The Junior Youth Empowerment Program engages young people aged 11 to 14 in neighborhood-based groups that foster intellectual, moral, and social development during a pivotal stage of early adolescence.
Recognizing the unique potential of this age group, the program provides a structured environment in which junior youth strengthen their powers of expression, deepen their understanding of the world around them, and develop the capacity to contribute to the wellbeing of their communities.
The program helps junior youth strengthen literacy and communication while fostering artistic expression, critical thinking, presentation skills, and confidence in sharing their ideas.
Through action and reflection, junior youth learn to make thoughtful choices and strengthen decision-making for adulthood.
Junior youth learn to recognize positive and negative forces in their environment and make conscious choices that benefit themselves and their community.
Junior youth groups combine study, service, the arts, recreation, and camps. Tap each to learn more.
Junior youth study stories filled with meaningful exercises and activities. Through discussion, they sharpen their critical thinking and their ability to express their ideas.
Junior youth develop their talents by serving their community. They consult, plan, and carry out projects that deepen their understanding of local issues and help them become agents of change.
Through music, drama, visual arts, poetry, and dance, junior youth explore their talents, express concepts like unity and cooperation, and bring joy to the whole community.
Through cooperative games and team sports, junior youth build lasting friendships and develop qualities like collaboration, resilience, and mutual support.
Our monthly day camps offer a weekend experience where junior youth dive deeper into study, service, and creative arts. These extended gatherings strengthen their bonds of friendship, accelerate their personal development, and leave them energized to serve their communities.
Each group is accompanied by one or two older youth, known as animators, who support the junior youth in a spirit of friendship and mutual learning.
Often in their late teens or early twenties, animators help create an environment of encouragement, discipline, and joy. As they accompany their younger peers, animators also benefit from the opportunity to examine their own goals, capacities, and contributions to community life.
Junior youth and animators share what the program means to them.
Through education children recognize the importance of respecting the interests of others and see as a sacred obligation service to their neighbors.
Contact us to find a junior youth group in your area or to become trained as an animator.
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