YUVSATTA
WHO WE ARE

Goal
“Based upon contributions of youth, to create peace-cities around the world with people
living in harmony with man & nature.”
Vision
We envision a world where all people are equally respected, fully protected and
universally realized.  Included in this vision is a world where all young people –
regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, class, gender or other differences – are
encouraged and empowered to non-violently claim their own rights and serve as
advocates for the rights of others.
History
Yuvsatta first started as newspaper in 1990 by like minded youngsters studying in
various Colleges and University of the city, slowly and steadily it took shape of an non-
profit organization which was formally got registered in 1996 in Chandigarh city of India.
Yuvsatta’s first project was on waste management, providing gainful employment to rag-
pickers and green environment to residents by ensuring door to door waste collection.
This programme gradually reached out to other important north India cities as well.
Volunteers of Yuvsatta were also first to start a free telephone counseling service on
matters related HIV, Drug Abuse and sex in the region.
In January, 2000 in association with Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti, New Delhi,
Yuvsatta organized a World Youth Conference on ‘Millennium without Violence’, at
Panjab University, Chandigarh.  Sri R. Venkataraman, former President of India
presided over the same and delegates of fifteen different countries participated. And at
Gandhi Darshan, Raj Ghat, in New Delhi Prof. Moegiadi, Director, UNESCO, New Delhi
released a book titled ‘Millenium without Violence’, on the outcomes of the Conference.
Again in August, 2000, Yuvsatta organized an International Conference on ‘Need for
Afro-Asian Dialogue’, youth leaders from ten different Asian and African countries
participated in the endeavour.
In 2005 volunteers of Yuvsatta launched a first of its kind ‘Campaign for Peace-citIES’ in
which more then 130 “Peace Clubs’ are formed till date in major educational institutions
of the tricity i.e. Chandigarh-Panhkula- SAS Nagar (Mohali), where many teachers and
Principals of respective schools and colleges are dedicating their time and resources to
the task of making these clubs vibrant and result oriented.
Under its greentire programme, volunteers of Yuvsatta are motivating more & more
people use bicycles more often in the city.
On February, 22, 2005, death anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi a small centre christen
as Kasturba Gandhi Kendra was started in a slum area Bapu Dham Colony in Sector 26
of Chandigarh for socio-economic uplift of children, especially adolescent girls from
marginalized sections of the society.

Yuvsatta is also successfully running a HIV/AIDS Intervention Project focusing on
promoting healthy life-style amongst around 1000 sex workers in Chandigarh.
Projects of Yuvsatta like Campaign for Peace-cities, programmes on promotion of girl
child in the society, socio-economic uplift of downtrodden, AIDS/Drug Abuse awareness
programmes, various gandhian initiatives, promotion of Cycling, solid waste
management, campaigns against pernicious social evils etc. indicate the breadth of
vision that guides it. It also shows that Yuvsatta’s outlook is holistic, recognizing that the
economic, the social, and the personal are inextricably linked and simultaneously
interventions at the individual and mass levels are likely to bring in far more collective
results than either of them alone.
Yuvsatta’s activities have earned the unalloyed support of the community and the
media. The support has a reason. It is Yuvsatta’s commitment and its willingness to
share its expertise with others. It has been our belief that knowledge, if shared, grows.
As more minds get involved, time taken to devise and implement solutions is shortened.
As more creative ideas are available, new strategies can be devised.

MAJOR PROJECTS OF YUVSATTA
VOLUNTEER CHANDIGARH:
The engine for change has to come from the selflessness and sense of service of the
individual volunteer, so that the collective consciousness can be aroused – which is
essential to bring about sustainability. With this in view Volunteer Chandigarh
programme awaken the spirit of volunteerism in youth to improve community, take
responsibility for a project, recruit others, and start transforming.
CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE-CITIES:
130 Peace Clubs in Schools & Colleges of of Chandigarh, Mohali & Panchkula are
formed and beneficiaries are 40-50 direct peace club members at each place and their
entire School or College thus promoting culture of nonviolence in more than 1,00,000
young students.  
ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PEACE FESTIVAL:
Every year between September 27 (International Day of Tourism) to October 2nd
(International Day of Nonviolence & birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi), volunteers
of Yuvsatta organize a Peace Festival in Chandigarh to Unite the Youth for a barrier free
World. In IYPF 2012 around 500 young people from 41 countries of the world are
expected to participate.
GIRL STAR PROJECT:
Along with local Schools, Yuvsatta has started this year a programme to campaign for a
‘Girl Child Friendly Chandigarh’. Where in, Schools will  organize activities, observe
important days/activities related to well being of girl child. Yuvsatta volunteers also
started a mass contact programme to mobilize funds from well-off friends and well
wishers, Corporate & business houses, educational institutions & public sector
undertakings to support some small ideas of change in order to bring big change in the
lives of over 1000 marginalized adolescent girls (already identified) living in slum

settlements of the city. These girls are the women and mothers of the future. If left to be
ignorant of their rights they are destined to be subject to abuse and discrimination. The
long term impact expected is a change in societal attitudes towards women.
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Project HERITAGE TREE’s:
YUVSATTA initiated a ‘PROJECT HERITAGE TREES’ in Chandigarh with a mission
to preserve, manage, enhance, and expand a vital collection of trees in the city with
documenting (where ever available) the historic, scientific, aesthetic, environmental,
economic, conservation, and educational value of these trees (majority of them are above
100 year of age) as part of larger biodiversity of this region. Now, process is on for
adoption and care of heritage trees in the city.
GREENTIRE PROJECT:
Promoting the concept of more & more people pedaling more often on bicycles in the
city, benefiting all the residents of the city alike. And to realize the objective Yuvsatta
volunteers regularly organize Inter-School Bicycle Games, Bicycle tours, Bicycle Rallies
and events promoting the culture of cycling in the city.
PROJECT SALUTING THE SOLDIERS:
Regular events and activities promoting one to one interaction of young people with
Defence Forces. Organizing meetings with serving and retired ‘Bravest of the Brave’ is
all part of the initiative.

PROJECTS FOR MARGINALZIED WOMEN & CHILDREN;
 PROJECT BRIDGE;
With active assistance of Oxfam-India, this is directly mobilizing 200 adolescent youth
OF Bapu Dham Colony in Chandigarh, to positively impact their communities on a local
and international level. The focus of this project is providing youth leaders with the skills,
education and confidence to define and address issues in their communities.
 KITAB GHAR (Book House):
Library for 500 marginalized children; Volunteers with 6500 books promotes reading
campaigns, organize story telling sessions, bring out a wall newspaper, organize their
‘Bal Panchayat’ sessions and birthday parties for the targeted kids.
 ALL GIRLS SPORTS TEAMS;
Volunteers improve playing skills in Cricket, Football, Frisbee, indoor games of 100
marginalized girls of Bapu Dham Colony and also help them with their studies and see
that they remain healthy & take enough nutritious food.
 HIV/AIDS Intervention Project:
1000 Female sex workers (FSW’s); Project staff promotes healthy life-style, condoms,
regular health check-ups, blood testing for HIV & savings amongst the FSW’s.
 Self Help Groups (SHG’s):
In slum areas volunteers of Yuvsatta had started around ten SHG’s involving poor
women with an aim to promote their inclusion with banks and promote savings amongst
them.
 FREE CLINIC:
In two slum areas namely Bapu Dham  Colony & Colony No. 4 of Chandigarh, for a

population of around 1,00,000 people Yuvsatta is running free clinics & organizing
medical camps to help the marginalized.
 KASTURBA GANDHI KENDRA:
A small Centre christen as ‘KASTURBA GANDHI KENDRA’, for women rising out of
slum areas of Chandigarh was set-up at Bapu Dham Colony, Chandigarh. Now, with the
help of few art teachers, who’re voluntarily helping with designs, this Kendra is
producing handmade ‘WiN Greeting Cards’.

CONTACT US :-

Yuvsatta
R. No. 12, Karuna Sadan,
Sector 11, Chandigarh
India  Pin 160 011
Telephone : 91-172- 3298551
e-mail: yuvsatta@gmail.com
website : www.yuvsatta.org
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