Annual Action Plan 2020-21: Focus Area Programme

Youth Led Fit India Movement, Youth Wellness and Positive Life Style

The Fit India Campaign is a Youth Led movement to take the nation on a path of fitness and wellness. It provides a unique and exciting opportunity to work towards a healthier India. As part of the movement, NYKs affiliated Youth Clubs, their Members, individuals and villagers of all age groups can undertake various efforts for their own fitness for health and well-being as well as for the health and well-being of fellow Indians.

Objective

To encourage and promote fitness culture and spirit of sportsmanship among rural youth to adopt it as a way of life.
To popularize such fitness activities which require minimum infrastructure, equipments and finances
To propagate the message of healthy body & healthy mind among the youth
To develop understanding among youth about their reproductive health, nutrition, hygiene, sanitation, immunity and life style diseases
To make aware and educate youth on methods of prevention and control of HIV-AIDS, STIs, COVID-19
To educate youth on the strategies and need to refrain from Drug Abuse
To sensitize and motivate youth to practice Fundamental Duties and proud to be Indians
To turn Indian youth as healthy and productive human resource

Suggestive Actions

Sensitization of Youth Clubs to register as Fit India Youth Clubs
Fit India Freedom Run
Fitness at Home, Fitness with Family
Traditional Sports and Games popular in villages
Sports Activities and Adventure
Yoga and Physical Exercise, Jogging and Running
Walking, Prabhat Pheries, Swimming,
Gym, Group exercise, Dancing, Skipping, Cycling
Awareness and Education programs
Orientation Training Programs
Screening of Documentaries
Lectures, Talks & Discussion by experts
Youth Health Check up Camps
Vaccination including young women
Blood Donation activities
Competitions viz. essay, quiz, poster making, painting, slogan writing
Village based activities to practice Fundamental Duties

Strategies

Village based Youth Club as the operational hub
Adoption of Families for fitness
Identification of Youth Leaders as Wellness and Positive Life Educators and Motivators
Environment building
Awareness, education, motivation and Training of Trainers Programs
Coordination with service providers
Camps
Access to services
Follow up campaigns

Collaborative Agencies

Sports Authority of India - Fit India Mission
Sports Departments
Health and Family Welfare Department
Social Welfare Department
Red Cross Society
Indian Medical Association
Gram Panchayat and Village Spokespersons
Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Committee
Asha Workers
Opinion Leaders
Subject Experts, Resource Persons, Counsellors and Life Coaches

Expected Outcome - Monitoring and Success Indicators

No. of Fit India Youth Clubs Registered
No. of Kilometres Run conducted
No. of Families adopted for fitness regimes
No. of Sports and Games organized and extent of participation
No. of other Fitness activities organized
No. of people took part
No. of youth, adolescents & children are undertaking fitness activities regularly
No. of elders made fitness as daily routine
No. of women sparing some time for fitness
No. of persons incorporating physical activity of 60 minutes in their daily lives through motivation of Youth Clubs members
Whether Fitness has become an integral part of villagers way of life
No. of Youth Leaders trained
No. of Theme programs organized
No. of youth attended training programs
No. of follow up activities organized
No. of youth stopped abusing Drugs
No. of youth medically examined during camps and accessed referral services
No. of children and women vaccinated
No. of youth donated blood
No. of adolescent Girls and Boys provided Iron Folic Acid Tablets

In order to provide support in realizing the objectives of Focus Area - Youth Led Fit India Movement, Youth Wellness and Positive Life Style with the spirit of volunteerism, Core Programs viz. Training of Youth in Wellness, Positive Life Style and Fit India, Block level Sports Meets, District Level Sports Meets and District Level Promotion of Art & Culture have been provided. SOP of these programmes is given in Chapter – 4. These Core Programs would enhance the capacity, level of awareness, understanding, leadership, motivation and skills of youth and thereby facilitate them in implementing focus areas activities in their respective villages with expected outcomes.

District Youth Coordinators should give target to NYVs to cover cluster of 25-30 Youth Clubs or as per the need. NYVs should guide and help the allotted villages Youth Clubs in finalizing their Action Plans for Focus Area - Youth Led Fit India Movement, Youth Wellness and Positive Life Style in the proforma given at Annexure- 6, 6A and 6 B. NYVs should facilitate coordination and regularly be in contact with the allotted Youth Clubs and motivate members of Youth Clubs, COVID volunteers and others to undertake above mentioned focus area activities on voluntary basis in their respective villages.