We partner with local organisations in emerging market countries, and other change-makers, to enable marginalised young people to transform their lives and communities.
Learn About What We DoNick Koh is a Venture Capital Partner at VU Venture Partners, an underwriter at EMpower, and a member of our Hong Kong Board of Directors. Recently he spoke with EMpower’s President & CEO Cynthia Steele about what drew him to EMpower, the power of photography, and more.
Read the InterviewJoin us in welcoming Kevin Murphy to our US Board! Kevin is currently Senior Managing Director, Partner, and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Wellington Management and has been a major champion of EMpower’s work since 2020. We are very grateful for his passionate support of our programmes.
Theodoros Chronopoulos, Senior Programme Officer for Africa and Russia at EMpower, penned an important piece "Fortify Young Minds: Invest in Youth Mental Health."
Read Theo's Op-EdIn a new piece for AVPN, Dr. Nisha Dhawan and Tanvi Mishra explore how EMpower has engaged young people over the years and how our programmes are the better for it.
Read the BlogWe are excited to welcome Rekha Nair to the EMpower US Board! Rekha been a dedicated supporter of EMpower since 2014 and was the long-time Co-Chair of EMpower’s Next-Gen, a global initiative that brings together our next generation of young philanthropists. She is currently Executive Director, Emerging Markets Sales, at Standard Chartered Bank.
For 20 years, we have worked alongside local organisations and young people to advance innovative programming and best practices to enable youth to live their full potential.
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There are more than 1.8 billion young people in the world, and many emerging market countries currently have their largest populations of young people ever. And these numbers are only expected to grow over the next 10 years. Already experiencing significant poverty, discrimination, violence, and exclusion, young people living at the margins now face the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19. The crisis has taken an unprecedented toll on their schooling, health, safety, and livelihoods. Our support to local partners aims to create more opportunities, assets, networks, and safe spaces for young people. EMpower provides financial grants and other value-added support to local organisations in emerging market countries in three interconnected areas that are key to youth development:
The Learning Communities On the Move model, developed through an EMpower and CARE partnership, lays out a roadmap for organisations and programmes to shift harmful social and gender norms by centring girls' expertise and dynamic contributions. We believe girls should have access to the decision-making spaces that affect their lives and rights and can lead the way in creating sustainable change and lasting impact in communities.
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