United Youth of Ireland

The United Youth of Ireland (UYI) is a group of dedicated young people from ages 15 to 25 coming from different countries mainly in its early beginning the young people were coming from different African countries and there were also young people from Eastern Europe participating in their activities and nowadays the United Youth of Ireland is also joined by Irish young people. They are both students and workers but what they have in common is that all the members of UFI are die-hard volunteers working for a cause in service of the local communities where they operate.

The Youth group started a year and a half ago putting together their time, skills, talents and few resources. With some financial help from various friends, they were also able to address some problems that migrant young people are experiencing: clash of cultures, attitudes and ways of doing things, FGM, intercultural mediation, human rights, oral and body language, access to public services, racism, discrimination, equality, inclusion and holistic integration. As a Youth Group, the UFI members are affiliated with Catholic Youth Care (CYC) and therefore are Garda vetted and have all received Child Protection Basic Awareness Training and the Code of Good Practice for Youth Work. Recently, they have also joined the Youth Programme of the City of Dublin Youth Services Board (CDYSB). Their activities address positively and concretely mainly most of the difficulties and problems that migrants young people and the “New Irish” could encounter in our Society today and in their local communities.