News from the field

Hamrahi: “Sit. Let’s Talk.”

Hamrahi is a student wellbeing project at Govt. (Boys) Degree College, Madeji, run with Parindey under the Guftugu 2.0 Fellowship. It introduces low-cost, culturally rooted peer wellbeing tools such as the Privilege Walk, Wellbeing Bingo and the Hamrahi Talking Jar. In the orientation, students shared what makes and breaks their day and talked openly about exam anxiety.

• Expressions Through Art: putting feelings into colour
• Sports for Wellbeing: play and teamwork to release stress
• The Hamrahi Corner: a calm safe space to sit, talk and be heard

A rural Sindhi voice at COP31

Through the Youth@COP programme, powered by Climate Forward Pakistan, CYDE was selected to represent rural Pakistani youth as an Official Youth Delegate at UNFCCC COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye, advocating for Action for Climate Empowerment and direct Loss & Damage finance for frontline communities.

Safeer-e-Amn, Amn Aur Rawadari and our Peacebuilding Toolkit

• Feb 2026: 35 youth leaders trained in Sukkur in conflict resolution and peace entrepreneurship.
• May 2026: CYDE’s Peacebuilding Toolkit published, with 14 guiding principles.
• Jun 2026: Amn Aur Rawadari brought together 51 youth from Muslim, Hindu and Christian communities with religious leaders, CSOs and universities.

Under Amn Rang III with Chanan Development Association, supported by NED.

Child safeguarding through storytelling

A six-month community action project with Group Development Pakistan across 6 rural government and low-cost private schools in Shikarpur and Sukkur. Sindhi-language storytelling modules reached 360+ students and trained 25–30 teachers to keep children safe.

College Book Bank & Ilm Ghar Ghar

We are establishing a permanent Book Bank for intermediate and undergraduate students at GBDC Madeji. Through Ilm Ghar Ghar, 200+ rural youth aged 17–29 have received career counselling and two-month skills courses.

New MOUs for youth networks

In 2026 CYDE signed MOUs with Karakoram Impact Network Youth (Gilgit-Baltistan), Youth International Development Foundation (YIDF) and Devintel to share knowledge and expand youth engagement across regions.