Yuva Unstoppable
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{{Infobox organization
| name = Yuva Unstoppable
| logo = Yuva Unstoppable Logo.jpg
| formation = 2005
| founder = Amitabh Shah
| type = Education, nonprofit organisation
| purpose = Sanitation, education, children's rights
| location = Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
| key_people =
| volunteers =
| website = {{URL|http://www.yuvaunstoppable.org/}}
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Yuva Unstoppable is a non-governmental organization based in India.{{Cite web|title=NGO Darpan|url=https://ngodarpan.gov.in/index.php/home/statewise_ngo/4172/24/417?|access-date=2020-06-09|website=ngodarpan.gov.in}} It works to provide underprivileged children with access to education, sanitation,{{Cite news|date=15 November 2016|title=Above 4 lakh school students to get benefit from Global Citizen India commitments in Maharashtra|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/4-lakh-students-to-get-benefit-from-global-citizen-india-commitments-352097-2016-11-15|access-date=2020-06-09|website=India Today|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=ABPL|title=Yuva Unstoppable chosen as the Charity of the Year for the 19th Asian Achievers...|url=https://www.asian-voice.com/What%27s-On/Awards/Asian-Achievers-Awards/Yuva-Unstoppable-chosen-as-the-Charity-of-the-Year-for-the-19th-Asian-Achievers|access-date=2020-06-09|website=www.asian-voice.com|language=en-GB}} drinking water, youth affairs, cleanliness{{Cite web|author=Amruta Trivedi Aditi Pai|date=13 February 2015|title=The clean-up warriors|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20150223-the-clean-up-warriors-817534-2015-02-13|access-date=2020-06-09|website=India Today|language=en}} and various non-curricular activities. The organization is spread across thirty cities in India, with 150,000 volunteers.{{Cite web|last=Quadri|first=Misbah Nayeem|date=2009-09-21|title=Give two hours every week and see the difference|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-give-two-hours-every-week-and-see-the-difference-1292034|access-date=2020-06-09|website=DNA India|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Prince Albert 2 of Monaco Foundation - HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco awards the 2015 Prince's Prize for Innovative Philanthropy to Amitabh Shah of YUVA Unstoppable|url=https://www.fpa2.org/details_actualite.php?idactu=3521&lang=en|access-date=2020-06-09|website=www.fpa2.org}}{{Cite book|last=indiaat75|url=http://www.indiaat75.in/Document/59.NVW%20Newsletter%20Day%201%20-%2018%20Jan.pdf|title=indiaat75}}{{Cite journal|title=HGS Launces Smart Class Program with Yuva Unstoppable|url=https://www1.nseindia.com/corporate/HGS_21082018153021_HGS_launches_Smart_Class_Program_with_Yuva_Unstoppable_145.pdf|journal=HGS}} The main initiative Yuva unstoppable is known for making toilets in municipal schools which is the major reason of girls not attending schools after primary education.{{Cite web |title=Forbes India - How SD Shibulal Is Breaking The Poverty Cycle With Higher Education |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/take-one-big-story-of-the-day/how-sd-shibulal-is-breaking-the-poverty-cycle-with-higher-education/74093/1 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Forbes India |language=en}}
History
The organisation was founded by Amitabh Shah in 2005.{{Cite web|last=Parakala|first=Vangmayi|date=2015-10-14|title=Young guns at giving: YUVA Unstoppable|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/jeJPudJ73MJ8ELT2nlRYTP/Young-guns-at-giving-YUVA-Unstoppable.html|access-date=2020-06-09|website=Livemint|language=en}}{{Cite book|last1=Miryala|first1=Dr Ramesh Kumar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YMLnCwAAQBAJ&dq=Yuva+Unstoppable&pg=PA214|title=Responsible Tourism & Human Accountability for Sustainable Business|last2=Gade|first2=Dr Jayaprakash Narayana|date=2016-03-31|publisher=Zenon Academic Publishing|isbn=978-93-85886-01-0|language=en}} In 2010, it started operations in Vadodra, Gandhinagar and Surat.{{Cite web |agency=TNN |date=6 October 2010 |title=Yuva Unstoppable: YUVA Unstoppable launched in Surat |department=Surat News |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/YUVA-Unstoppable-launched-in-Surat/articleshow/6702007.cms|access-date=2020-05-22|website=The Times of India|language=en}} By 2011, it had operations in 30 cities in India and had launched in Rajasthan.{{Cite web |date=13 March 2011 |agency=TNN |title=Yuva Unstoppable opens Raj chapter |department=Jaipur News |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Yuva-Unstoppable-opens-Raj-chapter/articleshow/7689434.cms |access-date=2020-05-23 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}
On World Toilet Day 2016, India hosted the first Global Citizen Festival outside of New York City. {{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}
The Government of Maharashtra, Hindustan Unilever Limited, and Yuva Unstoppable made joint commitments which will affect 559.56 million lives by 2030.{{Cite web|last=Politics|first=Bhanuj Kappal in|date=2017-02-03|title=Global Citizen Comes to India|url=https://washingtonspectator.org/global-citizen-mumbai-kappal/|access-date=2020-06-09|website=Washington Spectator|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=15 November 2016 |title=Above 4 lakh school students to get benefit from Global Citizen India commitments in Maharashtra|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/4-lakh-students-to-get-benefit-from-global-citizen-india-commitments-352097-2016-11-15|access-date=2020-06-09|website=India Today|language=en}}{{Cite journal|title=Table A11. ODA commitments (All donor) (USD million, current prices)|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888932351018|access-date=2020-06-09|doi=10.1787/888932351018}}
Yuva Unstoppable and wrestler Sangram Singh's foundation have collaborated to improve the physical condition of schools.{{Cite web|last=Shivanisingh|date=2020-03-08|title=भारतीय पहलवान संग्राम सिंह को दिल्ली में 'चेंज मेकर अवॉर्ड 2020' से गया नवाजा, देखें तस्वीरें|url=https://www.indiatv.in/entertainment/tv-yuva-unstoppable-change-maker-award-2020-given-to-sangram-singh-charitable-foundation-in-delhi-694531|access-date=2020-06-09|website=India TV Hindi Hindi}}{{Cite web|author=Divya Kaushik|year=2020|title=Sangram Singh's fitness lessons for school students {{!}} Gurgaon News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/sangram-singhs-fitness-lessons-for-school-students/articleshow/74674704.cms|access-date=2020-06-09|website=The Times of India|language=en}}
Initiatives
= YUVA : Youth Upliftment Volunteer Association =
Apj Abdul Kalam Supported the cause and inaugurated Scholarships programs on Yuva Unstoppable's 5th Anniversary.{{Citation |title=Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on Yuva Unstoppable's 5th Anniversary in Ahmedabad |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9jVBQXiRMM |language=en |access-date=2022-01-19}}{{Cite web |date=2020-08-02 |title=YUVA |website=Kalam Foundation |url=https://kalamfoundation.org/yuva/ |access-date=2022-01-19 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=17 September 2010 |title=Kalam in Ahmedabad {{!}} Page 8 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bangladesh-myanmar-brace-up-for-cyclone-mahasen/september-17-2010/kalam-in-ahmedabad/articleshowpics/6571388.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=2022-01-19 }}
= School sanitation =
In March 2018, Bandra's Anjuman Islam Dr Mohammed Ishaq Jamkhanawala Girls High School and Junior College, a girls' school in Mumbai, got 39 new toilets for its 2,600 students. The toilets were built by Yuva Unstoppable and Zafar Sareshwala’s education movement.{{Cite news|last=Team|date=2018-03-11|title=Mumbai girl's[sic] school that had 3 toilets for 2,600 students gifted 39 more toilets|language=en|website=DNA India|publisher=DNA|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mumbai-girl-s-school-that-had-3-toilets-for-2600-students-gifted-39-more-toilets-2592763|access-date=2020-05-22}}
With Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Yuva Unstoppable built around 800 toilets in 4 years in Mumbai and Gujarat.{{Cite web|last=Jhunjhunwala|first=Udita|date=2019-03-15|title=Film review: 'Mere Pyare Prime Minister' is heavy-handed messaging|url=https://www.livemint.com/industry/media/film-review-mere-pyare-prime-minister-is-heavy-handed-messaging-1552627827321.html|access-date=2020-06-09|website=Livemint|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2017-06-17|title=Rang De Basanti Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Contribution for a Swachh India: 800 Toilets And Counting in Slums Across India {{!}} News|url=https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/rang-de-basanti-rakeysh-omprakash-mehras-contribution-for-a-swachh-india-800-toilets-and-counting-in-slums-across-india-8843/|access-date=2020-05-22|website=NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth Swachh India|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=4 years & 800 plus toilets - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's silent contribution.-1|url=https://static-koimoi.akamaized.net/wp-content/new-galleries/2017/06/4-years-800-plus-toilets-Rakeysh-Omprakash-Mehras-silent-contribution.-1.jpg|access-date=2020-05-22|website=Koimoi|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2017-06-15|title=Small Revolutions: Rang De Basanti Director Builds 800 Toilets for a Mumbai Slum|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/105166/rang-de-basanti-rakesh-omprakash-mehra-800-toilets-slums/|access-date=2020-05-22|website=The Better India|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Team|first=DNA Web|date=2017-06-13|title=4 years & 800 plus toilets: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's silent contribution through his film!|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-4-years-800-plus-toilets-rakeysh-omprakash-mehra-s-silent-contribution-through-his-film-2471152|access-date=2020-05-22|website=DNA India|language=en}}
=School supplies=
Through School Unstoppable, municipal school children get books, pens, pencils and other stationery items from private schools.{{Cite news|last=Chaturvedi|first=Darshana|date=30 December 2010|title=Yuva Unstoppable: School Unstoppable starts fourth drive|language=en|newspaper=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/School-Unstoppable-starts-fourth-drive/articleshow/7193091.cms|access-date=2020-05-23}}{{Cite news|date=24 August 2011|title=Kids' kindness lesson for all|language=en|newspaper=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Kids-kindness-lesson-for-all/articleshow/9717733.cms|access-date=2020-05-23}}
YUVA does not charge participants in its programmes.{{Cite web|last=Quadri|first=Misbah Nayeem|date=2009-09-21|title=Give two hours every week and see the difference|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-give-two-hours-every-week-and-see-the-difference-1292034|access-date=2020-05-22|website=DNA India|language=en}}
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Rehabilitation Centers
Yuva Unstoppable also joined hands with Delhi Commission of Child Rights Protection (DCPCR) to reduce crime rates triggered by hunger and poverty among the rehabilitated youth in the capital city.{{Cite web|title=Amitabh Shah's Yuva Unstoppable reaches out to rehabilitated youth and sex workers amid COVID-19 crisis|url=https://www.afaqs.com/companies/amitabh-shahs-yuva-unstoppable-reaches-out-to-rehabilitated-youth-and-sex-workers-amid-covid-19-crisis|access-date=2021-02-09|website=afaqs!}}
Gujarat Government tied up with Yuva Unstoppable to deliver 1 litre of free edible oil In an attempt to motivate residents to get fully vaccinated against Covid-19{{Cite web |date=2021-11-26 |title=Free edible oil for second dose Covid vaccine takers: Surat Municipal Corporation |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/surat/free-edible-oil-second-dose-covid-jab-smc-7641822/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
= Scholarships to Students =
Yuva unstoppable provides scholarships to all students in India for the people who are good in their academics and have lack of financial resources. {{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}
The scholarships are conducted each year where exams are conducted and scholarships provided to students.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-21 |title=Kotak Kanya to Laduma Dhamecha Yuva: Scholarship Programmes School And College Students Need To Apply |url=https://www.india.com/education/kotak-kanya-laduma-dhamecha-yuva-for-neet-jee-aspirants-credit-suisse-scholarship-for-mba-and-ma-economics-students-2022-scholarship-to-apply-5756076/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=India.com |language=en}} Along with this scholarships the mentorship is also provided to all selected students from Indian cricketers, Bollywood actors, Writers etc.{{Cite web |title=Educational Scholarship Program – Yuva unstoppable |url=https://yuvaunstoppable.org/educational-scholarship-program/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |language=en-US}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Name of scholarships |
| 2022
|Laduma Dhamecha Yuva Scholarship Program{{Cite web |url=https://give.do/projects/yuva-unstoppable-scholarship-program |title=Yuva Unstoppable Scholarship Program |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Give |language=en}} |
| 2022 |
| 2020 |
| 2017
|Udaan 2017 |
| 2016
|Udaan 2016 |
| 2015 |
File:Amitabhshah with Former President of India Apj Abdul Kalam.jpg
Movies & Television
= Mere Pyare Prime Minister =
A Movie called "Mere Pyare Prime Minister" directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra was inspired by the efforts of Yuva Unstoppable & Amitabh shah's story is available on Netflix.{{Cite web|date=2017-06-17|title=Rang De Basanti Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Contribution For A Swachh India: 800 Toilets And Counting In Slums Across India {{!}} News|url=https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/rang-de-basanti-rakeysh-omprakash-mehras-contribution-for-a-swachh-india-800-toilets-and-counting-in-slums-across-india-8843/|access-date=2021-02-09|website=NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth Swachh India|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=13 June 2017 |author=Arul |title=4 years & 800 plus toilets - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's silent contribution - Photos|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/photos/4-years-800-plus-toilets-rakeysh-omprakash-mehras-silent-contribution-12014-slide-68124|access-date=2021-02-09|website=IBTimes India|language=en}}
= Kaun Banega Crorepati =
Amitabh Bachchan in the episode with Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah cast played Kaun Banega Crorepati and won 25 Lakhs donation for Yuva Unstoppable.{{Citation|title=Shri Amitabh Bachchan and Tarak Mehta... - Yuva Unstoppable|url=https://www.facebook.com/yuvaunstoppableindia/videos/465489208480666/|language=en|access-date=2021-12-22}}{{Citation|title=Yuva Unstoppable - TARAK MEHTA KA OLTAH CHASMA TEAM |website=Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/yuvaunstoppableindia/videos/tarak-mehta-ka-oltah-chasma-team/217266980589882/|language=en|access-date=2021-12-22}}
Other contributions
Yuva Unstoppable's Amitabh shah is in the board & Advisory member of Young India Philanthropic Pledge (YIPP) along with Indian office of Bill and Melinda gates which was founded by Nikhil Kamath{{Cite web |first=Divya J |last=Shekhar |date=3 December 2021 |title=Competing With Each Other About Who Has More In The Bank Is Becoming Less Cool Today: Nikhil Kamath|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/take-one-big-story-of-the-day/competing-with-each-other-about-who-has-more-in-the-bank-is-becoming-less-cool-today-nikhil-kamath/71961/1|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Forbes India|language=en}}
References
External links
- [https://yuvaunstoppable.org Official website]
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Category:Organisations based in Gujarat
Category:Educational organisations based in India