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Aug 12, 2008:
International Youth Day 2008 celebrated in village Sotla

August 17, 2006:
Concluding Day Ceremony of 1 week activities of Youth Week for Volunteering 2008 at villages of Sotla, Chakk. Dhurian and Sarain

September, 2008:
Establishment of village Cluster level YouVA Coordination centre

September 21 , 2008:
International Peace Day 2008

October, 2008:
YouVA Dhoot Kalan village cluster sports tournament

December 01 , 2008:
01 week celebrations of International AIDS Day; and, the International Volunteers Week 2008

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YouVA Team Members with children of a Slum Area ...

YouVA Team volunteering for an activity based recreational learning class in a poor neighourhood school

YouVA Team members evaluating the needs and interests of the young students for interesting books and other reading materials in the school library

About YouVA

The YouVA is a platform developed and facilitated by EduCARE India under project YouthMINDS to bring together various volunteer youth organizations and individuals to promote volunteerism and to facilitate programmes and resources for volunteer action amongst youth. ... Read more

Vision

To make volunteerism a way of life for every youth in the community

YouVA Programmes

(i) A Quarterly Orientation Programme aimed at educating potential volunteers and increasing the awareness of volunteering in social services,
(ii) A Quarterly experience programme that provides the opportunity for the youth to get “hands on” experience of volunteering at various places, to remove any misconception or fears people may have of volunteering.
(iii) Seminars, interactive discussions and meetings on various themes and issues
iv) Road Shows, Théâtre and other Cultural programmes on various themes and issues
v) Intervention programmes with other organisations and educational institutions
vi) Promote establishment of youth organisations in the form of locality level YouVA affiliates and other community based independent youth volunteering groups and their network support

YouVA Awards

YouVA Leadership Award has been instituted to recognize the efforts of youth (aged 14 to 25 internationally; aged 15 to 35 in India) who implement innovative and sustainable projects to develop their communities.

The projects are/would be evaluated on the participation of youths in identifying, planning, implementing and monitoring the project. Other criteria include gender balance, sustainability and innovation.

Applications & reccommendations for 4th YouVA Leadership Awards are sought through year 2008-09 to be awarded on International Youth Day in Aug 2009

Good luck with your initiatives !

YouVA NW India seeks interest from youth organisations fron North Western India region to take leadership role for promoting YouVA network through 2009-14 with our resource support - Regional YouVA Network Co-ordinator


YouVA - Youth for Volunteer Action
YouVA India - Youth Volunteers Association of India

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