Anantapur youth Bisathi Bharath receiving UN Volunteers India Award from Minister of Youth Affairs Anurag Singh Thakur in New Delhi on Friday.
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Bisathi Bharath, a 26-year-old youth from Anantapur district, obtained the United Nations Volunteers India Award in New Delhi not too long ago for his contribution in direction of selling voluntary blood donation and coaching youth in management qualities and tender expertise. 

The award, collectively supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Indian Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, is given to younger individuals aged between 15 and 29 for his or her volunteering work in numerous fields of the society.

Mr. Bharath obtained the award, comprising a trophy and a advantage certificates, from United Nations Resident Coordinator Shombi Sharp, UNDP Resident Representative Shoko Noda, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur and Secretary to Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Meeta Ravali.

Mr. Bharath instructed The Hindu that he had organised 35 blood donation camps amassing 1,500 models for the needy. He had beforehand volunteered within the National Service Scheme(NSS) and was a coach at Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan and based Pragathi Padham Youth Association that works in direction of ending baby marriages, gender inequality and sexual abuse.