ICYO- Youth Information

No. 2009/6

(E-Newsletter from network of youth organizations in India)

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ICYO - Platform of 358 Youth Organizations in India.       

ICYO - India’s largest network of urban and rural youth.

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Winners of ’Bal Bharati Essay Competition-2008’ felicitated

 

The young winners of 'Bal Bharati Essay Competition –2008', were felicitated at the hands of Chief Guest Smt. Stuti Kacker, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in a function organised by Publications Division here today. Instituted by the Publications Division's popular children's monthly Bal Bharati, the awards were presented to 13 school children for their best essays on the given topic ‘Rajneta Desh Ki Tasweer Badal Sakte Hain’. Delhi’s Deepak Bisht’s essay was adjudged to be the best to win the first prize of Rs. 3000. The second prize of Rs. 2000 went to Deepali Aggrawal of Jaipur and the third to Akriti Singh of Delhi.

 

Ten other children won consolation prizes. All the children were given a citation along with the prize. For the first time the competition was organized at all India level in which 450 school children of upto class X participated. These children come from all over India from places like Mumbai, Patna, Dumka, Dhanbad, Nagpur, Devghar etc. A book for children in Hindi titled ‘Vigyan Barahmasa’ written by well known science writer Devendra Mewari was also released in the function by the Chief Guest Smt Kacker. The book tries to answer whys and hows about the nature around us through interesting stories.

 

On the occasion, the Chief Guest Smt. Kacker wished the children greater success in life. Bal Bharati has been making efforts to encourage children to speak up their minds and develop in them the spirit of nationalism. Being published since last 61 years ‘Bal Bharati’ is among the most popular children’s magazines. Priced at just Rs. 8, the magazine has crossed 1.5 lakh mark in circulation. It provides a forum to children and encourages them to express themselves through essays, poems and paintings.

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Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) is a registered non-profit, non-governmental network organization, committed in developing areas of mutual cooperation and understanding among different youth voluntary agencies, youth groups, clubs and individuals working in the field of youth welfare in India. 

ICYO functions as an umbrella organization of youth NGOs in India. It's family consists of
over 356 organizations spread in 122 districts of 22 states from different corners of India.

Our goal:
To improve and extend the youth work and services through Youth Organizations;
To enhance and demonstrate youth work in the society;
To promote effective youth programmmes;
To organize network of civil society organizations working towards the development of youth work;
To organize seminars, conferences, workshops, trainings;
To maintain international relation with organizations promoting young people in their programmes and activities

Affiliation: 

Consultative (Roster) Status with ECOSOC, United Nations;
Consultative Status with Commission on Sustainable Development;
Full Member of World Assembly of Youth (WAY); Asian Youth Council (AYC);
 CRIN, South Asia Youth Environment Network (SAYEN),

Affiliate group of ECPAT International, Thailand;
ATSECE-DELHI, Indian Partner of AIDS Care Watch Campaign;
Steering Committee member of World Bank's YDP Network;
Working relation with Indian Association of Parliamentarians (IAPPD);
International Medical Parliamentarians Organizations (IMPO);
Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD);
World Youth Foundation, Malaysia.