Y2L/LADS
Young Leaders League (Y2L) is a youth initiative of the International Leadership Foundation aimed at creating communities of young leaders of integrity leading change in their nations through its Leadership and Development Studies (LADS) program.
What is the focus?
It has been designed by experts to groom and prepare young people between the ages of 11 and 25 years to become effective leaders. The LADS curriculum is an 11-lesson program that focuses on the youths’ personal, interpersonal, and leadership development. In addition, as part of the LADS program, youths are required to start both personal and community transformational projects by identifying areas in their lives they want to improve and problems in their communities that they would like to provide solutions to, for the transformation of the lives in their communities. To make this a reality, ILF trained volunteer youth mentors are available who groom and mentor these young leaders to plan their lives using creative tools and means.
How do we do it?
The Y2L/LADS creation of communities of young leaders of integrity is based on the values; 3Cs: Character, Competence, and Connection. The program is tailored for Schools, Universities, Youth Clubs, and Youth Organizations. The training is pivotal to transforming young people’s lives as they will learn concepts having Spiritual, Social, Political, Intellectual, Economic, and Lifestyle components. In addition to the LADS curriculum, Y2L/LADS offers Youth Mentor Training (YMT). This training helps to equip youth advisors, teachers, and anyone interested in mentoring young lives with the skills needed to effectively run a leadership and development studies program.
LADS Curriculum
The curriculum has been tested in three schools in Cameroon from September, 2008, to now with excellent results. It is currently being run in selected High schools in Ghana and other countries. Y2L Clubs have also been functioning in some schools and communities as students from the schools and communities are motivated by what they are learning through the curriculum.
