"Vastra-Samman" - Lets provide dignified living for all !

“People are calling it one of its kind campaign in the world and it might become the largest material collection drive ever…..”

"VASTRA-SAMMAN” is a collection drive initiative, which was taken by GOONJ, a  well-known non-profit organisation with the voluntary participation of the members of Youth For A Cause.

GOONJ is the first organization worldwide to take up ‘Clothing’ as a development subject. In the last ten years, GOONJ has been channelizing the urban India’s underutilized material like clothing, school material, and sanitary napkins etc as development resources in far-flung villages of India.

It initiates VASTRA-SAMMAN (dignifying clothing) a pan India campaign, to raise awareness & collect about one crore (10 million) units of material in the 'Joy of Giving Week' being celebrated across India from 27th Sept. to 3rd Oct. every year.

YFAC joined the campaign and we collected an enormous amount of materials from the public. The event was conducted in the Shakti Kunj apartment near Sector-62, Noida. Everyone appreciated the idea and participated enthusiastically. We were able to collect about 400 kilogram of material in two days of the drive.

Items that were collected included old clothes in wearable condition, woollens, footwear, bed 
sheets, blankets, utensils, stationery-school items (old and new school bags/copies/ pencils-pens/water bottles/ lunch boxes/ old uniforms), dry ration, newspapers, one side used paper, magazines etc.

We believe that just by re-using our old clothes the problem of clothing for the poor can be solved to a very large extent. Cloth is given as a motivation, with dignity, to people working on their own community issues. By providing a small piece of clean cloth to a village woman, to be used as a sanitary napkin, we can prevent a multitude of hygiene problems.

The Joy of Giving week is soon coming this year. Let’s all join hands with GOONJ and become a proud part of this noble cause!

Let’s make a difference to someone’s life…..

  

A visit to the NGO- Earth Saviours Foundation

Sometimes life gives you everything and sometimes it takes away a lot of things from you.But there are some for whom life has always been a struggle. Some efforts are necessary to make their life better. In order to achieve this, Youth For A Causemade a visit to the NGO Earth Saviours Foundation on 17th March, 2012.The Earth Saviours Foundation is a recognized and registered NGO in India, founded on 16 January 2008, by Ravi Kalra , a Delhi Born well known social activist and environmentalist. The NGO is dedicated to serve underprivileged poor people and making every possible effort to protect our environment and habitat. It is located at Green Avenue Road, VasantKunj, New Delhi.
Approximately 125 underprivileged children are studying in the NGO's Agamyaschool. The members of the society decided to help the underprivileged children of the NGO with their academics by holding classes for children from nursery to 8th (for which we seemed to be miserably ill equipped). We mingled with the children well and also distributed sweets, biscuits and balloons among them. This was followed by playing kids games and the joy on their faces was inexplicable.
Also, the NGO runs an old age home for homeless and abandoned senior citizens. We also decided to sponsor a day's meal for 40 senior citizens. We had some warm conversations with the senior citizens. It was heart soothening to see a smile on their faces and knowing that we placed it there.
It gave us immense satisfaction to help the needy. We hope to achieve more such milestones where we can be of assisstance to the society and help the needy and underprivileged.

ZEALICON'11

Youth For A Cause conducted the following 3 events at J.S.S Academy's annual fest ZEALICON in 2011 :

1.MAKE  YOUR CRAP

You give us waste paper , we take it.

You give us egg shells , we take it.

You give us any garbage , we take it.

Well we took the idea that “Everything in the world has some use ” a little too far (and included trash to this list of things)….

MAKE YOUR CRAP was the right event for all those good with art and craft, and who could use their scissors , paints and glue with perfection.

The participants were provided with all kinds of the trash that we would not even give a second look to , and their task was to make something either aesthetically pleasing or of practical usage out of it.

This event inculcated in the participants,  a sense of responsibility about the proper disposal of waste and also developed an eye for the items that we tag “waste” but are actually not.

Although our main motive from this event was generation of new ideas and extraction of  creativity at the college  level , in the next level of this event , however,  we plan to teach this art to villagers and other people with less opportunities , as this is a viable employment avenue well worth the grab.

A great event  none-the-less that taught everyone , including us , the members of YFAC , to realize the importance of everything around , and to appreciate the beauty of every single thing.

2.COLLAGE MAKING

Well it would not be wrong if we were to call this event our forte. Over these years , collage making and YFAC have well been linked together and every year , the response to Collage Making just surpasses our expectations. The success of this might just be contributed to the brilliant ideas , the never ending creativity of the participants and enthusiasm of all linked with the event.

It is said that a picture  speaks a thousand words , and this events just proves it right every time. This event provides the students with a relief from the intellectual and the brain racking events and gives them a platform where a junior can very well compete with a senior .

But yes , with all the fun involved in COLLAGE MAKING , it does also provide the participants and the people with a plethora of other learning options. With our themes likes “SAVE THE TIGER” , “VICES OF THE YOUTH TODAY” , we make the students socially sensitive and responsible towards the problems existing in our society today.

And yes , last but not the least , we do provide the all the artists stuck in this engineering college with a chance to showcase their talent. J

3.TREASUREVILLE

This ain’t any online game as the name suggests but it is  a treasure hunt with loads of learning aspects involved. The newest concept introduced in the YFAC bag of events  , it carries with itself a potpourri of activities that would make an individual responsible and essentially caring towards the nature and the mishappenings in the society today .

Treasureville is all about fun , excitement , thrill and loads of skill. True of vision our of exploration and creating awareness , the first of its kind event in our college , Treasureville tested the participants  on their physical prowess , mental smartness , decision making abilities and their knowledge about the society.

There is an element of surprise in this event at every stage . Winning here isn’t a cakewalk , but as they say , THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL.

And unexpectedly , we had to conduct a preliminary quiz to choose the top 50 teams to qualify for the actual hunt , owing to the brilliance of the ideas and the novelty of the event.

Just to brief you about the event , it comprised of 7 stages where every team had to complete the level to move on to the next level using hints and clues and maps. The fun and the learning part came into light when after each level , every participant had to do an activity related to the social problems , for instance , “hugging a tree” , “watering a sapling” , “shouting a slogan”, “picking up garbage” and loads of others.

This event simulated , in the college , the actual treasure hunts as shown on televisions and also gathered huge responses from the participants and public.

In the end , just to summarise TREASUREVILLE , the words of Jeff Warwick seem apt-“Its like a Treasure Hunt , in a way , and you are the detective”. 

Reverberance'08

At Youth for a Cause (YFAC) we have always believed in the sanctity of the saying “Go big or go home.” In 2008, “Reverberance” the charity music concert in aid of the Bihar flood victims was yet another affirmation of this belief. 


It all started with an idea, an idea of standing up for something, an idea of giving back. It was a task that seemed far-fetched initially but our determination and sheer passion of making a difference tipped the scales in our favour. After months of hard work, hardships and planning this dream child of YFAC, in all its glory, was held in the JSSATE, Noida grounds, making it JSSATE’s first ever rock show. It was an epitome of exuberant enthusiasm and a personification of plenary passion. People showed their support by attending in humongous numbers. Our sponsors helped us with donations and our college provided us a platform to host the event. Everyone joined hands and came together in making this event a huge success.


A jam packed show with a footfall of nearly 1000 people and a total donation of 50,000/- to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund was what made Reverberance, YFAC’s pièce de résistance.

Akshargyaan

Akshargyaan is a free education plan for unprivileged children lead by Mr. Harshit Gupta, College Coordinator (JSS) of Salaam Bharat, who is a hardcore Socialist. 


This free education plan is run by students of JSS Academy of Technical Education, under the kind guidance of college management. In 2010, Youth for a Cause also became a part of this initiative. The YFAC members took their first step towards working for Children Rights by participating in this education plan that runs in the college campus. The members interacted with the Akshargyaan children and taught them how to use the humble newspaper to produce something useful, advocating YFAC’s Best Out of Waste policy. 


It was a humbling experience to be amongst these children who are limited only in means but not in dreams and aspirations. To be even a minor part of this crusade is a motivating and inspiring experience.

YFAC’s Anti Cracker Drive

Diwali is a celebration of light, not noise nor pollution. In 2010 YFAC’s Anti Cracker Drive urged students at the JSSATE, Noida to pledge a cracker-free and pollution-free Diwali.

 In efforts to bring awareness to the evils of the menacing crackers, a pledge chart was put up at the main notice board in the academy’s premises. Students were made aware of not only the environmental issues related to the subject but also of the ethical reasons for not using crackers. 

The pledge-chart was a great hit and seemed to draw a lot of positive attention. It was a successful venture considering that hundreds of students signed their names along with their own versions of the pledge. Students vowed to stand by their pledges and agreed to play their part, however small, to ensure a better, safer and cleaner tomorrow.

Youth Summit '09 - Where Leaders of today shall come together to pave the path for the Leaders of tomorrow

YOUTH FOR A CAUSE

Stand up for something or live for nothing!

Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009
Time: 10:00am - 10:00pm
Location: Club 15A, Sector-15A, Noida, U.P., India

Eminent Dignitaries shared their views on India's progress on the Millenium Development Goals.
Prof. Yashpal ,Chairman of the Yashpal Committee on Higher Education in India , seated 4th on the table from left, illuminated the  youth on the relevance of education in the country.

E-mail ID: youthforacause@gmail.com

Youth Summit '09 is a one day long festival being organised by the members of Youth For A Cause. Planned just before the Copenhagen summit, the objective is to showcase climate solutions available and how they are an economically as well as ecologically viable solution to our needs, entailing the societal aspects of the various problems we may have to face in the near future.


Through this we aim to sensitize people, youth of today in specific, regarding the urgency to act against climate change and other relevant issues in today‟s world and abet them to adapt a sustainable model of development. Keeping in tune with the United Nation‟s Millennium Development Goals we have incorporated most of the aspects of environmental sustainability in this carnival, taking along the Social aspect of all the goals stated in it.

Youth for a Cause conducted its first ever youth summit in 2009 to understand youth's perspective on Millennium Development Goals and what steps India must take to achieve them ! It was a huge hit..!
Padamshri Dr. Anil P. Joshi (Founder HESCO NGO) (above) discussed issues related to rural development and women empowerment

Event Details:

1. Youth Summit 2009: With only six years left for the deadline to achieve the United Nations‟ Millennium Development Goals, this symposium aims to bring together the best minds in the country to debate on the issues where our country and world are lagging behind or going on track on the topic – ‘A decade after the Millenium Development Goal’s: How far have we come?’

2. Documentary : Many young directors showcased their documentaries on the environment. It was surely an eye-opener. the documentary on river ganga won the prize in this category.

3. Debate: All Prominent schools from Delhi and NCR participated in this summit. Students from DPS RK Puram, Bluebells, Amity School, Sanskriti, etc participated in this debate on the Millenium Development Goals and India's stance on the same.

4.  Music: Bands played through the course of the evening extending their support to the cause.

Why YFAC ??

1. Register once and become “AGENTS OF CHANGE” for life !

2. Work with Renowned NGO’s in INDIA and ABROAD..

3. Meet the Leaders

4. Educational trips

5. Workshops and Seminars

6. RESUME ADVANTAGE++

7. Blog with us

8. Newsletter n Free SMS Updates

9. Get volunteering certificates

10. Make the change…get recruited as organizing members!! Do your own thing..

11. Flaunt YOur FLAIRS….SHOW YOU CARE!!!


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