Youth Development Foundation

YDF is a youth-led organization formed in 2010 with a vision to promote diversity, interfaith harmony, and peaceful coexistence in those areas which are more prone to violence, hate, and religious discrimination. Since then, YDF has expanded to 28 districts across Pakistans Punjab, KP, and Sindh regions. These range from the most affected areas, including Southern Punjab and Interior Sindh. YDF has four offices in Lahore (Head Office), Multan, Karachi and Faisalabad, 21 full-time and four part-time employees. YDF has an outstanding diverse faith network of youth with the strength of over 15,000 (5,580 female & 9,420 male) that includes university students, community youth, and madrassa students. YDF works with various stakeholders at different levels of government, i.e. District, Provincial and Federal, to promote youth-oriented policies and strategies that celebrate cultural, linguistic, ethnic and religious diversity. Most recently, YDF has been working with the Ministry of Human...