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Daijiworld Media Network- Mangalore (RX)
Mangalore, Jan 19: International year of youth (August 2010 to Aug2011) called as ‘Jago Yuva Bharat (JYB)’, a nationwide campaign organized by Youth Activ8 Foundation was introduced at the press meet, here on Thursday 19.
The initiative taken by JYB aims to empower and support youth. It also tries to become an agent to change and reinstate the spirit of national integration and peace. It envisages an idea to help youth arise with the vision and awake them to take up responsibilities of the present concerns such as environmental degradation, climate change, peace and harmony.
The programme was launched at Kanyakumari on January 12, 2011. It will conclude at Delhi on March 12, 2011. JYB stresses on the need for dialogue and mutual understanding for peace and harmony. It will almost reach out to all the states of India in course of time, as it progresses. It aims to reach out to ten crore of people through full day youth fest, exhibition on the theme, competitions, street play, public function, rallies, panel discussion, media and publicity.
Fr Anil D’Souza, director ICYM, Ivan D’Souza, advocate and Notary member, KPCC, Lawrence D’Souza, secretary ICYM, Marcel M D’Souza, former president ICYM and Sr Michelle B S, lady animator, ICMY were present during the press meet.
About Youth Activ8 Foundation (YAF)
YAF is a society registered under the government of India Society Act, 1860, spread throughout the country with 13 regional offices, 164 Zonal offices, 20,000 above grass root units and over a million youth members. It has its national registered office at New Delhi. Its area operation is the territorial limits of the states and the union territories of the Republic of India.