Spotlight: Young People We Care

We’ve all heard of charities or voluntary organisations run by adults, but this is the first time I’ve heard of a non-profit that is run entirely by young people aged 15-30, with older adults providing guidance from the outside. I think Michael Boampong, the founder and Executive Director of Ghana-based Young People We Care, explains what the organisation is about best:

“At the age of twenty, I took a gap-year before attending university to pursue my dream of creating a non-profit organization to inform, educate and empower young people to change the world. With little or no funding, many said it would be impossible, but the achievements of YPWC, through the efforts of the volunteer staff of YPWC and the team of online volunteers, prove otherwise. Today, we even have offices in the UK, Canada and the USA”, says Michael Boampong, YPWC founder and executive director.

The focus of Young People We Care is to work on ensuring that the Millennium Development Goals are achieved satisfactorily. Michael hopes that everyone will ‘be the change they want to see’, as Mahatma Gandhi once said. A noble ambition, which every single organisation that works in youth volunteering is no doubt helping achieve, little by little.

Young People We Care-Promotional Video from Michael Boampong on Vimeo.