The Essence of Nest

Nest aims to develop a healthy space where each individual can hone their skills, nurture their dreams, and pursue their aspirations while playing their part in building resilient and sustainable communities.

Vision

Innovative interventions and facilitating the development of an environment where each individual gets to live life to its fullest in a peaceful, harmonious, and equal opportunity setting.

Mission

To promote development through youth-driven initiatives and work towards empowering individuals and communities. Provide an enabling platform for young people to rise to the best of their potential.

Objective

To build a platform for youths to contribute, participate and engage in the process of their own development.

The Early Years

With a firm belief that Lamka has the potential in its youth to contribute, participate, and influence the process of their own development and shape their own future, a youth group was founded on October 11, 2017, to create space for youths to come together, share, explore, and inspire youth-led initiatives towards addressing the developmental needs of the community.

Nest was started with a lone Computer CPU, with everything else, ranging from Computer Monitor, office furniture and equipment, mostly donated by its members. Nest started its operations for the first three years purely on a voluntary basis to man the day-to-day operations of the organisation; its members always volunteered and supported any activity with the sole intention of doing their bit for the society. As a youth group, a project titled: “Rendezvous North East” was executed with the support of the National Foundation for India with Centre for Community Initiative providing the necessary conduit. Through this project, activities such as Dialogue-Talk on Suicide, Workshop on Storytelling, Community Outreach Programs, Movie Screening, Formation of Youth Groups and participation at Futsal Championships, Vision Lamka Presentation Competition among School Children were organised.

After a year of operations, the youth group was formally registered on March 13, 2019, under the Manipur Societies Registration Act 1989 with 23 members. An Administrative Office was inaugurated on April 21, 2019, at JC Park Bungmual, Lamka which remains the Nest Office to this day.