Youth Impact Blog

Co-Founder Moitshepi Matsheng delivers a numeracy class as part of our 'Staying connected to the classroom' initiative 2024 has been a...

Local NGO and research organization Youth Impact calls upon the new Ministry of Child Welfare & Basic Education to reflect on the gaps...

"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."  For our 10th anniversary we convened a group of partners to...

Dumelang!  As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we’re filled with a sense of pride about what we’ve  achieved so far and excitement...

Over 1.6 billion students were affected by Covid-19 school closures, with an estimated global average of 14 weeks of school lost. This...

By: Tendekai Mukoyi and Ghulam Omar Qargha Reposted from the Brookings March 22, 2023 Photo credit: Ndiye Christmas, Youth Impact...

Reposted from the Jacobs Foundation September 8, 2022 CHF 600,000 ($610.000) Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prizes 2022 awarded to Luker...

By Noam Angrist Cross-posted from The Conversation on July 12, 2022 Mobile phones have the potential to provide educational instruction...

Summarizing Evidence Drawn from Low-Tech, Remote Education Interventions Cross-posted from our collaborator, Learning Collider From the...

We’ve been thrilled at the overwhelmingly positive response to our publication in the June issue of Nature Human Behavior, one of the...

Today is a special day. On March 22nd, exactly eight years ago, our organization was born at the University of Botswana. Today, we are...

In March 2020, the onset of COVID-19 and school closures in Botswana presented an opportunity to pivot our education programs to remote...

In 1991 the Organisation of the African Union instituted the Day of the African Child (DAC) to be commemorated on the 16th of June in...

A Young 1ove TaRL facilitator explains a maths sum to learners The world is grappling with the spread of COVID-19, with over 1.3 million...

Our thoughts are with all affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We wish all of you health, all those directly affected by the virus a speedy...

The first time we saw Pratham in action was in Zambia in June 2016. We were attending one of the first trainings Pratham had ever...

Values embody the core beliefs and culture of an organization. We recently revamped our values and are excited to share them with you....

Members of the TaRL Africa Community who gathered in Gaborone from 5-7 September. Photo: Young 1ove From 5-18 September, Young 1ove, in...

“Teaching at the Right Level has the potential to transform education in this country.” -Simon Coles, Acting Permanent Secretary of the...

This year for Giving Tuesday, we are asking you to join a movement. We have a big vision: we want to ensure all students in Botswana have...

“On United Nations Day, let us reaffirm our commitment to repair broken trust, to heal our planet, to leave no one behind and to uphold...

On Monday, September 24 and Tuesday, September 25, the Botswana Ministry of Basic Education, UNICEF Botswana and Young 1ove Organization...

Today is the UN’s International Literacy Day 2018 -- it is both a celebration and a call to action. First, we celebrate the progress that...

Pictured above from left to right: Victoria Chuwa, HIV /AIDS Specialist at UNICEF Botswana; Dorothy Okatch, Development Manager, Young...