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Youth can be a tremendous force for positive, transformational change at the local, national, and global levels.

Our approach to youth development promotes relevant education, professional development, civic engagement, and job skills. We focus especially on supporting youth to build their abilities to drive change in their own lives and communities.

We Prepare Youth For:

Employability

  • Global competencies
  • Successful mindset
  • STEAM & demand-driven training
  • Education–marketplace connection

Civic engagement

  • Critical thinking & communication
  • Information & media literacy
  • Leadership development
  • Tolerance, diversity & inclusion

Effective leadership

  • Technical & soft skills
  • Leadership roles
  • Alumni networks
  • Capital & opportunities
2.3 million people benefited from projects initiated by youth that IREX supported last year.
Our Reach

2.3 million people benefited from projects initiated by youth that IREX supported last year.

89% of Thomas Jefferson youth alumni with a tertiary degree gained employment—twice the rate of their peers.
Our Impact

89% of Thomas Jefferson youth alumni with a tertiary degree gained employment—twice the rate of their peers.

Featured Solutions

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Resources & Impact

News
IREX joins the Global Opportunity Youth Network
Approach
Catalyzing Youth Potential: IREX’s Approach to Youth Development
Tool
Essential Skills: Power Learning Tool
Guide
Youth-Led Labor Market Assessment Framework and Guide

Featured Projects

Project
Youth Excel: Our Knowledge, Leading Change
Project
Support Her Empowerment – Girls’ Resilience, Enterprise, and Technology Initiative (SHE’s GREAT!) 2.0
Project
Community Engagement Exchange

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