University-educated. Biblically-trained. High-capacity leaders.
Making a difference for Christ in their home countries.
2009
DGL Program launches awarding 79 full-ride scholarships to students across 21 countries to attend university in their own country
2015
DGL Program expands to 50 countries
2021
DGL Program celebrates 500 DGL graduates
Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him.
– Genesis 26:12
Grow the DGL Program by 25 additional students each year for the next 4 years resulting in:
Total of 250 scholarships awarded annually
1000 students active within the DGL Program
DGL students in 70+ countries many of which are among the most difficult places in the world to preach the Gospel
Young life’s Developing Global Leaders program is widely held as one of the most effective campaigns Young Life has ever initiated.
Future growth of the program is powered by high-capacity donors who are committed to reaching the nations through the next generation of leadership.
By the year 2025, we are on pace to offer full-ride scholarships to 250 students per year resulting in 1000 students active within the program across 70+ countries.
Argentina
Bahamas
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
EUROPE
Albania
Belgium*
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
France*
Germany*
Hungary
Netherlands*
North Macedonia
Norway*
Poland
Portugal*
Republic of Ireland*
Romania
Spain*
Sweden*
Switzerland*
United Kingdom*
*While DGL focuses on students in challenging economic and developing world situations, students in developed European countries participate in the same program to bring light where there is spiritual poverty
Burundi
Congo (DRC)
Côte d’Ivoire
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Ghana
Israel
Kenya
Liberia
Malawi
Mali
Morocco
Mozambique
Nigeria
Palestinian Territories
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zanzibar
Zimbabwe
ASIA PACIFIC
Bangladesh
India
Mongolia
Nepal
Philippines
Vietnam
Armenia
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Moldova
Russia
Tajikistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
As of 2023, DGL students have represented 76 of the 104 countries where Young Life has active ministry.
attend university full-time while serving as Young Life leaders in their local communities – making disciples and training new leaders to reach more kids. Since 2009, we estimate that DGL students have reached three quarters of a million teenagers around the globe with the good news of Jesus.
Ruth (center) graduated with honors in Feb. 2022 with a degree in environmental science. She continues to serve as a Young Life leader discipling young women in her community.
Thomas applied to be a DGL student in 2017
Thomas graduated in December 2021
Midlands State University - Zimbabwe
Bachelor of Science, Psychology
Today Thomas works as a Treatment Coordinator for Zimworx/Support
DDS
What I love the most about my job is that it has granted me professional exposure on the international front. I believe the experience I am getting will make me competitive in the job market locally and internationally.
Talking to dental patients and leading them to invest in these high-end procedures involves a lot of emotional intelligence and the art of persuasion. I get to apply my gifts of empathy and listening skills hearing their stories and getting them the help they need. I am so grateful to God that I have this job, especially in a country with a 90% unemployment rate. It is truly a testament to God's grace and goodness.
THIS 100x
–Thomas Mbiba
"I am so grateful to God that I have this job, especially in a country with a 90% unemployment rate. It is truly a testament to God's grace and goodness."–
Thomas Mbiba
FULL 4-YEAR DGL SPONSORSHIP
$250/month ($3,000/year)
TOTAL $12,000 over 4 years
SPONSORSHIP PROVIDES:
Educational tuition and fees
Ministry and leadership training
Small living stipend to cover
transportation and other costs
DGL is seeking funding to grow by an additional 25 students per year for the next 4 years
Each set of additional 25 students added into the program costs $300,000.
Additionally, we are seeking funding to expand in-country staff to oversee excellence of the program at $75,000/year or $300,000 over 4-years.
$300,000/year for 4 years = 1.2M
$75,000/year for 4 years = $300,000
TOTAL PROPOSAL REQUEST = 1.5M
And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold. ” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” – Luke 8:8
100x
for considering how you can multiply the impact of DGL and change the lives of DGL students around the world.
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