The Yachay Initiative
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The Yachay Initiative is a registered nonprofit organization
that focuses on fostering youth education and empowerment as a vehicle for community development
and poverty alleviation
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Founded in 2010 and named after the Quichua (Ecuadorian) verb “to learn”, the Yachay Initiative (YI) has projects in Ecuador, Germany, Canada and Scotland. In Ecuador, YI works with community schools to offer educational leadership programs, while also working with local families to develop organic vegetable gardens as a sustainable source of nutrients. A pilot project was completed in Ecuador in 2010 to test these programs, followed by an investigated project titled “Phase II”, that aimed to co-develop enhanced versions of both programs together with the local communities. Ongoing projects are set to start in Ecuador in 2012. In Germany, YI runs leadership programs with children in underprivileged elementary schools in Bremen
, while in Canada and Scotland YI has been developing a workshop series to educate young people about development issues and the process of starting their own projects. The Yachay Initiative is registered in Canada and has received supported from the Jacobs Foundation
, the Heinz-Peter und Annelotte Koch Stiftung, and Jacobs University Bremen.
Nonprofit organization
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that focuses on fostering youth education and empowerment as a vehicle for community development
Community development
Community development is a broad term applied to the practices and academic disciplines of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens and professionals to improve various aspects of local communities....
and poverty alleviation
Poverty reduction
Poverty is the state of human beings who are poor. That is, they have little or no material means of surviving—little or no food, shelter, clothes, healthcare, education, and other physical means of living and improving one's life....
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Founded in 2010 and named after the Quichua (Ecuadorian) verb “to learn”, the Yachay Initiative (YI) has projects in Ecuador, Germany, Canada and Scotland. In Ecuador, YI works with community schools to offer educational leadership programs, while also working with local families to develop organic vegetable gardens as a sustainable source of nutrients. A pilot project was completed in Ecuador in 2010 to test these programs, followed by an investigated project titled “Phase II”, that aimed to co-develop enhanced versions of both programs together with the local communities. Ongoing projects are set to start in Ecuador in 2012. In Germany, YI runs leadership programs with children in underprivileged elementary schools in Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
, while in Canada and Scotland YI has been developing a workshop series to educate young people about development issues and the process of starting their own projects. The Yachay Initiative is registered in Canada and has received supported from the Jacobs Foundation
Klaus Johann Jacobs
Klaus Johann Jacobs was a German-born billionaire with a Swiss citizenship.-Biography:He was born on December 3, 1936 in Bremen, Germany. He attended the University of Hamburg and later Stanford University. He started his career in the global coffee and chocolates industries...
, the Heinz-Peter und Annelotte Koch Stiftung, and Jacobs University Bremen.