Unleashing the potential of Youth

YUVA VIKAS (YDF) Experiences in YUVA VIKAS (YDF) Experiences in ActionAction

Youth & Inclusive Citizenship:Youth & Inclusive Citizenship:Approaches to Realize Demographic Approaches to Realize Demographic

Dividends in Asia-PacificDividends in Asia-Pacific

3 Issues3 Issues

Youth and AddictionYouth and Alienation (Non participation

in Governance)Youth and Unemployability (Lack of

entrepreneurial engagement)

Policies/ Programs that relates to the above issuesPolicies/ Programs that relates to the above issues

National Youth Policy (With reference to provincial policy subsequently)

Employment Guarantee program, Youth Skill and Training programs, Project Roshni

NSDC program on youth employabilityYouth in Governance program in

Underdeveloped districts/ regions with presence of Maoist/Naxalite (extremist groups) groups

YDF is a non-profit organization working towards empowering,informing and involving the youth in order to provide them withan opportunity to lead the change process around them. The visionis to create an environment for young people to be valued andengaged in bringing about a positive social change. Identified as one of the emerging youth organisation working

on creative volunteering and issue based work.Started with a group of Social Work Students actively involved

with the progressive social movements across India who later on imbibed the thought of well balanced processes of “Sangharsh” and “Nirman”. While ‘Sangarsh’ is for scientific struggle for excellence, ‘Nirman’ is for constructive approach for visible changes

Areas of Work – Child Rights, Youth, Entrepreneurship, Volunteering for Change, Civic Education, Youth Employability

YDF is a non-profit organization working towards empowering,informing and involving the youth in order to provide them withan opportunity to lead the change process around them. The visionis to create an environment for young people to be valued andengaged in bringing about a positive social change. Identified as one of the emerging youth organisation working

on creative volunteering and issue based work.Started with a group of Social Work Students actively involved

with the progressive social movements across India who later on imbibed the thought of well balanced processes of “Sangharsh” and “Nirman”. While ‘Sangarsh’ is for scientific struggle for excellence, ‘Nirman’ is for constructive approach for visible changes

Areas of Work – Child Rights, Youth, Entrepreneurship, Volunteering for Change, Civic Education, Youth Employability

About Youth Development Foundation

Skill TrainingEducationYouth DevelopmentSportsEntrepreneurshipGovernanceVolunteering Social Justice & peace

ADVOCACY FOR VIBRANT STATE YOUTH POLICY

YDF is working with the likeminded youth organizations of the state to continuously advocate for a vibrant youth policy aimed at the development of the Youth in Odisha. Involved youth cutting across political affiliations and has evolved an Youth Manifesto and working on its modalities of proper implementation.

2. ODISHA YUVA JAGARAN YATRA

Odisha Yuva Jagaran Yatra is an effort to create an ecosystem which provides favourable socio political determinants that harbour social entrepreneurship ventures in Odisha.

A quarterly Yatra involving young people having entrepreneurial mindset who have started off in their journey to make it really big and sustainable. They are mentored by social entrepreneurs from various sectors to harness their talents and provide them the platform to kick start their initiatives.

CORE THEMATIC AREASCORE THEMATIC AREAS

‘Dhool Ke Phool’ - Giving Wings to the Aspirations of Children and Youth living in Urban Poverty

To Nurture talents among children and youth from the slums of Bhubaneswar followed by other cities.Creating a platform for them to showcase their talent, promote their creative skills in the process with professional training and guidance provided by experts.

Ongoing ActivitiesOngoing Activities

YUVA ABHIYAN-

Association of Youth for Social Action Campaign based engagement on the burning issues such as ban on tobacco, Environmental issues, state repression on environmental activists, participation of students

Youth Parliament

Youth conclave of Elected Student’s Representatives of the Students Unions in Odisha

With special emphasis on “Higher Education, Employment, Environment and Young people’s Participation in governance process”

 JOY OF SHARING

It is a platform dedicated to engage the young social workers in addressing various social problems and concerns.

At present, we are placing social work students, working professionals with various issue based activities as part of their voluntary effort.

COMMUNITY SCHOOL INITIATIVE

MAYURBHANJ PUBLIC SCHOOL

 MPS is an innovative education model to create a not for profit social institution for providing inclusive, effective and quality education to rural poor.

It is a community initiative, where the community contributed its assets and actively participated to set up a local public school, in collaboration with YDF and Educate to Empower (E2E) group, New Delhi.

New Life Drug Addiction Centre – A Promise to make young addicts socially usefulA passionate initiative to address the most impending issue of rising young drug addicts. An integrated approach to create vibrant youth free from addiction who can contribute to the wellbeing of their family and the nation. At present, we manage 2 rehabilitation centres for institutional care and 15 counselling centres in various parts of the state.

Initiatives at both policy and practice levelInitiatives at both policy and practice level

State youth policy has been formulated to expedite the Active Citizenship Education program across the school and colleges.

Livelihood Mission of the state giving emphasis to youth from the rural areas, youth in critical geographical locations.

Entrepreneurship education in universities/ colleges. Odisha Yuva Jagaran Yatra of YDF has been accepted by the state government to be replicated to provide requisite exposure for entrepreneurial youth.

Peer Clubs in the colleges are being formed for deaddiction counselling

Contd.Contd.

State Innovation Fund for the youth to promote entrepreneurship.

Short term courses for the students in colleges and universities to promote “Earn while Learn”

Youth Resource Centre in Left Wing Extremism areas to expedite dialogue among youths on governance.

Motivational youth camps to trigger and help them gradually disengage from violent activities

CYON Workshop-Shillong-29-30 July, 2010

RTI Assistance Camps in the community

CYON Workshop-Shillong-29-30 July, 2010

YDF in MEDIA

At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love. - Che Thank You!Thank You!

Contact DetailsPlot No.- 240/8586, Ground Floor 

Lane- 6, Palaspalli, Aerodrome areaBhubaneswar- 20, Odisha, Mobile No- +91-94387 47320

E-mail: ydfindia@gmail.com Website: www.ydfindia.org Email: info@ydfindia.org,