Youth Career Initiative - Global Impact


Addressing the Millennium Development Goals	Youth Employability
In September 2000, 189 heads of state ratified the Millennium declaration. The declaration has resulted in eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of which goal one is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. The challenge of halving world poverty by 2015 is unachievable without sustainable growth in decent and productive employment Around 20% of the world’s population is between 15-24 years old, 85% of these young people live in developing countries YCI partners with businesses to support and strengthen local communities by providing a life-skills education programme to youth in their local area. This leads to positive economic impacts for participants, their families, friends and school peer group. This has been demonstrated through the programme in Thailand, which recruits participants from the 35 King’s schools (which teach particularly disadvantaged children in the country). An evaluation of participants in Thailand shows that the majority of students are now either employed in the hospitality industry, have received nursing scholarships or in further education.	One of the major challenges facing the world today is youth unemployment. There are 300 million people between 18 and 30 years old around the world who are unemployed or underemployed. In recent years global unemployment has hit youth the hardest and is increasing steadily, with current estimates at 88.2 million, accounting for 47% of the 185.9 million unemployed persons globally, yet youth make up only 25% of the working-age population Over 90% of the world’s unemployed youth live in developing countries. The regions with the largest shares of youth within the working age population fare the worst in terms of youth unemployment. YCI seeks to increase youth employability and by so doing ‘help to end the vicious cycle of poverty and social exclusion’ for today’s young people. In Romania 66% of participants have continued to work in the hospitality industry after graduating and 16% have continued in further education. In Ethiopia 75% of participants have found employment after graduating, these jobs are within the hospitality industry, banking and public sector. Statistics provided by the International Labour Office.

Addressing the
Millennium Development Goals

Youth Employability

In September 2000, 189 heads of state ratified the Millennium declaration. The declaration has resulted in eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of which goal one is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.

The challenge of halving world poverty by 2015 is unachievable without sustainable growth in decent and productive employment
Around 20% of the world’s population is between 15-24 years old, 85% of these young people live in developing countries

YCI partners with businesses to support and strengthen local communities by providing a life-skills education programme to youth in their local area. This leads to positive economic impacts for participants, their families, friends and school peer group. This has been demonstrated through the programme in Thailand, which recruits participants from the 35 King’s schools (which teach particularly disadvantaged children in the country). An evaluation of participants in Thailand shows that the majority of students are now either employed in the hospitality industry, have received nursing scholarships or in further education.

One of the major challenges facing the world today is youth unemployment. There are 300 million people between 18 and 30 years old around the world who are unemployed or underemployed.

In recent years global unemployment has hit youth the hardest and is increasing steadily, with current estimates at 88.2 million, accounting for 47% of the 185.9 million unemployed persons globally, yet youth make up only 25% of the working-age population
Over 90% of the world’s unemployed youth live in developing countries. The regions with the largest shares of youth within the working age population fare the worst in terms of youth unemployment.

YCI seeks to increase youth employability and by so doing ‘help to end the vicious cycle of poverty and social exclusion’ for today’s young people. In Romania 66% of participants have continued to work in the hospitality industry after graduating and 16% have continued in further education. In Ethiopia 75% of participants have found employment after graduating, these jobs are within the hospitality industry, banking and public sector.

Statistics provided by the International Labour Office.