Shreepada R. Rao

Yakshit Yuva Foundation

Yakshit Yuva Foundation was founded in 2012 by Taekwondo master Shreepada R. Rao, who also runs Rao's Yuva Academy training institute in Kakati, a rural part of Belagavi district. The foundation uses sport, primarily Taekwondo, as a platform for character-building and self-defence training with an emphasis on gender equity, and runs a career-guidance initiative called Careerscape for school students. It is ISO 9001:2015 certified, and its site reports academy athletes have won over 650 medals. give.do's own listing did not link a website; this was found and confirmed via independent search.

Yakshit Yuva Foundation reports the following, on its own site:

• 820+ youth impacted