Our Vision
We envision a society where young people are inspired, motivated, and helped to reach their full potential to become builders of their own communities.
This vision is accomplished by raising awareness, empowerment, skills development, supporting students, peer education, creating safe and inclusive learning environments, and mentorship initiatives.
Areas of Intervention
About YES Initiative
Youth Empowerment and Support Initiative (YES Initiative) was established to help address some of the challenges that young people in Malawi face. The youth-led non-profit works empower the youth to take charge of their own lives and communities. Through interventions in education, youth empowerment, health, gender, environment and climate change, livelihoods, governance and ICT for development, the organization’s main objective is to support and empower young people to effectively deal with the various challenges facing their lives.
Mission Statement
YES-Initiative exists to empower youths and influence their lives positively. The initiative aims to achieve this by providing tuition support resources, entrepreneurial and life skills development and mentorship for personal and academic growth to youths.
Core Values
- Leadership through service
- Act with integrity
- Commitment to equality, efficiency, innovation, and respect
- Promote continuous learning
- Promote participation and collaboration
- Transparent, authentic, and trustworthy
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Recent News
Why rural education matters
by Chifuniro Banda Malawi's constitution mandates the government to actively promote the welfare and development…
Chipoka Secondary School Benefits from YESI Mentors
On Thursday, 24th November, our mentorship team stormed Chipoka Secondary School for a mentorship talk.…
Why Mentoring Young People Matters
We believe mentoring helps young people set aspiring goals and challenge limiting beliefs that hold…
International Day of Education 2022
Today, the 24th of January 2022, Malawi has joined the rest of the world in…
Where’s there’s life, there’s hope- Elijah’s story
This is part of a two series story initially published by our team leader Samuel…
Where’s there’s life, there’s hope- Meet Mphatso
Among the 6 siblings, Mphatso ( whose name means ‘gift) is the mother. Their mother…
YESI reaches out to Salima youths
Mentorship for students in and out of school has been described as the best remedy…
Empowering the girl child
by Ezelina Kamaliza I started my first job when I was 22 Years old, all…
Don’t give up yet, there’s still Hope
By Florence Cheyo ‘‘You cannot choose to be born in a poor family, but you…
My Journey from Karonga CDSS to studying Chemical Engineering
By Lester Munthali I believe failure is part of learning; we should never give up…
Determined Heart: Chisomo’s Triumph over Negativity
By Chisomo Banda I have learnt to never let negativity define me. Negativity has a…
“I Believe in Second Chances”: Precious’ Battle Against Alcohol and Poor Grades
By Precious Nthukwa Growing up, I went to school aimlessly. I would hear people talk…
Public Speaking Q and A with Vera Kamtukule, Malawi Scotland Partnership CEO
This week’s edition of Mentors Engage Program, our online mentorship chat, we invited Mrs. Vera…
