Tonga National Youth Congress

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Its goal is to better the welfare of the youth in Tonga through programmes that foster responsibility, citizenship, community service and leadership.

The TNYC, established in 1991, is the biggest local NGO with offices in the six main islands. As well as sports, environmental awareness, education, health and mental wellbeing, TNYC also focuses on entrepreneurship, vocations and careers.

One of the areas it is actively involved in is helping youth to set up agricultural activities and projects from which they can benefit.

Tonga youths helping school drop outs

It is estimated there have been 1,000 school drop outs in Tonga every year since 2008, with many of them never getting the help they need to get back into the education system.

The one-year project is being supported by the aid organisation, International Needs.

Its executive director, Gradon Harvey, says as part of the first phase of the project, the National Youth Congress has been speaking to school principals and students to find out how it can help.