YouthPower Learning, a component of the larger YouthPower program, funded by USAID, leads research, evaluations, and events designed to build the evidence base for what works in positive youth development (PYD). To improve PYD practice, YouthPower Learning develops guidance for measuring PYD, builds the evidence of PYD practice, and organizes and disseminates results of activities from across YouthPower.
The Learning Network, including YouthPower.org, this web site and communities of practice, engages and informs the global community to help advance solutions to improve young lives.
Furthermore, YouthPower Learning has also awarded several grants.
Global mobile phone use is rapidly increasing and a large percentage of mobile phone subscribers are young people. Many programs are capitalizing on their ubiquity as a novel way to reach young people with important health information, and research is beginning to demonstrate that mobile phones are a feasible means of mass communication for this population. This YouthLens shares results from recent research and lessons learned from programs in this field.
