Youth Advocate Program International is a non-profit organization that promotes and protects the rights and well-being of the world’s youth, giving particular attention to children victimized by conflict, exploitation, and state and personal violence.
They work to prevent and eliminate the worst forms of child labor, the use of children in armed conflict, commercial sexual exploitation of children, and the practice of incarcerating children as adults. Humanitarian relief and development agencies depend on organizations like YAP International to ensure the public and policy-makers are educated on these issues, and move these issues to center stage in the national and international arena.