Ecuador - Quito (Youth World)

Youth World in an inovative team of 55 missionaries, interns and national staff.

Youth World is a blend of 2 year missionaries, career missionaries, national employees and short-term interns.

We have 5 different nationalities represented on our team including: Ecuador, Canada, Germany, Holland and the United States.

For complete bio's on our team, please go to:http://www.youthworld.org.ec/stafflist.cfm

Youth World has 6 key areas of focus:

• La Red Juvenil: Training, networking, identifying, equipping youth workers throughout Ecuador. We do conferences, training events, coaching & mentoring and provide resources to leader.
• International Student Ministry: English speaking youth ministry in Quito targeting the Alliance Academy, Cotopaxi International School and English Fellowship Church. This is a blend of discipleship, programming and leadership training.
• Short-Term Teams: We expose churches, schools and organizations to missions, ministry and the world by creating short-term experiences for them. We do this through exposure and ministry trips, work teams and a Semester Abroad program for University students.
• La Roca:Skateboarding Ministry.
• El Refugio: A 320 acre training and retreat center 30 minutes from Quito. We use a blend of outdoor adventure and nature to build and equip leaders and to expose people to God.
• Casa Gabriel: A home and training program for former street boys living in Quito. The boys are discipled, taught, loved, cared for, encouraged and equipped as leaders.