Our Impact 2024–2025 Over the past year, we have continued to invest in the power of young people to create change where it matters most. Across Tanzania, young people have been leading action in their communities improving livelihoods, expanding access to education, championing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and influencing decisions that shape …
Many societies in Africa and Europe remain insufficiently youth-responsive and inclusive, limiting young people’s participation in decision-making. The AU–EU Youth Voices Lab – Power of the Collective addresses this by supporting a consortium of partners to implement youth-led initiatives that co-create more inclusive, participatory systems and amplify youth voices across the continent.
In Amuria District in Eastern Uganda, a quiet transformation is taking root one seed at a time. Uganda faces a significant agricultural challenge – 87% of farmers lack access to recommended Quality Declared Seeds (QDS). This gap has contributed to low agricultural productivity and increased household food insecurity. According to UBOS (2018), limited access to …
The Creating Opportunity for Youth in Digital Economy (CODE) project supports young women and men in Nepal to develop digital skills, access decent employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, and participate in shaping an inclusive digital future. Nepal’s digital economy is expanding rapidly, creating new opportunities for employment, entrepreneurship, and innovation. However, many young people, particularly young …
Zambia’s focus within the AU-EU Youth Voices Lab is on supporting youth-led participation, advocacy, accountability and institutional engagement, while creating linkages between national youth priorities and wider continental and AU-EU processes. The Zambia programme combines capacity strengthening, youth engagement, evidence generation and dissemination, advocacy, and efforts to strengthen institutions to meaningfully engage young people. The …
How are young people using AI? The Youth AI Survey 2026 provides new insights into how young people are using artificial intelligence (AI), including what they use it for, how it affects them, and their expectations and aspirations for the future. This study is timely: although AI is still in its infancy many young people …
Restless Development has been supercharging youth-led change for 40 years. In 2025, we celebrated our 40th anniversary and having reached 10 million young people. We unlocked £2,076,813 – providing direct funding to youth organisations and groups providing support and putting resources into the hands of young people to lead. Read our Global Annual Report to …
Breaking the Silence: My Journey as a Positive Masculinity Champion Bikash Sah was one of the Positive Masculinity Champions under the What It Means to Be a Young Man Today project, implemented by Restless Development. Through the project, he worked with young people in Madhesh Province to challenge harmful gender norms, promote positive masculinity, and …
Thanks to the safe space program, I have regained my self-confidence and my motivation to go back to school. Like every other young woman, I can now comfortably represent myself in any space. These are the words of Mary, a vibrant 15-year-old girl from Kamabai community in Sierra Leone. Today, she is in school and …
The Gully Youth Lab (GYL) is a youth-centred initiative that supports adolescents and young people living in underserved urban communities to build knowledge, leadership, and agency. Many young people in these communities face barriers to accessing accurate health information, safe learning spaces, leadership opportunities, and meaningful participation in decisions that affect their lives. Social norms, …