Empowering Vulnerable Children & Young People
Our Mission
The Youth HELP Foundation empowers vulnerable children and young people to maximize their innate potential through partnerships with other non-profit and civil society organizations that together ensure equitable access to resources for health, education and literacy programs.
Our Impact
Our Programs
Lit From Birth
The Youth HELP Foundation is proud to partner with the United Way TCI, Learn and Lead Education Center, and the TCI Hospitals to make books available to parents and support them in reading to their children from birth under the "Lit from Birth" campaign. The campaign is ongoing and, to date, has made over 500 books available to parents and supports them in reading to their children.
Reading to children during the first 1000 days of life has numerous benefits for their overall development.
Visual Arts & STEM
The Youth HELP Foundation is committed to giving young people early access to visual arts, health, and S.T.E.M. programs that spark creativity, enhance cognitive growth, and inspire innovative thinking—laying the groundwork for lifelong success.
By introducing science, technology, and the power of visual expression at an early age, we equip youth to think creatively, lead boldly, and become the innovators who shape a more vibrant and prosperous future.
Yes, I Can Read
The United Way TCI “Yes, I Can Read” intervention program is a targeted literacy initiative designed for Grade 2 students to the aim to enroll over 300 childrens in partnership with public schools. Delivered through a pullout model, the program is led by experienced literacy teachers who provide focused reading and comprehension support for students facing academic challenges.
Dedicated resource rooms have been established in each participating school for enhanced reading intervention.
H.E.L.P. Programs
At the heart of the Youth HELP Foundation’s mission is a deep commitment to advancing health, education, and literacy for children and youth—especially the most vulnerable. We recognize that the challenges of youth empowerment and development are complex and far-reaching, requiring solutions that are equally dynamic and collaborative.
The Foundation embraces a partnership-based model as its core approach to achieving impact.
Sponsor A Child
The Youth HELP Foundation, in proud partnership with United Way TCI and the public school system of the Turks and Caicos Islands, supports the “Yes, I Can Read” literacy intervention program—an initiative that is transforming the futures of struggling young readers.
This targeted program provides Grade 2 students with specialized, one-on-one reading support from experienced literacy teachers and trained teaching assistants. The goal is clear: to help every child read at grade level within one year, build confidence and independence, and lay the essential foundation for academic success through high school and beyond.
Bookmobile Fundraising Campaign
United Way TCI is advocating for the purchase of a Mobile Library to expand library services to underserved communities, promote literacy, and support lifelong learning across the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Many residents in our communities, both young and old, face challenges accessing the only public library in Providenciales. For some, the barriers are as simple as a lack of transportation or the distance from their neighborhoods. In addition, some schools do not have libraries or have only limited access to library resources.
A bookmobile will help bridge this gap by bringing books, digital resources, and educational programs directly to the people who need them most.
At United Way Turks and Caicos, we believe every child and every community deserves access to knowledge, opportunity, and the joy of reading. That is why we are launching our Mobile Library Initiative, a transformative project designed to bring books and learning resources directly to neighborhoods across the Turks and Caicos Islands.
