Youth Engagement Services (YES) Network Pakistan is a legally registered non-profit organization. YES Network Pakistan has pioneered the concept of treating disadvantaged youth living in low-income communities  “as a solution, not as a problem”  in the country. We provide seed financing and incubation services to poor youth and youth-serving organizations for the establishment of community based micro social enterprises. We identify, invest and engage disadvantaged youth with innovative ideas for bringing change in their communities systematically. Our youth engagement programs have assisted many disadvantaged and socially-excluded young people immensely in transforming themselves from victims to leaders and from valueless to valuable. Our Youth Service program is recognized as a profound idea with society-changing potential by Ashoka, Innovators for the Public, a global organization that pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship. Mr. Ali Raza Khan, Founder and Country Director of YES program was elected as an Ashoka Fellow in 2006 for life time.

We are affiliated with International Association for National Youth Service. We have strong ties with Innovations in Civic Participation, an organization based in Washington, DC and leading service campaign globally. We would like to acknowledge the contributions of both these organizations for supporting and advocating our service program among young people, the general public, policymakers and funders. We are a leading member of International Youth Employment Summit Campaign (YES) launched by the Education Development Center, Boston USA.

Salient Features of Our Program

• It assists youth to serve rather than to be served.
• It combats social exclusion by inviting left out youth to show-off their talents and creative abilities.
• It provides society with more workers at less expense.
• It provides an effective mechanism for economic development. It views youth as an underutilized resource. It transforms youth from citizens-in-waiting to citizens-in-action.
• It contributes to employment policy by providing first ever experience to many hard-to-reach youth full time work experience.
• It helps youth to build social capital while serving others.
• It helps youth to re-brand their image within families and societies.
• It serves as preparation for responsible citizenship as youth gain understanding that comes from serving others.
• It assists in heading-off violence, crime and terrorism from the society by engaging young people in constructive activities.
• It provides the experiential education needed to counter balance the years of largely passive education received by youth in classroom.
• It creates young social entrepreneurs at local level.