How does Y Care International decide which projects to support?
Y Care International responds to requests for help from YMCA partners who demonstrate real need in their country. Typically, the projects we support are targeted at young people and fit into one of our programme areas: health promotion; HIV/AIDS; emergency, relief and rehabilitation; health promotion; HIV/AIDS; life skills and livelihoods; post conflict; strengthening youth-serving organisations; youth citizenship; and youth justice. For more information on these areas see What we do . Y Care International will organise an emergency appeal in response to a humanitarian crisis or disaster if we feel that we can support effective relief efforts carried out by local YMCAs in that area. If there are no YMCAs operating in the affected area we are still able to use our fundraising networks to support the emergency response of our partner, the global alliance ACT International. See Our work in emergencies for more information.