Center for Research and Youth Development has been actively involved in empowering young people’s access to information, services and rights so that they are able to build collective platforms to challenge, develop and unlock their leadership potential. CRYD sets out to encourage the resurrection of a collapsed state through its largest yet most neglected population, Somalia’s youth. CRYD focuses on grass root level change, investing in youth and the betterment of their local communities with the hopes of enticing change at the national level.