The members of KLJB developed five educational objectives in the 1950s and chose the association's patron Nicholas of Flüe.

Since that time, the boards on local, regional, diocesan and federal levels are elected due to gender parity.

A big mile stone in the 1990s was the introduction of the campaign "eco fair wear" (German: Öko-fair tragen) and the founding of the clothing brand LamuLamu, which was labeled as "highly recommended" by "Label online" concerning standards, independence, controlling and transparency.

The organization makes an effort in its 1,900 local groups for the rural youth' interests in church, politics and society.

The different local and regional groups in 20 different diocesan association are helping each other to reach the aims of the organization.