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Organization for Youth Empowerment (OYE) is an international NGO working in El Progreso, Honduras.〔http://www2.guidestar.org/organizations/20-3195935/organization-youth-empowerment.aspx〕 OYE is dedicated to the development of at-risk Honduran youth through an integrated academic scholarship program, a youth capacity-building and communication program. The final goal is the creation of youth leaders with a social conscience that are agents of positive change in the Honduran population.〔http://www.oyehonduras.org〕 ==Origin== OYE was founded in 2005, inspired by a vision of a society where young people have a powerful voice, and the knowledge and resources to effectively use it to create change in their lives. After spending many years volunteering with youth in El Progreso and witnessing first-hand the challenges facing them, Justin Eldridge-Otero and Ana Luisa Ahern piloted programs aimed at empowering young, low-income Hondurans to become active, responsible leaders in their community. As a critical first step, they started a scholarship program to help students who would otherwise be denied an education due to economic barriers. They quickly saw that access to a formal education was just the beginning and started developing an integrated leadership curriculum that is now broken up into three programs: Youth Capacity Building and Leadership, Community Engagement, and Institutional Strengthening. From the beginning, OYE’s founders recognized that in order to be a sustainable program, OYE must be led by representatives of the constituency it serves – Honduran youth. OYE is established as a 501(c)3 charity in the United States, and all of its programs are carried out in Honduras. History Ana Luisa Ahern and Justin Eldridge-Otero volunteered at a home for disadvantaged children in El Progreso, Honduras since their adolescence and have developed a close relationship with the community. Justin and Ana Luisa spent many of their summer vacations teaching art classes, painting murals, and playing soccer with the kids. After graduating from Columbia University in 2004, Ana Luisa and Jessica Mockrin, decided to return to El Progreso and worked full-time. OYE began to grow through the progression of art programs in orphanages, the inclusion of various large-scale murals and after-school programs, and photography classes accompanied by general creative and artistic expression. After numerous pilot programs, they decided to focus their attention on education. 2005-2006 The three founded the Organization for Youth Empowerment (OYE) in the fall of 2005, turning their work in El Progreso, Honduras into a sustainable scholarship program. Together, these three founders built an organization that would equip and empower youth with what their families were denied: the opportunity to rise out of the poverty cycle through education.〔http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTEDUCATION/0,,contentMDK:20591648~menuPK:1463858~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:282386,00.html〕 OYE, legally constituted in 2005, is structured as a U.S. not-for-profit 501(c)3 public charity organization. The organization's board of directors〔http://www.oyehonduras.org/Ingles/OYE%20Board%20of%20Directors.html〕 include veterans in international development and professionals in the U.S and Honduras. It was also supported by Oxfam International, Care International, Accion International, Kodak, and many more local and international organizations. In the following years, OYE completed several photography workshops with local youth. With these photos they organized a traveling exhibit called "Fotos de Mi Pueblo" which premiered in El Progreso, and went on to be featured in San Pedro Sula, and the capital, Tegucigalpa. Fotos de Mi Pueblo has also been featured across the United States by OYE volunteers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Mass, Los Angeles and Washington, DC. OYE sold several prints to benefit the program. In November 2006, OYE received the YouthActionNet Award〔http://www.youthactionnet.org/index.php?fuse=meetfellows&year=2006&page=1〕 given by the International Youth Foundation,〔http://www.iyfnet.org/〕 recognizing young social entrepreneurs who have founded sustainable development projects across the globe.〔http://www.youthactionnet.org/index.php?fuse=aboutusmainpage〕 OYE also created a weekly Youth Group, made up of teenage girls from an orphanage and the local community.〔http://www.marrder.com/htw/2006Dic/2Week/national.html〕 This group created a space to analyze the needs of the youth. OYE also had a daily Sports and Youth Development Program facilitating soccer practice and tournaments, motivational games, and involving the youth group at the athletic facility to encourage a healthy lifestyle.〔http://es.alternativechannel.tv/communication-durable/videos/18-rabbits/O-Y-E-Honduras/2402/;jsessionid=2CB765806ADD365F62F9FEAF30CDBF17〕 2007-2008 In 2007, OYE went through considerable changes in administration and operation. OYE, with a new central office, hired local and international staff aiming to expand OYE's potential. Beginning in the fall of 2007, the Organization for Youth Empowerment began a long and involved selection process to find fifty motivated and engaged youth that would become part of the growing scholarship program. At the end of each selection process, OYE honored its recipients with a ceremony welcoming the entire community. OYE's multi-faceted selection process helped the Scholarship Program reach out to a strong and diverse group of youth that would lead OYE's programming for 2008 and carry it into the future. OYE was selected by the International Youth Foundation as a winner of the 2008 Starbucks Social Entrepreneurs Fund Award.〔http://www.youthactionnet.org/index.php?fuse=showresourcedetails&resourceid=54〕 During 2008, the scholarship program grew. Students who were unable to use a computer mouse were suddenly editing radio programs and teaching other students to do the same. Students who could not articulate their desires or express themselves were now interacting with peers, local staff and international volunteers to communicate their situation and call for change in their communities. Once again, OYE began a rigorous application process and started 2009 with 75 vibrant and eager youth. In 2011 OYE's scholarship number has grown to 91 young people. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Organization for Youth Empowerment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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