YSD carries out research, analysis and express people’s opinion using the Rights based approach at the grass root level to provide practical solutions to the development challenges and recommend policy improvement.
People’s empowerment and engagement:
We foster people’s participation through social mobilization, build citizen’s collectives, create awareness and build capacity of the citizen and marginalized communities on variety of issues using participatory tools and methods for adoption of replicable models of change.
Advocate for change:
Share evidence generated through research and demonstrates replicable development models to wider audience like policy makers, government and civil society and advocate for policy reforms and its efficient execution.
Networking and knowledge sharing:
Strengthen collective voice of the citizen, policy makers and civil society at various levels on various issues relating to the most disadvantaged section of the society, YSD also build alliance to influence for policy change and disseminate knowledge and organize peer learning to replicate ideas, innovations and facilitate collective action.
Our Focus Areas
1. Accountable Governance
2. Child Rights and Development- living condition, protection
3. Basic Services- WASH, Education, Health, Housing and Land Rights
4. Youth Empowerment- life skill development, active citizenship and leadership
Improving Maternal and Child Health Care Services (SDG target-3.1 and 3.2) through Citizen Engagement in Ganjam district in Odisha, India
Health Rights Awareness Campaign in Odisha, India
Creating community awareness on INSPIRE framework- seven strategies to end violence against children in Ganjam district, Odisha India
Improving Citizen Voice and Social Accountability to Access and Quality of Sanitation Services in Rural areas of Ganjam, Odisha
Making Young Girls and Boys Aware of Reproductive and Sexual Health, Child Marriage and Trafficking through Sensitisation and Participation in Ganjam, Odisha
Campaign to End Violence Against Children- ending child marriage, child trafficking, child labor
Analysis of Berhampur Municipal Corporation Budget and Priorities
Assessment of Basic Services and Urban Governance in Odisha
Right to Information Citizens Awareness Programme through ‘helpline’
Completed Projects
Improving Consumer Voices and Accountability in Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin (SBM-G)
Sensitising consumers and citizen on safe and sustainable (organic) food in Berhampur city in Odisha
Swachha Basti (Clean Slums) Campaign under Shrestha Berhampur Initiative in slums in Berhampur city
Slum Sanitation Needs Assessment in Berhampur City
Making Brahmapur a Child Friendly City, Phase-II
Making Khandapada a Child Friendly Constituency
Legal Awareness Programme through Helpline
Create Knowledge Platform on Renewable Energy
Social Audit of Performance of Members of Parliament in Odisha
Enhancing Capacities of Youth in Brahmapur, Odisha Slums for Secure Housing, Land Rights and Better Public Service Delivery
Assessment of Solar Energy Policy in Odisha
Making Brahmapur a child friendly city, Phase-I
Increased relief accountability in cyclone affected areas in Ganjam, Odisha
Community Engagement in fight against corruption and improve service delivery in Berhampur city of Odisha, Phase-III
Create with Purpose, Adobe Youth Voice Phase-III
Citizen Report Card in Brahmapur city of Orissa
Urban Corruption Survey in Brahmapur city of Orissa, Phase-I
Social Audit of NREGA in Ganjam and Gajapati district of Orissa
Enabling Citizen Monitoring of Public Services, Preventing Bribery to Foster Effective Service Delivery in Brahmapur city of Orissa, Phase-II
Social Audit of Implementation of Right to Information Act, 2005 in Brahmapur Municipality Corporation, Orissa
“Soochana Sivir” Right to Information Camp
Building Youth for Social Purpose, Adobe Youth Voice Phase-I and II
Promotion of Integrity Pact in Public Procurement in Orissa
Social Audit of Public Distribution System in Berhampur city of Orissa
Enabling Community Monitoring of Bidding Process of Rural Road Projects (PMGSY) In Ganjam and Gajapati Districts of Orissa
