Where We Work

YouthBuild International and its partners are currently managing three distinct phases of program development and growth across the global network of YouthBuild implementers. 

Planning sites are locations where in-country leaders are either in the process of assessing the viability of bringing the YouthBuild model to their country context, or are developing full implementation plans for the first YouthBuild pilot programs.

• Canada (Toronto)
• Colombia
• Dominican Republic
• Guyana
• India
• Jamaica
• Jordon
• Liberia
• Nepal
• Peru
• Scotland
• Trinidad and Tobago
• United Kingdom
• West Bank / Gaza

Pilot sites have completed a planning phase and have launched adapted YouthBuild programs in their local communities.

• Brazil
• Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Canada (Manitoba)
• El Salvador / Guatemala / Hondurus / Nicaragua
• Serbia

Scaling sites have run pilot programs and are taking the model to the next level of scale within their countries with government, private sector support, and global NGOs and institutions.

• Haiti
• El Salvador
• Israel
• Mexico
• South Africa

YouthBuild International has provided consulting services in the following locations:

Bangladesh

YBI led a research team in Bangladesh under contract with the ImagineNations Group to assess a youth training and entrepreneurship program operated by BRAC, the world’s largest NGO.

China
YBI joined a research team in China in partnership with the ImagineNations Group to assess a youth training and entrepreneurship program operated by the All China Youth Federation.

India

YBI partnered with Plan Asia to assess and strengthen youth livelihood programs in six Indian regions.

Indonesia
In partnership with the ImagineNations Group, YBI consulted on the design of a World Bank-funded program to support a national youth employment and entrepreneurship.

Sri Lanka
YBI partnered with Plan Asia to assess and strengthen youth livelihood programs in rural areas.

Timor Leste
YBI partnered with Education Development Center to design and launch a USAID employment program and is partnered with Plan Asia to assess and strengthen youth livelihood programs in rural areas.

Viet Nam
YBI partnered with Plan Asia to assess and strengthen youth livelihood programs in urban centers and rural areas of Vietnam.

Zambia
In partnership with the ImagineNations Group, YBI consulted on the establishment of a multi-million dollar national youth enterprise and employment fund.
 

United States

YBI’s counterpart YouthBuild USA provides support services, research, quality assurance systems, and advocacy for a network of 272 local YouthBuild programs serving 10,000 young people each year. The U.S Department of Labor provides operating grants through an annual appropriation. The US YouthBuild program is in a multi-year expansion to 800 programs aimed at serving 50,000 young people each year.