Every young voice should count.
CYDE is a youth- and volunteer-led collective from Lakhi, Shikarpur, working across Sindh on relief, livelihoods, climate action, peace and wellbeing.
2,400+ families reached during the 2022 floods.
Cash, tents, food, clean water and sanitation for 14,400+ people across 15+ villages in six months.
It’s okay to talk about how you feel.
Art, sports and a safe corner help college students handle academic stress and exam anxiety.
Prepared before the flood, not only after it.
1,800+ native trees, Sindhi-language Climate Kachehris in Katcha villages, and a youth delegate at COP31.
Small businesses, big comebacks.
Micro-finance and mentoring have restored 70+ flood-hit small enterprises in Sukkur.
Rooted in rural Sindh. Led by its young people.
CYDE, the Centre for Youth Development & Engagement, was founded in 2018 in Lakhi, District Shikarpur, because rural young people were being left out of the decisions shaping their own futures. Today we work across Shikarpur, Sukkur, Ghotki and wider Sindh, including Muhana fishing communities and riverine Katcha settlements.
Our core belief: everyone is equal when it comes to human rights. We mobilise youth, educate them on climate, peace and civic life, empower communities, and ensure young people have a seat where decisions are made.
Since 2018 · designed and delivered by young peopleflood-affected families supported (14,400+ people)
native trees planted from Larkana to Karachi
community members engaged in peacebuilding
small enterprises restored in Sukkur
students reached through child safeguarding storytelling
rural youth (17–29) trained in career and skills courses
women and girls across all programmes
the year young people in Lakhi started CYDE
From relief to resilience
Each project grows out of needs found in the field by the one before it: Charity Scouts led to Khudkafeel and Climate Muhafiz, and our peace and wellbeing work keeps communities strong together.
Charity Scouts
Six months of emergency flood response for 2,400+ families across northern Sindh.
Khudkafeel
Helping flood-hit families move from relief to self-reliance through small businesses.
Climate Muhafiz
Youth- and women-led climate action, from tree planting to Climate Kachehris and COP31.
The Peace Project
“Local Action, Lasting Peace”: youth-led peacebuilding and interfaith harmony in Upper Sindh.
Hamrahi
“Sit. Let’s Talk.” Peer wellbeing for rural undergraduates, with Parindey under Guftugu 2.0.
Child Safeguarding
Sindhi storytelling modules in 6 rural schools: 360+ students and 25–30 teachers.
Life at CYDE, in motion
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We grow with others
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