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| Scaling up Youth
Development Work Directly and through Partners |
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Organisation
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Janvikas,
Ahmedabad |
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Project
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Scaling up
Youth Development Work Directly and
through Partners |
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Grant
operationalised
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April 2008 |
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Duration
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3 years |
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Grant
amount sanctioned
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Rs15.76
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Activities within
the grant and expected impact:
Post the aftermath of the Gujarat riots
of 2002, Janvikas initiated a youth development
programme called ‘Yuv Shakti’
in the three most affected talukas of Panchmahal
district, Gujarat. The programme
emphasises the importance of peace promotion
and conflict transformation and addresses
challenges of caste politics.
Through the ongoing grant, the organisation
is spreading the Yuv Shakti programmes directly
and in partnership with other civil society
organisations in nine districts covering
32 towns and 735 villages. The components
being implemented by Janvikas directly are:
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Consolidation
of existing programmes with 125 youth
groups covering over 1,500 youth in
three talukas of Panchmahal district
leading to strengthening of youth groups
and undertaking village and town level
campaigns towards issues of relevance;
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Reaching out to over 1,400 youth
through the formation of 120 youth
groups in Bharuch and Vadodara districts.
Additionally, Janvikas is building
the capacities of five Non-Profit
Organisations to carry out youth development
in seven districts. Through this intervention,
over 5,500 youth will be reached,
through the formation of 490 youth
groups.
These interventions are expected
to affect over 8,000 youth from conflict-ridden
and marginalised sections through
the formation of 735 youth groups.
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The groups would in turn:
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Initiate at least six creative campaigns
on relevant issues leading to the effective
functioning of government schemes in
the villages; |
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Promote
quality education in schools through
support classes in at least 170 schools; |
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Address
issues of violence and injustice through
running legal aid and law clinics reflected
through number of cases reported every
year; and |
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Provide
access to information to the communities
reflected through number of families
seeking benefits from the schemes. |
The sectoral programmes on livelihood is
expected to address:
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Livelihood concerns of 1,000 families
through skill building, and the formation
of goat-rearing associations, leading
to enhanced average monthly income of
Rs1500 per family. |
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Skill-building
of 300 women, through embroidery work,
leading to an increase in family income
by Rs500 per family. |
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