Deadline: 15 July 2015 Extended till 20 July 2015
The Society for Development Alternatives is currently inviting applications from the eligible youths to participate in Youth Citizen Service (YCS), an action learning programme, from Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) for young Indians.
YCS creates an opportunity for India’s youth to actively work towards addressing development issues while they themselves build a deeper understanding of the dynamics of poverty and development.
Venue and Duration
The programme will take place for both cycles in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh for six weeks.
Objective
Through this programme, the youth will discover themselves, learn interpersonal, leadership and other skills and gain valuable experience in the development sector. They will get to learn about various livelihood interventions in the target community and also get a chance to contribute to related issues in the specific community.
Features
- Trainings – Volunteers go through four days of pre-departure training, two days of community orientation training, a one day mid-project review and a three day debrief/return volunteer workshop.
- Host communities – Groups of volunteers live and work in a rural/urban Indian community that is new to all of them.
- Counterpart pairs – Each volunteer has one counterpart with whom s/he works most closely and shares accommodation.
- Host homes – Each pair of volunteers stay with a family in the host community.
- Work placements – Work placements are structured such that the volunteers are able to learn about a specific issue and have maximum take away about the community and its issues and at the same time make a positive and practical contribution to community initiatives.
- Active Citizenship Days (ACDs) – Usually held once a week, ACDs provide the volunteers with an opportunity to come together and engage in active learning about community development issues affecting India as a country. Each week, different counterpart pairs run the sessions.
- Community Action Day – Volunteers organise an event that would involve interaction/ awareness generation or action project involving the community/organisation
Benefits
The programme supports the travel, accommodation, food, medical insurance and training costs of the volunteers. Basic daily living allowance will also be provided to the volunteers.
Eligibility criteria
- Age – 22 to 29 years
- Nationality – Indian
- Language spoken/understood – English and Hindi
- Able to join the programme from August 04 to September 15, 2015
- Women and youth with disability are strongly encouraged to apply.
Note: The programme can only create opportunities for up to 24 volunteers (12 per cycle).
How to Apply
The participants must fill the application form to apply.
For more information, please visit YCS
