Impact

Our Impact to Date 

631,000+

Opportunity Youth Connected to the journey to economic mobility

228,000

Opportunity Youth with Improved employability, skills, and/or agency

84,000

Opportunity Youth Transformed with improved livelihoods through employment or entrepreneurship

174

Youth Advisory Group Members (65% female) guiding strategy and implementation and leading peers across the network

439

Public, private, and civil sector organizations partnering through GOYN Collaboratives to enhance economic opportunity and wellbeing for young people

115

Organizations participating in GOYN’s Multi-Stakeholder Advisory/Steering Committees across communities

In addressing the structural barriers that limit youth potential, GOYN works collaboratively within communities to create long-term, sustainable pathways to economic opportunity that are designed to scale up and compound impact over time. To that end, GOYN seeks impact at three levels: Opportunity Youth, ecosystem stakeholders, and communities and labor markets.

1. Opportunity Youth have access to improved economic opportunities and experience increased agency.

GOYN’s impact on Opportunity Youth to date is assessed in three key categories: Connected, Improved, and Transformed.

  • 631,000+ OY Connected by GOYN and its partners through workshops, events, or digital platforms to start the journey to greater economic mobility
  • 228,000+ OY with Improved employability and/or agency through training, career guidance, mentorship, leadership development, or access to financial services 
  • 84,000+ OY Transformed, with a change in their economic circumstances and life trajectories through accessing new or better employment, starting or growing a business, or self-employment. 

These figures represent cumulative impact across a majority of GOYN communities from 2020-2024.

2. Ecosystem stakeholders benefit from enhanced collaboration and coordination, which boosts the effectiveness and efficiency of interventions and bolsters mutually beneficial outcomes.

Success in fostering greater collective impact within community ecosystems is assessed in part by the number of youth employment stakeholders engaged in GOYN collaboratives across the network.

  • As of 2024, 439 public and private sector and civil society organizations are partnering in Local GOYN Collaboratives to enhance economic opportunity and wellbeing for young people, with more than 115 organizations currently participating in GOYN’s Multi-Stakeholder Advisory/Steering Committees across all communities.
  • In parallel, 174 young leaders are currently serving as Youth Advisory Group members, consulting on GOYN strategy development and implementation and serving as peer leaders in their communities and across the network.
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3. Communities and labor markets that become more inclusive for OY through changes in practices and policies are able to close workforce gaps, stimulate higher productivity, and foster new income-generating activities, resulting in stronger returns and more stable and vibrant societies.

Below are just a few examples of how GOYN is generating systemic change and forging sustainable, equitable pathways to opportunity.

  • São Paulo, Brazil: GOYN launched “Elevado À Potência,” a social immersion program bringing employers into OY home communities to better understand their lived realities; participating companies are now partnering with OY to improve their hiring practices. GOYN São Paulo also developed a new “Opportunity Youth-friendly” classification in partnership with the Great Places to Work Institute with nearly 100 companies applying, generating data on employer engagement strategies to facilitate OY success in the workplace.
  • Rural India: GOYN’s Youth Hubs in rural India act as one-stop, safe-space centers where OY access job placement, skilling and financial resources, entrepreneurship support, government services, and mentorship. In just three years, they have reached over 30,000 youth, enabled 2,500 formal job placements, supported 1,000 youth-led businesses, and helped 3,500 young farmers boost incomes, while also advancing young women’s agency-building, youth leadership, and participation in local governance.
  • Mombasa, Kenya: GOYN helped formally embed youth priorities into Mombasa’s 2023–2027 County Integrated Development Plan. What began with 50 youth leaders presenting research in public forums is now institutionalized policy, ensuring resource allocation addresses the needs of over 200,000 Opportunity Youth. This work also has tackled economic barriers and challenging negative stereotypes to create a more inclusive environment for young people.

See the scope of GOYN’s network of communities and global partners that are making impact a reality for Opportunity Youth around the world.

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