ygap has many international projects on the go
Cambodia: Empowering Former Sex Slaves
The Issue: Sex-Trafficking
As a result of the Khmer Rouge genocide (1975-1979), nearly 50% of the population in Cambodia are below 20 years old. This has led to a situation where growth in the young labour force has outpaced… Read More
Rwanda: Rebuilding Classrooms
The Issue: Universal Education
In 2000, 189 nations made a promise to free people from extreme poverty which consisted of eight Millennium Development Goals to be achieved by 2015. One of these goals is to achieve universal primary education. Rwanda… Read More
Ghana: YGAP’s Anti-Trafficking Program
The Issue: Child Slavery
In Ghana, children as young as four years old from vulnerable communities are sold into slavery to work in the fishing industry of the Volta Region. At a very young age, the children are made… Read More
Ghana Safe House Project
In 2010, YGAP volunteers travelled to Ghana, to help young children escape slavery, and support those who had been released.
Firstly, the volunteers renovated the ‘Freedom Centre’ orphanage in Tema, run by City of Refuge Ministries (CORM), which housed children… Read More
Malawi Mission: School Building
Nestled in the urban community town of Ngwenya, in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe, YGAP volunteers spent five weeks constructing four classrooms. 6,672 children attend the Ngwenya School, which is identified by the Malawian Government as the nation’s ‘most overcrowded and disadvantaged… Read More
Bangladesh: A Space to Learn
The issue: Basic Education
Bangladesh has one of the world’s lowest adult literacy rates and expected years of child schooling. Bhola Island, the largest island in the south of Bangladesh, is home to over two million people and… Read More