Minar Pimple

Founder

Founder of YUVA (Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action)

Minar Pimple is the founder of YUVA (Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action) (1984)[1], an Indian non-profit working on human rights and livelihood from Mumbai.

YUVA (Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action)

YUVA is a Mumbai-headquartered nonprofit founded in 1984 that works with marginalised communities across Maharashtra, Assam and Jharkhand to help them access their rights through on-ground interventions, advocacy and policy engagement. Its work spans habitat and housing rights, informal workers' rights, youth empowerment, child protection and climate justice, including a labour helpline and an anti-eviction support cell.

YUVA (Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action) reports the following, on its own site:

₹1.23 Cr worth of social protection entitlements delivered under different schemes
72,000 Identity Documents & Social Protection Schemes facilitated
900 collectives facilitated
₹1.5 Cr wages facilitated by the Labour Helpline