The Youth Activism Project (YAP), founded in 1992, is an international non-partisan organization designed "to encourage young people to speak up and pursue lasting solutions to problems they care deeply about.
Formerly called Activism 2000 Project, the organization provides a variety of resources, training, and advocacy to promote youth civic engagement around the world.
[2] Wendy Schaetzel Lesko is the President of the Youth Activism Project and co-founder Anika Manzoor is the Executive Director.
Les Filles Unies made regular trips to the schools to hold meetings with the village elders, teachers, parents and the younger students.
This firsthand knowledge and youth-led evaluation increased their credibility when these young people—who are not yet old enough to vote—meet with government officials such as the Ministry of Education in Mali and Members of Congress.