Incredibly, half of the world’s population is under 25. It is young people who are consistently the most affected by the biggest problems facing the world - unemployment, poverty, and lack of access to education and health services. Yet it is young people who are frequently overlooked; left out of discussions and decisions that impact on their lives and their futures.
Restless Development is an international development charity with a difference. Working in 8 countries in Africa ... Read More
Incredibly, half of the world’s population is under 25. It is young people who are consistently the most affected by the biggest problems facing the world - unemployment, poverty, and lack of access to education and health services. Yet it is young people who are frequently overlooked; left out of discussions and decisions that impact on their lives and their futures.
Restless Development is an international development charity with a difference. Working in 8 countries in Africa and South Asia, we listen to young people, our work is led by young people, and together we help young people make long lasting change in their own communities and countries.
We don’t believe in one size fits all. We work with individual communities to help local young people find the answers to their problems. We train young volunteers and place them in communities to work with the young people there, creating brighter futures. That could be setting up Girls Groups where teenage girls have a safe place to ask questions about sex and contraception. Or it could be working with unemployed youths, training them in how to start their own successful businesses. Or it could be creating links between disillusioned young people and the MPs, Chiefs and other decision makers in their community, giving them the opportunity to listen and create change together.
This doesn’t happen overnight. We are committed to each and every young person we work with in every country we’re based. We support young people to take a leadership role in addressing the issues that affect them most; supported by their governments, communities and businesses.
But we can’t do it alone. We rely on support and donations from individuals like you to help us keep reaching more and more young people every year. Together we can create thousands of new futures.
For more information about Restless Development, please visit www.restlessdevelopment.org
Or get in touch with Holly Dunlop
holly@restlessdevelopment.org
0207 633 3350
Registered charity number: 1127488
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