World Youth International

THANK YOU to our supporters, volunteers, partners, and donors from all over the world. Your kindness contributes to the reason vulnerable communities can continue to gain access to quality education and healthcare.

There were some very positive highlights throughout the past 12 months. It's so important to celebrate the good stuff - so let’s check out 2024's highlights:

• We partnered with some incredible like-minded organisations who were willing to continuously work with us to ensure we can educate, empower and inspire positive change within the global community.

• We are so thankful for the support of Computershare, with a major initiative taking place during 2024 – the CPU Trek for Tech. In November 2024, 19 Computershare employees completed the Trek for Tech, an 80km adventure through the Grampians in Victoria, Australia. This trek raised over $90K of critical funds for the World Youth International School in Nepal, supporting the development of a new IT college and providing students with access to modern technology, including computers, tablets, and software. Read more here.

• Our Nurses In Action program is going stronger than ever, with 90 Volunteers travelling to Kenya and Nepal on the programs, completing over 423 hours of service. Together, they helped over 5,560 patients. We also ran the program for the first time in Uganda! The importance of these programs continues to be evident so that nurses have the opportunity to provide their expertise and skills to treat vulnerable people and people living below the poverty line have access to quality healthcare. We continue to receive new applications for our Nurses In Action volunteer programs, with spots for 2025 filling up fast! Visit www.worldyouth.org.au/NIA to apply.

• We’ve been incredibly fortunate to have the most generous support of Scrub Lab, who continued to contribute a free pair of WYI branded scrubs to all Nurses In Action participants throughout the year. It was so great seeing everyone wearing their quality stylish scrubs while on their life-changing adventures last year and we cant wait to see them flaunting the collection in 2025 too!

• Through our subsidiary Healthcare Heartbeat, we continued to provide mental health support with a preventative approach to healthcare workers. Healthcare Heartbeat partnered with Altaira to fund a mental fitness program for nurses entering the aged care workforce through an Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) SA Branch’s accredited program. This collaboration between ANMF SA, Altaira, and Healthcare Heartbeat addressed the need to better equip registered nurses with the tools to prevent burnout and psychological distress, and it’s a program Healthcare Heartbeat have been proud to deliver. Pulse Memberships were also launched, enabling healthcare organisations to gain exclusive access to mental fitness and wellbeing services through our tailored platform.

• We received a Federal Grant which enabled us to run a tailored mental health program for a group of our Volunteers before they departed for their Kenya program. This was facilitated by Ignite Purpose, and aimed to equip Volunteers with tools they could use to protect their mental wellness while exposed to new and sometimes challenging experiences that occur while on the NIA program.

• In celebration of October’s Mental Health Awareness Month, we partnered with Finnbell Consulting who facilitated a Healthcare Heartbeat Reflect, Reset & Renew session funded by Xeople.
  

• We continue to partner with Buy1Give1 who have provided funding to support the Odede Health Centre. We have seen an increase in funds received over the past 12 months which has been used to provide the following services:

· Clean water for patients and staff

· Medication for patients

· Medical support for childbirth

· Employ a nurse and provide uniforms

· Supply baby’s clothes and blankets

· Electricity and reusable energy

· Girl’s hygiene program

· Establishing vegetable crops to help feed hospital patients

· Irrigation projects including water harvesting

• We are excited to announce that we have recently welcomed a number of new sponsors to our Education Scholarship program. This is a truly significant development, as it means that even more children from Nepal will now have the opportunity to receive a quality education. We extend our sincerest gratitude to our long-term sponsors for their unwavering support throughout the years. Their generosity will help to empower the next generation of leaders in Nepal. We firmly believe that every child should have the chance to learn, develop, and reach their full potential and this program is an effort to make that a reality.

• We're proud of all we've achieved throughout the last financial year at the Odede Community Health Centre in Kenya. Mama Ann’s Odede Health Centre has provided care and support to over 15,000 patients in 2023-2024. Some of our treatments over the past 12 months include:

•154 babies delivered safely

•3800 maternal health patients treated

•290 children under 5 vaccinated against Malaria

•2891 patients treated for Malaria

•357 cases of diabetes detected and treated

•674 patients treated for Pneumonia

•785 patients treated for skin infections and wounds

• We were excited to launch our new program Choose Action, where we redefine corporate social responsibility activities by combining thrilling experiences with a purpose-driven mission. Organisations can choose from a range of activities that all align with the UN’s Global Goals to engage and motivate teams like never before - for a good cause.

Want to be part of creating positive change in Kenya during 2025? World Youth International is now seeking support to expand the Odede Health Centre to include several new essential projects: Operating theatre and recovery ward – One of the great hurdles to overcome at the moment is a need to provide an operating theatre and recovery ward for the people of Odede. With the addition of a theatre, the Odede Health Centre will provide a range of essential services for the community and open a new revenue stream for the Health Centre. Construction of a new wing will be required to add the operating theatre and the recovery ward.

Training centre and staff accommodation – Due to its isolation, we would like to build some new accommodation facilities at the Centre to house staff and volunteers. This will significantly reduce travel time for staff and assist with staff retention. A training centre is required to provide skilled training services to staff and the community. A new building will be constructed to house the staff accommodation and training centre.

Solar power and back-up generators – The Centre currently relies on grid power which is unreliable due to regular blackouts and power surges. Our goal is to provide the Centre with solar power and to purchase a commercial grade backup generator ensuring that there is a constant flow of electricity at the Centre.

If any of these projects are of interest, please email [email protected] We are working on some exciting new projects in conjunction with corporate partners who can help us achieve these goals, and we are always open to explore new partnerships.

We are stronger than ever, and are confident that we are well-positioned to continue making the world a better place throughout the next year.

We wish everyone a safe and fulfilling 2025 – let’s do it!