Trust for Youth and Child Leadership (TYCL) International

Trust for Youth and Child Leadership (TYCL) was founded in 2011 in Puducherry, India, as a youth-led non-profit organization started and run by college students from Puducherry and Tamil Nadu. By 2019, TYCL India was being supported by more than 100 local volunteers to run thirteen different projects and programs. Many of these projects were based on new innovations that were piloted for the first time in India. TYCL continues to operate in Puducherry with the aim of bringing positive change in youth, children, and their communities through safe, inclusive, participative, and innovative leadership models. In 2018, Trust for Youth and Child Leadership (TYCL) International, Inc. was registered as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization in New York State. As an international entity, TYCL aims to expand its projects and its influence towards positive youth-led change on a global platform.