ACRYE was officially inaugurated in Nigeria on the 11th of November, 2004 at the Amphi Theatre, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. Also, its maiden series of Youth Empowerment Publication entitled: Ethical Revolution among Nigerian Youth in Schools and Colleges was launched during the inauguration. The ceremony, which was widely publicized by various media in Osun State, most especially, National Television Authority (NTA), Ile-Ife, Osun State Broadcasting Corporation (OSBC), Osogbo and Tribune Newspaper, was well attended by over 300 people of various classes including youth and adult. It was a very huge success!

AIMS & OBJECTIVES
- To develop and promote ideas and/or organize programmes and/or engage in activities that will enhance adequate development of rural youth either solely or in collaboration with government agency, non governmental organizations, community based organizations, international and/or foreign agencies.
- To sensitize and organise rural youth into groups for development and empowerment programmes.
- To develop and promote talents among the rural youth.
- To organize local, national, international learned conferences, seminars, workshops and awards focusing on the youth capacity building, and empowerment initiatives for full integration into the main stream of agricultural, rural and national economic development in Nigeria.
PROGRAMMES

STRATEGIES
Youth Groups' Formation
The strategy is being explored to ensure sustainability of the various programmes mounted by the Centre. The strategy emphasizes the youths' organizational building and development by mobilizing and facilitating the youth that want to participate in the Centre's programmes to form themselves into groups in line with the Centre's guidelines.
Institutional Affiliation and Linkages
This strategy is being explored to provide space for any youth who may be interested in the Centre's apprenticeship supports and scholarship awards. The Centre will be willing to sign a memorandum of understanding with any credible vocational centre that will be willing to admit any of its participants as an apprentice. It will also ensure a very strong linkage with any educational institution of its scholarship awardees to facilitate proper monitoring.
Promoting Savings and Revolving Credits
This strategy is to build the youth financial capacity through culture of saving in order to facilitate a financial pool for credit facility among the youth group.
Training and Education for Empowerment
This strategy is a major tool for ensuring attitudinal and behaviour change in the process of capacity building and youth empowerment. This is being explored through the use of multi media and communication resources (printed and electronics media), peer education and experiential methodologies. The Centre uses its Partners, Fellows and Volunteers as Programme Officers in implementing most of its programmes, while the resource persons are employed for training on a part time basis.
DEMONSTRATIONS
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ACHIEVEMENTS
SOME OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE CENTRE SINCE ITS INCEPTION:
- More than 15 rural youth have benefitted from its training workshop on Tips for Successful Business Management.
- More than 10 beneficiaries of its Small Business Support Scheme (SBSS) have been economically empowered through the establishment of some small enterprises such as Iru Production, Fufu Production, Farming, Milling etc.
- More than 7 of its beneficiaries of its 75 hives capacity Apiary Farms have been empowered through their participation in Honey Production and Marketing.
- Moral values of many secondary schools students have been built through organized talks and distribution of the Centre’s book entitled: Ethical Revolution among Nigerian Youth in Schools and Colleges.
- Capacity of more than 120 rural youths was built in the areas of computer appreciation and rural entrepreneurship – Bee keeping, Snail rearing and Fish farming through their participation in a 2-day capacity building workshop organized in collaboration with Cooperative Information Network (COPINE) an Agency of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology based in the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, to mark the 2010 International Youth Day Celebration.
BENEFICIARIES
MEMBERS OF THE OMI-OKUN YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOCIETY- 1















MEMBERS OF THE GBONGAN YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOCIETY









MEMBERS OF THE OMI-OKUN YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOCIETY- 2








Seminary Area, Zone 1, Opa, P.O.Box 1134, Lagere, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Touching the lives of African Rural Youths