Youth Resource Center

Assessing the need of Youth Service Centers that provides counseling and services related to physical and mental health of young people Youth Resource Center was established formally in the third General Assembly. There are numerous recreational centers and places where youth hang out but still there lacks an alternative place where young people can have a place for recreation and entertainment which provides life skills, support and guidance.

Youth Resource Center is envisioned as a common forum for young people, which will provide the opportunity for youth to develop to their fullest potential. It will provide every possible resource needed for the young people so as to contribute towards and facilitate their physical, emotional, intellectual and social development.

The Youth Resource Center in present is in the form of a Resource Library, where youths can access various information and resources that are relevant/related to them.

At present the physical infrastructure of this resource library is in preliminary stage with a few bookshelves and furniture with a one-room setup. The members and volunteers have worked hard to collect the resources for the Resource Center. From various organizations and individuals about 600 books/magazines have been collected. This will be a continual process.

Youth Initiative recognizes the inadequate investment made in meeting the overall needs of young people. Their potentiality and interests are often bypassed and not recognized. What young people need is the opportunity and a little bit of help and facilitation. The Youth Resource Center is an effort towards addressing this by providing integrated youth and recreational services. We believe, right tools and guidance contributes to the overall development of youth, leading them to a responsible and self-sufficient adulthood.

So far this small effort has been able to offer the members of Youth Initiative and other friends of YI an alternative hang out and make the productive use of their time by enjoying and benefiting from the Resource Center.