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The Village Square Youth Hub, reached urban youth in a variety of ways - university and college campuses,
youth associations, and CSOs to sensitize them on issues, challenges, and promises of rural India. Several
events focusing on rural life through dramas, songs, paintings, foods, debates, roundtables, and short
movies were organized across campuses and youth associations. The Hub co-hosted 14 interns with
partner organizations and reached over 580 youth.

Intern’s Testimonial: During my time as an intern with Village
Square, one of the things I have come to understand is that
learning takes on many faces. I was told at the beginning of June
that every day may look different, and I wasn’t able to
comprehend fully what that meant. In regard to my ability to
absorb the information flying around me, I had to re-evaluate my
perspective on success. I soon realised that the actions and steps
I took to learn from my coworkers varied from day to day. While
consistency is key, I got better at fine tuning my workplace
awareness to be more productive. In the process thereof, I
learned the importance of knowledge synthesis, the benefits of
networking, the value of working independently, and how much
journaling has helped me both in and outside the workplace.
This internship presented me with a rare opportunity to develop my skills and gave me a deeper
understanding of myself as an undergraduate.

Mahima Chaudhary, Gargi College

Village Square seeks to become the voice of CSO community and support issues with societal outreach. Akey
intervention here is Writeshops enhance the CSO capacity in preparing effective prose communication about
their work, about their reflections, about their views and assessment of events. 70 Development professionals
have been participated in the Village Square Writeshops.

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