Youth Venture enables young people to learn early on in life that they can lead social change. Ashoka developed the concept of Youth Venture from understanding a key insight of Ashoka Fellows in the field of youth development: one of the most effective ways to improve the lives of youth is to empower them to realize their own ability to make positive social change.

Youth Venture thus inspires and invests in teams of young people to start and lead their own social ventures, and is building a powerful network of young changemakers across the world. It is currently operating in the US, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, India, South Africa, Thailand, France, Germany, and Spain. 

Ashoka is launching Youth Venture in the Philippines this August spearheaded by Harvey Keh, Program Director and Katrina Wy, Program Officer. We are currently in the process of finding partner companies, foundations, schools, community-based organizations, media and government offices to cooperate and work with us to help us realize our mission of honing the leadership and entrepreneurial skills of young Filipinos.

YV Philippines plans to run Dream It, Do It Workshops in schools and communities around Metro Manila first and eventually expand operations beyond the Metro within the succeeding years.

If you would like to volunteer or sponsor a Youth Venture program, check out our YV Philippines blog.

If you would like to be a Youth Venturer yourself, find out how by checking the mechanics here.

To learn more about the exciting work of Youth Venture teams around the world, visit the YV Global site.