Supported by UNFPA Nepal, the Youth Resource Center constitutes a library, computers with Internet accesses along with services such as printing, photocopy, fax and information concerning opportunities for youth.[break]
The Center will also provide DVDs and LCD projectors on rent to youth organization for nominal fees.
Speaking at the inauguration, the recently appointed Secretary of Ministry of Youth and Sports, Sushil Ghimire, said the establishment of the center was an “exemplary initiation.”
“Young minds are creative and it is very necessary to fan their creativity which will help our nation on the whole,” he said.
Similarly, Ian McFarlane, UNFPA Representative for Nepal, said, “UNFPA hopes that the center will provide much greater access to information and other voices and the ability to communicate among each other and work toward channeling the information, experiences and stories into at policymaking level.”
Speaking along the same lines, Assistant Country Representative of UNFPA Nepal, Bijay Thapa, said, “Knowledge is power and I hope the Center works on providing it to young people who need to be empowered.”
Stressing that the country needs to tap into youth and youth networks such as AYON and Y-Peer to move ahead, he said that the youth center could play a pivotal role in it.
Aimed at providing easy access to information and utility of resources for the development and empowerment of youth, youth leaders and representatives, the center was jointly inaugurated by Ghimire and McFarlane.
Nepal ko Yuwa’s fundraising program, Walk for Nepal (WfN), that was held in Boston in association with Boston Nepali Youth Movement and Association of Youth Organizations Nepal (AYON) made a collection of over US$19,000. It set aside US$7,680 to sponsor three crucial projects undertaken by different NGOs working in Nepal.
A total of seven projects were voted for the sponsorship out of which the top three projects were granted funds. The projects were put up on the website of WfN where voting was open to public.
The Awardees Announcement Ceremony Program was held at AYON office in Babar Mahal on Thursday, March 15.
The funds went to three projects of different organizations, namely, Heart Beat’s ‘Dream Center for Street Children: Do Street Children Dream?’, Sano Paila’s ‘Making Life Possible After Drugs,’ and Society of Environment Alerted Manpower’s ‘Towards a Plastic-free Ilam’ respectively.
“Heart Beat will be making a center for street children who often come to the capital city in hope for better opportunities but meet miseries instead,” informs Juju Kaji Maharjan, Founder of Heart Beat.”
Similarly, Public Relations Officer of Sano Paila, Srijana Bhattarai, informs that Sano Paila will be constructing a rehabilitation center for drug addicts in Birgunj.
Lastly, Society of Environment Alerted Manpower will be working to engage young single women in activism in environment-related projects aiming to make their locality a plastic-free zone.
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