International Youth day ppt

1. International youth
Day calibration with
Students
Date-12August 2021
Implementation Partner

2. Did You Know ?
• Youth are defined by the UNITED NATIONS
as between the ages of 15 and 24.
• Approximately one billion youth live in the
world today.
• One person in five is between the age of 15
and 24 years
• 18% of the world’s population are "youth“.

3. Did You Know ?
• The United Nations proclaimed an
International Year of Youth starting on
12 August 2010.
• The theme ‘Transforming food
systems: Youth innovation for
humans.,’

4. LET'S
WATCH A
VIDEO

5. Ritesh Agarwal is the founder and CEO of OYO
Hotels & Homes. Travelling across India at the
age of 17, Ritesh stayed in more than 100 bed
and breakfasts, guest houses, and hotels to
realize there was a massive dearth of affordable
and good-quality hotels in the budget hotel
category.
Ritesh Agarwal

6. The Gold Medal in Athletics
Javelin Throw is won for the first
time in India Olympic History.
That’s why it is very important for
the country to be proud of Neeraj
Chopra for this outstanding
achievements.
Welcome!
Neeraj Chopra

7. Mirabai Chanu
About
Mirabai Chanu is only the second Indian after Karnam Malleswari
to clinch a medal in weightlifting in over two decades. ... Chanu
opened the country's account with a silver in the women's 49 kg
category at the Tokyo Games to become the first Indian to clinch a
medal for the country on the first day of the Olympics

8. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
• Advocate for the recognition of young
people’s contributions to national and
community development,
• Institutionalise mechanisms for youth
participation in decision-making processes,
• Foster research and knowledge building on
youth.

9. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT
GOALS ...
• Promote youth interactions, networks and
partnerships across cultures,
• Empower and support youth as agents of
social inclusion and peace,
• Support youth-led organizations and
initiatives to enhance their contribution to
society.

10. WORLD PROGRAMME OF ACTION FOR
YOUTH
Education
Employment
Hunger and poverty
Health
Environment
Drug abuse
Leisure-time activities
Girls and young women
Globalization
Information and
Communication
Technologies
HIV/AIDS
Youth and Conflict
Intergenerational Relations
Juvenile delinquency
Participation
Priority Youth Issues

11. EDUCATION
ISSUES
• Lack of literacy in developing countries,
• Poor local economic and social conditions,
• Poor education facilities for girls, migrants,
refugees, street children etc..

12. EDUCATION
PROPOSALS FOR ACTION
• Improving level of basic education and
literacy,
• Development of information skills,
• Vocational and professional training

13. HUNGER AND POVERTY
ISSUES
• Over one million people live in poverty,
• Malnutrition
PROPOSALS FOR ACTION
• Making farming more rewarding
• Skill training for income generation
• Land grants for young people

14. ENVIRONMENT
ISSUES
• Deterioration of the natural environment
• Global warming

15. ENVIRONMENT
PROPOSALS FOR ACTION
• Environmental education and training,
• Strengthening participation of youth in the
protection, preservation and improvement of
the environment.

16. DRUG ABUSE
ISSUES
• Most alcohol, tobacco and drug use starts
when people are still young,
• Violence
PROPOSALS FOR ACTION
• Drug abuse prevention initiatives
• Treatment and rehabilitation of young people

17. HIV/AIDS
ISSUES
• There are about one million young people
currently living with HIV/AIDS
• 15 million children orphaned due to AIDS
PROPOSALS FOR ACTION
• Intervention policies and programmes at
national and local levels,

18. What we Can Do?