We eagerly expect your invaluable contribution to change rural poverty and to make peaceful environment

Youth Development Society of Sikkim (YODESS) is committed to poverty reduction in India, basically in Sikkim through sustainable development and the overall strengthening of families and communities. This is accomplished through the financial assistance of donors, whose support to impoverished Indian families and communities is made possible through where, with the cooperation and facilitation of local partners (NGO’s/Diocesan Social Service Societies/self-help groups/community-based organizations), vulnerable families and communities are assisted.

Family Development Program

Through economic and social development initiatives, poor families are able to realize their overall development, leading ultimately towards sustainable communities and a healthier society. This is accomplished by identifying the most vulnerable families in targeted areas and facilitating them to begin and maintain an income generating livelihood, leading to eventual self-reliance. Local community financing/resource mobilization is encouraged, and families undergo entrepreneurial development training. Involvement in youth group or self-help groups helps individuals gain the confidence and skills necessary for success. Number of member organizations capacitated from different areas of the state under the umblrella of YODESS to keep such initiative in their locality in organized way long run.    

Community Development Program

YODESS has been involved in community development programming since 2006. Funds raised for these programs are strategically targeted toward specific activities in certain priority sectors to alleviate poverty in the long term. YODESS has been has been collaborating with different developmental organization, donor and government departments for the past couple of years in community development, strategically planning and implementing sustainable rural development projects and programs in Sikkim. YODESS is committed to participatory approaches that involve local partners (NGO’s and community based organizations) and promote local level empowerment through capacity building. Our latest programs involved partnerships with state and district level administration, community base organization, banks, govt departments and sister concerns.

N.B.: For more about our ongoing and regular development programs, please refer to and click on the PROGRAM link of the webpage. 

HOW YOU CAN HELP

You may Donate through 

Cheque/Money order

Donations are received in our office. You can send your cheques/checks or money orders to our office address mentioned in the tab contact and we will process them usually in the same day of receipt. An acknowledgement and a receipt will be issued by return mail viz. soft copy though email and if needed hard-copy also can be posted or may collect from our office at any opening day between 10hrs to 17hrs, whenever necessary, which we keep in file safely. The only exceptions are those donors who send periodically throughout the year or by postdated cheques/checks. These will be acknowledged immediately but tax receipts will be issued at year-end. 

Transferring online or depositing fund directly to our below mentioned account 

Please inform us with your details and means of donation by email before transferring or depositing any amount for processing. 

Bank: Central Bank of India

Name of the Account: Youth Development Society of Sikkim (YODESS)

Account No.: 11018607276

IFSC Code: CBINO282145

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR KIND INTEREST IN OUR EFFORTs

Management, YODESS