Recognising changemakers: Applications open for 6th Joy Bangla Youth Award

The sixth Joy Bangla Youth Award is scheduled to be held in November this year.

Youth organisations that turned around communities through social initiatives can apply for this instalment of Joy Bangla Youth Award. The aspirants for the award can apply till August 31, according to Young Bangla – the youth secretariat of Centre for Research and Information (CRI).

Youth organisations are eligible to apply under the following categories: Women Empowerment, Child Rights, Empowering People with Disabilities, Empowering Vulnerable People, Employment and Innovation, Creativity and Recreation, Knowledge and Capacity Development, Empowering the Extreme Poor, Environment and Climate Change Activity, Health Care and Awareness, Sociocultural Initiatives, Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency.

Applicants or founders of the organisations must be engaged in community services for more than 18 months, either in a professional or voluntary capacity.

The organisations should be in existence for a period of no less than two years, according to Young Bangla.

Ten organisations among the applicants will clinch the final award.

University-based clubs working for the youth community within the university through community service, campaigns, and activities are encouraged by Young Bangla to apply for this award.

Applicant organisations will go through a rigorous selection process consisting of jury evaluation. The declaration of award winners and the award-giving ceremony is expected to be held in November 2022. Young Bangla will showcase the award winners' stories of change on its platforms.

Joy Bangla Youth Award, named after the Liberation War cry "Joy Bangla", is geared with a vision to recognise the best youth organisations in Bangladesh for their humanitarian works and contribution to society.

The platform has so far recognised over 100 organisations and emerged as a hub of over 1,00,000 members, including nearly 20,000 local volunteers.

Earlier, International Children's Peace Prize 2020 winner Sadat Rahman credited Joy Bangla Youth Award for the global acclamation he was later endowed with.

Like Sadat, several Joy Bangla Youth Award winners have excelled themselves to become recipient of a host of international awards.

Applicants can follow the link to apply: http://jbya.youngbangla.org/