The interim committee for establishing Life Skills Development Association (LSDA)  was officially set up and approved on 12 April 2010 by the Public Administration and Civil Services Authority, Prime-Minister’s Office. On 23 December 2010, LSDA was officially approved to act in accordance with its regulation. 

Previously, LSDA analysed its potentials and the problems related to the organisation, followed by building the strategy for 2010-2014. The second phase is from 2016-2020, and the third phase is from 2021-2025. During this time, LSDA recognised Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) and Inter-Cultural Education (ICE) as its working approach and focused on building volunteers to lead activities in target groups.   

This project aims to strengthen the Don’t Stop Dream Team (DSDT) in promoting the rights of young women to become leaders in community activities. The concept of the project arises from a group of young women who are passionate about volunteering and helping the community. We have collaborated and conducted activities to build youth leaders for community development and to create a space for sharing and learning about social activities such as volunteering, understanding oneself and others, creative thinking through analytical tools, leadership skills, and more. Started since the end of 2020, we can see that after the implementation of the Youth Leadership for Community Development (YTD) programme, the results have exceeded expectations. For example, we can now meet the needs of young people in the development of Soft Skills and be able to develop young people who are active in the community beyond expectations. However, the Don’t Stop Dream Team (DSDT) group still faces many limitations and challenges: as an unregistered organisation, the office management system is not yet formalised, there are no permanent staff responsible for each job. For this reason, when we go to implement activities, it is still a problem that society lacks faith in DSDT. In addition to the above challenges, DSDT also sees barriers to the development of our young women, whether it is social acceptance or acceptance of the diversity of young women. 

It has two main approaches:

1. Capacity building for Don’t Stop Dream Team: Organise meetings to review programmes and present project plans, strategic planning, organisational structure and staff management, financial management system and registration as a learning center called “DSDT Center”.
2. Build specific skills for the team, such as center management skills, organisational development, staff management, financial management, administration, upgrading youth leadership, designing creative activities, promoting women’s rights and using GALs to develop youth skills and learning. We also want to hone our skills in creating and producing online media, especially podcasts, and on creative writing so that the DSDT can pass on knowledge to other young women.