About lyk-z & daughters

OUR MISSION

The mission of lyk-z & daughters is to assist youth to find their inherent qualities and unique abilities, and with this quickly return to their desired life path – school and/or work. Specifically, in the pre-employment phase of their transition, we focus on helping youth “prepare to work” so that when they are ready to have work-based experiences they are more likely to be successful.

We serve at-risk young people, including youth and students with disabilities, who need help in building the life skills needed to be successful in their work and to be contributing members of their communities. In our nearly 3 decades of experience, we have learned that positive experiences that build self-confidence, finding a purpose for their life, improving communication skills and establishing a sense of ‘self’ leads to increased positive outcomes.  We at lyk-z and daughters have a clear purpose – and that is to see more young people embracing full participation in a sustainable life.

lyk-z & daughters is a social entrepreneurship company. Being a Social Entrepreneur means finding solutions where the public is insufficient and where there is no commercial interests. lyk-z & daughters have three result lines:

1. Profit, for running the business and to develop our methods
2. Number of youths who go through our program, and how many of them that experience lasting change and return to society. This means that society as a whole saves a lot of money when one young adult goes from welfare payments to part of full time employment.
3. Contributions to good, social entrepreneurship projects, which provide growth and dignity for other people.

In 2012 we were named the Social Entrepreneur of the Year by FERD Social Entrepreneurs. The recognition and financial support from winning this award opened a number of new opportunities. In December 2012, we were adopted as the 11th Social Entrepreneurship company in FERD’s portfolio of Social Entrepreneurs. This has enabled us to reach out to even more young adults who need support to take charge of their own lives. We have also received support from a private fund, and continue to have several supporting companies that, like us, want to see young people succeed in life. This means that even youths with economical challenges will be given the opportunity to create lasting change in their lives.

Our values ​​are acceptance, generosity, dignity and magic. Magic, for us, is something that occurs when people are given 100% trust. Therefore, we know that magic exists!