Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA)

Their programs aims to focus on the weaker section of our population and steer them into their development to eventually bring about a social change as a society.

YUVA works on three core areas:

Poverty Alleviation: YUVA has created a space for the urban poor to access their basic human rights. To achieve this they have 3 focus areas: a) Our society’s children and the youth are the driving factor for social transformation. YUVA has created a platform where they can advocate for their basic rights and needs, train to improving their livelihoods and building safer communities through informal schooling and workshops. b) YUVA works on social security of informal workers through their Migrant Resource Center and forming SHGs to empower women of our society. c) In order to facilitate provision of basic rights and services for pavement dwellers and the homeless in urban areas YUVA engages in several collective advocacy and promoting participatory governance.

 Environment: a) As a collaborative effort with the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP), YUVA monitors water sectors in India to sustain and develop existing ecosystems of various water bodies and to address environmental issues. b) To enhance the standard of living of marginal farmers, landless laborers and women-headed families YUVA has formed several Village Development committees, training workshops and encouraging enduring agricultural practices.

Urban Governance and Planning: YUVA represents the voice of the most marginalized communities in Mumbai to exercise opportunities and invite wider public consultations in the city’s Development Plan (2014-2034). Along with this the NGO also works on ‘Right to Water’ for equal distribution of water even to the underserved societies of Mumbai.