Youth Vision International Brochure

This is copy I wrote for Youth Vision International, a client of Hampton Creative who contracted me for the project.

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1. Youth Vision International, Inc.
2. Giving Young People a Voice, a Face and a Mentor

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Who We Are
Youth Vision International was founded in 2002 for the purpose of teaching, equipping and mobilizing children and youth workers worldwide. We are passionate about reaching young people because they are the world’s future fathers, mothers, and citizens…ones who have the capacity to bring lasting change to their developing communities.

Our Vision
The dream of Youth Vision International is to make an eternal difference in the lives of 1,000,000 children and youth worldwide…to bring permanent transformation, rooted in the love of God. We are called to be a voice to the voiceless, a face to the faceless and a father to the fatherless.

Our Commitment
We must fight to reach the hearts of the young, or face the possibility of losing the next generation of kids to the same things which are destroying people today: poverty, disease, drugs, human trafficking, fundalmentalist religious groups who target children and teens with radical doctrine, and a host of other negative and often deadly influences.


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What We Do: We Train
A study recently referenced by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, qualified what youth leaders have struggled for decades to reveal: that young people respond most positively to a message when it is given to them through a peer—one who has been where they are, and who has also found a way out.

Youth Vision International places great value and trust in young people. We believe the world’s youth are the very best communicators of the message of hope. This is why we focus our energies on training young, energetic children and youth workers, who will, in turn, go forward with a vision of establishing youth outreaches in each of their communities.


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What We Do: We Equip
Youth International is committed to empowering and equipping youth leaders with the confidence, competency and comfort needed to begin effective outreaches…and to do this work all on their own.

We invest ourselves into young people, guiding them through a development process that allows them to grow into progressive leaders with hearts filled with a passion for reaching disadvantaged children and teens in their cities.

We demonstrate practical skills, such as how to capture the attention of children and young people through interesting activities and conversations. We teach our leaders to look for open doors into the hearts of those to whom they are extending God’s love, and how to build trusting relationships as an entrée and foundation for influence.


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What We Do: We Establish Lasting Change
The primary benefit of empowering and instilling confidence in grassroots leaders is they remain in our absence, when we return home.

Over a sustained period of time, their determined efforts are proven to lead to lasting change in their communities. Crime rates decline, fewer young people become infected with sexually transmitted diseases, the appeal of illegal drug use weakens, suicide rates decrease, young people learn a skill or trade that empowers them to break free from the bondage of poverty. So many wonderful benefits come when we believe in young people!

In tangible ways, Youth International draws from years of experience in establishing youth centers, orphanages, children’s Bible clubs and other various kinds of training schools. In all of our conferences, we give suggestions on how to effectively facilitate such wonderful and inexpensive demonstrations of God’s love.


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Our Success
Since 2002, Youth International volunteers have trained thousands of children and youth leaders in West Africa. One such leader, who attended a YI conference in Ghana, left the gathering equipped with fresh materials and a new mentoring philosophy. She immediately returned to her hometown, Conakry, Guinea, and put this new knowledge to use. Within a period of two years, her ministry to children had grown from weekly meetings of 50 children to more than 2,000 children in attendance each week. Having experienced such tremendous success, she decided to replicate herself by training others to do in their communities what she had done in hers. Today, this one woman’s ministry reaches over 64,000 children per week throughout West and East Africa.

Youth International Liberian Orphanage
In 1995, close to the end of the horrifying rebel war in Monrovia, Liberia, Youth International Founder, David Rogers, was present in the country. He saw and heard the stories of destruction of over 200,000 lives and the exodus of nearly 1,000,000 people. It was impossible to listen to the stories and not respond in some tangible way to the suffering.

David felt compelled to help the fatherless, motherless and homeless children sleeping in the streets Monrovia. The result was the construction of an orphanage that is today home to 27 children—ones who lost parents during the rebel uprising.

The building also serves as an elementary school and community center. And, throughout the city of Monrovia, there are weekly gatherings of up to 2,000 children, who are drawn to God through the compassion and care of people who were personally impacted by the ministry of the orphanage.


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About the Founders
David and Sammy Rogers fell in love as teenagers, sharing a common heart for ministry to young people. As early as age 17, they found themselves involved in street ministry to troubled teens, and through the years have served in many various roles—as children and youth pastors, on prison ministry teams, and walking the streets of the U.S. and many foreign countries in order to share with love of Jesus with hurting people.

In 1997, the Rogers joined the International Missionary Center as the Directors of Children and Youth Ministry, and that same year were ordained through Living Word Missions, Inc., the parent ministry. Through the IMC, they trained students and workers from 35 nations on how to have a thriving children and youth ministry. They have also facilitated Back Yard Bible Clubs in Africa, Europe, Philippines and in Central and South America for children who would not have ever entered a church building.

The guiding scripture of David and Sammy’s lives is Matthew 25:40, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” They are thankful for the opportunity to be a voice for the voiceless, a face for the faceless and a Father to the Fatherless.


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How You Can Participate
1. Pray
2. Travel With a Team Overseas and Facilitate a Training Conference
3. Sponsor a Conference
4. Give Financially to Youth Vision International

If you are interested in learning more about Youth Vision International, please use the following information to contact us:

David and Sammy Rogers
1939 N 289th E. Ave.
Catoosa, OK 74015 USA
Phone: 981.266.0460
Email: youthvision@intergate.com