List of youth organizations
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- This article is about youth organizations, for the Australian band, see Youth Group.
A youth organization is a formal organization aimed at children and adolescents for education and socialization. While some youth groups are simply social organizations, most organizations have certain ideals and values that they aim to pass on to their members.
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[edit] Current youth organizations
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Organizations are international unless noted as associated with a specific country
- 4-H
- Baraka social cultural association (RO)
- Big Brothers (US)
- Big Sisters (US)
- Boys and Girls Clubs of America (US)
- Boys' Brigade
- Boy Scouts of America (US)
- British Columbia Youth Parliament (Canada)
- Camp Fire USA (US)
- Chiro (Belgium)
- Christian Democratic Youth League (Sweden)
- Christian Service Brigade (US/Canada)
- CISV
- Civil Air Patrol
- Coptic Orphans
- Crusaders
- DeMolay International
- Freechild (US)
- European Youth Parliament (Europe)
- Future Farmers of America (US)
- Girls' Brigade
- Girl Scouts of the USA (US)
- Global Youth Action Network
- Degree of Anona (US)
- Degree of Hiawatha (US)
- International Order of the Rainbow for Girls
- International Union of Socialist Youth
- International Student/Young Pugwash
- Junior Achievement [1]
- Junior State of America aka Junior Statesmen of America (US)
- Junior Order Knights of Pythias (US)
- Princes of Syracuse (US)
- The Legacy Corporation (US)
- Methodist Association of Youth Clubs (UK)
- Muslim Youth Helpline (UK)
- National Youth Rights Association (US)
- National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs
- North American Federation of Temple Youth
- Ontario Youth Parliament (Canada)
- Open Youth (Europe)
- Opportunity Youth (UK/NI)
- Parlement Jeunesse du Québec (Canada)
- PDMU (Mexico)
- Pioneer Movement (Communist countries)
- Roosevelt Institution
- Royal Canadian Army Cadets
- Royal Rangers
- SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) (US)
- Saskatchewan Youth Parliament
- Scouting
- Sierra Student Coalition (US)
- Snowboard Outreach Society (US)
- Student Pugwash USA (US)
- Students for a Democratic Society (US)
- St. John Ambulance (Badgers/Cadets) (UK)
- Tbilisi Youth City Assembly (Republic of Georgia)
- TUXIS Parliament of Alberta (Canada)
- Trips for Kids Metro DC (US)
- World Esperanto Youth Organisation (TEJO)
- The Woodcraft Folk (UK)
- YMCA
- Young Americans for Freedom (US)
- Young Champions of America (US)
- Young Communist League, USA (US)
- Young European Socialists (Europe)
- Young Gunmen (Lithuania)
- Young Inventors International
- Young Life
- Youth Action Network (UK)
- Youth Taking Action (USA, Canada, Europe, India)
- Youth CAN (Ukraine)
- Youth Parliament of Manitoba (Canada)
- YWCA
- Western Canada Youth Parliament (Canada)
- World Federation of Democratic Youth
- Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (US) & (Canada)
[edit] Disbanded youth organizations
- Hitler Youth (Nazi Germany)
- Balilla and Arditi (Fascist Italy)
- Youth Leagues (Sri Lanka)
- Jaffna Youth Congress (Sri Lanka)
- Pioniri (former federal socialist republic of Yugoslavia)
- Young Pioneers (Soviet Union)
Sunny Brooke I Youth Organization (Geen. Trias, Cavite, Philippines)
[edit] College and young-adult organizations
- AIESEC
- Cypriot Students and Young Scientists "ISCHYS" (isxys) (Cyprus)
- The Collegiate Statesmen Foundation, see also The Collegiate State of America (US)
- Youth Hostels Association
- National Association of College and University Residence Halls (US, Canada, Mexico, Australia)
- National Union of Students of the United Kingdom
- Never Again International
- Unitarian Universalist Young Adult Network (US) & (Canada)