Youth Arise Organization (YAO) is a body of young professionals that is committed to the principles and values of mentoring in its education and policy oriented work. The Organization aims at a specific type of development for young people: the process by which members of the society (especially young people) increase their personal capacities to mobilize and manage their existing resources, to produce sustainable (lasting) and justly distributed improvements in their quality of life, consistent with their own aspirations. Empowerment of people is the keyword for YAO.