Welcome to MIYDF.org

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For years, concerned organizations and policy makers have sought ways
to address the issue of Indian youth being stereotyped as delinquents.
Debates and conferences have been held, reports have been written and
distributed, and goals have been set. But the goals have not been
achieved and it is time to sound an alarm.

There are findings that confirm social ills thrive on instability,
poverty and lack of employment opportunities. However, it is clear the
attention placed by the authorities and the media is on violence and
not on poverty and instability. The attention is often on the effects,
and not on the causes.

The Indian community has already lost a few generations of their young
people and will continue to lose them. It is time that it is realized
that we are no longer dealing of a criminal here but with a sub-
culture that is producing them.

To understand youth, we realize, we must understand and address the
social problems of the family, the community, the schools, media and
peers and the interaction of these systems.

Research and reflection point to the importance of adult mentoring,
the support of community, empowerment and the opportunity to succeed.
When, added to such a foundation, the values of the youth are
congruent, youth are not at risk. When they are incongruent, as we
find increasingly in our society, youth are at risk.

Without forceful and focused action, this troubling trends will
worsen. Our youth need the tools and guidance to successfully navigate
through an increasingly challenging world. They need to hear from
parents and others that they are loved, valued and are worthy
individuals.

Set against this backdrop, a group of professional Indians from
different backgrounds and different parts of the country got together
to endorse the need for an NGO to be the catalyst to tthis change.
Thus evolved the Malaysian Indian Youth Development Foundation
(MIYDF), a non-profitable, non-political and non-governmental
organization.

There are more things that distinguish the the office bearers of MIYDF
from one another than make them similar. Yet, at the core, they are
Indians who aspire to elevate their community to be at par with other
communities.

OUR VISION

By the year 2020, the Foundation aspires to create a united and
confident Malaysian Indian Society, infused by strong moral and
ethical values, living in an environment that is progressive and
prosperous and having full participation in national economy that is
competitive, dynamic and resilient.

OUR MISSION

The Foundation shall strive to alleviate poverty by initially
improving the economic standing of the community through better
education and increased awareness of the potential opportunities in
the country.

The Foundation affirms that there can be no harmonious and prosperous
Indian Society until we have finally overcome the negative stereotype
that labels an Indian Youth.

The Foundation shall work towards creating a psychologically
liberated, secure and developed Indian Society with faith and
confidence in itself, justifiably proud of what they are, of what they
have accomplished, robust enough to face all future challenges in a
multi racial socio-economic environment.

The Foundation believes t he Indian Society must be distinguished by
the pursuit of excellence, fully aware of all their potentials, and
psychologically and economically at par and respected by other
communities .

The activities of the Foundation shall aim towards a mental revolution
and a cultural reinforcement to boost the self-esteem of every single
Indian.

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