ACO Youth · Youth Impact
ACO Youth · Impact

What the youth leave behind — and bring home.

Photos from past trips, and stories written by the youth themselves — most of them beginning as the short evening reflections every volunteer writes at the base. More youth writing is published in Youth Stories on the main site.

What the youth built

Every project the youth carried.

Campaigns end. The record does not. Each project below keeps its own numbers and, with a parent or guardian’s permission, the first names or team names of the young people who took responsibility for the work — long after the fundraising pages come down. A youth or their parent may ask us to change how a name appears, or remove it, at any time.

2027 · Dr. Idrissa Faye Memorial Hospital

The Wall of Thanks

Every $200 a young person raised built one meter of the hospital's perimeter wall in Sandiara, Senegal — with blocks ACO makes on site. Each completed meter is numbered in the order it was finished and carries the first name or team name of the youth who claimed it (shared with a parent or guardian’s permission). *$200 reflects ACO’s current average cost per meter; if the project is fully funded or costs change, gifts are applied where most needed.

The first meters are still being built — this wall fills in as they are finished.

Support a youth building the wall → How a claim works →
2027 · Children's Hope & Care

Pack with Love

Bake sales, farmers-market music, handmade crafts, resale stands — every $4.50 a young person raised packed one Love & Hope backpack set for a child in Senegal. Below is what each youth or team packed. *$4.50 reflects ACO’s current average cost per set; if the project is fully funded or costs change, gifts are applied where most needed.

The first sets are still being packed — the names appear here as they are.

Support a youth packing sets → How a claim works →