Through our social enterprises, Reconnect advances the lives of young men who are looking for change by way of community engagement and employment.

Our Vision

We envision a world where all young men - notably those who have been repeatedly impacted by the failure of the systems that are supposed to help them - can achieve economic security and mobility.

Our Values

Inherent in our name, Reconnect seeks to help the young people we serve to:

  • Reconnect to one’s self

  • Reconnect to one’s community

  • Reconnect to our planet Earth

We do this by ensuring a safe environment where our young people thrive and can take what they have learned and pass it on to others.

Our Approach

Reconnect does the hard work to do some fairly simple things:

  • Co-create Employment that teaches our young people how to work

  • Co-create Community that teaches our young people to gain confidence

  • Co-create Possibilities that teaches our young people that there are options for the future

Quotes from our youth partners

“I learned from performance evaluations how to be better at my work. I was able to see myself as successful for the first time. I learned to take responsibility for my work and for my actions, I stopped blaming others for my problems or challenges.”

“I got to meet many different people and learned about different kinds of businesses. I learned knife skills in the kitchen. I learned how to use power tools to make things. I learned how to use a graphic printing press and got to help sell the products we made.”