The Alliance of South Asian Communities (ASAC) promotes the development of the South Asian Community. It mobilizes and integrates the community with the mainstream society. Its mission is to provide a means for resolution of issues common to the members of the South Asian community thus  share information, expertise and other resources that would address  the collective welfare of the South Asian community.

ASAC targeted the youth group of the South Asian origin and conducted a survey to find the problems of the South Asian youth.  ASAC conducted a survey in five different schools of Montreal where the majority of the students are of South Asian origin.  The 1100 questionnaires were distributed and 704 were returned back.  ASAC analyzed the answers and found out the problem in the youth of the South Asian origin:

1. School Dropouts
2. Drug and Alcoholism
3. Lack of leadership
4. Less communication between teachers, parents and students
5. Language barriers
6. Racism (Jobs, Schools, etc)

ASAC has arranged (18) seminars for the benefit of the youth emphasizing the importance of education, good behaviour and staying away from criminal activities.  The parents are completely unaware of the activities of their children. They are very busy in meeting the household requirements and have no time to discuss all the matters with the teachers. Another reason is the language barrier.

The majority of the South Asian youth are unaware of the possibility of participating in the entrepreneurial ventures.  Their parents migrated to Canada from their countries and came for economic and political reasons. Most of them were employed in companies, provincial, federal and municipal governments. They did not focus on entrepreneurship. In order to motivate the youth towards business the following items are to be considered :

1. Desire
2. Confidence
3. Willingness
4. Skill and Knowledge
5. Goals (short and long term)
6. Decision making skill
7. Organizational skill – Marketing ,etc

 ASAC is convinced that once the youth is on the right path then they can go in the right direction.  The organizations cannot change the youth without the help of the parents and the teachers and the community workers and there should be a direct and continuous communication among them which will then reduce the possibility of indulging them in the criminal activities.