Location: Chattogram
Website: www.ypsa.org
Email: ypsa_arif@yahoo.com
Mission and Vision:
Vision: YPSA envisions a society without poverty where everyone’s basic needs and rights are ensured;
Mission: YPSA exists to participate with the poor and vulnerable population with all commitment to bring about their own and society’s sustainable development.
Target population/beneficiaries: Youth (Age between 18-35), Senior Citizen (60+ years), Policy makers, Women and children, Persons with disabilities, Urban floating population, Adivasi, Climate vulnerable population, Population in hard-to reach areas, Migrants
Geographical coverage: Sub-National level
Type and focus: Not youth led but has youth centric programmes, Youth network
Focus/areas of current programme: Quality education, Soft skills development programme, Microfinance, Women Empowerment, Rights to children, Gender Equality, Human Rights and Legal Aid Services, Health, Nutrition and Population, Agriculture & Food Security, Environment, Climate Change, and Disaster Management, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Advocacy and Awareness Building, Humanitarian Response, Integrated Development, Urban Development, Volunteerism
The main areas of the youth programme(s): Youth leadership training program
Title of the programme (1): Leadership for Advancing Development in Bangladesh (LEAD Bangladesh)
Duration or time period: 01 April 2021 TO 31 October 2022
Targeted beneficiaries: Young Women (Age between 18-35), Young Men (Age between 18-35)
Districts covered: Chattogram
Youth involvement: Actively/directly engaged in project delivery and implementation
Government Ministries and/or Departments involved: Ministry of Youth and Sports
Title of the programme (2): USAIDS’s Youth Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Support (YES) Activity for Cox’s Bazar
Duration or time period: November 2020 to January 2023
Targeted beneficiaries: Young Women (Age between 18-35), Young Men (Age between 18-35)
Districts covered: Cox’s Bazar
Youth involvement: Actively/directly engaged in project delivery and implementation
Government Ministries and/or Departments involved: Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Social Services, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs
Title of the programme (3): Community Engagement in Countering Violent Extremism in Chattogram Division (CEVEC)
Duration or time period: November 2019 to June 2022.
Targeted beneficiaries: Young Women (Age between 18-35), Young Men (Age between 18-35)
Districts covered: Chattogram, Coxsbazar
Youth involvement: Actively/directly engaged in project delivery and implementation