Youth Initiative Against Terrorism (YIAT)

Youth Initiative Against Terrorism (formerly, Youth Coalition Against Terrorism) is a youth NGO that aims to weaken the appeal of violent extremism in northern Nigeria through counter-radical peace education, skills training for vulnerable youth, and counselling services to victims of terrorism. Our youth-focused programs in northern Nigeria range from working to counter terrorists' recruitment through counter-narrative messages on social media to projects designed to mitigate the more structural causes that make youth vulnerable to recruitment.