About YARCN

Learn about our journey, mission, and commitment to empowering communities in Nepal

Our Story

Youth Awareness Rising Centre Nepal (YARCN) was established on 2059-11-02 B.S. (2003) to help improve the socio-economic and cultural situation of backward and poor people. This non-partisan, non-discriminatory, and non-religious organization serves the marginalized, disadvantaged, and resource-poor community.

YARCN has been working for the promotion of health education, peacebuilding, community development, skill development of the marginalized youth, saving credit for the economic sustainability of socially and culturally backward communities since its establishment.

2003
Established
21+
Years Serving

Our Vision

We are formulating a prosperous Nepali society with self-reliant, improved, and sustained quality of life and dignity.

Our Mission

Youth Awareness Raising Centre Nepal is committed to creating youth solidarity and their collective efforts for socio-economic transformation, ascertainment of fundamental rights, and self-reliance of the target population - women, Dalit, minorities, differently-abled people, other disadvantaged and ultra-poor people. YARCN believes in human potentiality, people's participation, and resource sharing.

Our Goal

To create youth synergy and solidarity for Socio-economic transformation.

Our Core Values

The principles that guide our work and define our organizational culture

Mutual Respect

YARCN respects the diversity, dignity, uniqueness, and intrinsic worth of every Individual as an equal human being, irrespective of Gender, Ethnicity, and religion.

Commitment

YARCN is committed to being accountable for its collective and individual actions and acting consistently with its vision and complete integrity.

Quality of Work

YARCN ensures the quality of work through participatory monitoring and evaluation (M/E), social auditing, public hearings, and adopting standard guidelines/protocols.

Transparency

To ensure good governance in its operations, YARCN will institutionalize and operationalize social auditing and transparent accountability procedures and systems.

Professional

YARCN will seek to conduct itself professionally, independently, nonpolitically, and nonpartisanally by embracing business principles in the development and execution of its services.

Our Objectives

Strategic objectives that drive our programs and initiatives

1

Creating employment opportunities for unemployed youths to make them self-reliant through various income generation and skill programs

2

To support poor rural and urban households in diversifying their income and livelihood portfolios and improving their essential well-being.

3

To empower participating communities and organizations to reduce disaster risks and make communities resilient.

4

To address social concerns including child marriage, disability, gender violence, good governance, farmers rights, environment, health and nutrition through organized networks.

5

Make health and education accessible to the disadvantaged and marginalized groups for their quality education and improve their health status.

6

Supporting reducing poverty leads to the implementation of various income-generation activities for the core poor communities.

7

Empowering and ensuring the rights of socially excluded groups, incredibly differently able people, Dalit, ethnic, women, and children through social mobilization

8

Protect and promote the Child Rights Child Protection and Human rights in the community.

Operational Approaches

Our strategic approaches to community development and social transformation

Social Mobilization

Community-based approach to development

Right Based Approach

Focus on human rights and dignity

Gender and Social Inclusion

Ensuring inclusive participation

Accountable Partnership and Consortium

Transparent partnerships

Institutional and Human Resource Development

Capacity building focus

Evidence-Based Advocacy

Data-driven advocacy efforts

Demand Driven

Community-led development

Volunteerism

Community volunteer engagement

Child Rights, Child Protection, and Youth Empowerment

Focus on vulnerable populations

Legal Registration

Our official registrations and legal compliance

Administration Office Kathmandu

Registration No: 561

Registration Date: March 12, 2003

Social Welfare Council, Kathmandu

Registration No: 14662

Registration Date: April 16, 2003

NGO. fed Nepal, Jajarkot

Registration No: MMR-Jajarkot-14

Registration Date: February 20, 2004

Internal Revenue Office Kathmandu

Registration No: 301763875

Registration Date: November 04, 2004

Membership Overview

Our diverse and inclusive membership base

Founder Membership

Gender Distribution

Male 6
Female 5
Total 11

Ethnicity Distribution

Dalit 3
Janajati 1
Others 7

General Membership

Gender Distribution

Male 34
Female 23
Total 57

Ethnicity Distribution

Dalit 20
Janajati 11
Others 26

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