About Us
Centre for Youth Development and Activities (CYDA) is a voluntary organization registered under Society Registration Act 1860 in the year 1999. CYDA’s work focuses on young people between 13 years to 29 years to empower them and in turn contribute towards improving the lives of those marginalized in society, especially adopting a rights development approach. The underlying premise on which CYDA works is the belief that ‘youth’ are a potential force, who, if mobilized and channelized in the right manner and invested in, could serve as agents of social change and transformation. CYDA’s vision is to create an enabling environment in society for young people to grow as responsible and independent adults. Once they are developed, they will support the nation building processes in and around them.
CYDA’s Mission:
> Building capacities of young people and its stakeholders towards growing up needs of adolescents and youth by supporting policy and program changes.
> Collective action towards realization of rights of young people as well as other marginalized sections in society. Today CYDA is an organization- led by the young people from different languages, cultures, education and religions representing different parts of India focusing on core principles of Gender Equity, Human Rights, Plurality, Participation, Accountability and transparency.