Youth Involvement in Africa Cries Out
Not a ten-day trip — a year of service.
Young people carry their own service projects through the year — and each March they travel to Senegal to serve alongside medical professionals on the annual medical mission, learning outside the classroom and building friendships that last.
Go to Senegal.
One or two weeks inside a working clinic — check-in, vitals, triage, pharmacy — serving alongside medical professionals, plus community outreach.
The trip in full → All year · Youth-led projectsYouth Campaigns.
Care · Build · Lead. Between the trips, youth run Pack with Love and the Wall of Thanks — real projects they lead themselves, forming the capabilities AI can't replace.
See the pathway → Summer · In developmentHealthcare Insights.
A research program using de-identified data from past missions to understand community health needs — for students drawn to medicine and data.
Program details →Different seasons, one formation.
Care → Build → Lead → Mentor
Every program serves the same growth: young people begin by learning to care, grow into responsibility, and eventually learn to lead and mentor others — with ACO walking alongside them in college and medical-school applications, career development, and spiritual growth.
Come with us to Senegal.
Students from middle school, high school, college, and beyond (age 10 and up). No clinical experience is required — training starts before the trip and continues on-site at the base in Senegal.
Have questions? Email youth@africacriesout.org