The Pathways tO Wellbeing, Empowerment, and Resilience for Adolescents and Youth (POWER 4 AY) Programme is a ground-breaking first interpretation and application of Save the Children´s Adolescent Wellbeing Framework for Action which sets out how we can best support adolescents to fulfil their rights and maximize their wellbeing. A reference programme in addressing inequality and discrimination, the POWER 4 AY accompanies young people in Albania, Bolivia, Nepal and Uganda who are empowered along transformative pathways to success and self-fulfilment from July 2021 to July 2026.
Supported by Save the Children Italy and financed by BVLGARI, the POWER 4 AY is a second phase to the 5-year Youth Empowerment Bulgari (YEB) Programme implemented from 2016 to 2021 in the same four countries. This powerful 10 year experience boosts our best evidence-based understanding to address the challenges facing 50,000 adolescents and youth most impacted by inequality and discrimination. As sustainable results for adolescent and youth wellbeing depend also on the environment in which they live, the Programme also triggers positive outcomes at all levels of the socio-ecological model, working with families, peers, communities, services, systems, laws and policies.
This site delves into the essence of our approach, the formidable challenges we are determined to confront, provides insight and technical resources guiding our work and presents the extraordinary stories of young people who have progressed through this empowering journey.
POWER 4 AY NEWSLETTER
Follow the Program´s story, meet its participants and learn its best practices straight from the Field.
FEATURED STORY
“We are the first ice cream parlor in Bolivia that has ecological certification. Our vision is to get organic ice cream without damaging the ecosystems, products free of pesticides and of wild origin. What Mother Nature gives us without us giving it so much effort and with what we plant it gives us many products. When I was little my parents had their cattle and also sowed the land... The first years I remember that we produced a lot and with the passing of the years the potato was smaller, the chickpea had a different flavor. There came a point that the potato was like a bean, extremely small and I was worried about that and I also saw my mother's sad face. I also went to the community meetings where people complained that there was a drought, potatoes did not produce, people cried. I was 7 years old and already in my mind I was looking for a solution even though I was in the same problem. I feel more committed to the environment and to the communities with which we work. It is a principle of life.” Senobia Lázaro Puma – Young Entrepreneur owner of Meraki Ecological Ice-cream parlor, Bolivia.