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Brothers Congress

Join the Brothers Congress 2019 as we explore the challenges and opportunities of being a faithful witness in the modern times. Discover how the vocation of brotherhood can make a difference in youth today.

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Brothers Congress

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  1. Brothers Congress 2019 Salesian be a faithful witness: Young and Modern times

  2. Vocations of Brotherhood A Unique Challenge 1

  3. Vocation of Brotherhood – a Challenge You are a Unique Group • Challenged in the Past: • Defied norms, Family pressure & Society • Doing things the Priest do • Have the capacity to do more • Drive to Challenge has now been suppressed… Awaken the hidden Challenger and Do things that will benefit the Youth.

  4. Global Soft Power in 2018 • Categories of Soft Power Digital Culture Engagement Enterprise Education SOFT POWER

  5. David & Goliath

  6. Celebrate the Past Challenge the Future 2

  7. Celebrate the Past Group Activity: • Significant things you have done in your life in the past. • Share with your neighbour

  8. Youth in IndiaThe Big Challenge 3

  9. Youth Today-Their World • India is seen to remain younger longer than China and Indonesia the two major countries which determine the demographic features of Asia. • India is expected to have 34 % share of youth in total world population by 2020 and around 32 % in 2030. (China will be shrinking to 22 % by the year 2030) • Over 21 per cent of the world’s adolescents are in India. • A total population of 253 million aged 10-19 years • 120 million girls and 133 million boys,

  10. Youth Today - India • Total youth population in India rising: 168 million in 1971 to 422 million in 2011. It is likely to decrease to 5.7 million during 2011-2021 and further down to 1.1 million during 2021-2031 as per World Bank projections. • The Youth sex ratio declining: 961 in 1971, 939 in 2011, (E) 904 in 2021 and and 898 in 2031( World Bank projection). • Gender gap in literacy rate is gradually decreasing over the years. • 33% share of total police recorded suicide cases from Youth (18 to 30 years) .

  11. Youth Today - Education As per AISHE 2014-15 there are: • 760 Universities, • 38498 Colleges and • 12276 Stand Alone Institutions

  12. Youth Today - Employment • Unemployment exists in every country but the rate of unemployment varies from country to country. • The global youth unemployment rate is 13.0 per cent for the period 2012 to 2014. • Two in five (42.6 per cent) economically active youth are still either unemployed or working yet living in poverty. • 73.3 million youth were unemployed in 2014 (36.7 per cent of the global unemployed).

  13. Youth concerns-Civic Engagement • Rationale: youth if involved in and connected to social civic engagements are less likely to engage in risky behaviour and violence—and are likely to stay engaged as they grow older. • There has essentially been a paradigm shift in how adult society views the role of young people—one that challenges age-old stereotypes of youth efficacy and commitment. • Representing the world’s largest potential workforce, investment in the youths’ education, skills and economic opportunities can make them game changers in India’s socio-economic development and growth story.

  14. Youth Concerns - Migration According to the latest United Nations estimates for 2020: • 232 million international migrants worldwide representing 3.2 per cent of the world’s total population of 7.2 billion. • Of these, 75 million international migrants are under the age of 30 which is more than 30 per cent of all migrants. • The reasons for youth migration may vary from person to person and region to region. • Personal considerations, socio-economic circumstances, and the political situation in the country of origin may be important contributing factors. • Perceived inequalities in labour market opportunities, income, human rights and living standards between the countries of origin and destination. • Escape conflict, persecution, or environmental threats.

  15. Youth Today-Juvenile • Youth are a source of immense energy and drive. If not harnessed and moulded properly, this energy not only goes waste, but at times becomes destructive to society. • Involvement of youth in crimes and social abuse like drug addiction etc. is the consequence of this failure

  16. Youth Today- Suicide • Every year, more than 1,00,000 people commit suicide in our country. There are various known causes of suicides like family problems, financial distress, professional problems, illness etc. • Youth (18 and above- below 30 years) is one of the vulnerable groups resorting to suicides with 33% share of total suicides. • ‘Family problems’ and ‘illness’ were the major causes of suicides in 2015, which accounted for 28% and 16% of total suicides. • Out of the overall suicide victims 68.5% were males and 31.5% were females.

  17. Youth Today-Rape • Incidences of rape in India against female and more so against minors are rising steadily. There has been demand to make the law more stringent in case of rape. • 34,651 cases of rape under section 376 IPC were registered during 2015 (excluding cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012).

  18. Policy Initiatives for Youth in India It was in the International Year of Youth (1985) that a separate Department of Youth Affairs & Sports was created in Government of India. This Department formulated a National Youth Policy. Areas of concern for youth which inter-alia include: 1. Youth in Academic Institutions 2. Out of School/Non-Student Rural Youth. 3. Out of School/Non -Student Urban Youth and Youth in Slum Areas. 4. Training, Employment, Vocational Guidance and Career Counseling. 5. Youth-Culture and Creative. 6. Sports, Adventure and Recreation for Youth. 7. Youth and Adolescence. 8. Youth Health including Drug Abuse, Alcohol and HIV / AIDs 9. Youth-Sanitation and Environment 10. Youth with Special Needs 11. Youth and Gender Justice 12. Youth, Media and Communication 13. Youth in Urban Areas 14. Youth and Population 15. Youth in the North East 16. Youth at Risk (YaR)

  19. National Youth Policy -2014 The objectives and priority areas identified under the NYP-2014 are summarised below:

  20. Policy Initiatives for Youth in India Skill Development and Entrepreneurship • Recognizing the imperative need for skill development, National Skill Development Policy was formulated in 2009. • The policy framework has been developed to accomplish the vision of Skill India by adhering to the objectives. • The framework outlines eleven major paradigms and enablers: • Aspiration and Advocacy, • Capacity, • Quality, • Synergy, • Mobilization and Engagement, • Global Partnerships, • ICT Enablement, • Outreach, • Trainers and Assessors, • Inclusivity and • Promotion of skilling among women

  21. Skill Development of Youth Projects • Project for Livelihoods in Full Employment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Project LIFE-MGNREGA) in April 2015 • Ministry of Rural Development is undertaking DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojna (DDU-GKY), a placement linked Skill Development Scheme for rural youth under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). • Aajeevika - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) was launched by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India in June 2011. • Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)’ has been launched by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in 2008-09 with the merging of the erstwhile Prime Minister RojgarYojana (PMRY) and Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) schemes. • The Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDPs) are conducted through MSME- Development Institutes, with focus on entrepreneurial skills development coupled with specific skills relating to trades like electronics, electrical, food processing, etc, which enables the trainees to start their own ventures. • Assistance toTraining Institutions (ATI) Scheme envisages financial assistance for establishment of new institutions (EDIs), strengthening the infrastructure of the existing EDIs and for supporting entrepreneurship and skill development activities • PradhanMantriKaushalVikasYojana (PMKVY) launched on 15 July, 2015, on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE). • Udaan is a Special Industry Initiative for Jammu & Kashmir in the nature of partnership between the corporates of India and Ministry of Home Affairs and implemented by National Skill Development Corporation.

  22. Brothers Today Concerns & Challenges 4

  23. Brothers –Concerns today • Challenges you face in the Community

  24. Back to the Future – The Salesian Mission “…your conviction on the priority of choice for the poorest children and young people from the rural and slum areas is a guarantee for the strength of our charism in the Region. We should always ensure our loving and effective presence among boys/girls and young people. Planning their transformation into great persons, is a duty that beckons us.” - Rev Fr Angel Fernandes Airtime, Rector Major

  25. Back to the Future Inspired by the person of Jesus Christ, the life of don Bosco, and our passion for the young, we will strive to create an India…. • where the cry of the young, especially those on the periphery, is heard and met with assistance and accompaniment in their journey towards experiencing “fullness of life”. • where the poor young people are given dignity through holistic education, employable skills, and life fulfilling values. • where the wealth of knowledge and experience of lay people are engaged in collaboration for the fulfilment of the hopes and desires of the young as we learn to become effective animators. • where we are present in the new spaces inhabited by the young, striving to alleviate the new poverties being experienced by them. • Source: Back to the Future-Team Visit Conference South Asia:2017

  26. Back to the Future 5. where we transform the young into leaders capable of contributing in a significant way to building a new society based on the values of the Kingdom. 6. where we create an ecological conversion especially among the young through which they can listen to the “cry of the earth and the cry of the poor” • where we bring a new focus on the family in their struggles to deal with the complexities of life and relationships and accompany them in their efforts to form the young in the virtue of love. • where we learn how to function within and beyond our institutions to create a positive impact on the lives of the young through engaging in rights based movements, advocacy and lobbying. • Source: Back to the Future-Team Visit Conference South Asia:2017

  27. Back to the Future The Salesians of Don Bosco need to display the boldness that the first Salesians displayed when they set foot on this ancient land. We remember the motto of Archbishop Louis Mathias “aude set spera” (dare and hope). “Sensitive to the signs of the ties and with initiative and continual flexibility, we evaluate., renew, and create...” const. 41 Source: Back to the Future-Team Visit Conference South Asia:2017

  28. Youth Today Concerns & Challenges 5

  29. Youth Concerns & Challenges • More than 600 million youth live in fragile and conflict-affected countries and territories • Young people are both the victims and the perpetrators of the violence in societies they live in. • Environmental, social and economic opportunities and risks are becoming harder to predict. • Youth are considered both a source of concern and a beacon of hope

  30. Youth Concerns & Challenges • Crisis of faith • Clashes with religion • Personalizing/living out your faith • The Problem of Sin • Bullying in school • Lack of discipline • Academic Problems

  31. Youth Concerns & Challenges 3. Meaning of life: • Peer Pressure • Bored Youth • Drug Use. ... • Alcohol Use. ... • Obesity. ... • Sexual purity pressures/temptations • Identity and self-image issues • Materialism • Negative media influences • Hyper-tension

  32. Youth Concerns & Challenges 4. Adult Hypocrisy • Divorce parents • Insecurity a latent issue increasingly amongst the younger population. • Absent father figures • Busyness (Always involved in something). 5. Indian democracy • Excessive nationalism • Paucity of Jobs • Poverty • Chaos • Depression • Corruption

  33. Youth Concerns & Challenges 6. Abuse of Information and Communication Technology:   The advent of Information Technology made things unimaginable some decades ago not only possible but very easy to access in privacy. • Pornography made easy through easy access to internet through cyber cafes and smart phones.   • Chatting through SMS or any of the social media such as Whatsapp, Facebook, etc., to pass immoral and worthless messages to gullible fellow youth. • Deadly Mobile ‘DARE’ Games like ‘Blue Whale etc’ that challenge the youth to do bizarre suicidal acts leading to death. • Time wastage in spend several hours chatting translates to poor academic performance.

  34. Youth Concerns & Challenges 7. Entertainment Industry: • TV, home videos, and music have strong pulling effect on the youths. • Erotic audio and video materials pollute the minds and lives of the youths. • Become captive of sin of lust, masturbation and the demons behind them. 8. Materialism and financial wastage:  A youth can purchase a phone worth over 80, 000 and above (which could have been invested gainfully in small scale business) just to keep up with what is "in vogue". 9. Examination malpractice: Secondary school leavers and graduates from tertiary institutions including Christians who celebrate with their parents that they "made all their papers" can sincerely say that they were not involved in examination malpractice?

  35. Youth Concerns & Challenges 10. Unemployment: • Large Number of Youth graduating each year • Difficult to obtain white-collar jobs. • Resorting to illegal means to obtain or hold on to their jobs 11. Involvement in cult:  • A nationwide epidemic • Even primary school children are getting involved in cult activities. 12. Depression. • 3.1 million adolescents in USA have one major depressive episode per year. • 13. Rebellious or aggressive • Frustration, timidity bursts in to hostility at slight provocation.

  36. DareTo Challenge 6

  37. Dare the Future Exercise: List the 10 things you want to dare in the Future

  38. Youth Activities in Today’s World 7

  39. Youth Connect Online – Offline Engagement Tap the potential of youth while providing them with a stimulating and inspiring experience Youth involvement facilitated by an online platform that exploits the value system of social technologies 5 C’s Framework by Gaurav Mishra, 2020 Social

  40. Youth Connect Virtual Marketplace The world today is a virtual marketplace that harnesses the power of social technologies which encompass many different types of tools, such as : • Blogging (Wordpress), • Microblogging (Twitter), • Video-sharing (Youtube), • Photo-sharing (Flickr, Instagram), • Podcasting (Blog Talk Radio), • Mapping (Google Maps), • Social Networking (Facebook), • Social Voting (Digg), • Social Bookmarking (Delicious), • Lifestreaming (Friendfeed), • Wikis (Wikipedia), • Virtual Worlds (Second Life), and several New And Hybrid Tools

  41. Social Activism Online

  42. www.grassroutes.in YOUTH INVOLVED

  43. GRASSROUTES.IN How it works • Fellowship program for youth • Month long road-trips to rural areas for first-hand knowledge and exposure by travelling, speaking to locals and working on projects allotted. • Assimilate and share digital content of their experiences • Events at colleges and conferences to spread the word and inspire other youth The Outcome • A generation of sensitised youth with an opportunity to explore the country, understand its problems and help the poorest • Awareness about the organizations that are working and making a significant change in various parts of the country

  44. The Bicycle Project YOUTH INVOLVED

  45. THE BICYCLE PROJECT How it works • Project owners call for owners to donate their old and unused bicycles • Donors pledge their bicycles through social networking sites like Facebook and Orkut • Project members then overhaul the cycles • The overhauled cycles are then delivered to village kids around Mumbai in Maharashtra The Outcome • Children from these villages don’t have to walk for 2-7 kms daily to their schools for an education • Donors who have the option of visiting these villages and see the outcome of their generosity go to help network the concept

  46. BattiBandh YOUTH DRIVEN

  47. BATTI BANDH How it works • Inspired by the Earth Hour, BattiBandh is its Idianised version • It calls on people to switch off all lights and appliances that work on electricity for one hour on designated days • The founders only use social media to inform people of the upcoming BattiBandh day The Outcome • Electricity saved with not consuming power for an hour on designated days • Creating a group of energy conscious individuals who are careful of how they consume electricity

  48. dhanax.com

  49. DHANAX.COM How it works • Individuals interested in lending register themselves • Lenders browse groups in need of loans • On selecting a group, the lender pays by online transfer, cheque, online DD • Legal contract between lender and borrower is mailed to the borrower’s address • Started in Karnataka, now expanded to Gujarat The Outcome • The online-offline model facilitates lending to poor women self-help groups • The self-help group borrows at a lower rate of interest (14%) and contribute a nominal (5%) to dhanax, thereby creating a sustainable model • 100% repayment has been recorded in areas where this has been implemented

  50. The Wall Project YOUTH DRIVEN

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