This toolkit is created to provide practical, ready-to-use tools for organisations committed to fairly recognising the time, skills, and leadership of youth in their work.

We extend our gratitude to cycle 7 members, namely: Cape Town University’s Adolescent Accelerators Research Hub, Albanian Center for Population and Development, The Summit Foundation, The Torchlight Collective, YoSHAN, and Independent Researchers – Kuhika Seth & Shailza.

Over seven months, these youth-focused organisations shared their experiences, challenges, and solutions on how to compensate youth contributions meaningfully, both monetarily and non-monetarily, even amidst funding, ethical, and institutional barriers. Their insights inspired the tools in this package, designed to help others start where they are and keep improving their youth engagement practices.