Youth4Jobs is a Not for Profit Organization which sets up placement- linked skilling centres for youth with disability. Youth enrolled are with locomotor, speech & hearing disability youth with low vision and youth with blindness. Most of the youth are from rural areas and all are from poor families. Y4J also helps companies build an inclusive workforce.

Y4J trainings has scaled in 5 years: From 1 state to 11 states

From 1 training centre to 20 training centres.

The work is important for two priorities of government of India

SKILL FOR INDIA - Y4J helps skill the most vulnerable and unreached to help the country meet its demographic dividend
MAKE IN INDIA - Impact studies of Y4J work shows a 15% productivity increase in the manufacturing sector when companies hired youth with disability

Vision

A better Future for Young India

Mission

Partnering with Stakeholders and vulnerable unreached communities to co-create pioneering solutions for an inclusive workplace

Core Values

• Transparency
• Potential of the poor
• Converting:I can't to "I can"

Objectives

• To Sensitize 1 million community members on ability in disability by 2020
• To be a 1 stop shop offering companies customized solutions to build an inclusive workplace
• To Sensitize 100,000 company representatives
• To Train 20,000 PwDs and connect them to Jobs by 2020