"Let's be uncomfortable, that's what 5th Space is all about"
Four NSS Volunteers share their challenges, learnings and experience during #ReimaginingNSS. The NSS or the National Service Scheme under Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, involves students throughout the country with primary focus on the development of personality of students through community service. #VolunteersActFirst #IVD2017
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India is witnessing a demographic transition. It is home to one of the largest and fastest-growing youth populations in the world. What does the Youth of this country want beyond family, friends, career and leisure?
5th space, a collaboration between UNFPA India, Pravah and the YP Foundation provided these youngsters a platform to come forward and put forth their thoughts, without the fear of being judged for their opinions. Pooja, a youth leader shares what went behind creating a successful Re-imagining NSS program through 5th space. The NSS or the National Service Scheme under Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, involves students throughout the country with primary focus on the development of personality of students through community service.
#VolunteersActFirst #IVD2017 #InternationalVolunteersDay
243 million adolescents in India provide for a million windows of opportunity. How are we nurturing them to transform society and the country? Do they perceive #TransformingIndia as a collective responsibility?
How do they plan to contribute and help #India tap the demographic dividend?
"India has a possibility of Win-Win situation, in terms of their demographic trends and dynamics into the future" - Diego Palacios, country representative, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) speaks about migration & India's population trends on Delhi Doordarshan Channel's programme Aaj Savere.
"World Population Day is celebrated to remind us that population's growth & dynamics are very important elements of Sustainable Development" - Diego Palacios, country representative, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) speaks about migration & India's population trends on Delhi Doordarshan Channel's programme Aaj Savere
"With so much expansion of media, tv, social media and overall technology, there are still many unanswered questions in the minds of young boys and girls. This is an ambitious project, aimed at behavioral change and overall thinking through these voluntary peer educators called Saathiya" - Sh CK Mishra, while addressing the gathering during the launch of Saathiya Resource Kit and Saathiya Salaah - the mobile app
The peer educators will be trained across the country in a phased manner, ensuring optimum use of the resource kit, which is a ready source of a range of communication material specially designed to help them to be recognised and respected as ‘saathiya’, a good friend for the adolescents.
The resource kit comprises activity book, Bhranti-Kranti Game, question-answer book and Peer Educator Diary.
In addition to the kit is the mobile app ‘Saathiya Salah’ which acts as a ready information source for the adolescents in case they are unable to interact with the peer educators.
While short films will be played by the peer educators at their group meetings, the activity book and games will bring about discussion and resolve adolescent queries.
Diego Palacios, country representative UNFPA India addresses the gathering at the launch of Saathiya Resource Kit and mobile application. Also, Sh CK Mishra, Secretary, Home & Family Welfare (MoHFW India) unveils the resource kit to the gathering and media. The peer educators called Saathiya will be trained across the country in a phased manner, ensuring optimum use of the resource kit, which is a ready source of a range of communication material specially designed to help them to be recognised and respected as ‘saathiya’, a good friend for the adolescents.
The resource kit comprises activity book, Bhranti-Kranti Game, question-answer book and Peer Educator Diary.
In addition to the kit is the mobile app ‘Saathiya Salah’ which acts as a ready information source for the adolescents in case they are unable to interact with the peer educators.
Union Health Secretary C K Mishra launched the ‘Saathiya’ resource kit, including ‘Saathiya Salah’ mobile application, for adolescents as part of the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK). He said that one of the best ways to reach out to the adolescents was to reach out to the community and therefore a system was designed which was called peer educators.
Diega Polacios, Country Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), said the resource kit has been designed to present the peer educators with key information on adolescent health, which would then enable them to communicate the same and help the adolescents at the grassroots or village level.