CLEAN INDIA FOR ROAD SAFETY

BY SHAGUN SHARMA FROM INDIA

The project uses #CleanIndia and #ArtForRoadSafety for #ClaimingOurSpace in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Vrikshit Foundation will implement a comprehensive youth-led project involving art, community mobilization and awareness, peer-to-peer engagement, and advocacy to use their existing work at the intersection of waste management, climate change and road safety for engaging in evidence-based campaigning and advocacy for the cause.

Throughout the project, Shagun and her team will clean, paint, and transform public spaces such as metro pillars, roadsides, and public walls to communicate the message of the importance of waste management to ensure safe and healthy roads for all. This campaign will mobilize more than 800 young people and will be led, conceptualized, and implemented by youth in Delhi.

The goal of the project is to implement a comprehensive, youth-led project that involves art, community mobilization, awareness, peer-to-peer engagement , and advocacy to connect efforts around waste management, climate change, and road safety

ABOUT THE PROJECT LEAD

Shagun is based in Delhi, India. By profession. She currently works with Sattva Consulting engaging in impact consulting with non-profits in India and APAC. By passion, she is works as an Advisor with Vrikshit Foundation as a Country Ambassador (India) with Peace First and as a Youth Panelist with Global Youth Mobilization Fund. She is an accredited Mental Health First Aider. Since 2017, she has been living her life constantly volunteering for different organizations for young people and community impact. Currently, she is working and as an Advisor with Vrikshit Foundation. In the past, she has worked with organizations like the CrossBow Miles, Project FUEL, Youth for Peace International and Girl Effect India in different voluntary capacities.

PROJECT UPDATES

Clean India project results in road safety awareness graffiti in the city

For her local actions project, Shagun Sharma and her team from Vrikshit Foundation are looking to implement comprehensive youth-led projects that merge road safety and art as a way to campaign and advocate for proper waste management, climate action, and road safety.

ABOUT THE LEAD ORGANISATION

Vrikshit foundation

Vrikshit is a youth-led civil society that envisions creating a more environmentally responsible generation in our society and eliminating the need for the foundation’s existence. I have been supporting the strategy development, fundraising and global recognition for the organization's work. My engagement is direct with the founder of the foundation to help him strengthen the organizational processes and systems as well. Vrikshit Foundation's volunteers will be implementing the project on-ground with me and Shankar. They will be active partners and stakeholders throughout the duration of the project.