How we started
Pure Youth Outreach began in 2005, born out of concern for the state of young people in the Ife/Modakeke area of Osun State, in the aftermath of the 1997–2000 communal crisis. Many students had left school early; among those who stayed, focus and direction were often missing.
The idea to do something about it took shape during a prayer retreat in April 2005. On 19 June 2005, six young people held the organisation's first official meeting and committed themselves to working with youth through schools, churches and community life.
On 19 December 2021, PYO held its formal public launch, marking a new phase of structured growth and wider community engagement. In April 2024, Pure Youth Outreach was formally incorporated in Nigeria as a registered Incorporated Trustee (CAC IT No. 7473066), giving the organisation a permanent legal foundation for work it had been doing for almost two decades.
Our mission
To mentor, educate and equip young people through faith-based teaching, structured capacity building and purposeful programmes that promote moral excellence, resilience and responsible living.
Our vision: To raise a generation of morally grounded, godly and purpose-driven young people equipped to lead responsible and productive lives.
Our work spans education and critical thinking, poverty alleviation, economic empowerment and charitable giving, with the conviction that every young person has inborn potential to grow into a responsible and caring adult when properly guided.
Our flagship initiative is the PYO Essay Competition →
