Pravah is a registered non-profit organisation based in New Delhi, India. We work with adolescents, youth organisations and institutions working with young people to impact issues of social justice through youth
citizenship action.

Pravah began in 1992 when a group of young professionals in their early twenties responded to the Babri Masjid demolition and the wave of communal riots and bloodshed that followed before and after the event. They mobilised public opinion against the violence through campaigns and other creative platforms. From a loose group of young individuals, Pravah became a registered organisation in 1993.

Pravah's programmes are supported by

Ashoka- Innovators for the public

Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action

The Ford Foundation

Global Fund for Children

Misereor

National Youth Foundation

Sir Ratan Tata Trust

Voluntary Service Overseas

WIPRO

Youthreach

Pravah's vision

Pravah's vision is to build leadership among youth for social change.

Pravah aims to achieve this by building with and in youth:

•  Respect and understanding of citizenship

•  Attitude of ownership for common spaces

•  Skill of leadership for social change, and

•  Behaviours of relationship as the foundation

Pravah's interventions support processes on:

•  self reflection leading to social stances

•  dealing with conflict positively and

•  citizenship action in common spaces to impact issues of social justice.

Inspiring Citizenship Action

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From Me to We, Pravah’s curriculum on citizenship education, is delivered through intensive workshops in schools. From Me to We builds life skills in the adolescent participants, facilitates them to deal with conflicts positively, and equips them with the skills to become active citizens. The curriculum supports participants to implement social action projects.

The Friendship Udankhatola (FUN) Camp, a week-long programme, enables urban school students to live in, interact with and learn about rural communities and the development issues therein. FUN camps culminate with the campers working in villages to fulfil a community need. The Return FUN Camp creates similar opportunities for rural students.

Global Xchange is an international volunteering programme that aims to build mutual respect and understanding in young people and to facilitate them to become active citizens in an increasingly global world. Pravah partners with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), UK, to conduct this programme.

SMILE (Students Mobilisation Initiative for Learning through Exposure) is a programme in universities. SMILE creates spaces for young people to understand social realities, learn skills for social leadership and demonstrate active citizenship. SMILE facilitates young people to volunteer in urban and rural NGOs, address social issues through the youth clubs, and influence public opinions through campaigns.

Youth for Development (YfD) is a 6 month long programme, which seeks to offer young people from India an opportunity to develop skills and gain valuable experience in development as well as to contribute to development issues by interning in an NGO in India. Pravah partners with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), India, to conduct this programme.

Facilitating Citizenship Action

The Teachers Training intervention (The World is My Classroom), facilitates school teachers to design citizenship education curricula within the existing educational framework, equips them to deliver these, and links the process of education with social realities. The intervention creates opportunities for teachers to interact, share and learn from each other.

Research and development activities undertaken by Pravah seek to strengthen interventions on citizenship education, youth development and volunteerism.

www.younginfluencers.com, a website, supports young people to volunteer and participate in citizenship action projects.

Streaming of Citizenship Action

Fellowships, comprising of financial and mentoring components, are offered to young people engaged in citizenship action. The fellowships support them in the critical first phase of their endeavor as active citizens.

Change Looms, an annual programme in collaboration with Ashoka - Innovators for the Public, recognises young social entrepreneurs across India for their outstanding social justice initiatives.

Pravah’s Streaming Initiative partners with voluntary organisations nationally and internationally and builds their capacities to design and implement youth development and citizenship action programmes.

Pravah supports the start-up of new youth initiatives and organisations across India by offering support in visioning, mentoring and organisation development.

If you are between 18-27 and have started a social change initiative, you can apply for Change Looms, a support programme for youth-led social change ventures with a strong focus on capacity building and self-directed learning. Through Change Looms, you meet other youth from across the country who are also running their own organisations to build your skills, refine your ideas and programme designs, and receive feedback from peers and experiences social sector leaders. You get financial and mentoring support to implement a learning plan, which will help you strengthen your social change initiative. Change Looms is a joint venture with Ashoka: Innovators for the Public.

If you are leading a campus-based social change initiative, you and your team of fellow students can apply for Campus Catalysts, an initiative to promote youth-led citizenship action on campuses across India. The programme offers an opportunity to share your work for social change with a larger audience and to connect with other students engaged in working for social justice.

If you would like to get experience in the development sector, apply for Youth for Development (YfD). It is a six month long rural internship programme which allows you to develop skills and gain valuable experience in the development sector as well as to contribute to the development issues by interning in an NGO in India. Through YfD you get training, mentoring and a monthly stipend through the period of your internship. The programme is open to Indian residents between 18-27 who have working knowledge of English and Hindi. YfD is offered in partnership with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), India.

If you are between 18-25 and would like to volunteer in India and abroad, you can go on an exchange with Global Xchange, a six month long international volunteering programme that aims to build mutual respect and understanding and to facilitate you to become active citizens in an increasingly global world. Pravah partners with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), UK, to conduct this programme.

If you are between 13-17 and have been engaged in youth-led community work for social change, you can apply for CLAP (Citizenship Learning and Action Programme). CLAP offers an opportunity to interact with other dynamic young chagemakers, participation in a training workshop, recognition at a public event and cash prize for collective use. CLAP is offered in partnership with Sanskriti School, Delhi and supported by The Ford Foundation.

If you are living in Delhi , Noida, or Gurgaon , studying in a college here between 18 and 24 years, you can join SMILE (Students Mobilisation Initiative for Learning through Exposure). SMILE offers you opportunities to build your knowledge and skills to become an active citizen.

If you are an individual, a working person nominated by the organisation that you are working in or a group whose members are between 20-27, you can apply for the Commutiny Fellowship. Commutiny is a year-long fellowship programme offered by The Youth Collective to support young people strengthen their passion for creating a better world, ignite change within their own selves and lead social change on their own terms. Click here to find out more>>>

Visit http://www.younginfluencers.com/ to download application forms and for information about Pravah, our programmes and current deadlines. We look forward to hear from you!

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