Tanneri chaso- is a loose network of youth across the country guided by the spirit of volunteerism. It is a common and open network represented by active youths from different parts of Nepal to raise voices for political and social accountability including the concerns related to youth. They are driven by the interest to urge transparent and accountable political culture and politics, at a time when the active youth population is left merely with frustration over the existing political chaos, this network is in constant innovation to find creative and constructive action to engage young people in social-political debate and democratic practices. Innovative movement of youths to transform the frustrations created by the current political chaos and disorders in more creative and constructive action resulted in the Tanneri “youth‟ movement and Nepal Debate Initiative.

This network uses networking and empowerment of youth in order to develop a culture of argument-based activism by engaging youth from all divergent backgrounds regardless of their education, geography, profession, religion, and caste.

What are their missions?

Their missions are:

• - To create noise for better public service.
• - To advocate for better youth opportunity.
• - To urge transparent and accountable political culture promoting youth leadership promoting the habit of ‘Stop complaining Start questioning’
• - To amplify the voice of the voiceless.
• - To empower youth leadership.
• - To find a creative and constructive action to engage young people in social-political debate and democratic practices.

What do they believe?

They believe youth is the agent of change and the center of power. And frustrated youths can’t bring change. They believe that apathy creates frustration. Frustration doesn’t give answers and drive towards any conclusion rather if we ask questions they get answers and lead toward any conclusion too. So, they have guided themselves by ‘Stop Complaining Start Questioning.’

What do they do?

They use networking and empowerment of youth in order to develop a culture of argument based activism by engaging youth from all divergent background regardless of their education, geography, profession, religion, and caste.

Why they are Tanneri?

TANNERI has its literal meaning in Nepali language as ‘Proactive Youth’.

Why they are different?

They try and test a variety of methods to make some noise and bring issues to attention. It is the determination to constantly pursue these issues through our network-wide members that make this network distinct. They experiment on ideas that flow into the group and create room to succeed.