EQUIP3 / Youth Trust: Learning and Earning for Out-of-school Youth is a program designed to prepare and engage out-of-school children, youth and young adults for their roles within the world of work, civil society and family life. Youth Trust seeks to achieve this purpose through strengthening youth and youth serving organizations, including non governmental organizations, government agencies, private businesses, and education and training providers.

EQUIP3 / Youth Trust helps countries meet the needs and draw on the assets of young men and young women by improving policies and programs affecting youth in different sectors, such as education, democracy and governance, urban development, health, and agriculture. The program facilitates the involvement of youth in the design, implementation, and evaluation of these activities.

EQUIP3 / Youth Trust practices the belief that

• Young people can make positive contributions to society, given the opportunity and trust to do so.
• All resources allocated for youth development are a special trust to be used wisely in support of youth at all levels, local, national, and international.