The YP Foundation: Save The Date - Young People Unite on November 14, 2009! - Developing Potential in Young People

Thursday, 5 November 2009

Save The Date - Young People Unite on November 14, 2009!

Vikalp – Searching for Alternatives is A Youth Forum for Social Change that brings together young change makers from across India.

Vikalp promotes youth led dialogue and action in India by sharing best practices and examining strategies on how young people can build youth action in an inclusive and cohesive manner. The forum will focus on the four specific issues of gender and sexuality, education, disability and HIV/AIDS.

The forum will host a public National Youth Festival on November 14, 2009 that brings together youth led and youth focused organizations. The festival will feature capacity building sessions, round table consultations, film, art, photography and music.

Vikalp is conceptualized by UNESCO, The YP Foundation and UNFPA and will run from the 13 to 16 November 2009 at The American Centre and India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and Management Development Institute, Gurgaon.

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Email: vikalp@theypfoundation.org

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About Us.

The YP Foundation is a youth led and run non-profit in India that develops young people’s leadership skills to take action on issues that young people are passionate about.

We support young people between the ages of 13 to 28, to conceptualize and implement projects that challenge stereotypes, forge sustainable partnerships and promote the uninhibited expression of young people.

TYPF was founded in July 2002 as The Youth Parliament in New Delhi and was registered as The YP Foundation in August 2007.

With a team of 27 staff and 350 volunteers who are peer educators, trainers, young professionals, artists, project managers, researchers, social entrepreneurs, technicians and inventors, we work with the aim of sustaining a platform that enables young people to be effective and expressive agents of change.

In the last 7 years, we have worked with 5,000 young people to set up over 200 projects in India. Our work reaches communities through performing and visual arts, literary and research projects, peer education, policy and advocacy awareness and skill building initiatives.

We develop and support young people’s projects in the following fields:

· Supporting Slum Children (Healthcare, Education and Leadership)

· Mental Health and Life Skills

· Substance Abuse and Addiction

· HIV/AIDS (Prevention, Counseling, Care and Treatment)

· Gender, Sexuality, Rights and Health

· Climate Change and the Environment

· Human Rights

· Citizenship and Governance

· Peacebuilding and Culture

· Performing and Visual Arts

The YP Foundation is currently supported by the Global Fund for Children and the International Women’s Health Coalition in USA amongst other corporate, individual donors and agencies.

You can support our work by contributing to an issue/programme you feel strongly about as a donor and engaging creatively with the shape, form and impact of that project or volunteer your time, skill and interest with any branch in a project of your choice.

Why? So you can inspire young people to take positive action on issues they care about.

Contact Us: N 204, Greater Kailash, Part 1, New Delhi – 110048. Tel: +91 11 46792243/44 Email: theypfoundation@gmail.com / yp.volunteer.management@gmail.com