Jharkhand, India / Established 1965 youthwelfarecommittee@gmail.com
Women participating in a Youth Welfare Committee education programme
Serving Jharkhand since 1965

Youth Welfare Committee

“Duty First, Self Last”

An organisation working in education, livelihoods and community development across Jharkhand.

1965Established
26/87-88 · 466/09-10Bihar & Jharkhand registration nos.
12A & 80GCertified
CSR-1Registered
Who we are

Rooted in community, committed to service

Established in 1965, Youth Welfare Committee has its registered office in West Singhbhum, Jharkhand. Its activities span education, livelihoods and community work.

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Historical Youth Welfare Committee poster
Our direction

To establish an economically and socially empowered society.

To create opportunity for socially deprived and economically exploited groups, and generate self-employment through various programmes so that society becomes self-reliant.

Areas of work

From classrooms to livelihoods

A look at the areas in which the committee works.

High School Kharposh campus
01 / Education

Free Secondary Education

High School Kharposh and educational work for students.

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Irrigation activity
02 / Water

Micro Lift Irrigation

Irrigation work using surface water and deep boring water.

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Livestock-related activity
09 / Livestock

Livestock

Dairy, goatery and poultry work supporting family livelihoods.

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On the ground

Work on the ground

Assets built under ITDA prototype schemes and related programmes.

50+ acres

Teak and mango plantation, with ponds and wells

Village Nini, Kisko Block, Lohardaga — ITDA Lohardaga

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Irrigation wells, plus a pond in Kisko Block

3 blocks of Lohardaga — ITDA Lohardaga

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Cow sheds for dairy farming

Kairo & Kuru Blocks — ITDA Lohardaga

75

Goat sheds

Barwadih Block — ITDA Latehar

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Poultry sheds, including backyard and homestead sheds

Patamda, Jamshedpur — ITDA Jamshedpur & ITDA Lohardaga

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Villages with cocoon reeling and spinning (silk) centers

Saraikela Block — ITDA Saraikela-Kharsawan

2 + 1

Irrigation ponds and one Micro Lift Irrigation unit at Ponduaburu

Majhgaon Block, West Singhbhum — ITDA Chaibasa

MLI

Micro lift irrigation managed by water users’ associations; SRI paddy introduced at Sarjamdih

Ghatsila, Patamda & Dhalbhumgarh Blocks, West Singhbhum

Our history and governance
Portrait of Dr. Abdul Karim
Founder Secretary-cum-CEO

Dr. Abdul Karim

Founder Secretary-cum-CEO of Youth Welfare Committee. The organisation’s motto is “Duty First, Self Last”.

About the organisation
Where we work

Across six districts in Jharkhand

West SinghbhumEast SinghbhumSaraikela-KharsawanLohardagaKhuntiLatehar
Stand with rural Jharkhand

Even a modest contribution helps keep a child in school or a family earning.

YWC is 12A and 80G certified. You can give directly to the organisation’s account by bank transfer or UPI.

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