CONNECTING DREAMS FOUNDATION

NEW DELHI, Delhi, 110092 India

Mission Statement

Connecting 10 Million SDG* Dreams By 2025. (*Sustainable Development Goals)

About This Cause

Vision: To create changemakers through a systemic model of entrepreneurship who in turn solve community-based SDG challenges through sustainable solutions with the help of domain experts. * Key Achievements: Since its establishment in 2013, Connecting Dreams Foundation has expanded to 11 countries and impacted the lives of over 12,36,500 individuals globally. CDF has empowered 13,189+ changemakers and created 373+ urban and rural models for localizing 15 SDGs through systemic models of entrepreneurship. CDF has also launched India's first management certificate program with TISS as an academic partner and India's first social incubator for the LGBTQ+ community. * About: Connecting Dreams Foundation (CDF) is a non-profit organization founded in 2013 and registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956, Government of India. CDF aims to address the SDG-based community challenges through entrepreneurial action and youth empowerment. The foundation provides youth with an opportunity to bring about a sustainable and scalable change by working along the lines of 17 SDGs. CDF works to resolve a diverse set of challenges that align with the global narrative of SDGs, focusing on the multidimensionality of development from entrepreneurship, community development & empowerment, diversity and inclusion, and many more. Key Programs: 1. Global Changemaker Fellowship: Empowering Global Young Leaders to become Effective Collaborators of Change. The Global Changemaker Fellowship is an advancement program intended to interface and develop a pipeline of Social Change Leaders who are focused on handling challenges in their local communities. The fellowship equips changemakers with an opportunity to access global knowledge, community, training, and tools to become more effective collaborators of change and scale-up their initiatives. 2. Transformation Program: The Transformation program is an umbrella program and is an initiative taken towards empowering underserved and marginalized communities such as LGBTQ, PWDs, and Acid Attack Survivors by building knowledge in IT and skill building, and moving towards mainstream employment or entrepreneurial ventures. Transformation is India's first fellowship that is targeted at building Career Progression for the community. The fellowship has 4 dimensions (IT, conversational English, and moving towards mainstream employment or entrepreneurial opportunities while providing holistic emotional and health support and a platform to showcase capabilities). 3. Changemakers for Gram Swarajya: Empowering Youth Changemakers to Realize Gandhian Philosophy in Rural India. The Changemakers for Gram Swarajya is a program to provide training and support to Rural Changemakers from across India. These individuals between the age group of 13-20 years are involved in village development activities at their level. The program is on the lines of the Gram Swaraj philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi and the Changemakers are empowered to implement this philosophy in their respective villages. 4. Global Changemaker Labs: Global Citizenship for Youth to enable Sustainability through Entrepreneurship Action. Global Changemaker Labs lays a foundation in the core beliefs of creating change with sustainability. The Changemaker Lab empowers youth to create sustainable solutions through education, communities, and innovation. The Changemaker Labs program aims to unleash the next generation’s talent to achieve sustainable goals for everyone. 5. Changemaker Labs for Schools Description: The Changemaker Labs for Schools aim to provide an excellent opportunity to young minds to identify and solve the problems faced by their communities while simultaneously developing their own change-making skills.

CONNECTING DREAMS FOUNDATION
B-41, Arya Nagar Apartments, Plot No. 91 I.p. Extn., Patparganj, Shakarpur East
NEW DELHI, Delhi 110092
India
Phone +91-9899748528
Twitter @CDF_India
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