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Youth Empowerment
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Provide youth with opportunities to develop
themselves - Akka Thamizha, Medai Konal, CanTYD
Radio program, Dragon Boat Team, Directions
Magazine etc. |
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Highlighting youth achievement
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6 years of successful Awards of Excellence. |
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Outreach and social service
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Outreach at various Schools in the GTA through
Project THAMIL and Selvi Circle. |
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Research
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Conducted an extensive research into the issues
faced by the Toronto Tamil Youth and released
the report- Toronto Tamil Youth: The Realities |
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Advocacy
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Maintain communication with the Media and
educate them about several issues faced by our
youth in the form of violence, stereotyping and
racism. Established close working relationship
with the TDSB, Catholic School Board and Police
Services to address Tamil youth related issues.
We have a strong partnership with several
community organizations |
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Partnership
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We
have benefited from the partnership we have with
the City of Toronto, Trillium, etc.
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Development
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We have grown from a 17 member organization to
an organization that has benefited from the
service of thousands of youth. Our organization
now has 100 volunteers, a dedicated group of
Board members, # of staffs. It has established
in the last seven years as an efficient
organization serving the youth in the Tamil
community across the GTA and that is run solely
by the youth! |
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