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Youth United organized an AWARENESS CUM RESOLUTION CAMPAIGN among the underprivileged section of the population of Chandigarh i.e the colony no.5(a noted slum area in Chandigarh), sector 51, Chandigarh which consisted of survey cum counseling sessions and Youth United volunteers provided First Time Resolutions (FTRs) to their problems, whenever(wherever) possible. This activity was the first phase of the YUMEAM project, in which Youth United tries to exert a pull on the importance of upliftment of the weakest and most underprivileged sections of Society for the development of the Nation in a real manner.
Youth United shall now try to find solutions and implement them, with the help of Administration.

The project YUMEAM aims at establishing a center in Colony no-5, Chandigarh where free education, vocational training, health issues, legal issues and et al will be addressed with the help of administration.

For building the base, we headed an Awareness Campaign, the first phase of which began on 8th Feb and continued for a week. It comprised of a survey in which the Youth United volunteers, approx 25-30 visited approximately 1100 houses (Both K & B block) in colony no-5 covering the variety of population and queried about the problems faced by residents and provided FTRs, whenever, wherever possible.

In next phase, we will be going to government departments and MC seeking help on the same in providing resolutions of the problems.

The sample survey was initially conducted on 25th, 26th & 27th Jan in Bapu Dham colony, sec-26 and Colony no 5, sec -51, Chandigarh to evaluate where more needy people stay. We found out that many NGO's are working in Bapu Dham but Colony no-5 is in a completely neglected state. Thats why, this area was targeted area.

After the survey, following problems came into light: Health problems, domestic violence, sanitation, drug-addiction, drinking water problem, family planning, legal issues, education of girl child and etc. Under our sub-project YU-Heal, we are contacting the Chandigarh Administration for providing some help to organize health camps or open dispensaries as health is the area which needs immediate attention. Also, approximately 1200 students are not able to avail education, YUMEAM targets to provide them the same. The health and sanitation wing of Chandigarh administration is being contacted to help resolve sanitation issues.

Venue

Colony no-5, Sector-51, Chandigarh

Time and Date

8th Feb, 2009 till 13th Feb, 2009(1 week)

Attendance

Appx. 6000-7000 people were targetted

Press Coverage

-Hindustan Times(26th Feb, 2009)
-Indian Express( 12th Feb, 2009)

Event Details

Youth United deployed 20-25 members and volunteers for this campaign, Initially,a sample survey was conducted by visiting colony no-5,sector-51 and Bapu Dham Colony, sector 26 to find out which area needs more attention and also to get abstract idea of the kind of problems local people are facing and by generalizing their problems through extrapolating the conditions in that particular locality into a wider domain.
Different Youth United Teams visited slum are and the campaign proceedings included, but not limited to:

1) Question Session- Any person may ask any question to Youth United Volunteers from any category, which may include issues related to health, civic amenities, family problems, legal issues, education, discrimination on any basis, social evils like dowry, underage marriages or any other issue he/she wants to put forth.

2) Answer Session: Trained Youth United Volunteers with the help of accompanying Counselors then answered their queries and tried to direct the discussion to either of the following two sessions.

3) Solution Session: Some of the questions and issues after getting considered by the Youth United Volunteers were directly given direct suggestions and hence a direct solution was provided.

4) Resolution Session: Some of issues and problems which required a different approach for providing a solution to the questioner, which included conveying the issues and problems to the concerned Authorities, and etc.

Administrative/Government Support: Youth United, as an equitable entity, as a social welfare, non governmental, not-for-profit organization, and as a human resources unit, is requesting the concerned Authorities for the aforementioned support in providing solutions to various problems.

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