News Category: Youth

“Late Freedom fighter A.K.M. Mafizur Rahman Memorial Football Tournament” ended
YPSA, with the support of the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) and Upazila Sports Association Sitakund, has arranged a football competition titled “Late Freedom fighter A.K.M. Mafizur Rahman Memorial Football Tournament”…

Senior officials from GCERF visit YPSA CEVEC Project activities at Cox’s Bazar
Two high officials from Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) visited YPSA CEVEC Consortium activities at different places of Ukhiya and Cox’s Bazar on 15 March, 2018. YPSA Consortium…

YES Center organized Disaster Risk Reduction training for the school students
YES Center – Youth Empowerment Through Skills Project run by YPSA and Hope87 Bangladesh Consortium, organized a three-day long training workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction for the school students at Ramu…

Orientation on Tobacco free Cox’s Bazar city for Youth Leaders held
An orientation workshop on Tobacco Free Cox’s Bazar City with youth leaders held on 28th October at YPSA office, Cox’s Bazar. The objective of the orientation is to motivate the…

Teachers Training on Sexual and Reproductive Health held in Khagrachari
Lessons on adolescent sexual and reproductive health are present in the secondary school curriculum in Bangladesh, disseminated in different subjects for 6-10 grade students, but teachers are not willing or…

Writing workshop for school students held in Sitakund
A Two-day writing workshop was organized at YPSA Human Resources Development Centre at Sitakund on 18-19 October 2017, under the YPSA Cultural & Sports Program with the support of PKSF….

Training on “Self-realization, leadership development and determination of responsibility of youth” held
A two-day training workshop titled “Self-realization, leadership development and determination of responsibility of youth” was held. This training program is being organized to engage youth in social development programs and…

Creative and mindful exercise can enhance morale and physical ability of youth
Extempore speech competition, poem recital competition, general knowledge quiz, drawing and handwriting competition were organized for the students of Sitakund Government Model High School on 21 September 2017, under the…

Life Skills Training held at YES CENTER, Ramu, Cox’s Bazar
A three-day Life Skills Training workshop organized by YPSA and HOPE’87 Bangladesh at YES CENTER, Ramu, Cox’s Bazar with the support of ESPRIT and YOU foundation from the 12th to 14th of…

ToT on Life Skill Education held at Chakaria
A tree-day ToT (Training of Trainers) workshop on Life Skill Education (LSE) to eliminate violent extremism was held at ICCDR,B Hall room at Chakaria under Cox’sBazar District. Students of different…

Director General and Deputy Director of NGO Affairs Bureau visit “Community Engagement in Countering Violent Extremism in Cox’s Bazar” program
Mr. Khondokar Raqibur Rahman, Director General and Mr. Shah Alam, Deputy Director of NGO Affairs Bureau, Prime Minister’s Office, Bangladesh have visited different activities of YPSA CEVEC Consortium on 23rd…

High officials from GCERF visit YPSA in Cox’s Bazar
Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) team visited different activities of YPSA CEVEC project during 10-11 August, 2017. They travelled different Upazillas of Cox’s Bazar where GCERF funded activities…

GCERF Community of Practice Workshop held
Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) organized a 4-day workshop on “Community of Practice” at Cox’s Bazar from 14 to 17 August, 2017 where YPSA and other Principal and Sub-Recipient…

Students can play active role to prevent extremism and violence in the society – Ashek Ullah Rafique MP
A 3-day Training of Trainers (ToT) on Life Skill Education for the students was held from 21 to 23 August, 2017 at Moheshkhali Upzila Parishad Auditorium which was organized by YPSA…

Management training for new batch started at YES Center Cox’s Bazar
With the aim to empower youth, especially girls and young women, by strengthening their skills and voices for economic self-reliance to take a leadership role in poverty alleviation initiatives in…

YPSA celebrates International Youth Day’ 2017
YPSA has celebrated the International Youth Day’2017 with the joint efforts of Government, NGOs, community people and youth in YPSA’s working areas including Dhaka, Chittagong, Feni, Khagrachari, Rangamati and Cox’s Bazar. The…

Concept Paper: Celebration of International Youth Day’2017
Today’s Bangladesh is a country of youth due to the significant percentage of young people. Total youth of Bangladesh is 50.67 million, which is 30 percent out of the total…
ICT Training of 7th and 8th Batch started at YES Center CoxsBazar
With the aim to empower youth, especially girls and young women, by strengthening their skills and voices for economic self-reliance to take a leadership role in poverty alleviation initiatives in…

Bangladesh wins international accolades for DAISY Standard Accessible Reading Materials
Bangladesh has won the world’s most prestigious IT award called the “World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Prize-2017”. On 13 June 2017, in a grand ceremony at the headquarters of…

Roundtable meeting on “The role of civil society in curving violent extremism” held at Chakaria
YPSA-Community Engagement in Countering Violent Extremism in Cox’s Bazar (CEVEC) Consortium organized a Roundtable meeting on “The role of civil society in curving Violent and Extremism” on 8th June, 2017…