Youth venture India

The last four months here in Mumbai have been of conclusions and new beginnings. At the time of our last update the second cycle of Youth Venture was coming close to its conclusion.

To celebrate the initiative and work under taken by Youth Venture’s young Changemakers in this past year we organized the 2nd Annual Youth Venture Celebrations: “Celebrating Changemakers”. This event took place on the 21st of June, 2009 and twenty young people were felicitated by an audience of 500 and 3 guest speakers for completing their 1 year fellowship where they designed, built and ran a project on a social issue about which they are passionate.

Guest speaker Anshu Gupta, founder of Goonj and Ashoka Fellow, spoke about the quality of entrepreneurship. He said that entrepreneurs are often labeled as crazy and only with time do their ideas gain acceptance, catch fire and spread. Dancer, activist and aspiring politician Mallika Sarabhai highlighted the quality of teamwork while Vivek Sawant, founder of Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited, talked about the necessary skill of leadership.

Each young person was spotlighted with a video and brought on stage to receive a certificate and speak about their experience as a Changemaker. It is an inspiring fact that fourteen of these twenty young people are in the process of scaling their projects into year two.

This passion and determination is the driving force for Youth Venture as we gear up and raise resources for our upcoming cycle in Mumbai. Support young Changemakers by donating to Youth Venture India.

Watch the video of our Celebrations at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMGm6EZynuk&feature=channel.

Catch our young people in action at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R86LhW0Cxk

Links:

• 2nd Annual Youth Venture Celebrations: Celebrating Changemakers
• Changemakers in Action