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    YUVA (Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action)

    Partly verified · checked 13 September 2026

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    Headquarters
    Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
    Founded
    1984
    Registration type
    Registered society
    Reach
    3 states

    What they do

    YUVA (Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action) grew out of student volunteer work by Nirmala Niketan College of Social Work students in Mumbai's Jogeshwari informal settlements in the late 1970s and was formally registered as a voluntary development organisation on 30 August 1984. It works on habitat rights and urban governance, informal workers' rights, child rights and youth empowerment. YUVA's programs cover Maharashtra (Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Nagpur), Assam (Guwahati, Jorhat) and Jharkhand.

    Urban povertyHousingHuman rightsYouth

    Where they work

    Maharashtra: Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Nagpur · Assam: Guwahati, Jorhat

    Also across: Jharkhand

    People

    No public leadership profile on record.