By Vipin T. | Director
Here at Youth Venture we have been focusing on our largest asset, the community of changemakers. In the past four months we have had two workshops in Mumbai, where we brought in a diverse group of resource people from the corporate, social, media and entertainment sectors to come speak about their work and life journey. Through these sessions we are building a means for our changemakers to see that there are more ways to reach success than the traditional paths that have been taken. At the same time we are mirroring the diversity that is apparent in the community.
In addition to this, we have kicked off two new initiatives, which will be incorporated into our larger cycle. The first is a mentoriship program where mentors are an additional support system for the changemakers. This gives them the opportunity to play the part of a sounding board for ideas as well as enable these young changemakers to think through the obstacles they face.
From the 6th to the 10th of May we were in Songadh, Gujurat conducting a workshop. While there we went to 13 villages of our changemakers to film them and the work they are doing.
These two locations embody diversity, be it class, caste, economic background, age, vernacular, issues they are working on and so on. It is this diversity that we as a team are proud of and hope to carry forward to the upcoming cycle.
With your support, we will publicly celebrate the achievements of these changemakers so that greater society realizes and embraces the power of youth-led social change!
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