In any country’s financial progress and social changes, youth play a major role. Youth, below the age of 40 years, in India makes over 70% of its population. It is a matter of concern that today our youth is facing great challenges. Data suggests that over 30% of young people under the age group of 18-29 years are unemployed and have insecurities. They are equating everything with money which is playing havoc with their psychology. Depression in (even well-to-do) youth is very common yet overlooked. Nearly one out of five individuals of a younger age group likely to experience some form of mental illness leading to mood disturbances, suicidal thoughts, depression and eating disorders.
In such scenario, empowering the youth is extremely important for their growth as well as country’s development. There is a need to establish right educational infrastructure for their skill development to ensure them adequate job and entrepreneurial opportunities. However, skill development does not only mean building vocational and technical skills. The youth also need training to hone their soft skills such as interpersonal, leadership, communication, self-confidence, honesty, courtesy, resilience, curiosity, passion, work ethics, persistence, determination, empathy, responsibility, etc. Employers too today are giving considerable importance to soft skills as they contribute significantly in greater productivity.
With the objective of instilling these soft skills in youth, DAF has been providing them proper counselling along with the training of Yogic Kriyas. We encourage them to volunteer for our various initiatives so that they could utilise their time fruitfully while doing their daily routine work. Our youth empowerment workshop first started in 2014. Since then, DAF has extended these programmes in Delhi NCR. The organisation ensures better participation of the youth in its various programmes by running various social media campaigns.