MAJOR EVENTS

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

KITAB GHAR (BOOK HOUSE):

Centre to empower marginalized girls of Bapudham Colony, Chandigarh. A digital Library sponsored by CCPCR-Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights for marginalized children was started at Bapudham Colony, Sector 26, Chandigarh, with a view to encourage reading habits among young children’s where children will online find interesting books. Such digital libraries for marginalized kids, provides access to culturally relevant, age-appropriate books and opportunities in a language and context children understand and relate to. 

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WALL OF KINDNESS PROJECT 

POWER OF 1 RUPEE

The power of Rupee campaign is inspired by similar campaigns in many parts of the world, especially in countries like Malaysia, Indonesia & US to collect coins from ordinary children and people for empowering the needy and less fortunate. Thus millions are helped and spirit of giving is inculcated among millions of other.Same way in Chandigarh the campaign has been taken up by Yuvsatta in association with local Schools of tricity Chandigarh, Panchkula & SAS Nagar (Mohali), encouraging students to give small amounts of money (1 Rupee coin each) on a regular basis to support programs empowering the marginalized. For the student donors, this campaign creates an awareness of poverty and its human impact, thus fostering a habit of caring for and helping others and also creating a humane society caring for each other.

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ANNUAL CHILDRENS PEACE FEST-CPF

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PROMOTING CYCLING:

The biggest issue of road-safety in Chandigarh is proliferation of large number of vehicles in the city. And with highest density of vehicles in the whole country, in Chandigarh every cyclist is one less vehicle, one less parking space, less noise, a few less lungs full of fumes. Ride on Cycles is healthy, enjoyable, and economical. Cycling reduces air and noise pollution and also traffic congestion too. So with this in view, since year 2000, Yuvsatta volunteers regularly organize Inter-School Bicycle Games, Bicycle tours, Bicycle Rallies and events promoting the culture of cycling in the city. And in 2005 Chandigarh became the first city in India, with properly laid down cycle-tracks alongside all major roads. In last three years along with Chandigarh Pollution Control Society, on September 7th, a bicycle rally was organized celebrating the International Day for Clean Air and Blue Skys.

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ECO CLUB ACTIVITES:

Yuvsatta in collaboration with Departments of Environment, Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee, Forests & Wildlife, and with involvement of young student’s member of over 167 Eco-Clubs in Schools organized programmes important environmental days like World Wetland Day, World Earth Day, World Environment Day, Biodiversity Day, Buy Nothing Day, Forestry Day, Wildlife Week etc.. As a result of concerted and sustained efforts volunteers of Yuvsatta can take direct credit for pioneering initiatives in the field of water conservation, sensitizing general public about solid waste management, promoting a culture of cycling plus care and adoption of Heritage Trees in Chandigarh.

In the past three years, ten workshops for Eco Club teacher incharges of Schools were organized under EEP (Environmental Education Programme) in association with Department of Environment, Chandigarh Administration. And over 10,000 students participated in the celebrations of major environmental days like World Earth Day, World Environment Day, International Day of Biodiversity, Wetland Day, International Biodiversity Day, Buy Nothing Day and Akshay Urja Diwas. Plus visit to Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary and migratory bird watching visits were organized for over 2500 students (approx.) of city Schools of the city in collaboration with Department of Environment & Forests of Chandigarh Administration.

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GIRLS INDIA PROJECT:

To promote rights and dignity of girls and women at all levels, a unique ‘GIRLS INDIA’ project, was launched jointly by Yuvsatta (youth for peace)-NGO, CCPCR (Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights) and Education Department of Chandigarh Administration. This involves connecting junior girls at 25 Government Schools catering to students from slum settlements and rural backgrounds with 25 urban students of private Schools.  And they’re expected to connect online with each other after their school hours, at a time suiting their convenience, five days a week, 30-40 minutes daily, interacting with each other on issues of academic interests and one day, every week is reserved for online discussions on girls’ rights. Target is reach and empower thousands of girls in the targeted 50 prominent Government and private schools of the city.

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ANNUAL GLOBAL YOUTH PEACE FEST:

Every year around October 2nd (International Day of Nonviolence & birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi), volunteers of Yuvsatta organize a Global Youth Peace Fest in Chandigarh to promote youth leadership and transformative change. In past three years, three such Global Youth Peace Fests, were organized from September 30-October 2nd, at Chandigarh Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Sector 42, Chandigarh in India. In 2023 at Colombo, Sri Lanka and in 2022 at International Youth Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to further inspire youth leadership and transformative change.

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GIRL STAR PROJECT:

Along with local Schools, State Legal Services Authority-SLSA & CCPCR-Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Yuvsatta promoted a unique ‘PINK TURBAN CAMPAIGN’ in local Schools & Colleges. And in last three years, twenty major programmes were organized around International Girl Child Day, i.e. October 11, and National Girl Child Day i.e. January 24th, at prominent Schools and Colleges of the city, in which over 20,000 students participated to inspire CHANGE. Turban- Pagri is a symbol of honour and respect in all the regions where it is a practice to wear one, especially in north India with worst kind of sex ratio and cases of female foeticide. And PINK colour represents compassion, nurturing and love. It relates to unconditional love and understanding, and the giving and receiving of nurturing. In colour psychology, pink is a sign of hope. It is a positive color inspiring warm and comforting feelings, a sense that everything will be okay. So, the idea is to use Turban and Pink Colour to give a clear and strong message of ‘RISING GIRLS & EMPOWERED WOMEN’.

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PROJECT HERITAGE TREE’s:

YUVSATTA initiated a ‘Project Heritage Trees’ in Chandigarh with a mission to preserve, manage, enhance, and expand a vital collection of trees in the city with documenting (where ever available) the historic, scientific, aesthetic, environmental, economic, conservation, and educational value of these trees (majority of them are above 100 year of age) as part of larger biodiversity of this region. And Chandigarh Administration adopted and finally officially declared 31 trees as heritage trees of Chandigarh.

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PROJECT VCARE- Saluting the soldiers:

Regular events and activities promoting one to one interaction of young people with Defence Forces. Organizing meetings with serving and retired ‘Bravest of the Brave’ is all part of the initiative. And in the last three years over 5000 ‘Thank You & Greeting Cards’ on new year eve were collected from local Schools and given on Army people for further distribution in the border areas.

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1 INDIA:

In an effort to show their love & friendship for children’s in Kashmir & Leh, School students from prominent Schools of the tricity annually send  new woolens and jackets for them along with thank you greeting cards for army soldiers stationed in Kashmir valley & Leh. The programme was organized by Yuvsatta-an NGO, with support of Indian Army at the KB DAV Sr. Sec. Public School. Last year the 10th anniversary of the campaign was celebrated on December 11, 2024, with sending of over 1350 woolens in an Army Truck for the marginalized kids in Jammu & Kashmir. Project ‘1 India’ promoting national integration and unity further among young minds.

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​SELF HELP GROUPS (SHG’s):

In slum areas volunteers of Yuvsatta had started around ten SHG’s involving poor women with an aim to promote their inclusion with banks and promote savings amongst them.

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HIV/AIDS INTERVENTION PROJECT

In collaboration with Chandigarh State AIDS Control Society, Chandigarh, Yuvsatta is managing from last over two decades a Targeted Intervention Project for FSW’s in areas of Bapudham Colony, Colony No. 4, Manimajra & Daria village. In which the Project staff promotes healthy life-style, condoms, regular health check-ups, blood testing for HIV & savings amongst the FSW’s.

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​CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE-CITIES

In last fifteen years, over 100 Peace Clubs in Schools & Colleges of tricity i.e. Chandigarh, Panchkula & SAS Nagar (Mohali) are formed by Yuvsatta (youth for peace) and beneficiaries are 40-50 direct peace club members at each place and what they plan and do percolates down to their entire School or College thus promoting culture of nonviolence in thousands of young children’s. And through active and
vibrant Peace Clubs now managements and heads of various educational institutions of the city are already doing a lot to strengthen the culture of peace and volunteering in their campus.

GREENTIRE

This is motivating more & more people pedaling more often on bicycles in the city, benefiting all the residents of the city alike. And to realize the objective Yuvsatta volunteers regularly organize Inter-School Bicycle Games, Bicycle tours, Bicycle Rallies and events promoting the culture of cycling in the city.

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RAKSHAK

Since 1996, Yuvsatta is actively involved in HIV/AIDS intervention programs. And one of the present project ‘Rakshak’ which means savior is to promote healthy life style among over 900 marginalized ‘Female Sex Workers’ in Chandigarh. This population has a high risk of transmission of HIV due to their high risk and poor health seeking behaviour.

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VOLUNTEER CHANDIGARH

The engine for change has to come from the selflessness and sense of service of the individual volunteer, so that the collective consciousness can be aroused – which is essential to bring about sustainability. With this in view Volunteer Chandigarh programme awaken the spirit of volunteerism in youth to improve community, take responsibility for a project, recruit others, and start transforming.

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PROJECT I CARE

This is a flagship programme of Yuvsatta to really empower the marginalized tiny-tots living in slum settlements from within. In which with help of donors Yuvsatta volunteers ensures that the targeted kid regularly goes to School, gets proper uniform and education supplements (books, stationery, school bag, water bottle, tutorial & motivational classes). Arrangements are also made for library, computer classes and vocational training along with educational excursions at regular intervals, which ensures holistic development of sponsored child.

To support the targeted marginalized tiny-tots we need people like you who’re willing to support one or more kids. And this doesn’t involve much, by giving a little (INR 7200/year or USD $120/Child), you’ll surely gain a lot by way of seeing a new lease of dreams and ambitions to someone who need a little push to realize his true potential. It can open up a new life-long relationship with joy of giving!

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