youth and inclusive citizen workshop yuva vikas (ydf)
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Country specific presentation at the Youth and Inclusive Citizen Workshop organized by PRIA and ASPBAE from 8-10th September 2014TRANSCRIPT
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: [email protected] Website: www.ydfindia.org Email: [email protected],