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.

Most organizations have certain ideals and values that they aim to pass on to their members.

List of youth organizations

Organizations are international unless noted as associated with a specific country

• 4-H
• 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)
• China Youth Corps (Taiwan)
• Chiro (Belgium)
• Christian Democratic Youth League (Sweden)
• Christian Service Brigade (US/Canada)
• CISV
• Civil Air Patrol
• Crusaders
• DeMolay International
• Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth (US)
• Freechild (US)
• European Youth Parliament (Europe)
• Future Farmers of America (US)
• Girls' Brigade
• Girl Scouts of the USA (US)
• Degree of Anona (US)
• Degree of Hiawatha (US)
• International Order of the Rainbow for Girls
• Italian-American Youth Organization
• International Student/Young Pugwash
• See Jewish youth organizations
• Junior Achievement ^*
• 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)
• National Network of Youth Ministries
• National Youth Rights Association (US)
• National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs
• North American Federation of Temple Youth
• Ontario Youth Parliament (Canada)
• Opportunity Youth (UK/NI)
• Parlement Jeunesse du Québec (Canada)
• PDMU (Mexico)
• Philippine Coordination of the Young Christian Workers - PCYCW (Philippines)
• Pioneer Movement (Communist countries)
• Roosevelt Institution
• Royal Canadian Army Cadets
• Royal Rangers
• SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) (US)
• Saskatchewan Youth Parliament
• Scouting
  • Girl Guides/Girl Scouts
  • Brownies
  • Boy Scouts
  • Cub Scouts
  • Venture Scouts
  • Explorer Scouts
  • Rover Scouts
• Sierra Student Coalition (US)
• Student Pugwash USA (US)
• Students for a Democratic Society (US)
• St. John Ambulance (Badgers/Cadets) (UK)
• TUXIS Parliament of Alberta (Canada)
• Trips for Kids Metro DC (US)
• UK Youth (UK)
• World Esperanto Youth Organisation (TEJO)
• The Woodcraft Folk (UK)
• YMCA
• Young Americans for Freedom (US)
• Young Communist League, USA (US)
• Young Gunmen (Lithuania)
• Young Inventors International
• Youth Action Network (UK)
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• Youth.gc.ca Homepage (Canada)
• Youth Parliament of Manitoba (Canada)
• YWCA
• Western Canada Youth Parliament (Canada)
• World Federation of Democratic Youth
• World Youth Alliance
• The Youth Innovation Fund
• Uth TV
• Pallibhagam Youth Movement Kudassanad

Disbanded youth organizations

• Hitler Youth (Nazi Germany)
• Flechas and Pelayos (Spanish Falange).
• Balilla and Arditi (Fascist Italy)
• Youth Leagues (Sri Lanka)
• Jaffna Youth Congress (Sri Lanka)
• Pioniri (former federal socialist republic of Yugoslavia)
• Croatian Eagles
• Youth Liberation (US)
• Kabataang Barangay (Philippines)
• Young Pioneers (Soviet Union)

College and young-adult organizations

• AIESEC
• 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
• Pallibhagam Youth Movement Kudassanad

Other Helpful Links

• GameSecretary.Com, a large database of games for use in youth ministry.

See also

• List of organizations
• List of youth organisations in Singapore
• Youth Ministry
• Youth work

Lists of organizations | Youth organizations

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