What is Youth For Change?

With 60% of the population under 30 years, youth in the Arab world are considered the largest age group among ...

Phase 5

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Phase 4

In this phase, 26 youth from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Mauritania, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia were awarded mini grants between $1000 - $3000 USD to pilot projects related to ICT. Through the Sprout Ideas project management e-course, online chats with entrepreneurs, and opportunities to discuss their projects in open forum settings, the 26 winners have emerged from the ...
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Phase 3

Youth for Change phase III succeeded in reaching out and supporting hundreds of Arab youth in the different targeted Arab countries: 22 youth have been chosen as focal points to coordinate and promote the program activities in their countries as well as 5Advisors to join the phase III advisory board. 24 host organizations ...
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Phase 2

Youth for Change phase II succeeded in reaching out and supporting hundreds of Arab youth in the different targeted Arab countries: 13 youth have been chosen as focal points to coordinate and promote the program activities in their countries. 13 host organizations supported and promoted the program. This promotion along with TIG and ...
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Phase 1

Youth for Change succeeded in reaching out and supporting hundreds of Arab youth in the different targeted Arab countries: 9 youth have been chosen as focal points to coordinate and promote the program activities in their countries. 9 host organizations supported and promoted the program. This promotion along with TIG and BA ...
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Director's Message

There is power in the youth, hope, a sea of possibilities. Nowadays, the youth are considered vital agents in today’s society. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) as an organization believes in youth development and empowerment, creating different opportunities and initiatives to help Arab youth to advance and achieve their goals. We believe that inspiring youths’ ambitions may create positive social change in their communities or even the world as a whole.
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Ismail Serageldin
Director of the Library of Alexandria

Quotes

We live in the kind of society where, in almost all cases, hard work is rewarded.
- Neil deGrasse Tyson

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goals: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.
- Louis Pasteur

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.
- Samuel Johnson

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.
- Colin R. Davis

People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- Tony Robbins

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

Two men looked out through the same bars; one sees the mud, and one the stars.
- Frederick Langbridge

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.
- Walt Disney

When you're focused on finding a positive angle to challenges or looking for the bright side to life, you find yourself being more optimistic.
- Alex Uwajeh

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--It is: Try to please everybody.
- Herbert Bayard Swope