Youth Partners in Development (Umeå)

The YPD program is organized by Center for International Youth Exchange (CIU) and takes place in Sweden and Cambodia or Zambia. The participants are between 21 and 26 years old. In Cambodia CIU works with Khmer Youth Association (KYA). KYA is a humanitarian non-political party, non-governmental and partisan organization working in the area of human resources development, gender, human rights, environment and democratic development. ( www.kya-cambodia.org ) In Zambia CIU works with Youth Association of Zambia (YAZ). YAZ is a Non-Profit organization whose major objective is to improve the living standard of the youth and children in Zambia. It was formed in 1994. YAZ operates in 6 provinces namely Lusaka, Central, Eastern, Copper belt, North Western and Southern provinces of Zambia. We are the Umeå group of YPD 2008. Safe Love Tour is our project.