Social innovations are new strategies, concepts, ideas and organizations that meet the social needs of different elements which can be from education to community development to strengthen civil society. Doing Social innovation in volunteerism helps the participants to undergo experiental learning on ground level which leads to founding social entrepreneurship, social ventures and contributes to sustainable development.
Volunteerism helps the participant to learn many life skills including, Effective Communication, Inter Personal Relationship, Problem Solving skills, Technology innovation skills and provides management skills including leadership, teamwork, etc.
To inspire, inform, engage, enable, youth to empower themselves and community around for nation building and sustainable development.
What is SSG VIP- a social innovation journey?
VIP (Volunteer-Innovate-Participate) is a programme to promote youth volunteerism for Nation building and sustainable development by empowering themselves and community around through social innovations/contributions. VIP sets platform to inspire change making young people to work together towards a sustainable society by making a difference within and around through identifying new way of achieving life goals. Youth can empower themselves by learning and serving the community.
Objectives of the Project:
⮚ Mainstreaming youth to involve in Post 2015 Development Agenda and to engage contribute for the success of United Nations sustainable development goals(SDGs) through service learning.
⮚ Providing youth an opportunity to participate in the nation building process.
⮚ To learn the skills including functional, life skills and vocational skills.
⮚ To initiate and participate in service learning projects.
⮚ Providing working space for youth to frame, exhibit their skills and mentoring them with various leadership opportunities.
⮚ To provide organized, structured platform for women and girls to empower themselves and community by initiating volunteer services.
⮚ Mainstreaming Professional Youth Work.