Website: http://www.pravah.org
Contact: Navneet Prakash
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Tel: +91 11 2644 0619
Adress: C-24 B, Second Floor, Kalkaji, New Delhi 110019, India

About
Change Looms is a support programme for young people who have started their own initiative for social change. It is a joint venture between Pravah and Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, supported by the Youth and Civil Society Initiative of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Global Fund for Children. Change Looms is not a funding agency, and any financial assistance is purely linked to facilitating learning and development of youth leaders and their organizations.

Program description
The focus of Change Looms is to facilitate your learning and development as young person leading social change. The key components of the Change Looms program are a one-week residential workshop where participants meet other youth from across the country to build your skills, refine your ideas and program designs, reflect on yourself as a leader of social change, and receive feedback from peers and experiences social sector leaders. In the DAC, participants develop a learning plan to submit as your proposal for participating in the Learning Phase.

The Learning Phase: Based on the learning plans submitted after the DAC, selected candidates will be invited for a 9-10 month Learning Phase in which participants work with a mentor, participate in collective learning events, go for exposure visits, invite resource people to engage with you, and participate in peer learning with other Changeloomers. You will receive guidance and financial support to enable you to implement your learning plan.

Participants
You can apply for Change Looms if you are aged 17-27 years, the founder and leader of a youth-led, independent social initiative which is in operation for at least 6 months, with long term plans for social change.

Applications
For the 2010 dates please check out the website.