a tutor.”
In her wordsProgram Facilitator
“It’s like a chain: I train the youth, who in turn teach the adults. It feels great to be a part of it.”
“At the community’s health centre, high school students come in after school to teach seniors and other adults. I learned quickly what our community needed: adults who wanted to stay connected, and youth looking for a way to help. A lot of students are shy when they first come in. As we train them, they get comfortable, and now I see them walk up to seniors and start a conversation. More youth hear about it from their friends every year, and the program keeps growing.”
YEP runs in multiple countries. Interested in bringing it to your city? Reach out and we’ll see how we can help, or see our programs around the world →
Anyone can start the conversation: principals, teachers, youth workers, mentors, staff, and young people. If you’re a young person, ask a teacher or youth mentor to reach out with you.
