Algeria is more than deserts and cities, it is children fighting every day for a chance at health, education, and dignity. From the villages in the Sahara to the crowded streets of Algiers, their voices often go unheard, and that is why we are here.
Many Algerian children grow up in households affected by long-term unemployment. This economic pressure often leads to early school dropouts and pushes children into informal or unsafe work.
Children in remote areas, especially in the south, often lack access to schools, healthcare, and even basic identity documents. These geographic and infrastructural gaps leave thousands of children invisible to national support systems.
Emotional health is rarely discussed or supported, and many children suffer silently from stress, trauma, or neglect. Without school counselors or community programs, their mental well-being is left unaddressed.
In the far reaches of the Sahara, families can go weeks without seeing a clinic, and children learn to live with pain that should have been treated on day one. Santé Sud brings the clinic to them — backpacks of basic medicines, trained community workers, and calm, steady care that reaches homes where roads end. Mothers get prenatal checks, babies get weighed and vaccinated, and older kids finally have a place to tell someone what hurts. The visits aren’t rushed; they’re human. A nurse kneels in the sand to explain a fever. A father learns when to seek help. Bit by bit, trust builds, fear loosens its grip, and children grow up knowing that care can find them, even in the most remote places.
YED creates spaces where young people can be more than statistics — where a teen can raise a hand and be heard. In neighborhood centers and borrowed classrooms, they talk about health, safety, school, and the future they want to build. Mentors listen without judgment and help turn ideas into action: peer clubs, street cleanups, homework circles, and campaigns that challenge harmful norms. The work is simple and brave — teaching confidence, practicing leadership, and turning that leadership toward community care. When youth are trusted, they show up for each other. And when they show up together, they change the tone of an entire neighborhood from “nothing will change” to “we’re changing it.”
In 2024, volunteers hauled solar learning kits into wind-beaten camps where school used to be a rumor. Tents became classrooms, and a patch of shade became a library. For many nomadic children, this was the first time a teacher said their name and placed a pencil in their hand. Lessons lived on tablet screens and chalkboards strapped to camels, and the glow of a single panel kept class going after sunset. Parents stood at the edges, watching silence turn into laughter and letters. What began with kits and courage became a message to the whole country: even here, in sand and heat, children deserve a real shot at learning — and they’re taking it.
For one intense weekend, teenagers ran the agenda: mental health, body safety, nutrition, and how to ask for help when you don’t have the words yet. Doctors and policymakers sat in the audience while youth led panels, traded stories, and designed posters that traveled home on bus windows and backpacks. It wasn’t about perfect speeches; it was about honesty — the kind that turns a private worry into a public commitment to do better. By the end, a dozen new peer groups had formed, and schools pledged time for student-led health talks. Change didn’t wait for permission; it started with a mic, a room, and teens who refused to whisper.
Runs exchange and capacity-building programs to promote youth leadership and educational access in Algeria.
Delivers humanitarian aid through food drives, educational sponsorships, well construction, and healthcare outreach to vulnerable Algerian communities.
Provides national disease research, vaccinations, outbreak response, and laboratory training as part of Algeria’s public health infrastructure.
Uses legal advocacy and litigation to challenge discriminatory laws targeting LGBTQ+ individuals in Algeria and globally.
Offers disaster response, public health campaigns, and food/hygiene distribution to underserved populations and migrants across Algeria.