The Award is a leading structured (non-formal education) youth development programme, empowering youth aged 14-24 to explore their full potential and find their purpose, passion and place in the world, regardless of their location or circumstance. The Award is a fully inclusive programme and has no social, political, or religious affiliations. The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation oversees the Award Programme in over 130 countries and territories globally, with 18 countries in Africa. The Programme currently has over 1.3 million active participants globally with about three hundred thousand of the total participants based on the African Continent. TPA is a registered non-profit organisation (004-920NPO) with Public Benefit Organisation status (PBO930001329).