The International Youth Day is an annual social impact awareness day observed on 12 August each year, to celebrate the energy and possibility represented by the youth and amplify their voices, abilities and innovations. We hope through supporting important initiatives such as these that The Youth Café can make a significant impact in the community.

World Youth Skills Day 2020 will take place in a challenging context. The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures have led to the worldwide closure of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions, threatening the continuity of skills development.

On 15 July, The Youth Cafe joined global celebrations to mark World Youth Skills Day (WYSD). The celebration aimed to recognize the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship, and to highlight the crucial role of skilled youth in addressing current and future global challenges. Find more about The Youth Cafe’s Career Transition Program.