Vieques Youth Leadership Initiative
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Social Entrepreneurship
(2499 people) | Women's Empowerment
(1368 people) | Rural Farming Communities
(1036 people) | Sustainable Livelihoods
(2209 people) | Malnutrition, Diet, Disease, and Education
(903 people) | Local Food Systems
(2122 people) | Youth Capacity Building
(1056 people) | Youth Participation
(1205 people) | Youth Leadership
(1503 people) | Leadership Training
(1824 people) | Sustainability Education
(3125 people) | Seed Conservation
(1198 people) | Communication Training
(1257 people) | Information and Communication Technology
(1244 people) | Green Schools
(1805 people) | Microcredit
(959 people) | Sustainability and Technology
(1625 people) | Water and Sustainable Development
(1474 people) | Sustainable Building
(2315 people) | Sustainable Energy Development
(2877 people) | Democracy and Civil Society
(1489 people) | Culture and Sustainability
(2058 people) | Environmental Health
(1200 people) | Environmental Education
(2488 people) | Natural Capitalism
(1887 people) | Renewable Energy
(2849 people) | Economic Development
(1401 people) | Women's Economic Development
(727 people) | Women's Education
(857 people) | Youth Education and Empowerment
(2667 people) | Community Service/Volunteerism
(1770 people) | Gardening
(2023 people) | Sustainable Agriculture
(2689 people) | Rural Development
(1160 people) | Literacy
(924 people) | Vocational Training
(567 people) | Ecotourism
(1481 people) | Sustainable Communities
(3052 people) | Arts Education
(1103 people) | Recycling and Reuse
(2030 people) | Poverty Alleviation
(1322 people) | Health Education
(903 people) | Ecosystem Services
(1012 people) | Green Roofs
(1322 people) | Literature
(1229 people) | Women's Health
(976 people) | Video
(971 people) | Internet
(1959 people) | Radio and Audio
(761 people) | Climate Change
(3402 people) | Youth-led Organizations
(955 people) | Public Health
(931 people) | Juvenile Justice
(440 people) | Performing Arts
(1386 people) | Children's Health
(1080 people) | Permaculture
(2016 people)
About
The Vieques Youth Leadership Initiative (VYLI)'s mission is to train young and emerging leaders to build a new Vieques. Our projects educate, empower and challenge young people to make their dreams come true. Founded in 2004, VYLI is a demonstration project of the Stone Soup Leadership Institute SSLI], a 501c3 global non-profit educational organization founded in 1997. VYLI is the first major program to be developed in support of the young people in Vieques.
How VYLI Benefits Young People
* Multiplier effect: trains young people to be leaders who reach out and help other youth;
* Increases skills, education and job readiness while fostering life-long curiosity for learning;
* Trains youth in sales and customer relations while learning about running a small business;
* Increases pride, self-esteem and motivation for work ethic and realizing their dreams;
* Breaks cycle of poverty, encourages self-sufficiency and sustainable economic activities;
* Develops bi-lingual presentation skills;
* Learning-in-action, project-based cultural-entrepreneurial ventures;
* Grassroots problem-solving leadership;
* Youth are involved in all aspects of the process of obtaining a building for VYLI and developing the 5 year plan; learning what it takes to make dreams come true: hard work, patience, perseverance and teamwork.
About Vieques
Vieques is a beautiful island in the Caribbean, located 7 miles from the East Coast of Puerto Rico. On May 1, 2003 the young people of Vieques celebrated the end of the U.S. Navy bombing after 68 years.
VYLI was founded in 2004 with technical assistance from the Stone Soup Leadership Institute: www.soup4world.com We use the Institute's educational curriculum (Pan Y Vino Para El Camino) to prepare the next generation of leaders to address the economic, environmental and social challenges in the 21st century.
During the last three years, we conducted a community planning process and then developed a comprehensive youth empowerment program that engages young people to be part of the solution instead of the problem. Our annual Summer Institute is the centerpiece of a year-round program that features initiatives in cultural and entrepreneurship, technology, school-to-work, eco-tourism and sustainable development.
We're developing partnerships to transform VYLI's new building into a youth-led sustainable development showcase for the Caribbean Educational Learning Laboratory with an Internet Café and On-line Resource Center; the Island's first Community Radio Station; a Culinary Arts Institute; Leadership and Workforce Development Training Center as well as a Renewable Energy/Sustainable Development Showcase. (see the artistic drawing describing our 5-year plan: www.vyli.com/pdf/vieques_poster.pdf)
VYLI has been chosen as a new AmeriCorps/VISTA member organization. We are recruiting four bi-lingual people to work in four areas: resource development, education, sustainable development and radio-technology.
How VYLI Benefits Young People
* Multiplier effect: trains young people to be leaders who reach out and help other youth;
* Increases skills, education and job readiness while fostering life-long curiosity for learning;
* Trains youth in sales and customer relations while learning about running a small business;
* Increases pride, self-esteem and motivation for work ethic and realizing their dreams;
* Breaks cycle of poverty, encourages self-sufficiency and sustainable economic activities;
* Develops bi-lingual presentation skills;
* Learning-in-action, project-based cultural-entrepreneurial ventures;
* Grassroots problem-solving leadership;
* Youth are involved in all aspects of the process of obtaining a building for VYLI and developing the 5 year plan; learning what it takes to make dreams come true: hard work, patience, perseverance and teamwork.
About Vieques
Vieques is a beautiful island in the Caribbean, located 7 miles from the East Coast of Puerto Rico. On May 1, 2003 the young people of Vieques celebrated the end of the U.S. Navy bombing after 68 years.
VYLI was founded in 2004 with technical assistance from the Stone Soup Leadership Institute: www.soup4world.com We use the Institute's educational curriculum (Pan Y Vino Para El Camino) to prepare the next generation of leaders to address the economic, environmental and social challenges in the 21st century.
During the last three years, we conducted a community planning process and then developed a comprehensive youth empowerment program that engages young people to be part of the solution instead of the problem. Our annual Summer Institute is the centerpiece of a year-round program that features initiatives in cultural and entrepreneurship, technology, school-to-work, eco-tourism and sustainable development.
We're developing partnerships to transform VYLI's new building into a youth-led sustainable development showcase for the Caribbean Educational Learning Laboratory with an Internet Café and On-line Resource Center; the Island's first Community Radio Station; a Culinary Arts Institute; Leadership and Workforce Development Training Center as well as a Renewable Energy/Sustainable Development Showcase. (see the artistic drawing describing our 5-year plan: www.vyli.com/pdf/vieques_poster.pdf)
VYLI has been chosen as a new AmeriCorps/VISTA member organization. We are recruiting four bi-lingual people to work in four areas: resource development, education, sustainable development and radio-technology.