Project Details
Tomorrow’s Youth Organization (TYO) is an American, non-governmental organization that works in disadvantaged areas of the Middle East, enabling children, youth and parents to realize their potential as healthy, active and responsible family and community members.
Children experience their first institutional interaction through TYO programming. The lasting impact of quality intervention at this age is well documented, particularly as an antidote to challenging circumstances such as violence or poverty.
Youth populations are one of the greatest risks and opportunities in the Middle East. TYO facilitates young people’s development as engaged citizens and professionals to favor positive outcomes for these individuals and society more broadly.
Women are a crucial target group for TYO because of their central role in the family and potential leadership in community change. Basic knowledge about health and child development, combined with self-confidence and other life skills, represents huge value added for these women and their children and families. Further, since women on average invest far more of their earned revenue in their families' well being than men, TYO has developed various programs that foster the entrepreneurial spirit and endeavors of women.
Hands-on Involvement:
A functional approach to development is the most effective means of achieving societal change and greater stability in the Middle East. At TYO, qualified American interns and staff work side-by-side with local staff, volunteers, and community members to implement programs, matching international best practices with on-the-ground realities and needs. This direct cooperation between Americans and people from the most at-risk communities in the Middle East is integral to the success of TYO programs, and also promotes invaluable cultural understanding: an important catalyst of social change within our global community.
Comprehensive Development:
Economic prosperity and community revitalization cannot be achieved without quality basic education, which in turn relies on healthy social and physical development. TYO is committed to offering well-rounded educational programming for children, including health, English, computer, and art classes. Through this comprehensive approach, TYO participants acquire tangible skills for life and work, while also becoming healthier, more self-confident and hopeful about their potential to contribute to their community’s brighter future.
TYO recognizes that to best support children we must also empower their support networks. Inasmuch, TYO’s training programs in economic, personal, and parenting skills engage current and future parents. Since our programs are multi-generational, they target many strategic groups within the community, multiplying the impact and sustainability of TYO‘s efforts.
Please support TYO so that we can continue to help children, youth and parents in the Middle East.