About Us

Your Impact

During the 2024/25 school year, Yo Bro | Yo Girl Youth Initiative delivered 35 programs, reaching over 1,300 children and youth across British Columbia. We served communities including Chilliwack, Coquitlam, Delta, Kamloops, Surrey, and Vancouver. In addition, our Keep it Real and Taking it to the Streets educational presentations engaged more than 1,500 children, youth, and community members.

With the continued support of generous donors, all of our programs remain free for participants and schools. This ensures that any young person who wants to be involved has the opportunity to do so, regardless of their background or financial situation.

Voices of YBYG

Meet Balraj

"Yo Bro has helped me improve so much, I make better decisions now. I used to sit around and play video games all day. Now I don’t see the point in that.”

A young man with curly hair smiling at the camera, wearing a gray long-sleeve shirt and a beaded necklace, leaning against a pale yellow wall.

Meet Dacious

"If immigrant and refugee youth don’t get connected to the community quickly, they find themselves following people they shouldn’t...It easily could’ve been me.”

A smiling teenage girl with braces, wearing a white and burgundy t-shirt that reads

Meet Harneet

I can’t imagine life without Yo Bro | Yo Girl - it’s family.

Two people engaged in community engagement activities walk together across a grassy field towards a chain-link fence, with trees in the background under a cloudy sky.

Meet Billy - Former YBYG Program Coordinator

"There’s a lot of potentials that was lost. And It was all because when these guys were teenagers, there were people who influenced them very negatively."

Man with a beard and tattoos, wearing a gray polo and a badge, standing in front of a school bulletin board with various educational posters labeled

Meet Paul

"When they are here at YBYG wrestling, they know they are in a safe zone and that they have a brighter future ahead and family they can rely on. Because that’s what YBYG is - it’s a family.”

Three cheerful teenage girls, one wearing a hijab, are happily posing together against a light-colored wall.

Meet Wahiba

"One of my favourite parts of YBYG is having so many friends there who are a few years ahead of me in life. Their advice is so important to me - it gives me perspective and support that I wouldn’t find elsewhere."

Four men, including two police officers and two civilians, stand smiling before a brick wall with a

Meet Willy

"Today, Willy is married and the proud father of two beautiful children."

Young man in a tie-dye t-shirt and baseball cap standing by blue lockers, smiling gently at the camera, exuding a carefree vibe.

Meet Pac

"Today, Pac is a Program Facilitator at YBYG and he often refers to Joe and the other youth as his family and spends most of his time connecting more youth to the community that has given him so much."

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