We, as a society have a duty to equip our youth with a mindset that at the very least protects our youth from being externally coerced into crime
The Malaysian Indian Youth Development Foundation (MIYDF) is the catalyst that aims
to Educate, Empower and Enlighten the Indian youth and the community at large,
through its various activities. What started as an informal community help centre in
2004 developed into a full-fledged registered NGO in 2006. Today MIYDF is composed of
45,000 members and volunteers nationwide with 73 affiliated NGOS. Programs are
catered to effectively address and tackle societal problems within the respective target
groups. Meanwhile, facilitators are assigned to groups of participants to follow up on
their lifestyle and progress, in order to monitor and provide the necessary guidance for
positive growth
YOU ARE PART OF SOMETHING BIG
Addressing the complex challenges facing young people today
Youth commit crime for various reasons, may it be economic, social or a
mindset issue. Tackling the issue can only be done by creating awareness on
the consequences of committing crime, by early intervention. From research
and development to implementation and execution, MIYDF has a structured methodology in achieving its intended goals.
TAN SRI DATO' SRI SA. VIGNESWARANMessage from the Patron
When an Indian youth here gets into trouble or an unexpected outbreak of negative behaviour among
them occurs, often the first question the public asks is, “Who is to blame?” Typically, the next step is to
adopt programs to “target” the problem. Rarely, however, do we as a community, come together to
ask, “How can we provide both a positive and supportive environment and also necessary social skills
for our young people, from pre-school to University, that will be a lasting part of education in our
community and make events like these much less likely to occur in the future?” Rather than putting a
band-aid on wounds in the youth culture and ripping it off when the next attractive program comes
along, MIYDF’s approach is realistically tailored to address the needs of Indians at their roots.
Underachievement and harmful behaviours develop in part from a complex web of familial, economic,
and cultural circumstances. These factors are part of the fabric of life and difficult to attack. Strategies
that help them develop the resilience to cope adaptively with modern-day stresses has been adopted.
MIYDF is inspired, empowered, and committed to move beyond a fragmented approach to social and
emotional programming and embrace a systematic, comprehensive, and coordinated approach to
addressing the deeply intertwined academic, social, and economic needs of our Indian youth.
MIYDF aspires to create awareness among the Indian youth that they can be the best and on par with
the other community. MIYDF is committed to awakening those who are working to improve youth
opportunities with their specific work within the “big picture” of what it takes to ensure that they are
problem free, fully prepared and fully participating in community building. MIYDF builds the bridges of
social inclusion of the upper class of the Indian society to play their role in uplifting our community.
MIYDF is our and the community’s, call to action. MIYDF shall heed the call so that we can create a
community in which every Indian youth is treated with respect and dignity, every Indian boy and girl is
loved and cared for equally, and every Indian family has the hope of a strong and stable future.
