The Civic Action component consists of interventions that promote youth political engagement from the grassroots to the highest levels continentally and globally. The S2C Ambassador youth Leadership programme will be in its 6^th cohort in 2025 and is the flagship intervention within this component, having provided approximately 200 young African leaders with opportunity to influence national policy and participate in continental and global policy conversations. 

Through the Ambassador programme, youth leaders in the YMCA have been engaged in the implementation of impactful youth-led projects, for which the AAYMCA has provided seed funding. The youth led projects are implemented in commemoration of the Africa youth Month. A sample of the projects from 2022 that in totality reached 1648 persons ( 953 Females and 695 males) include:

1. S2C Ambassadors from Ghana YMCA, implemented a project titled ‘SmartFunder Project” that was aimed at providing the platform for 10 young people to learn new skills in areas of entrepreneurship considering the labor market. This project was implemented under the theme “Empowering Ghanaian Youth to be Entrepreneurial in Post COVID-19 Era” and it was in line with the Government of Ghana’s policy to boost entrepreneurship drive among young people. During the project implementation, series of training workshops on Entrepreneurship, Branding, AfCFTA, Communication, Public Speaking and Stress Management were conducted. A total of 70 persons directly benefited (33 Male and 37 Female).
2. The Tanzania YMCA through its S2C Ambassador conducted training sessions in secondary school students in Marangu ward, a ward in Moshi district Kilimanjaro region. The students were educated on how to protect the environment and the effects that may result from environmental degradation. Apart from the learnings they also went to plant trees in the area which was prepared. A total of 29 persons attended including 16 female, 13 male.Participants achieved the following:

• Students got a deep understanding on the meaning of environment
• Students were able to know various factors that can cause environmental degradation
• students were able to know various effects that result from environmental degradation
• students were able to know various ways of conceiving the environment including planting trees
• students were able to know various measures taken by the government of Tanzania and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO`s) toward conserving the environment.

1. The S2C Ambassador in Niger led an education campaign with the intention of sensitizing parents on the importance of girl education both in the city and rural area. The aim of the activity was to promote girls’ education and encourage parents to support girls and education psychologically, financially and materially. The activity was initiated based on the findings that traditionally, Nigerien society does not see much importance in girl’s education, but rather in the domestic tasks. The education campaign reached a total of 47 persons, including 35 females and 12 males.