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March 24th, 2024
Ground breaks for YEP building @ Handsome Bay on VG

HANDSOME BAY, Virgin Gorda, VI- It was labelled a “Red Letter Day” in Virgin Gorda yesterday, March 23, 2024, when ground was broken for a building to house the Youth Empowerment Programme (YEP) at Handsome Bay on Virgin Gorda.

June 29th, 2022
YEP to hold 8-week pop-up summer programme starting July 5, 2022

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With support from the Rotary Club of Tortola and other donors, the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) will hold an 8-week summer program beginning July 5 for 150 children at the Road Town Multipurpose Complex.

May 26th, 2020
NAGICO’s helps YEP maintain virtual afterschool classes

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – NAGICO Insurances has provided a financial grant to the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) which will ensure programmes are delivered to over 180 youth in the Virgin Islands.

January 20th, 2019
On Fire, Red Rulers trounce opponents in SCBBC weekend games

SEA COW’S BAY, Tortola, VI – The Sea Cow's Bay Basketball Club’s (SCBBC) Martin Luther King Jr (MLK Jr) games continued, on Saturday, January 19, 2019, at the Albion Court, with ‘On Fire’ trouncing YEP, 42-35 and Red Rulers overcoming ’Blue Boys,’ 24 – 22.

August 22nd, 2018
VI youths get international support

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands (VI) based Youth Empowerment Programme (YEP) has been accepted as an international affiliate of the Boys and Girls Club of America (BGCA)—a world-leading youth development organisation.

November 18th, 2017
Prince Charles begins his tour of the VI

EAST END, Tortola, VI- The Prince of Wales, Charles Phillip Arthur George, has begun his tour of the Virgin Islands with a visit to the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) in the eastern end of Tortola.

November 8th, 2017
Smiles returning on the faces of children- Stacey 'Buddha' Mather

EAST END, Tortola, VI - Laughter and happiness have been filling the halls of the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) two months after the passage of Hurricane Irma that severely damaged the building that houses YEP.

October 31st, 2017
'People are still stuck in that Irma wind' - Patrick W. Williams

EAST END, Tortola, VI - Following the passage of Category 5 Hurricane Irma that destroyed the territory and most of the smaller outer islands, persons were left homeless and jobless.

August 25th, 2016
Persistent TRW takes road safety campaign to YEP

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The active Tola Race Wars (TRW), confident that its messages are hitting home, is not slackening up because of that and has in fact been continuing its road safety outreaches across Tortola.

July 29th, 2016
YEP students tour TAG’s modern facility

ROAD TOWN Tortola, VI- Tortola Auto Group (TAG), the official Hyundai dealer and the home of Car Quest Auto Parts, hosted close to 20 children from the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) at the company’s facility at Slaney Point, opposite the Prospect Reef Resort on Wednesday, July 27, 2016.

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