SRADHA aims to develop the next generation of citizens — it means good citizens in the 21st century and empowering the youth by developing essential life skills such as effective communication, intercultural understanding, critical thinking, About:
SRADHA aims to develop the next generation of citizens — it means good citizens in the 21st century and empowering the youth by developing essential
life skills such as effective communication, intercultural understanding, critical thinking, confidence, and non-violent conflict resolution. Through these connections can come an understanding of our common humanity, and the recognition of our similarities, creating a feeling of kinship and the resulting desire to help each other. The work of SRADHA is to provide an antidote to the inevitable conflict which arises when people are disconnected and see themselves as different from each other. We believe that sustainable peace is only possible in a world where the mind is without fear, where knowledge is free and where the head is held high and find joy in connecting with each other. SRADHA has restructured its programs and activities through the lens of COVID-19 Pandemic & through the lens of Participatory Governance
Vision:
A world where youths take action in equitable partnerships to create systemic change by inclusive community engagement, networking with like minded agencies and youth associations. Mission:
We inspire young people to become peace building leaders. SRADHA is working to ensure that all youth get access to education to realize their goal, employment of their choice and opportunities they like to develop their potential.
- SRDHA as a lead youth-led organization aims to ensure that indigenous youth and women are empowered as decision-makers to protect their language, identity, ownership, and intellectual property right on their art, cultural products, and livelihood there from and capacitate younger generation preserving and sustaining the culture of their ancestors. To strengthen its mission, SRADHA, together with its local partners, is engaged in
- The continuous orientation of indigenous youth (men and women) through information, education and communication programs on policies, agendas, and programs of the government, non-government, indigenous people’s organizations and un agencies concerning indigenous people and communicating their responses to the wider world and enabling them to speak and advocate for themselves
- Capacity building training on digital technology – audio, video, ICT, social media platforms, e-books, audiobooks, and digital storytelling
- Skilling the youth to become successful creative entrepreneurs, develop their enterprises, and opportunities of their choice informal sector.
- Integrating ICT to their production process, marketing and value chain
- Capacity building for participating in the public policy process concerning them
- Knowledge building on intellectual property right on their art, cultural products, stories, unique products and documentations on them
- Awareness-raising on the need for their consent in spreading their cultural products and their claim on the revenue generated in the value chain.
- Leadership development, critical inquiry on issues concerning their cultural products and negotiation skills
Objectives:
• To improve the status of youth (young women and men), excluded and marginalized groups by enabling them to equally and actively participate in planning, management, policy-making, decision-making and ex*****on of their plans without any biases of gender, religion, ethnicity, age, language or class.
• To promote a culture of understanding and cooperative relations among youths across cultures, and to establish peace through creative work in the local community and beyond.
• To ensure change in the life of poor, marginalized youths through processes of action research, social mobilization, capacity building activities
•To engage and empower young people through leadership, life skills, livelihood opportunities, trainings, advocacy, and community service through volunteerism.
• To promote rights of youth and protection through referral, advocacy, and funding support.
• To become a point-of-reference for youth issues and influence youth policies.
• To improve the standard of living and quality of lives of the neglected, downtrodden, indigenous and vulnerable youths in especially difficult situation and marginalized groups of youth belonging to the “Resource Poor” and “Absolute Poor” categories
• To advocate for policies and good governance for sustainable community based support for youth under stress
• To promote a healthy community free from the use and abuse of illegal drugs, to***co, and alcohol among youth through a comprehensive approach to prevention
Our Activities:
Main Activities
• SRADHA pursues Youth-led activities like promoting rights of youth particularly indigenous youth, building the role and capacity of youth in peacebuilding, leadership, conflict transformation, networking, etc.
• SRADHA mobilizes the support of non-indigenous youth and educators to support the issues concerning indigenous people including promoting endangered indigenous languages through literacy development programs, bilingual teaching in schools, and second-chance education for school dropout youth.
• Together with like-minded partner agencies, SRADHA implements programs on peacebuilding, food security, water conservation, climate-resilient agriculture, health and wellness including HIV prevention, treatment, care and support for youth who inject drugs and people in prisons and skill for life activities targeting youth.
• SRADHA capacitates youths on knowledge and skills in conflict transformation through creative pursuits like filmmaking, music, dance, and youth led policy advocacy for their rights.
• SRADHA empowers youths to work in equitable partnerships as media makers and cultural, social, and political change agents. In our peacebuilding programs, youths use their stories, films, and documentaries to host courageous conversations about the conflict in their communities, inspiring others to take action and build peace. Throughout such a process, youth deepen their critical awareness about the systems that perpetuate the conflict and develop their leadership skills and knowledge of peacebuilding theories, social, political, and cultural change. We support youth to take action towards changing these systems in the long term and inspire others to do the same.
• SRADHA also works among marginalized indigenous artisanal and small scale mining (ASM) communities in KBK region of Odisha with a clear mandate to create alternative and sustainable livelihood opportunities for ASM communities.
