“It is always good to give young people opportunities to do things by themselves. They need to learn by doing.” Mariam Kobalia, youth integration program manager at Europe Foundation, said one of the foundation’s most wildly successful programs in Georgia is YouthBank. YouthBank is a program that supports a youth-led grantmaking process for peer-proposed projects within a defined community. YouthBank chapters are required to be youth-led and inclusive, and each locale adapts various aspects of the model to work for them. The Georgian YouthBank administrators have embarked on a self-described “difficult and complex but rewarding journey” to equip and empower overlooked youth in 25 marginalized communities. YouthBank enables youth to realize their full potential by strengthenin

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