History of YDP

The Youth Development Project Inc was set up in 2007 as a USA 501(c)(3). All donations made to YDP are 100% tax exempt and can be claimed as such. YDP is run by a voluntary board and the entire proceeds and donations received are given as grants for development of the underprivileged youth through education.

Some of the work that make us stand out

Kind words from our Beneficiary - Shakshi Negi

Shakshi Negi is currently studying in class XI of PYDS. She is one of the school toppers with 90.20% in CBSE examination. Lets hear her kind address to YDP, USA.

Meet Our Team

Commander Srikanth Mukku

Chairman & Director

Shoba Sriaiyer

Director

Ever since her first visit to Purkal school and meeting the beaming, curious children, Shoba Sriaiyer has supported PYDS enthusiastically. In her profession focused on wealth management at UBS Seattle, Shoba takes care of several high net worth families.

Support us!

On to Life Program

On to Life (OTL), as the name suggests is an initiative taken up by PYDS to support higher education of the beneficiaries. The program is organized in such a manner that no deserving student misses college education due to scarcity of funds. Till date, out of 431 alumni, 170 have availed the On To Life support.

This OTL experiment, dating back to 2010 with the support provided to one student (son of a salesman) for pursuing Engineering in computers has shown outstanding results. Owing to his hard work and the support, the beneficiary is now employed happily in the United States.

As an institution, over the years, we grew steadily at every front and currently support 20-25 students yearly. Our donors have stretched extended their support to all our programs. Many higher educational institutions & Universities have generously partnered with your beneficiaries and have supported them in every challenging phase of their lives.

Earlier, making a visit to the PYDS campus in their smart & tidy college uniforms a few years ago, for their college fee requests and submitting progress reports from their graduation, some of these students are now the proud donors of PYDS. Once the beneficiaries, they now sit back and see everything from the other side. They are the flag bearers to bring in the change in their families and uplift the community as a whole.

All thanks to the support from people from around the world that this transition happened. We are committed to move on this path and work towards adequate employability of all our beneficiaries. The main contribution done by our esteemed donor under this initiative is as transparent as it gets.

The donor can sponsor higher education after the beneficiary graduates from school. It can be tuition fee, boarding fees, books and other charges. We negotiate with the partnering institutions and universities for scholarships and other fee waivers. Post negotiation with the colleges & universities, we inform our interested donors, donations required for the education of the student.

Donate Now

Patronship Initiative

Through our Patronship scheme, a student (mentee) is assigned to a donor (patron). Patrons of a child mentor their wards. We share the detailed profile of the student to help the patron understand the background of the student. Periodical progress reports about the performance of the child, both academic and co-scholastic are also reported 3 times a year. Student often write personalized greetings to his/her mentor on New Year, Birthday, Anniversary, Christmas, etc. Should you so wish, we are happy to have you write letters to your mentee at the Society’s email address.

The average annual cost of a child is $1,600. However for the convenience of donors, the Patronship is further categorized in three options. A donor might choose one of the below options to contribute for specific expenses of a child’s education at PYDS.

Perfect Patronship - $1,460

It covers expenses related to tuition, nutrition, healthcare, school transport, learning support, school uniforms, support networks, laboratories, yoga, sports, and field visits, of a child.

Platinum Patronship - $730

It covers expenses related to tuition, school transport, uniforms, learning support, yoga, sports, laboratories, and counselling of a child.

Privileged Patronship - $385

It covers expenses related to tuition and school uniforms for a child.