Youth Bank project uses an innovative civic activism approach to nurture youth leaders via building their decision-making and critical thinking skills and putting them in charge of making small grants to other young people in their communities... Eurasia Partnership Foundation’s (EPF) Youth Bank project uses an innovative civic activism approach to nurture youth leaders via building their decision
-making and critical thinking skills and putting them in charge of making small grants to other young people in their communities. These are groups of young volunteers, aged 16-24 who support youth-led action in their communities. The YB project results are two tiered: a) Youth Bank Committee members gain practical experience in awarding funds in a fair, transparent, and accountable manner; b) youth initiative groups that apply to YBs for funding learn how to design and implement their own projects. This approach ensures dedication to the process and ownership of the outcomes at the community level.
