Project, YMCA Scotland.
Global Youth Mobilisation, which funds youth-led community projects in more than 125 countries, is seeking $15mn (£11.3mn) over the next three years so it can expand.
So far, GYM has invested in 654 projects led by over 73,000 young people in 125 countries, including the UK, helping 3.6mn people in its first phase. All aspects of the initiative are youth-led, from governance to decision-making on funding allocation.
Supported by the World Health Organization, COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund and the United Nations Foundation, phase one saw GYM invest funds in youth-led initiatives and national Big Six organisations* to support the pandemic response and recovery effort. The projects in phase one sought to tackle a global crisis in education that has worsened since the pandemic, rising unemployment, a mental…
