Negrosanon Young Leaders Institute Inc.

Negrosanon Young Leaders Institute (NYLI) is a Philippine youth-led nonprofit that empowers children and young people to lead inclusive, rights-based, and climate-resilient development. We work in communities where poverty, inequality, climate change, and limited access to quality education and opportunities prevent young people from reaching their full potential. Rather than treating children and youth as beneficiaries, we equip them as leaders and partner with local governments, schools, civil society, and the private sector to co-create lasting solutions.

Since 2019, NYLI has developed and scaled locally led innovations that strengthen education, workforce readiness, renewable energy access, civic participation, health, and community resilience. Our work ranges from establishing solar-powered schools and youth centers in off-grid communities to building youth leadership networks, creating safe spaces for children and young people, supporting learning recovery, and advancing policy reforms that amplify community voices. Across every initiative, we combine direct community action with systems strengthening to ensure solutions continue long after individual projects end.

Our approach is grounded in the Transforming Engagement for Democracy (TED) Framework, which places communities at the center of decision-making. Every intervention is co-designed with local stakeholders, ensuring that solutions are owned, managed, and sustained by the people they serve. By strengthening local institutions, empowering young leaders, and generating evidence for policy change, NYLI transforms communities from recipients of development into partners in shaping it.

By 2030, NYLI aims to empower one million children, young people, and their communities across the Philippines through building scalable models that improve lives today while creating stronger, more resilient communities for generations to come.