Vieques Youth Leadership Initiative
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Social Entrepreneurship
(3338 people) | Women's Empowerment
(1698 people) | Rural Farming Communities
(1400 people) | Sustainable Livelihoods
(2606 people) | Malnutrition, Diet, Disease, and Education
(1094 people) | Local Food Systems
(2670 people) | Youth Capacity Building
(1352 people) | Youth Participation
(1479 people) | Youth Leadership
(1888 people) | Leadership Training
(2326 people) | Sustainability Education
(3893 people) | Seed Conservation
(1520 people) | Communication Training
(1612 people) | Information and Communication Technology
(1655 people) | Green Schools
(2204 people) | Microcredit
(1204 people) | Sustainability and Technology
(1993 people) | Water and Sustainable Development
(1809 people) | Sustainable Building
(2823 people) | Sustainable Energy Development
(3633 people) | Democracy and Civil Society
(1828 people) | Culture and Sustainability
(2544 people) | Environmental Health
(1434 people) | Environmental Education
(3124 people) | Natural Capitalism
(2314 people) | Renewable Energy
(3624 people) | Economic Development
(1678 people) | Women's Economic Development
(879 people) | Women's Education
(1029 people) | Youth Education and Empowerment
(3506 people) | Community Service/Volunteerism
(2232 people) | Gardening
(2777 people) | Sustainable Agriculture
(3644 people) | Rural Development
(1428 people) | Literacy
(1123 people) | Vocational Training
(699 people) | Ecotourism
(1929 people) | Sustainable Communities
(3804 people) | Arts Education
(1453 people) | Recycling and Reuse
(2465 people) | Poverty Alleviation
(1635 people) | Health Education
(1128 people) | Ecosystem Services
(1239 people) | Green Roofs
(1536 people) | Literature
(1556 people) | Women's Health
(1153 people) | Video
(1146 people) | Internet
(2411 people) | Radio and Audio
(879 people) | Climate Change
(4279 people) | Youth-led Organizations
(1189 people) | Public Health
(1130 people) | Juvenile Justice
(517 people) | Performing Arts
(1762 people) | Children's Health
(1368 people) | Permaculture
(2859 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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