Vision
To create opportunities for school dropouts and underprivileged youth that would help them lead productive and socially useful lives.
Mission
To give a second chance to the education-deprived youth through wage or self-employment based on urban and rural livelihood training programs. Provided in partnership with our stakeholders.
Empowered by the Power Couple
Mr. & Mrs. Kher work with school dropouts in villages and urban slums across the country. Nurturing social entrepreneurships along the way, they empower the underprivileged make their own mark and steer themselves out of poverty.
The Khers established an exclusive organisation with a singular focus on youth and the movement was called ‘Yuva Parivartan (YP)’. A inspiring journey that has led to successful pathways for thousands of India’s unemployed youth.
Our identified areas of work:
- Community Engagement - to mobilise and empower youth to realise their potential
- Livelihood Training - impart vocational skills, work readiness and life skills
- Industry Partnership - to provide industry relevant curriculum and exposure
- On-the-job Training
- Livelihood Support - to get them successfully aligned to the mainstream.
Our foundation of Core Values & Behaviours
Yuva Parivartan’s Core Values & Behaviors (CVB) are the guiding principles that serve and guide every aspect of our work. It showcases how we conduct ourselves in order to accomplish sustainable and quality growth.
Yuva Parivartan (YP) is the flagship movement of Kherwadi Social Welfare Association (KSWA), an NGO founded in 1928. Established in 1998, YP was formally launched by the then President APJ Kalam in 2003.
Over the last 24 years, we have enhanced the employability of more than 1.25 million underprivileged youth and women through our courses. Our content, structure, flexibility of timings, practical training and content delivery are tailor-made to help our students earn a livelihood. Short and effective, our courses help students discover the benefits of their time with us in 15-90 days.
Our wide network of field counselors, community leaders, trainers, and connections with local livelihood providers, coupled with technology enables us to mobilize students helping them earn with stability.
Our identified areas of work:
- Community Engagement - to mobilise and empower youth to realise their potential
- Livelihood Training - to impart vocational, farm and non- farm based allied skills, work readiness and life skills
- Industry Partnership - to provide industry relevant curriculum and exposure
- On-the-job Training
- Livelihood Support - to get students successfully aligned to the economic mainstream.
How we make a difference across India?
By focusing on three levels of sustainability:
Student Sustainability
With technical vocational skills, exposure visits and guest lectures, our students get a first-hand experience of the work culture. Since our students often come from underprivileged backgrounds, modules like Soch Ka Parivartan (Attitude Transformation) and regular counselling sessions help them overcome real world challenges. Our digital, financial literacy and entrepreneurship modules help create multiple earning members, improve health and increase stability in households. We ensure our students can reach out to us whenever they need support.
Program Sustainability
Our strong links with communities ensure continuity. We have students come in by reference, and businesses approach our centers whenever there is a need. This, along with regular mobilizations, ensure a steady stream of students at the center. “Yuva Mitras” or “Friends of YP” are created in communities, who then tap into their own networks to create awareness about the programme. Yuva Parivartan also identifies, trains and monitors “like-minded” community members / students / local stores to run the YP model of livelihood training, thus sustaining the center beyond the sponsor’s support after 36 – 48 months.
Ecosystem Sustainability
We believe in creating a complete ecosystem of livelihood-based trainers. Our Livelihood Development Centres, present in small towns/peri-urban locations, cater to the youth living within a 10 to 15 km radius. These centres are credited to being our hubs and territorial headquarters. Our spoke networks are the Community Centres & Rural Camps set up within a radius of 50 – 100 km of the territorial headquarters. Beyond these, we conduct our livelihood training with the help of like-minded partners. Thus creating an effective ecosystems across talukas and districts.
