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Can Youth shift the Future?

Can Youth shift the Future?. Do you think you are… + too young to do something great. + too young to gain support + don’t have enough knowledge & connection + in need of higher education and years of working experiences to start your own innovative projects. Can Y shift the Future?.

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Can Youth shift the Future?

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  1. Can Youth shift the Future? Do you think you are… + too young to do something great. + too young to gain support + don’t have enough knowledge & connection + in need of higher education and years of working experiences to start your own innovative projects. Youth Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, a part of GKP Youth Strategy

  2. Can Y shift the Future? Do you come to this conference for + Better Resume/CV. .. So you can apply for places like Harvard or MNCs. +Connection for traditional job opportunities. Youth Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, a part of GKP Youth Strategy

  3. Can Y shift the Future? GUESS WHAT!!!???? You might become too old to do anything or create any significant change!! Before you know it, you will be another non-innovative boring bureaucrat. Youth Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, a part of GKP Youth Strategy

  4. Can Y shift the Future? RETHINK WHAT IS POSSIBLE…. IMPOSSIBLE = I’M POSSIBLE !!! Youth Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, a part of GKP Youth Strategy

  5. Some young future shifters… • These people have shifted the future • Their innovative solutions to social problem have made a significant impact. • They create value that made their life economically sustainable. • They live a passionate, meaningful, and socially impactful life. Youth Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, a part of GKP Youth Strategy

  6. Digital divide data • Mixed for-profit/non-profit model provides IT outsourcing services including data entry and document processing for US, European and local clients • Employment and vocational training for 175+ poor and disadvantaged youth: disabled, orphans, trafficked • Operations in Phnom Penh & Battambang, Cambodia, and Vientiane, Lao PDR • Annual revenue of US$500,000 Youth Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, a part of GKP Youth Strategy

  7. Thai RuralNet Youth-driven development agency focused on developing scalable & sustainable social innovations. • Develop and distribute appropriate knowledge for sustainable agriculture to fight poverty in over rural 300 families. • Especially in term of organic farming and food security. • The model is replicated through out the poorest region of Thailand. • Partnership to replicate in Africa/East Timor is in development. Youth Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, a part of GKP Youth Strategy

  8. iVolunteer (India) iVolunteer, part of MITRA Technological Foundation, is a volunteering exchange, a platform that connects volunteers with volunteering opportunities in India and abroad. • 1,600+ volunteers placed • Average of 120 volunteers per month • Biggest number for volunteer placement agency in India. Youth Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, a part of GKP Youth Strategy

  9. Emerging Nepali examples Lunar Shrestha Takul Educated in the U.S., worked a while in New Zealand, come back to help Nepal. Self-confidence in Young Nepali are crucial to a positive life and better society. Wrote a book, A journey to the self. Visit dozens of school as guest speakers. Starting a self-confident/personality training institute that empower young Nepali and housewives to realize their dreams and positively contribute to better society. Balanced between social and economic benefit. Youth Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, a part of GKP Youth Strategy

  10. Jennifer, TakingITglobal.org connecting 70,000 development-interested youth. • Rahul Raje, transformed student meal coupon for the poors. Youth Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, a part of GKP Youth Strategy

  11. NONE OF THEM IS OVER 30 YEARS OLD! Youth Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, a part of GKP Youth Strategy

  12. Transforming victims to change-makers! Become young blood social entrepreneurs and shift future… for Nepal and for yourselves. Youth Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, a part of GKP Youth Strategy

  13. Youth Social Enterprise Initiative (YSEI) Empowering Young Future Shifters Visit www.futureshifters.net Apply for fellow and get upto15,000 USD grant and mentorship. Y S E I Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Youth Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, a part of GKP Youth Strategy

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