Organization:Trust for Youth and Child Leadership International

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Trust for Youth and Child Leadership International
TYCL International Logo.png
FounderSiva Mathiyazhagan
Founded atIndia
TypeInternational NGO
Registration no.EIN: 83-2836964
Legal status501(c)(3) organization
Location
  • International HQ: New York, U.S.
Region served
Worldwide
Websitetyclinternational.org

Trust for Youth and Child Leadership (TYCL) International Inc., commonly known as TYCL International, was established in 2018 in New York, United States, to empower young people to use their indigenous knowledge and creativity to become local leaders and find sustainable solutions to community issues.[1] TYCL International is an expansion from the India based non-profit founded in 2011 by Siva Mathiyazhagan[2]

The organization aims to optimize local action with disadvantaged and/or marginalized youth and their communities. TYCL International develops global networks of collaboration and resource mobilization in order to serve communities in Asia, the Americas, and Africa. As of 2018, TYCL has a special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.[3] The organization uses their status to amplify youth voices to address local issues by offering opportunities to advocate for TYCL missions at the UN headquarters, servicing the UN sustainable development goals.

Origins

In 2011, college students from Puducherry and Tamil Nadu set up Trust for Youth and Child Leadership India (TYCL) as a youth-led NGO.[2] The organization continues to run a variety of projects and pilot programs that help young activists to initiate social change in their local and global communities, with an emphasis on eliminating violence, suicide, and anti-environmental behavior.[4] In 2018, the NGO expanded to operate internationally[2]

Activities

Youth Creative Arts for Positive Mental Health

The Youth Creative Arts for Positive Mental Health was initiated by TYCL International to create safe, inclusive, and participatory spaces for youth[5] aged 12 through 17[6] to positively express their feelings and emotions.[5] To ensure inclusivity, the program is carried out in a hybrid model consisting of in-person camps held in Summer and virtual courses of the same program available on TYCL International's website.[5] Sustainability is ensured through collaborations with local artists and community partners who have experience working with marginalized youth.[7] The greater goal of this creative arts camp for positive mental health is to address the concerning issue of youth suicide globally.[5]

Three Zero Mission 2030 Campaign[4]

The Three Zero Mission 2030 Campaign aims to drop the rate of suicide among youth, violence against children, and anti-environmentalism behaviors to zero by 2030.[8]

Overcome COVID-19 eBook (2020)[9]

The Overcome COVID-19 eBook was the tangible outcome of the Youth Creative Arts for Positive mental health program.[9] It consists of a compilation of the artwork submitted by participants as a form of self-expression based on their personal reflection on what they learned and experienced from joining the program.[9]

TYCL India

TYCL International is an expansion of Trust for Youth and Child Leadership India (TYCL). Their notable projects include:

  • Girls Lead Girls - a holistic self-defense curriculum[10]
  • Youth suicide prevention helpline[11]
  • N’KaNa mentorship program[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Trust For Youth Child Leadership (TYCL)". https://www.end-violence.org/members/trust-youth-child-leadership-tycl. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "About Us". https://www.tyclinternational.org/about-us.php. 
  3. ↑ "Applications for consultative status, requests for reclassification and requests for a change of name received from non-governmental organizations". https://www.un.org/ecosoc/sites/www.un.org.ecosoc/files/documents/2018/decision.2018.252.pdf. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Trust for Youth Child Leadership (TYCL)". https://www.end-violence.org/members/trust-youth-child-leadership-tycl. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Creative Arts Camp for positive mental health held" (in en-US). https://www.sungazette.com/news/2021/06/creative-arts-camp-for-positive-mental-health-held/. 
  6. ↑ "Youth Creative Arts Camp for Positive Mental Health" (in en-US). https://www.sungazette.com/news/2021/05/youth-creative-arts-camp-for-positive-mental-health/. 
  7. ↑ Mathiyazhagan, Siva (2020-09-18). "Equitable Partnership: 10 Lessons from the Creative Arts Youth Camp for Positive Mental Health" (in en). https://medium.com/@dr.siva/equitable-partnership-10-lessons-from-the-creative-arts-youth-camp-for-positive-mental-health-203b324b2857. 
  8. ↑ "Trust for Youth Child Leadership (TYCL) | End Violence" (in en). https://www.end-violence.org/members/trust-youth-child-leadership-tycl. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Using creative arts to combat COVID-19: a project from TYCL International". https://www.end-violence.org/articles/using-creative-arts-combat-covid-19-project-tycl-international. 
  10. ↑ "How an initiative in TN seeks to educate women on holistic self-defense". The News Minute. https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/how-initiative-tn-seeks-educate-women-holistic-self-defense-142908. 
  11. ↑ "Youth helpline mobile app launched in Puducherry". The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/youth-helpline-mobile-app-launched-in-puducherry/article30552550.ece. 
  12. ↑ Mathiyazhagan, Siva; Wang, Ziming (2021). "N'KaNa-my dream: Community action towards the holistic child development in India". Children and Youth Services Review 122: 105924. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.105924. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740921000037?fbclid=IwAR2CdLxQeTQhTJUT9OM6qSLDaahKKxwpJ0lysFDWFOuqJgIKAecnXRk9ZMs. 

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