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Created: Feb 03, 2008
Updated: Nov 21, 2009
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Vieques Youth Leadership Initiative
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Areas of Focus
Social Entrepreneurship
(3671 people) | Women's Empowerment
(1839 people) | Rural Farming Communities
(1544 people) | Sustainable Livelihoods
(2711 people) | Malnutrition, Diet, Disease, and Education
(1164 people) | Local Food Systems
(2858 people) | Youth Capacity Building
(1447 people) | Youth Participation
(1571 people) | Youth Leadership
(2021 people) | Leadership Training
(2495 people) | Sustainability Education
(4205 people) | Seed Conservation
(1631 people) | Communication Training
(1733 people) | Information and Communication Technology
(1769 people) | Green Schools
(2365 people) | Microcredit
(1289 people) | Sustainability and Technology
(2120 people) | Water and Sustainable Development
(1911 people) | Sustainable Building
(3011 people) | Sustainable Energy Development
(3887 people) | Democracy and Civil Society
(1959 people) | Culture and Sustainability
(2703 people) | Environmental Health
(1495 people) | Environmental Education
(3382 people) | Natural Capitalism
(2462 people) | Renewable Energy
(3922 people) | Economic Development
(1763 people) | Women's Economic Development
(915 people) | Women's Education
(1074 people) | Youth Education and Empowerment
(3873 people) | Community Service/Volunteerism
(2369 people) | Gardening
(3092 people) | Sustainable Agriculture
(4014 people) | Rural Development
(1494 people) | Literacy
(1191 people) | Vocational Training
(726 people) | Ecotourism
(2124 people) | Sustainable Communities
(4071 people) | Arts Education
(1601 people) | Recycling and Reuse
(2590 people) | Poverty Alleviation
(1732 people) | Health Education
(1206 people) | Ecosystem Services
(1326 people) | Green Roofs
(1593 people) | Literature
(1700 people) | Women's Health
(1191 people) | Video
(1196 people) | Internet
(2556 people) | Radio and Audio
(905 people) | Climate Change
(4729 people) | Youth-led Organizations
(1275 people) | Public Health
(1207 people) | Juvenile Justice
(554 people) | Performing Arts
(1912 people) | Children's Health
(1479 people) | Permaculture
(3258 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.
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