1. HIGH ATTENTION: Odisha has got devastated by an unprecedented flood covering 19 districts and more than 30 lakh people are severely affected and many areas are still marooned and the administration is really ill equipped to respond to such an crisis.YDF with its volunteer base is responding to the flood situation Read More

2. YDF has become the Secretariat for the Odisha RTI Coalition. Gobinda Ballava Dalai, Secretary, YDF has been nominated as the Co-ordinator of the Coalition for the current year 2011-12.


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Appropriate Technology is a panacea for the many of the development concerns we are facing today. While the political economy of such technological application still remains an area of contestation, nobody can deny the possibilities and effectiveness of such efforts. Youth for Development Portal (YfD portal) has emerged out of that promising possibility to bring in radical changes in the present development scenario.

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The motivation behind the initiative is the successful models and individual excellence displayed by the people in our own state. The series of interactions with youth activists, social entrepreneurs, experiments like Bakul and Joy of Giving have further strengthened the strategic thrust of the initiative taken. .
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YDF has taken up a massive school support programme in partnership with Educate to Empower and various corporate houses. These support include setting up of library, providing students kits, books, computers, Content Support and Teachers' training. We are also mentoring low budget private schools in terms of academic and other inputs for quality education. Click for more details. Make a difference, support the cause by sponsoring a child's year long education by paying Rs. 500/-. (Students' Profile of VSK) [Coming soon]

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