Youth Engagement Services YES Network Pakistan

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Youth Engagement Services (YES) Network Pakistan

• Transforming Youth from Victims to Social
  Entrepreneurs

www.pnys.com
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Snapshot of our Work

• We have pioneered the concept of youth service
  and youth social entrepreneurship in the country.
• We train and engage youth and youth-serving
  institutions in designing and implementation of
  youth-led service projects/micro social
  enterprises.
• We provide an effective mechanism to youth to
  re-integrate into the society as active-citizens
  and not as citizens-in-waiting.

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The Need

• There is a youthquake in Pakistan, as 70 of the
  total population is under the age of 29.
• There are no separated programs or policies for
  disadvantaged, half-educated, socially-excluded
  youth in Pakistan.
• Enormous talent, intelligence and positive energy
  are being wasted as these young people are being
  left behind.
• Millions of young people are growing up without
  any hope and desire in life and are falling into
  disasters way.

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The Pressing Need (From Society's Perspective)
Young People
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Our Solution
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Our Solution
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Our Methodologies
Over 75 Youth-led Micro Social Enterprises are in
operation.
Over 100 Youth-led Service Projects are launched.
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A Glimpse of Youth-led Micro Social Enterprises
Locations Lahore, Rawalpindi,
Kasur, Quetta, NWFP and Kashmir Outcome Over
5000 disadvantaged children are trained in basic
reading and writing Skills. Currently over 2500
children are getting basic educational services.
Education
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A Glimpse of Services Youth-led Micro Social
Enterprises

• Health

Locations Rawalpindi, Quetta, DheerKot and
Bagh Outcome Over 2600 people of all ages have
been benefited from the health services including
first aid, reproductive health information,
medical services, referral and emergency services
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A Glimpse of Services Youth-led Micro Social
Enterprises
Information Communication Technologies
Locations Lahore, Kasur, Rawalpindi, Dheerkot,
Bagh, Banu and Quetta Outcome 40 ICT centers
have been established in the most disadvantaged
and hard-to-reach communities for providing
services to 4000 children and young people.
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A Glimpse of Services Youth-led Micro Social
Enterprises
Family and Community Development
Locations Lahore, Kasur, Rawalpindi, Dheerkot
and Banu Outcome Over 4500 female adults have
been trained in basic reading and writing skills
as well as provided basic health and nutrition
information.
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Innovative Features of our Program

• Youth-led It assists youth to serve rather than
  to be served.
• Self-reliance It helps youth to become
  self-reliant and contributing members of the
  society.
• Work Force It provides society a large number of
  workers at a very less expense.
• Social Exclusion It combats social exclusion by
  mainstreaming left-out youth.
• Training Ground It provides an excellent
  training ground for building good citizens.

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Innovative Features of our Program

• Service Delivery It develops a service delivery
  mechanism for the poor and needy.
• Employment Policy It contributes to employment
  policy by providing work experience to youth.
• Head-off Terrorism It is an effective way to
  reduce the incidence of neighborhood crime,
  poverty, drug abuse and terrorism.
• Education in Action It is an effective way to
  counter balance the years of largely passive
  education received by students in the classroom.

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International Recognition of Our Program
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Founder and CEO of YES Network Pakistan, Mr. Ali
Raza Khan meeting with Former USA President Mr.
Bill Clinton in Washington, DC.
One of the Youth Service Networks of YES Network
Pakistan won the regional enterprise award
organized by British Council in UK.
British High Commissioner, Ambassador of
Philippines and CEO of NAVTEC participating in
the celebrations of GEW in Islamabad.
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Recognition of the Program

• Recognized as a profound idea with
  society-changing potential by Ashoka, Innovators
  for the Public.
• Featured at the International Youth Summits in
  Egypt and Mexico.
• Selected for a major presentation at the
  Roundtable of world youth leaders.
• Selected as the most promising model of youth
  engagement by GKP.
• Featured at the Global Philanthropy Forum in
  Washington, DC.
• Selected by the Waldzell Institute in Austria for
  Architect of the Future Award.
• Featured at the ILO technical meeting on youth in
  Japan.
• Selected for major presentations at leading
  international educational institutions such as
  McGill University and Concordia University in
  Montreal, Canada, MIT University in Boston, USA.

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Uniqueness of our Organization
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Testimonial

• In the words of Ms. Susan Stroud, CEO Innovations
  in Civic Participation In a country where youth
  comprise more than three quarters of the
  population, where the cost of NOT creating
  meaningful opportunities is felt the world
  around, I can safely say that there is no youth
  service program on the global scene that has more
  promise than the PNYS.

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One last thought

• Young people have the potential to change their
  communities. They lack only the support of
  their elders to do it.