Youth for Social Development (YSD)

Works with resource-poor and marginalized communities in urban and rural Odisha with special attention to Dalit, Adivasi children, youth, and women

  • Bronze Certified 2023
  • FCRA
  • 80G
  • 12A
Transparency Rating:
Transparency Rating
The transparency rating is calculated based on the amount of information available for the organisation.
Is this your profile?
Edit now
.
Bronze Certified Bronze Certified

Geographies Served

Programs

  • Budget research centre

    State
    States

    Odisha

    YSD has established the Centre for Local Government Budget and Policy Research, which focuses on researching governance issues affecting vulnerable communities. The centre aims to provide knowledge and objective analysis of local government budgets and policies to various stakeholders, including government agencies, students, civil society organizations, elected representatives, and the public.

    The specific objectives of the centre are to assess the impact of local government budgets and policies on vulnerable communities, promote good governance and social accountability through research-based information, and improve the quality of public expenditure through discourse among civil society, government agencies, and the public.

    The strategies employed by the centre to achieve its objectives include conducting research, establishing a resource centre for policymakers and the public, building strategic partnerships, and enhancing internal capacity.

  • Citizenship and governance

    State
    States

    Odisha

    "YSD promote a participatory and dialogic relationship between citizens and the government to strengthen social justice processes, service provision, policy-making, and responsive governance. Key steps taken by YSD include empowering service providers, frontline workers, and local elected officials through training, raising awareness among people about their entitlements and responsibilities, analyzing policies and budgets together, and facilitating dialogues among stakeholders to bring people's voices and suggestions to the government.

    YSD's priority themes revolve around civic entitlements, social security measures such as pensions, public distribution system (PDS), and employment guarantee schemes (NREGS), along with basic services like health, education, water, sanitation, and housing. They work in fragile geographies, including remote rural and tribal areas, informal settlements in urban areas, coastal regions, and marginalized communities.

  • Children and Youth

    State
    States

    Odisha

    "Following are the three major initiatives aimed at empowering young individuals and creating a child-friendly ecosystem
    1. Education- foundation learning: YSD works to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for children aged 6 to 18 years at the elementary and secondary levels. Their efforts target the most disadvantaged backgrounds, including children in slums, remote rural and tribal areas, and those with disabilities. The initiative emphasizes foundation literacy and numeracy, social-emotional learning, social leadership skills, leveraging technology in learning, and collaborating with government schools and teachers.
    2. Kishori Shakti- adolescent empowerment program: Designed for children and youth aged 10 to 19 years, this program focuses on employability skills, life skills, health, hygiene, nutrition, protection from harmful practices, and gender-based violence.

  • Climate and disaster risk reduction

    State
    States

    Odisha

    "YSD's strategic objective revolves around empowering communities to tackle climate change and disasters, promoting climate adaptation, and advocating for sustainable growth and development that respects nature and people. They believe that the climate crisis is a result of human choices and that the most vulnerable, especially the poor, suffer the most. YSD emphasizes systemic and behavioral change and focuses on children and youth to bring positive transformations in their communities.

    To achieve this, it undertakes major steps such as awareness building on sustainable production, waste management, renewable energy, afforestation, and disaster risk reduction (DRR). It also engages in risk-informed planning, create Village Disaster Management Plans (VDMP), and conduct policy and budget analysis to influence renewable and climate policies through discussions with policymakers and civil society.

Leadership Team

  • Lokanath Mishra

    President

  • Bibhu Prasad Sahu

    Secretary

  • Ajaya Kumar Sahu

    Treasurer

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AAAAY0652P

  • Registration Number

    GJM No. 7422/61 of 2005-2006

  • CSR Form 1

    Not Available

  • 80G

    AAAAY0652PF20219

  • 12A

    AAAAY0652PE20104

  • FCRA

    104910159

About

  • Headquarters

    Berhampur, Odisha

  • Since

    2005

Impact

YSD works to avail basic services, empower marginalized communities, and influence local governments and elected representatives through research, advocacy and training.

Vision and Mission

YSD envisions a just, equitable and sustainable society where everyone has access to social, economic and democratic rights and can achieve their full potential and lead a dignified life. Their mission is to facilitate holistic sustainable social and economic development of marginalized communities through participatory community action and people's empowerment.

Political & Religious Declarations

  • Political Affiliation

  • Religious Affiliation

Location

  • Headquarters

    Plot No-1200/8201, 9th Lane, Govinda Vihar, Near Ruby Eye Hospital, Lochapada, Berhampur, Odisha

    Directions
  • Offices in Cities

Other Details

  • Type

    Non-profit

  • Sub Type

    Society

Technology Adoption

  • SOC 2 Compliant

    No

  • Financial Management

  • Beneficiary Management