Junior Youth Empowerment Programs

The program assists junior youth to navigate through a crucial stage of their lives and to become empowered to direct their energies towards the advancement of civilization. Junior youth groupsJunior youth groups are made up of young people between the ages of 12-14 who gather together regularly to learn how to serve their communities, develop their powers of expression and sharpen their capacity to understand the moral implications of their thoughts and actions. They do all of this with the help of an animator (an older youth who acts as a peer and facilitator). help their participants to form a strong moral identity in their early adolescent years and to contribute to the well-being of their communities.

Surya shares the story of how she joined the junior youth group in her neighbourhood and began to learn to express herself with greater clarity.
Esther is thirteen. She tells about the group she belongs to and its impact on her and her community.
Hoda talks about how neighbours in a Toronto apartment complex, have been inspired by their children's junior youth group.
Anurag talks about how joining his neighbourhood junior youth group has helped him to grow.
Jelana tells the story of how a junior youth group started in her neighborhood.
Keyanna speaks about the neighbourhood junior youth group she is in.
This junior youth group has not only been a source of joy and inspiration for its members, but also their families and those they serve.
Sinoja tells the story of her involvement with a study circle and how it inspired her to work with junior youth in St. Jamestown.
We revisit Simon and Jelana and the new developments in their community.
Dan Scott talks about how neighbourhoods and communities are becoming elevated and transformed through participation in a set of activities.