Youth Programs

Life-Changing Services and Opportunities for Youth

Around the world, if we see a need, we fill that need. In 46,000 communities in more than 200 countries, Lions implement targeted, creative projects to meet the specific needs of millions of local children – whether they're at risk for hearing or vision loss or can't afford to have their bikes repaired.

Our youth programs make growing up safer and healthier. Through Services for Children, we meet education and health needs. Through Lions Quest, we bring crucial life skills to more than 12 million children in classrooms around the world. We also respond to issues that cry out for solutions and support – by bringing potable water to far-flung villages, building a home for street children in Sri Lanka. And through a number of other youth programs uniquely suited to match local challenges in communities around the world.

We bring young people together. Our Leo clubs provide youth volunteer opportunities that inspire and support leadership in young people ages 12 and up by giving them the chance to learn, grow and serve by participating in community service projects.

We enhance their lives. Every year, thousands of young people travel around the world to learn about cultures, customs and friendship through our Youth Camp and Exchange program.

And we help them share a message of peace. For decades, the Peace Poster Contest has helped more than four million young people express their creativity, their aspirations and their hopes for the world.