Dechen Wangmo, Co-ordinator YES CAMPAIGN AWARENESS

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GREETING FROM BHUTAN
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YES Bhutan Country Network
YES CAMPAIGN AWARENESS (2002 2012)
YES BHUTAN
DECHEN WANGMO, CO-ORDINATOR
PHUENTSHOLING BHUTAN
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Description of Project

• Some youthful population who remain unemployed
  and are taken
• to drug abuse, delinquency and prostitutions.
• Rationale for Intervention (To produce creative
  citizens through the provision of proper guidance
  and opportunities, to instill high standard of
  Bhutanese values, traditions and culture, to
  build self-help groups, develop skills and sense
  of responsibility, self discipline and dedication
  to king, country and the people, make friendship
  among the youth around the world and develop
  universal brotherhood through YES Campaigning.)
• Project Goals To Improve infrastructure and
  quality of life in rural areas.
• To create employments opportunities in
  non-agricultural sector.
• To develop more regional Centres with
  better infrastructure and service facilities to
  ease pressure on the two largest commercial
  cities Thimphu and Phuentsholing.
• To develop small and medium sized cottage
  industries (such as weaving)
• To develop and implement housing scheme
  that provide low-cost and weatherproof housing
  for all.
• Project Design Principles (Organised YES
  awareness workshops, Fund raising activities,
  participated in job fair, organised Global Youth
  Service Day and Project submitted on
  Environmental Conservation Education to
  UNDP,ThimphuBhutan
• Project Duration (Five to Six months)
• Project Inputs (NGOs, Govt. Sector heads School
  drop outs and school going children Business
  community, general public materials sent by YES)

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Project Cycle

• Conceptualization (In two commercial cities like
  Thimphu and Phuentsholing through various
  awareness campaign.)
• (Volunteer Services (Incentives)).
• Implementation (In two cities Thimphu and
  Phuentsholing)
• (Through various awareness campaign)
• By YES team member, Phuentsholing Women
  Association).

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What are the results?

• Numbers of persons reached by the activities?
• (A Average of three hundred school going
  children, school drop outs both male and female
  of under twenties were benefited)
• Response from Community (Very positive strongly
  supportive. Directly and indirectly both are
  benefited)
• YES Framework for Action (To some extent 6Es are
  achieved and still it is in the process of
  achieving 6Es full fledgedly).
• Plans for the future (To get YES Bhutan Country
  Network registered as a full fledged NGO and more
  forward with the mission smoothly).

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Challenges and lessons learnt

• Problems Faced (Acute economic problem (no fund
  Lack Of Communication, little bit of political
  problem as Registration of YES Bhutan Country
  Network is a long process.
• What new knowledge has been generated based on
  experiences?
• Working with NGOs and International Organisation
  and also with donor Agencies.
• Organising different workshops.
• Interaction with different people.
• Directly or indirectly contributing towards
  nation building.
• Encourage youth and community in volunteerism.
• Joy of volunteerism

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