The international headquarters is currently being established in Mattru Jong, Sierra Leone. AYM is building chapters across Africa, using supplementary education and training to create healthy educational environments for youth development.

Sierra Leone - Key Focus Areas

Art
AYM utilizes the arts to tell the stories of Africa, and to stimulate people's participation in the renaissance of Africa

Agriculture
Presently Sierra Leone's largest import is foodstuffs, and because of this fact, AYM has determined to utilize the country's abundant unused fertile land and idle youth by organizing several new community farms and gardens

Tourism
The tourism industry in Sierra Leone is almost non-existent, yet Sierra Leone is home to vast natural beauty and has been at peace for over 5 years; therefore, AYM is building programs to support both local and international tourism in Jong Chiefdom.

African Artville
AYM has created a traveling art exhibition from authentic Sierra Leonean artworks, which has been presented at:
Porter Butts Gallery, Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison, February 28 – March 30, 2003

Art and Cultures Gallery, Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 18 – September 18, 2004
VSA Arts of Georgia, Atlanta, March 1 – April 22, 2005
AYM has produced an album by a group of Sierra Leonean musical artists called "The Mixing Crew and the Young Sisters."
For information on these and other AYM programs in the arts, visit: www.africanartville.org