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Who are the KYA?
KYA is the youth section of the konkani community and hence the name ‘ KONKANI YOUTH ASSOCIATION’.
Our Mission Statement:
Our mission is to unite the youth of the konkani community, in order to support, help and share common cultures, customs, religion, feelings and ideas.
Our Objectives:
Educate the cultural needs of the youth.
Share religious beliefs and practices.
Share knowledge and experiences to enhance and broaden the education in general, and cultural education in particular.
Support emotional situations amongst the youth and help each other.
Provide leisure activities and entertainment.
Welcome and support the youth of new families and the new youth of existing families.
Aid the transition of members from the youth of KYA to the adult konkani sabha in order to continue the life of the sabha and the interaction between the groups.
Raise funds for charitable events.
Ways in which these objectives will be achieved:
A talk to be given by an elder on a cultural topic suggested by the youth representatives, followed by a question and answer session, at least once a year.
Each year celebrate one Hindu festival in addition to Diwali, which will provide as a learning experience.
Encourage the youth to communicate in konkani.
KYA to provide one form of entertainment each year at Diwali, after which a question and answer session to be held on a selected topic.
Participating in the national Hindu Youth festival.
Youth to write articles for the Vani, hold debates, discussions etc…
Provide interactive website via the net : message boards, online chats, discussion forums etc…
Set up peer/counsel groups with whom emotional problems can be discussed in confidence.
Youth representatives to phone up youth of new families and get them involved.
Organise a sporting event to raise money for charity; similarly other events such as sponsored walk, dandiya raas for a nominal fee etc..
Role of Youth Representatives:
To interact with the youth within their geographical area in order to find their needs in meeting the objectives.
To interact amongst the reps and share your findings; come up with ideas and organise ways of meeting their needs.
Put forward proposals to the executive committee/adults as to the needs of the youth and ways of achieving it.
Work with the adult co-coordinator in organising activities and events.
Get more new youth involved in KYA.
How to join the KYA Yahoo Group:
To view the KYA UK Yahoo group site click on
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kya_uk/
To join the group and interact with the members send an email to
kya_uk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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