Tibet Relief Fund - Youth Opportunity Project

Tibet Relief Fund recognises the need to assist young Tibetans in developing skills, promoting employment and encouraging small businesses. The aim of its Youth Opportuntiy Project is to provide a long-term sustainable programme in order to tackle the current problems of youth unemployment within the Tibetan settlements in India.

There will be four wings to the project, three of which will be run in close co-operation with the Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamsala, building on existing schemes and frameworks when applicable.

1. Young Entrepreneurs

A young entrepreneurs programme to follow the aims and guidelines suggested by the international branch of the Prince’s Trust, Youth Business International (YBI).

2. Careers Guidance and Skills Development

A careers guidance and skills development programme to run within schools and through workshops for both drop-outs and graduates. This will also incorporate various training opportunities and will work in partnership with Indian businesses, the Tibetan community and various organisations and NGOs such as Rotary, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) and the Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA).

3. Online Job Portal

A proactive job portal with resource material and guidance for jobseekers that will draw on advice and expertise from careers programmes in India and the UK, Indian businesses and the Tibetan community. This will develop into an interactive on-line employment agency.

4. Youth Empowerment Support (YES) Programme

A programme of support for the existing Youth Empowerment Support (YES) programme run by the Central Tibetan Relief Committee (CTRC), Dharamsala. This programme offers training to dropouts and provides soft loans to set up micro enterprises.

Youth Opportunity Project - Aims and Actions

to encourage and support the uptake of training courses at the Vocational Training College at Dehra Dun;
to publicise the availability and encourage the uptake of the nominated university seats offered by the Indian Government;
to contact Indian companies with a view to implementing a summer job placement scheme for students at universities in Delhi;
to place two university graduates in one-year job placements at the Initiatives of Change centre in Panchgani, Maharashtra;
to support the participation of ten to fifteen delegates in the Initiatives of Change Youth Conference, Panchgani, June 2005;
to facilitate one day of business and enterprise workshops at the Tibetan Youth Congress’s December 2005 Youth Leadership Program.

For more information on Tibet Relief Fund’s Youth Opportunity Project:

call: 020 7272 1414

email: enterprise@tibetrelieffund.co.uk

Tibet Relief Fund - Youth Opportunity Project

1. Young Entrepreneurs

A young entrepreneurs programme to follow the aims and guidelines suggested by the international branch of the Prince’s Trust, Youth Business International (YBI).

2. Careers Guidance and Skills Development

3. Online Job Portal

A proactive job portal with resource material and guidance for jobseekers that will draw on advice and expertise from careers programmes in India and the UK, Indian businesses and the Tibetan community. This will develop into an interactive on-line employment agency.

4. Youth Empowerment Support (YES) Programme

A programme of support for the existing Youth Empowerment Support (YES) programme run by the Central Tibetan Relief Committee (CTRC), Dharamsala. This programme offers training to dropouts and provides soft loans to set up micro enterprises.

Youth Opportunity Project - Aims and Actions

to encourage and support the uptake of training courses at the Vocational Training College at Dehra Dun;

to publicise the availability and encourage the uptake of the nominated university seats offered by the Indian Government;

to contact Indian companies with a view to implementing a summer job placement scheme for students at universities in Delhi;

to place two university graduates in one-year job placements at the Initiatives of Change centre in Panchgani, Maharashtra;

to support the participation of ten to fifteen delegates in the Initiatives of Change Youth Conference, Panchgani, June 2005;

to facilitate one day of business and enterprise workshops at the Tibetan Youth Congress’s December 2005 Youth Leadership Program.

For more information on Tibet Relief Fund’s Youth Opportunity Project:

call: 020 7272 1414

email: enterprise@tibetrelieffund.co.uk