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Training for the Youth Volunteers in Lucknow and Gwalior will be led by FH India. They will be trained in two rounds – 2-day induction and 1-day refresher, where they will be oriented on: Mosquito borne disease prevention Source reduction Diagnostics, and treatment (non-technical) Training on digital skills: geo-tagging, use of social media Leadership skills Street theater, script writing Citizen engagement and Gender After the training sessions, 500 Youth Volunteers would have clarity on their role in community engagement and advocacy, their reporting responsibilities and the incentives linked to their engagement as referenced above.

Youth volunteers will be mobilized based on their interest in community work. Youth Volunteers will not be paid any stipend except travel and wage loss support for participating in events and trainings. Inclusion criteria for youth volunteers will be: Age between 18-24 years Working as volunteers with some existing projects Committed to provide time for volunteering Up to 100 Youth Volunteers will be felicitated through the project, based on the below criteria: Basti Mapping and Geo Tagging – Completed – 100% Helped in closing up to 80% issues in coordination with Municipal Corporation Basti development activities completed

Project Inception Event/Workshop – one in each location at city level Identification and training of 500 youth volunteers – two youth volunteers per basti in EMBED intervention areas in Lucknow and Gwalior. Training on mosquito borne disease prevention, source reduction, diagnostics and treatment (non-technical). Training on digital skills: geo-tagging, use of social media, Leadership skills, street theater, script writing, citizen engagement and gender.

Primary Target Group: 500 Youth Volunteers (between the age of 18-24, both boys and girls, school going and out of school) Secondary Target Group 5,000 household in general 50,000 women between age 18-45 years (approx. 20% of total population) Municipal Corporation authorities – Lucknow and Gwalior

Youth champions (18-24 Years of age): Via mobilization and training; build capacity to carry out community mapping and larva survey, community engagement for civic action, use of digital tools and social media Community: Build awareness on mosquito breeding and disease prevention, civic action by use of digital tools, role in ensuring sustained civic engagement and action (breeding grounds don’t develop again in their vicinity etc.) Municipal Corporations: Be responsive and take action to address community breeding spots.

Human resource – Youth Mobilization Coordinator Training for 500 youth volunteers on: Mosquito borne disease prevention, source reduction, diagnostics, and treatment (non-technical) Training on digital skills: geo-tagging, use of social media Leadership skills Street theater, script writing, citizen’s engagement, and gender Mapping for 300 bastis (slums) for water stagnation points at community level and reporting through digital platform by Youth Volunteers Larva survey – household found larval sources Prioritization of actions at household, community and municipal corporation level.

Pilot intervention build upon the EMBED Project. Aligning it to the growing need for building sustainable mechanisms for civic action among urban communities. To demonstrate the power of youth engagement to transform how communities can manage and control and reduce mosquito breeding areas. Eliminate mosquito borne diseases such as malaria and dengue from their communities.