Mentorship
CIE believes that strong, positive relationships are essential to supporting youth growth and development. In addition to fostering healthy relationships with staff and peers in our out-of-school-time programs, community, and institutions to provide youth with opportunities to build 1-on-1 connections with mentors. Our Mentorship specially tailored for After school Enrichment, Parental Engagement, Clinical Counseling
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CIE and carefully match youth and mentors, taking into account a youth’s needs as well as common interests and personality.
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Mentor One Child…Enrich Two Lives
Our Mentoring Program serves youth from slums and marginalized communities . Volunteers are recruited, screened, and trained to become mentors to school-age youth, ages 6-18.
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The Need is GREAT
Mentors are a dedicated group of individuals who care deeply about our youth and our community. They give a lot, and our standards and expectations are high. CIE Mentors volunteer within established research-based frameworks to promote the inherent benefits of long-term, steady and stable 1:1 relationships.
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The Youth Mentoring Program gives encouragement and hope to youngsters referred to us by a network of partnering schools and organizations. Every child is unique - and their circumstances are, too. A youngster might need a little bit of help for one of many reasons - parental absenteeism, a medical condition, exposure to abuse, or a learning disability. A growing number of youth in the program are the children of refugees fleeing oppression in their countries of origin. The majority of children and families in the program live below the poverty level.
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What the research says…
Research consistently shows that a key difference between successful and unsuccessful youth from lower-income communities is mentoring. A review of more than 200 studies concluded that, in order to successfully pass through adolescence, youth need access to safe places, challenging experiences, and caring people on a daily basis. Mentors provide these 3 key elements and improve self-esteem, serve as role models, and advocates.
Impact
Mentoring relationships are life-changing; recent studies show drastic strides in social, emotional, cognitive, and identity development.
We believe match longevity is a hallmark of ilp Mentoring. Most of our matches are togehter for more than a year and some have stayed together as long as a decade. This major program accomplishment that mirrors what the research tells us - that the largest positive impacts result from a mentor's sustained presence in a young person's life.
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If you would like to volunteer as a Youth Mentor or be more involved with the Program, please call +231770195474 email us and we would be happy to speak with you about available opportunities.
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