Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA) is a non-profit working with the marginalised to empower them and help them access their rights. YUVA’s on-ground interventions are complemented with advocacy efforts and policy recommendations. Founded in Mumbai in 1984, currently YUVA is present at locations across Maharashtra, Assam and Jharkhand.

Appeal

Chalo Basti Badlein is our campaign to seed inclusive community spaces in urban poor localities in Mumbai. The campaign envisions:
Setting up nature-based green spaces for children and young people and women, to promote their physical and social development
People’s commitment to develop accessible public spaces for the city’s most marginalised residents
Participatory design and use of public spaces by the urban poor, and basti leaders’ ownership to support its maintenance

YUVA has already set up 4 nature-based green spaces in urban poor communities, and we recently received an award for this work at the India Forum for Nature-based Solutions.