June | 2019 | | Pravah

Yeh Ek Soch Foundation – Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

It is a youth led organization and has been working with a vision of a society in which young people are informed, empowered, encouraged and supported to participate in marginalized community and for a society where every young person is engaged in powerful, purposeful and positive social change. YES sees itself as a change agent, willing to generate hope in the minds of young people who have concrete ideas and really want to bring change but are not able to realize their ideas and dreams into reality due to economic, social and political constraints. Learn more at http://www.yeheksoch.org.in/

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Synergy Sansthan- Harda, Madhya Pradesh

Started it’s work in 2004 in Indore Madhya Pradesh, with a focus to empower women, child and local self-governance. In the fast changing socio-economic condition, social security becomes an issue of major concern. SYNERGY, believes in creating a society that is sustainable and is free from exploitation of human naturals and natural resources and by proving equal opportunity to the marginalized, poor, women and children to develop. It also efforts for making a society for sustainable human development and building capacity, sharing common vision of institution and nation building, reinforcing human development endeavors for over all progress of mankind. Read more at http://synergysansthan.in/

ALFA Society – Alliance for Liberty, Fraternity and Advancement – Udaipur, Rajasthan

ALFA is a youth based and youth led organization which aims to work with the villages of Kherwara block on quality education, youth development, women’s empowerment and an overall harmonic community. Since 2006, ALFA has prided itself on being a genuinely local organization with long-standing roots in the community. ALFA’s local origins have also allowed the organization to understand the problems and needs of the community much more holistically than an NGO unfamiliar to the area. Learn more at https://www.alfasociety.org/

Youth Centric Consortium

While a number of social entrepreneurship programs exist in the country, there are many roadblocks to it being adopted as a mainstream option by youth. Working for social change is not considered an option because career opportunities in the mainstream are more inviting and less risky. Social pressures, limited access to resources, both financial and non-financial, as well as lack of avenues to develop their capacities are some of the many challenges that young social changemakers face. To reap the benefit of youth social entrepreneurship at scale it is imperative that we create a cross-sectoral platform – a Youth Centric Consortium comprising like hearted social capital investors committed to co-building and nurturing empowered Social Entrepreneurs. Pravah, ComMutiny-The Youth Collective and UNFPA have come together in partnership to support this consortium, which will include mentors, youth led and youth centric organisations, policy makers/influencers and investors (corporates, Trusts and Foundations, UN agencies, Commonwealth Youth Workers Association (CYWA), Government and High Networth Individuals).