The Bhutan Youth Development Fund enables Bhutanese youth to realize their full potential as productive citizens. The Bhutan Youth Development Fund is a senior member of civil society, known as an advocate for disability rights, substance abuse prevention and treatment, education, employment, and other important issues impacting youth. The Bhutan YDF provides financial support for youth development activities like leadership and volunteerism, drug rehabilitation, special education, basic skills and vocational training, and advocacy for youth-oriented policy.

Objectives

• To establish a sustainable funding mechanism within Bhutan so that youth development and empowerment activities can be undertaken, now and in the future.
• To bridge the gap through need-based youth development programmes with sustainable resource mobilization and strategic partnerships focusing on education, employment, youth participation, child protection and drug rehabilitation services.
• To provide grant management services to national and international donors providing assistance for youth development activities, targeting all segments of the youth population in Bhutan but in particular focusing on disadvantaged youth such as the youth with disabilities, early school leavers, youth in conflict with the law, unemployed youth and youth from low-income families.
• To launch and maintain a sustainable and innovative programs in areas where there are inadequate interventions either by the government or civil society.
• To become a point of reference for youth-related issues and influence policy-making.