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Delhi
Big Friend Program at Chaman
Children from neighbouring colonies of migrant labourers, are the beneficiaries in the centre. It was established to help underprivileged children in education, healthcare and general awareness so that they could have a better everyday life. Around 450 poor school-going and non-school going children come to Chaman on weekdays, between 10.30 am and 5.00 pm, for several hours a day. They are mostly children of rickshaw pullers, labourers, gardeners, watchmen, vegetable sellers, and other daily wage earners.
Whatever support they get from Chaman is at least helpful for their every day living but they always lack a mentor in their lives which can be taken care with the Big Friend Program.
You can be one of the Big Friends at Chaman. We welcome volunteers with strong inner motivation to accompany and care for such disadvantaged youth and have the time to fulfill the commitment to in this meaningful endeavor.
Location: Near Chattarpur temple. Volunteers from vasant kunj,saket,greenpark,haus khaz,malviya nagar, mehrauli can have easy access.
Share your time and skill at Kriti
Where: Annual Grassroots Politics Colloquium of the Developing Countries Research Centre (DCRC) on February 28 and March 1 at Delhi University.
Timings: 9 am - 7 pm (you can also volunteer for the duration thats possible for you within this schedule-anything from 4 to 6 hrs as per your convenience).
For what: Handling Outreach, Sales and Set Up at the Kriti stall with movement documentary films, books, resistance music and our diary on people's movements...community made products like jute and cloth bags, tshirts, organic holi colours, and more..
We expect many grasroots level activitst and students and teachers to come for this event, so it would also be an exciting learning and interaction space.
What we request: You come for a small briefing to our workplace in Alaknanda before the event. After the event, share a short para or two of your experience in volunteering at this event with the Kriti team
What we take care of: Your meals during the event and to & from from kriti workplace in alaknanda. We would also give you a certificate of volunteering at the event on receipt of your experience note.
Those interested may contact Komal Arora at delhi@ivolunteer.in
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Mumbai
Improve Governance at Credibility Alliance
Wanna be part of improving governance?
Credibility Alliance is a consortium of voluntary organisations committed towards enhancing accountability and transparency in the voluntary sector through good governance. They have developed certain norms in the areas of governance, transparency and accountability which the member organisations are expected to comply with. The office is situated in Khetwadi in Mumbai - the closest railway stations are Grant Road/Charni Road on Western Railway and Sandhurst Road on Central Railway.
i) Scrutiny of membership forms and examining from the forms whether our norms are complied with, desk review of accreditation forms to ensure compliance with norms, updating the database and other administrative work
ii) They have a panel of external assessors who are persons with experience in the voluntary sector or with accounting/managerial background with exposure to the voluntary sector. The assessor has to visit the office of the organisation applying for accreditation and also visit the project and talk to beneficiaries, staff etc. They could use the services of volunteers for this work.
iii) Spread the message of Credibility Alliance and explain our norms etc. in meetings of NGOs.
The three types of services can be classified asi) desk work related ii) field visits plus desk work and iii) communications and canvassing. Of course, persons with special skills can always contribute with their expertise. For example, a database expert can help us handle the data of our members etc.
A short training/orientation would surely be given on the same.
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Bangalore
Care for the elderly at OmAshram
Please come forward and volunteer to put a smile on the face of elderly.
Many of you might have visited Omashram. And those who have not been to Omashram, please do visit it. Being with the residents, one not only learns many things, but it is also great fun. They would be your friends in minutes. Visiting Omashram would give you all an idea regarding the volunteering opportunities we spoke about in the earlier mails.
Is nutrition, yoga, fitness, medical care, meditation or spirituality, your area of expertise? Does any of the following interests you - event management, website maintenance or general administration? Do you like exploring talents and creativity of your own and others? Or do you just love talking to the elderly? If your answer is YES for any of the above, do put your skills into action and see the change. Omashram Oldage Care has many such volunteering opportunities.
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Computer Training for Anganwaadi workers
Have you ever taught someone what a computer is or how to switch on a computer or even basic of Computer knowledge? Here is a wonderful chance where HP and Rotary together have started a project named Sankya which aims to train about 150 Anganwadi workers so as to lessen their daily workload. We need 30 hours a week which means if you can give 6 hours a day from Monday to Friday or if you know someone who could commit, please quickly contact Mr. Vinay Anand at 9986009505 or vanand_58@yahoo.inkeeping Ankur in loop bangalore@ivolunteer.in
It’s an urgent requirement as project is starting this Monday (16th Feb 2009). Skills needed: You’ll need to know basic of computers and besic spoken Kannada knowledge as you’ll be training anganwaadi workers. Location: In and around HSR Layout and R.T.nagar
Looking forward for good responses as always. Thanks and enjoy volunteering!
20:20 Finals at Aata Odanaata
Aata Odanaata would need volunteers for their 20-20 finals which will be conducted @ Kankpura - Muncipal High School Grounds for underprivileged children from Kanakpura villages .Aata Odanaata (which means Sports and Bonding in Kannada) - Nurturing Sports-Building Bonds, a non-governmental organization that envisions to improve the prospects of the underprivileged children and youngsters by empowering them through sports. We have set ourselves a lofty goal to begin with- spreading sports awareness amongst socio-economically challenged kids.We want to take sports to these kids – in our rural schools, in our city slums, in obscure orphanages. Kids with talent and a desire to excel but with no facilities, no funds and no mentoring. Kids who just need that One Chance.
Those interested may please call 9886067929 .
Gift a better life to the needy with Sampark
Did you ever wish you could help the poor and the vulnerable lead a life of dignity? Did you ever feel like contributing your skills for women empowerment? If "yes", Sampark has lots of opportunities and you could make a difference in the path of poverty reduction and women empowerment.
To know more about the activities and success stories of Sampark, please visit the website www.sampark.org or call: 80 25530196
What you can do
1. IT related support: Sampark is in urgent need of database development. So all the IT people out there, it is a great opportunity to utilize your skills for a good cause!! You could even gather a few friends and take up this challenging opportunity!!
2. And for people who have a passion for books and library management, you could spend some time at Sampark in creating an organized library system.
3. And those who have a good hold on Kannada, there are many ways you can help. You could make some translations and prepare reports. You could also be a part of the Kannada newsletter.
4. People who are good at writing, lots of opportunities awaiting to prepare effective reports.
5. Be a part of a project and document it. If you could make up your mind, you can even spend some time at Koppal where Sampark has many projects going on.
6. If you would like to teach the children of the construction workers, you can design your program and see to it that children have learnt many things from you.
Be a child development facilitator with Imagine India
Imagine India is a fund raising organization that works with grass root initiatives and projects aimed at child development and education with community involvement. Imagine India connects potential donors and volunteers with NGOs, enabling the NGOs financially, helping them focus on their objectives and increase capacity.
Imagine India was set up recently and is currently in process of identifying projects/NGOs that have an immediate need for funding. In this regard, we are looking for volunteers who can talk to various NGOs and collect information. A volunteer will have to meet the co-ordinator/director of an NGO and understand their objectives, requirements and functioning. The volunteer will have the flexibility of fixing meetings based on his/her availability. This is an immediate requirement since the process needs to be completed within the next 2 weeks.
Volunteers are requested to get in touch with Sowmya - 99165-42428 or Bharath Kashyap- 98455-8506
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