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SAMARTHA BHARATA IS .....
Samartha Bharata is a campaign and a volunteer platform created by Rashtreeya Swayamsevak Sangh aimed
at addressing social, economic, civic, environmental and other challenges facing our country. A significant amount
of work, undertaken by various organizations, is in progress in the fields of quality education, health, vocational
training, civic issues, environment, rural development, cow protection, cultural & literary development and
upliftment of marginalized sections like street children, HIV+ people, transgenders and devadasis.
Volunteers in these organizations come from varied professions and socio-economic and regional backgrounds
and they dedicate their time, skills and energy towards these causes. Thanks to their efforts, a huge difference
has been made to the lives of lakhs of people across the country. But there is a long way to go for our nation to
reach its full potential and be free of the above mentioned challenges.
Samartha Bharata offers a single platform for new volunteers and organizations to come together. In future, it
will also serve as an incubator for new initiatives proposed to solve challenges and problems faced by society.
To transform
Bharat by
involving people
in sustainable social,
economic and
cultural initiatives.
VISION MISSION
Introduce meaningful social, economic and cultural initiatives to help develop a sustainable,
strong society.
Connect individuals to participate through a multi-dimensional volunteer platform.
Inspire service-minded enthusiasts to develop problem-solving and leadership skills that
will strengthen neighborhoods and the nation.
Provide opportunity to organizations to become partners in nation-building.
Incubate new ideas and initiatives proposed to solve social & economic challenges.
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About this book...
This hand book serves as a guide for those who want to spare some time to serve our
mother society.
A Volunteer who wants to engage himself / herself in social activity can choose a subject of
his or her choice and can start his activity directly in the chosen field by contacting the
concerned organisation or person. Details have been provided at the end of every activity.
For more details : www.samarthabharatha.org
Team
SamarthaBharatha
Bengaluru
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Helping in Seva Basti (Slums) 4
1. Health Programs in Seva Basti (Slums)
2. Balagokula
3. Vidya Nidhi
4. Vocational Training
5. Tuition Centers in Slums
Helping Specially Abled Children 14
6. Welfare of Specially-abled
7. Welfare of Intellectually-challenged
8. Prisoners welfare
9. Rehabilitation Centres for Vulnerable Children
Rural / Tribal Development 20
10. Grama Vikas
11. Organic Farming
12. Marketing Organic Products
13. Vanavasi Kalyana
14. Gou Samvardhana
Health Initiatives 29
15. HIV Patients and Children welfare
16. Blood Bank
17. Promotion of Healthy Lifestyle
18. Helping hand for Patients
19. Yoga for All
Environmental Initiatives 35
20. Green clubs in schools
21. Lake Restoration
22. Rainwater harvesting
23. Solid Waste Management
Value Added Education 40
24. Disha : Value education in colleges
25. Vijnana Bharati : Promoting Science in Schools
26. TAPAS : Developing Rural students for Higher Education
27. Teaching in Government Schools
28. Speaking Samskruta
29. Balabharti in Apartments
Helping the Service Projects 52
30. CSR activities : Corporate Social Responsibility
31. Capacity Building at NGO’s
32. Social Incubator
33. Documentation & Communication
34. Legal aid to the needy
Intellectual Activities 59
35. Fine arts and Theater Activities
36. Intellectual Forums
37. Promotion of Literature
38. Media
39. Social media
Social Awakening 65
40. Dharma Jagarana : Anti-Conversion Activities
41. Gou Samrakshana
42. Kutumba Prabhodhan
43. RTI & Consumer Rights
44. Human rights
Women Issues 75
45. Women safety and security
46. Working in Un-organised Sector
47. Rehabilitation center for orphaned girls and destitute women
Content
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About the activity
The Health Program in Seva Basti (Slums) are aimed at
• Providing affordable & quality healthcare for the economically deprived
• Providing the essential platform for doctors & hospitals to volunteer their
services
• Address the shortage of doctors in areas of need such as rural areas and
slums.
This project aims to draw upon existing Government Program, including
those for the prevention of specific diseases. More significantly, the
project's aim is to create a network of like- minded doctors, dedicated to
the cause of the health and wellbeing of the rural and urban poor.
Community involvement being essential in achieving its objectives, Seva
Basti ensures that a team of non-medical volunteers help each of the
doctors. Together, the team of doctors & volunteers take the responsibility
of ensuring that continuity is maintained in holding health camps,
awareness sessions and counseling sessions in places where required.
Impact/Statistics
Rashtrothana Parishat- 200 slums across Bengaluru
• 78 Free Eye checkup Camps; 13,972 patients examined; 1,112 Cataract
Surgeries done
• 180 beneficiaries of Arogya Rakshaki program
• 68 Complicated surgeries (Prolapse, High Risk Pregnancy, Uterus problem)
• 10,000 patients get free treatment, including 1,000 women and 2,500
children
Keshava Seva Samithi- 200 slums in North & East Bengaluru
• 53 Eye camps, 10,525 beneficiaries
• 832 free cataract surgeries, 2016 spectacles distributed
• 24,100 people provided with free preventive medication for
Chikungunya& Dengue
• 634 beneficiaries of Women's health program
• 10 surgical camps, 2,030 free surgeries, 54 camps for children, 11,036
children benefited
Youth for Seva -60 schools and orphanages - across Bengaluru
• Child Health program - Doctor-at-school, Orphanages
• Awareness initiatives - Mythri
• Community Health program –Sanjivini : free clinics; initiatives in rural
Gulbarga, Health initiatives in slums
Sneha Seva Trust – 25 slums – South West Bengaluru
• Health awareness sessions in schools
• Health camps in slums
1. Health Programs in Seva Basti (Slums)
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ABHYUDAYA (Keshava Krupa Samvardhana Samithi)
– 63 centers in and around Kanakapura Road, Bengaluru
• Health awareness sessions in schools
• Health camps in slums
Locations
Around 400 slums and 60 schools in and around Bengaluru; and in other
districts of Karnataka
Volunteering Opportunities
Doctors or a medical fraternity volunteer can
• Volunteer in medical camps and free clinics
• Work as Doctor-at-School or a Doctor-at-Community
• Donate medicine samples
• Conduct health awareness sessions
• Identify needy patients at your clinic/hospital and waive off consultation
charges
Non-medical volunteer
• Organize Health & Eye checkup camps
• Work as a School Health volunteer
• Female volunteers: Menstrual Hygiene awareness sessions , Counseling
for adolescent girls
• Help expand the Doctors network
• Conduct Health surveys in slums
• Conduct Yoga camps in slums
• Organize street plays for creating awareness
Rashtrothana Parishat
Viresh 94812 40775
Email : [email protected]
Website: www.rashtrotthana.org
Keshava Seva Samithi
Prakash Raju 98454 87509
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kssblr.in
Youth for Seva
Keerthishankar K N 98451 76785
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.youthforseva.org
Sneha Seva Trust
Varadaraj 9844454949
080-26757848
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.snehasevatrust.org
Sanghaniketan
Pratapnagar, Mangaluru
Prashanth Hegde 9880479768
Email : [email protected]
Janajagarana Trust
Mysore
Sripathi 9901237051
Email: [email protected]
Vikasa Trust, Shimoga
Nataraj Bhagwat 9448146175
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vikastrust.org
ABHYUDAYA
Lakshminarayana 9844135044
Email: [email protected]
Face book: abhyudaya reaching
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2. Balagokula
About the activity
Balagokula is an activity for children aged between 5 to 13 years. Its objective
is to bring about all-round personality development in children. In the 75
minutes programme conducted every week, children are taught to
appreciate their cultural roots and encouraged to live by those values.
Children are engaged in games and in activities such as yoga, stories, bhajans
and recitation of slokas which enhance the physical, emotional, social,
intellectual and the spiritual development of the child, thereby bringing
about a holistic personality.
Balagokula is conducted in slums after school hours and during school hours
in government schools.
Impact/Statistics
• The results show that there is huge improvement in grasping and learning
capability of children, they have become more sensitive towards family
and society.
• Balagokula has also positively impacted the families of those children,
where it is noticed that there is an overall improvement of love and
affection among the family members.
Locations
Many places in Bengaluru and in the other districts of Karnataka
Volunteering Opportunities
1. Taking regular on-going sessions with children through
• Songs, Slokas, Bhajans
• Stories and real life incidents of great personalities
• Group activities, Arts & Games, Skits and Dramas
• Projects and Field trips etc.
2. Organize onetime events such as Krishna Janmashtami, Ganesha
celebrations-making Clay Ganesha, etc.,
3. Start Balagokula activities in new places, schools
4. Website maintenance, Social media etc.,
5. Financing the minimum needs of Balagokula
Rashtrothana ParishatViresh 94812 40775
Email ID: [email protected]
Web Site: www.rashtrotthana.org
Keshava Seva SamithiPrakash Raju 98454 87509
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kssblr.in
Youth for SevaKeerthishankar K N 98451 76785
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.youthforseva.org
RSS Seva VibhagSadashiva 94817 83600
RSS IT MilanGanapathi Kottur 9945924741
Email ID:
Web Site:
balabharati-kids.blogspot.in
SanghaniketanPratapnagar, Mangaluru
Chennaiah Swamy 9845151791
Email : [email protected]
Manjunath Mysore9448655055
Email : [email protected]
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3. Vidya Nidhi
About the activity
Vidya Nidhi is a scholarship program to help economically constrained
students in their primary education. Students are chosen based on a set of
criteria and are supported by this project. Many Programs are being run
under this project throughout the state.
Vidya Chetana is one such program run by Hindu Seva Pratishtana. This
program aspires to help families from underprivileged background to
provide education to their children by supplying school kits , school fees
and uniforms once a year. Vidya Chetana also offers access to regular evening
tuition, training in life skills, civic awareness and yoga, career counseling,
educational trips, participation in sports and art competitions.
Vidya Chetana facilitates to connect donors with the deserving children,
engage volunteers for fundraising, for office administration, publicity work,
and to participate in child development activities, etc.
Vidya Chetana also provides scholarships / financial assistance to students
up to 12th standard, from the economically backward sections, studying in
private, aided or government schools. Under the scholarship scheme,
expenses such as school fees, uniforms, bus pass, books, school kit and
hostel fees are met.
Impact/Statistics
Vidya Chetana has brought change for the better to many families of illiterate
and backward background like slum dwellers and tribal people across
Karnataka, Telangana and Tamilnadu by imparting quality education to their
children.
Locations
Karnataka: Bengaluru, Tumkur, Bagalkot, Shimoga, Davangere,
UttaraKannada(Tribal area), ChamarajaNagara (Tribal area); Tamilnadu:
Salem ; Telangana: Hyderabad
In Bengaluru : Hongasandra, Sheshadripuram, Shastinagar, KR Road,
Pragatipura, Bayyappanahalli, Kaval Bhairasandra, Beguru, Bapuji Nagara,
Goruguntepalaya, Kempegouda Nagara, Veerabhadranagar etc.
Volunteering Opportunities
Ø Help your School :
• Identify a school from your native town or village and its
developmental needs.
• Form a group of friends from same or surrounding areas
• Develop a project plan with budget and discuss with Vidya Chetana
team
• Agree upon plan for the school
• Collate profiles of children
• Run campaigns with help of Vidya Chetana team to raise money
Ø Company Fund raiser :
• Form a volunteer team in your company
• Engage the group in various volunteering opportunities with Vidya
Chetana
• Develop a fundraiser plan in your company; work closely with
CSR / HR
• Run fundraiser campaign in your company with help of Vidya Chetana
team
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Ø Company CSR Funding Enabler :
• Work with Vidya Chetana team to register NGO with CSR
• Work with VidyaChetana team to develop CSR proposal
• Work with your company CSR group to get grants
• Run campaign to generate donations through online fundraisers, like
GlobalGiving.org
Ø Approach Trusts / Foundations for funding
Ø Develop Online Campaign :
• Digital Advertisement Designer / Writer
• Technical resource who would set up EMAIL server, install required
software to send emails and track the performance of the campaign.
• Technical resource to set up Google ad words campaign.
Mahesh Vaidya98453 77960, 080 2632 1160
Email:
Website:
www.vidyachetana.org
Jnanagiri , #75/76,
4th Cross, 2nd Main,
Soudamini Layout Konanakunte,
Opposite to SoudaminiChoultry,
Bengaluru 560062
Dr. Vaman Shenoy
Mangaluru
0824-2447057
Sripathi
Mysore 9901237051
Email : [email protected]
Dilip Kumar Pande
Shivamogga 9448490348
Ku. Ramanna
Tumakuru - 9980351868
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4. Vocational Training
About the activity
People in Slums/Backward areas do not perceive education as useful. They
usually tend to learn some skill or the other for their livelihood. In recent
years, people have realized the importance of formal vocational training
and opt for such courses to enrich their skills.
Vocational Training offers specialized & practical knowledge which provides
individuals with better opportunities for employment and economic
independence.
The activities under vocational training are
• Training in Tailoring , Computers, Screen printing, Book binding, Typeset
composing, Nursing etc
• Formation of Self Help Groups (SHG) and registering SHGs for self reliance
• Income Generation Activity (IGA) like making Paper Bags
• Job Placements
Impact/Statistics
Rashtrothana Sevadhama
• More than 2000 women & youngsters trained in Tailoring in the past 10
years.
• In the past 4 years, 400 students were trained in Computer skills.
• The trainees were offered placement in organizations such as Philips,
Premier Legal Solution, Tour and Travels Agencies, Domestic Call centers,
as Receptionists etc.
Keshava Seva Samiti
• Offers 6 months tailoring course, and currently 150 women are
undergoing training.
• Tailoring machines were given free to many women
• Formed 20 SHGs involving almost 400 women in various slums
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Rastrothana Parishat
Viresh
94812 40775
Email ID: [email protected]
Web Site: www.rashtrotthana.org
KeshavaSeva Samithi
Prakash Raju
98454 87509
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kssblr.in
Sneha Seva Trust
Varadaraj
9844454949, 080-26757848
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.snehasevatrust.org
Hindu Seva Pratishtana
Venkatesh Murthy
91-8026608926 / 9900227382
Email ID: [email protected]
Website: http://hinduseva.org/
Abalashrama
B V Shesha
080 26678694 / +91 9449106410
Email : [email protected]
Facebook: https://
www.facebook.com/Abalashrama
Hindu Seva Pratishtana
• Trained more than 450 women in tailoring out of whom over 250 are
employed and 3 have set up their own units.
• It has plans to expand to other domains like Spoken English, Retail Trade,
Security, Driving, Motor Mechanic, and Carpentry.
Locations
More than 150 slums across Bengaluru
Volunteering Opportunities
• Donating - Sewing Machine, Cutting Table, Embroidery Machines, Healing
Equipment, Chairs for Tailoring Class.
• Teaching - Woolen crocheting, Craft, Screen Printing, Fabric Painting,
Computer skills
• Donating - Computers, Speakers, U.P.S, Printer, Keyboard, Mouse,
Software Applications (Photoshop, coral Draw Etc.)
• Guiding - Hardware and Networking
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5. Tuitions Center in Slums
About the activity
The tuition centers are aimed to provide encouragement and facilities to
slum children who lag behind due to lack of adequate learning
environment and guidance. The tuition centers are conducted to impart
values and life skills and create awareness among illiterate parents
regarding the importance of education. The tuition centres identify
talented students and encourage them to develop their talents. They
also create a sense of dignity, equality and responsibility in the children.
In the tuition centers children are given guidance in academic subjects such
as Mathematics, Science and English. They are taught to narrate stories,
to sing songs, are encouraged to play games, to demonstrate experiments
in Science and Mathematics. Children are given exposure to computers.
Under this project mobile libraries are initiated and summer camps are
conducted.
Impact/Statistics
The Tuition Centers are a huge success
• Over 5000 children are learning in 230 centers in more than 200 Slums
• 1 Mobile library is being run and one Book Bank for college students is
being run
• Over 4000 school children have been brought back to main stream
education
• Over 1000 have become graduates after learning in tuition centers
• Many former students have become instructors of tuition centers
Keshava Seva Samiti is running about 112 free tuition centers across
Bengaluru, so far has succeeded in giving tuition to over 30,000 students
Locations
More than 300 slums across Bengaluru
Volunteering Opportunities
• Teach subjects such as Mathematics, Science,English and Computers
• Narrate stories, teach to sing songs
• Teach children to play various games
• Demonstrate experiments in Science and Mathematics
• To work as resource person for training of instructors/children
• Donate Note Books and Science Kits
• Mobilize financial resources required through donation
• Help the NGO in maintaining record of activities
• Start a book bank/library for college students in slums
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Rastrothana Parishat
Viresh 94812 40775
Email ID: [email protected]
Web Site: www.rashtrotthana.org
Keshava Seva Samithi
Prakash Raju 98454 87509
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kssblr.in
Sneha Seva Trust
Varadaraj 9844454949, 080-26757848
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.snehasevatrust.org
Hindu Seva Pratishtana
Venkatesh Murthy,
91-8026608926 / 9900227382
Email ID: [email protected]
Website: http://hinduseva.org/
Abhyudaya
Lakshminarayanan 94489 99989
Email: [email protected]
Sanghaniketan
Pratapnagar, Mangaluru
Chennaiah Swamy 9845151791
Email : [email protected]
Vikasa Trust
Shimoga
Nataraj Bhagwat 9448146175
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vikastrust.org
Janajagarana Trust
Mysore
Sripathi 9901237051
Email: [email protected]
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6. Welfare of Specially-abled
About the activity
• Organizes employability, job orientation & training workshops
• Takes Educational & Intellectual Development Initiatives
• Has 31 eye banks and cornea collection centers
• Eye screening and check-up camps in government schools and villages
• Awareness Program and yatras on eye donation
• To Improve Social Status:
• Sakshama conducts bhajanamandalis and marriage fora for persons with
disabilities
• Organizes state & national-level seminars
• Organizes sports events
• Conducts organ donation awareness talks
• Swaradristi
• A music project, which enables musicians with disabilities to earn their
livelihood by performing public concerts.
Places where Currently Working : All over India
Volunteering Opportunities
• Scribes for exams
• Making Audios and publishing e-books
• Organizing Skills training sessions
• Organizing sports and other event s
• Assisting with online applications
• Escorting the specially-able during events
• Pledging one's eyes
• Campaign management
• Advocacy & legal support
• Research on assistive-technology and policies
SakshamaNo 55, Yadava Smriti,
Link road, Sheshadripuram,
Bengaluru 560020
www.sakshama-karnataka.org
www.sakshamseva.org
E-mail :
FB: Sakshama.karnataka
Vinod Prakash
Mobile : 9986699710
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7. Welfare of Intellectually-challenged
About the activity
• Involving families of persons with disabilities
• Early Intervention to prepare the children for integrating into primary
schools.
• Demystifying Technology
• Physiotherapy through games
• Human resource development
• Preparing personnel for implementing Community Based
Rehabilitation(CBR)& Inclusive Education( IE)
• BADHTE KADAM - Taking policies to people to form an inclusive society
• School for children with special needs
• Comprehensive service facility to children with multiple disabilities such
as Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, Hearing Impairment, Partially
Visually Impaired, Spina Bi Fida, Autism, Dyslexia, and Behaviour and
Emotional Disorders.
• Aruna Chetana runs many outreach programs to cater to different areas
in and around Bangalore - Chaitanya special school in Kempapura, Belaku
special school in Tindlu, Pranati special school in Peenya, in Laggere and
RT Nagar
• Local committees and parents' self-help groups have been constituted
• Provides teaching and technical support to the special schools in Gadag,
Kaivara, Koppa, Mudhol and Gulbarga.
• Vocational training to develop self-reliance
Impact/Statistics
• Around 503 regular teachers of Govt. school trained under DPEP/Janshala
/SSA
• 1000 resource teachers trained for NGOs through pre service training
• Changing attitude from charity to HUMAN RIGHTS
• Successful CBR and IE in rural & urban areas
Places where Currently Working
Many places in Bangalore and other districts of Karnataka
Volunteering Opportunities
• Marketing products made in the vocational training unit
• Organise Sports Day and sports training
• Train children in cultural activities , arts & crafts
• Teach Yoga and chanting
• Documentation , web content
• Sponsor a special child's education
• Donate equipment & special aids
Seva-in-actionWeb Site : http://sevainaction.org
Contact Details : 25520347
Fax No 25533876
Email : [email protected]
Address :
# 36, S.T Bed layout,
I Main, Koramangala,
Bangalore – 34
ArunaChetana
Web Site : arunachetana.org
Contact Details : 91-80-2331 2908
Email : [email protected]
Address :
No. 56, 11th Main Road,
Malleswaram, Bangalore - 560 003
Manonandana
Contact Details:
+(91)-9886058829 &
+(91)-80-26766938
Address :
No.1, 3rd Mn Rd, Tata Silk Farm,
KR Rd, Basavanagudi,
Bangalore - 560004
Chethana, Mangaluru
Vinod Shenoy : 98805 43918
e-mail : [email protected]
website : chetanasociety.in
Chethana, Karkala
Shashikal Maniyani
9980566314
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8. Prisoners welfare
About the activity
• To act as bridge between prisoners, prisoner's family, prison-staff
and society.
• Education and vocational training in prisons
• Yoga, meditation classes, counseling etc.,
• Computer education, distribution of computers
• Support education of children of prisoners
Impact
• Most significantly recidivism has come down due to imparting of
education and skill development through vocational training in
prisons.
Places where Currently Working
Central / District jails in Bangalore, Mysore, Belagavi, Mangalore and
Bellary
Volunteering Opportunities
• Supporting prisoners family or dependants
• Providing tuitions to those prisoners who want to continue their
education
• Conducting skill development Program
• Provide counseling services
• Teach Yoga in prisons Chandrashekar JahagirdarMobile: 9480490551
Ganesh Udupa9448065064
Email : [email protected]
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9. Rehabilitation Centres for Vulnerable Children
About the activity
• Counseling, Rehabilitation, Education and Health of destitute children
• Vocational Training: Tailoring and Computer Skills are imparted to the
nearby community. Has created employment and developed
entrepreneurial skills
Impact/Statistics
• Nele:
• Rehabilitated around 2000 children so far
• Presently there are 250 children across 9 centers in the age group of 6-
16+ years , of which are 95 Girls and 155 Boys.
Anatha Shishu Nivasa:
• Since its inception, ASN has moulded the lives of around 5000 children
• Current children strength: Boys - 43 Girls - 41
Thayi Mane
• Thayi Mane has impacted around 600 children since inception
• Current strength: 52(Thayi Mane) + 20(Matru Dhama)
Nanda Gokula
• Presently 27 students, studying between 6th to 10th stds , are staying in
the hostel .
Places where Currently Working
NELE (Bangalore, Tumkur, Mysore, Shimoga), Nanda Gokula(Bangalore),
Taayi Mane(Bangalore), Ananthashishu Nivasa (Bangalore) and more.
Volunteering Opportunities
• Programs to get involved
• Campaigns to raise awareness about the issue
• Drives to identify such children in collaboration with Police dept and
Child Welfare Committee.
• Use RTE and other laws to assist children
• Minimum of 3 hours per week to volunteer at residential centres.
• Activist mindset to take up campaigns and drives against child labour
and child trafficking.
• Ability to work with government system (Police, CWC, etc.)
• Teach English, Maths, Science, Arts and crafts
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NeleYashas +91 99457 62858
Ajitasree, 8/28, Bull temple Road,
Bengaluru – 04
Email: [email protected]
Thayi ManeKeshavamurthy +91 9945364481
#17,Mullur Village, Kodathi Gate,
Sarjapur Road, Bengaluru
Email:
Website: www.thayimane.org
Nanda GokulaJogesh +91 94812 40774
#19, 6th Cross, 2nd Phase,
Nagarabhavi, Bengaluru
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.rashtrotthana.org
Anatha Shishu NivasaVenkata Krishna +9198452 74377
No. 1A, 5th MAIN, Opposite to
B.M.S. Engineering College, N.R.
Colony, Bull Temple Road, Bengaluru
Email: [email protected]
website: www.asn.org.in
Nele, MysoreSripathi 9901237051
Madhava NeleShivamogga
A. V. Manjunath 9449494505
website : www.madhavanele.org
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10. Grama Vikasa
About the activity
Grama Vikasa is a self-sustaining, comprehensive, program planned and
executed in the villages, by the residents, so as to bring about qualitative
changes in their rural lifestyle. The idea of Grama Vikasa being that model
villages make the Nation powerful.
The activities are centered on six focus areas:
• Education
• Health
• Culture
• Economy
• Security
• Social Harmony
The Grama Vikasa or development of villages can be achieved by
Sapta Sampada – Seven Resources Pancha Shakti – Five Powers
Bhoo Sampada - Land Sanghatan Shakti - Organization Power
Jala Sampada – Water Yuva Shakti - Youth Power
Jeev Sampada – Bio diversity Matru Shakti -Women Power
Jana Sampada – Human Resources Sajjan Shakti - Intellectual power
Vana Sampada – Forests Dharmik Shakti - Religious power
Gau Sampada - Cow (indigenous)
Shakati Sampada – Natural energy
Various activities carried out as part of Grama Vikasa are:
Kalika kendra Gau seva
Balagokula Gudi kaigarike tarabethi
Grameena kreeda koota Janapada kale/folk art
Deepa poojane Organic Farming
Environmental awareness Samskruta training
Nanna grama - ondu chintane Abyasa varga. Skill training
Gramotsava Paramparika vaidya
Grama gaurava Matru Mandali
Gau Samrakshane
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Statistics
• Villages with activities – 350 in 10 districts
• Appointed village level workers – 400
• Appointed coordinators – 60
• Benefited children – 10,000
• Resource persons – about 100
Location
Hundreds of villages across Karnataka
Gururaj - 8277082005
Venkatesh Nayak - 9480075149
www.gramavikas.in
Volunteering Opportunities
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11. Organic Farming
About the activity
For a healthy society , quality food without artificial chemicals is required.
After the Green revolution in India, more than 51% of the food products
that are sold are found to have residues of harmful chemicals. Promoting
indigenous, self-reliant, organic farming is the need of the hour.
The objectives of Organic Farming initiative are
• Promoting Swadeshi (Indigenous), Swavalambi (self-reliant) and
Savayava (Organic/eco-friendly) Krishi (Agriculture)
• Revitalizing local health traditions with safe agriculture and
environmental enrichment and promote a healthy eco-friendly lifestyle
• Imparting development education to the youth and empowering them
to play a constructive, non-political, non-partisan, development-
oriented leadership role
The activities under Organic Farming initiative are:
• Organizing farm experiments
• Documentation of indigenous knowledge systems and techniques (IKST)
• Collection of ancient texts/literature related to agriculture and allied
subjects
• Organizing units at village level
• Producer – Consumer Linkage Programs
• Organizing seminars, workshops and training sessions with regard to
organic agriculture
• Publications
• Networking
• Youth empowerment
• Innovations / Alternatives in agriculture
• Rain water harvesting awareness camps
• Community Seed Banks–Traditional seed conservation
• Native cattle breed conservation
• Participating in national and international organic trade fairs
• Organic village Program
Krishi Prayoga Pariwara – Savayava Krishi Pariwara, Bharathiya Kisan
Sangha, Grama vikasa are some of the organizations pursuing the cause
of promoting Organic Farming.
Impact/Statistics
• More than 14000 farmers are practicing organic farming in the state
• Nearly one Lakh farmers have shown interest and participated in
activities pertaining to organic farming.
• Nearly 1.6lakh acres of land under organic cultivation.
• 175 taluks have taluk 'Savayava Krishi Pariwara' – Organic farmers'
associations.
• Documented indigenous knowledge/techniques; traditional varieties
of paddy, jack and mango used for pickling
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• Published books on organic farming, rain water harvesting, ethno
veterinary practices, paddy cultivation, indigenous cattle breeds,
traditional paddy varieties of Sagar and Thirthahalli taluks
Locations
Throughout Karnataka
Volunteering Opportunities
• Awareness among farmers and consumers through camps, jathas etc
• Organizing – producers or consumers
• Training trainers or end users
• Marketing
• Research / Farm trials
• Innovations in farmer friendly equipments / machines
• Documentation
• Publications
• Media Publicity
• Funding - raising or donating
Krishi Prayoga Pariwara
Krishi Nivasa, Kuruvalli,
Thirthahalli – 577432, Shimoga district, Karnataka State
Phone: 08181 228340 / 229340
Website: http://www.savayavakrishipariwar.org/
Email : [email protected]
Aruna – 9449623275 Anand – 9448204831
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12. Marketing Organic Products
About the activity
Because of increasing health awareness and care for the environment
organic products are gaining popularity. However, the few branded organic
products available in the market are not only too expensive but their source
is also largely unknown.
Hence, initiatives like monthly Organic Mela at Rashtrothhana, Bangalore,
and also at Sahitya Kendra, Mangalore, have been started to bridge the gap
between the organic farmers and consumers by connecting the consumers
directly with the farmers. Plans to have mobile organic stores to go to
apartments and to tech parks in Bangalore are also in the pipeline.
Savayava Krishi Pariwara (Federation of Organic farming families) is
promoting this cause.
Example of residents coming together: LBS Nagar IT Milan members formed
a dedicated team called “Sakriya” (Savayava Krishi Abhiyaan) along with
members of LB Shastri Nagar locality.
Impact/Statistics
Though the initiative is in its infancy the support received by consumers is
overwhelming. As farmers are coming directly in contact with the consumers,
they are able to get the right feedback and inputs on consumer needs.
Besides, farmers working at ground level are getting better returns for their
produce.
Locations : Bengaluru and Mangaluru
Volunteering Opportunities
• Purchasing Organic Product onsite or on pre-order
• Providing place and connecting interested people in apartments to have
organic mela
• Publicity through social media and word of mouth
• Door-to-door campaign
• Blogging about the effort
• Poster Creation and Distribution across various apartments
• Serving Organic delicacies at Melas
• Suggest process improvements
• Create Organic consumers forum/network
Krishi Prayoga Pariwara
Krishi Nivasa, Kuruvalli,
Thirthahalli – 577432, Shimoga district, Karnataka State
Phone: 08181 228340 / 229340
Website: http://www.savayavakrishipariwar.org/
Email : [email protected]
Aruna – 9449623275 Anand – 9448204831
https://www.facebook.com/sakriya.samstha?fref=nf
Contact : Gaurav Srivastava (98806-73500),
Saraja Puranik (98451-67297)
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13. Tribal welfare
About the activity
Vanavasis, constituting 9% of our national population, are our brethren
who live in remote hills and forests. Across India there are over 600 groups
very distinct and rich in cultural heritage. Unfortunately, even after
Independence, various facilities and grants have not reached them.
Vanavasi Kalyan Karnataka(VKK) was founded in 1988. It was founded with
the intention to identify, plan, execute & facilitate sustainable socio-
economic development projects in tribal areas, in coordination with local
government, donors, public etc.
The activities of VKK aim to promote among the tribal population
1. Sports
2. Education
3. Community Leadership.
4. Health care
5. Awareness about needs, problems,
participation and solutions
6. Retain cultural identity & social value
systems, along with development.
VKK is currently running 320 projects in
189 places across 10 districts in Karnataka
(mainly remote areas).
Impact/Statistics
Impacts of Vanavasi Kalyana activities are:
• Vanavasi children have started showing keen interest in studies
• Sending their girl children to VKK hostels for study (few years back it
was almost impossible)
• Runner-up in Bengaluru Midnight marathon – bare foot runner was a
vanavasi.
• VKK hostel student is now Maths lecturer in Jain college Bangalore
• Many students are pursuing diploma, degree as well as PG courses
• Vanavasi women have fought against liquor mafia and made their hadis
liquor-free
• There is a cultural awakening & social awareness because of Vanavasi
Kalyan activities.
The table below gives details of Vanavasi Kalyan activities in a nutshell
Particulars Numbers Beneficiaries
Project locations 189
Total Projects 320
Vanavasi Districts 15
Districts covered 10
Taluks 21
Villages 1240
Boys Hostels 4 103
Girls Hostel 2 38
Balawadi 2 102
Bala sanskara Kendra- daily 4 100
Bala sanskara Kendra- weekly 42 2015
Grama Vikasa 4 2525
Self help groups 11 21545
Health Service 37 4675
Libraries 6 262
Tuition centers 72 1875
Agriculture center 1 30
Sports center 1 2
Shraddha Jagaran 1 6
More than 15,000
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Locations
Mysore, Chamaraj nagar, Kodagu, Ramanagar (In Karnataka
North - Bidar, Yadarigi, Belgaum, Dharwada, Sirsi, Karwar)
Volunteering Opportunities
• Volunteer full time or part time in Vanavasi Kalyan centers:
For children, community and staff
• Introducing/connecting interested people with Vanavasi
Kalyan: Doctors, Teachers, Agriculturists, Sports coach,
Vocation trainers
• Help Vanavasi Kalyan in Management and Field-work:
Training for staff, Field work with staff
• Donate and raise funds : Self/Friends/Family/Workplace
• Organize Vanayatra to vanavasi areas and make your
friends participate
• Sample list of opportunities to volunteer
• Taking children on education tours
• Preparing quality Kannada videos, make new or dub
youtube videos
• Health and Hygiene
• Career guidance
• Personality Development
• Sports Coaching
• Doctors, Health camps
• Farming, Animal husbandry, dairy and such Program
• Skill based training for self-employment at homes,
villages.
• Awareness about Govt schemes, bank schemes, and such
other facilities
Manjunatha Shankar
94484 57973
Anup Kumar T
anupkumart @gmail.com
96113 17064
Govardhana KN
97408 58858
Dr Suresh Babu
98445 74436
Website: http://
www.vanavasikalyana.org
FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/
Vanavasi-Kalyana-Karnataka/
133454306746425
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14. Gou Samvardhana
About the activity
The cow is a great asset for countries like Bharat where agriculture is the
primary occupation. The Gou gives unlimited benefits to society like
food and nourishment, fuel, housing, medicines, farming and manure,
and environment.
Each year Rs. 90,000 Crores is earned with just the sale of milk & milk
products.
• Cattle save Rs. 40.8 Crores every year through assistance in farming /
agricultural related activities.
• Every year we are saving Rs.48,000 Crores by using Gomutra & Gomaya
products.
Widespread slaughter of cows in the name of “pink revolution” for meat
and other cow products is endangering the survival of our indigenous
cow breeds. Commercial demand for higher yielding hybrid cows has
become a serious threat to the indigenous breeds. Hence it is not only
necessary to protect the indigenous cow breeds but also save our Gou
Mata from being slaughtered.
Hindu Jagarana Vedike, Vishwa Hindu Parishat, Surabhi Goshala, Madhugiri,
Rashtrothana Goshala, Doddaballapur, Bharathiya Kisan Sangha these
are some of the organizations which have taken up Gou Samvardhana
activity.
Impact/Statistics
Rashtrothana Parishat and Surabhi Goshala are running Goshalas for
indigenous cow breeds since past several years. Due to the efforts of
various organizations awareness has been created regarding the
medicinal benefits of Gomutra, Gomaya etc. Awareness is also being
created on the importance of protecting the indigenous breeds and on
the dire need to establish and support Goshalas.
Places where Currently Working - Throughout Karnataka
Volunteering Opportunity
• Make contribution in whatever way to help develop farm communities
• Making monetary contribution to adopt a cow in Goshalas and villages
• Form and promote communities of Go-Sevaks. Raise funds for
Goshalas
• Fund installation of Gobar gas facilities in villages
• Writing articles, books, poems, paintings, talk about it and thus
develop the missionary zeal
• Learn about medicinal values of Cows based products like Cow dung,
Cow urine, Milk & its derivatives and promote their use
• Associate with communities who are working for change
• Buy and promote organic groceries, Gomutra and Gomaya based
products. Eg., soap, toothpowder, shampoo, floor cleaning agents,
etc.,
Madhusudan - 90085 30620
Ullas 94830 90323
Email: [email protected]
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15. HIV Patients and Children welfare
About the activity
• Rehabilitation of adults
• Matrimonial support between HIV+ adults only
• Providing medical facilities for the bride and bridegroom
• Awareness
• Personality Development Camps
• Constituting an expert team of counselors
• Workshops to create awareness about HIV/AIDS patients among doctors,
nurses etc
• Human trafficking
• Collaborate with similar organizations to identify the culprits, initiate
measures to prosecute
• Hearing the problems of the victims and providing rehabilitation
• Social stigma
• Create right awareness about the disease
• Bring infected people into the social main stream and infuse confidence
• Cure for HIV/AIDS
• Encouraging the medical field to conduct people-friendly research
• Helping eradication of the disease through Ayurveda and Yoga
Locations - All over Karnataka
Volunteering Opportunities
• Maintaining website
• Forming a medical team of expert voluntary doctors
• Constituting separate youth wings to enlist youths as counselors
• Providing legal support to the HIV/AIDS patients
• Help with building a single platform for all HIV/AIDS patients
Anantha Bharatha
Phone: 0821-2484477
Facebook: Virusfreeindia
Twitter:Virusfreeindia
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16. Blood Bank
About the activity
• Rashtrotthana Blood Bank is committed to provide safe blood to help
society.
• Blood Collection, testing and issue of whole blood and its components.
• Collection of blood is through voluntary Blood Donation camps.
• Issue of blood free of cost to Thalassemia patients and concessional
issue to Dialysis patients.
Locations : Bangalore
Volunteering Opportunities
• Organising Voluntary Blood donation camps in colleges, offices,
apartments etc
• Pre-donation, during and post- donation counselling
• Registration of blood donors
• Administrative work at Blood Bank.
• Follow-up of beneficiaries to involve them in social activities
• Follow-up of all the donors to remind them of their due date for next
donation
Dr. Sumithra
RASHTROTTHANA PARISHAT
Keshava Shilpa, Kempegowdanagar,
Bangalore - 560 019
Phone: 9480436702
www.rashtrotthana.org
• A separate counter at blood donation camps to create awareness about
Rashtrotthana Parishat activities and the possible ways in which people
can participate in its activities.
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17. Promotion of Healthy Lifestyle
About the activity
• One day / Three day camps with sessions focused on:
• 'Dinachary' meaning the appropriate daily regimes which should be
followed the Ayurveda way for a physically, mentally & spiritually
healthy life.
• 'Ritucharya'- Seasonal Regime in Ayurveda
• Simple treatment
• Importance of Organic food
• Food habits
• About 'Upavasa' or 'Fasting'
• Preparing herbal cosmetics
• how to make healthy recipes
Impact/Statistics
• Program/camps in more than 20 places in Karnataka
• 80+ one-day camps, more than 5,000 beneficiaries
• 10 three-day camps, more than 600 beneficiaries
• About 10 One-day camps to teach about preparing 'healthy recipes', 400
beneficiaries
Locations
Many places in Bangalore and in other districts of Karnataka
Volunteering Opportunities
• Get Trained. Conduct a Camp
• Be an Organiser. Network in your area. Organise a Shibir
• To promote related literature Jagadeesh94488-46035
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18. Helping hand for Patients
About the activity
• Providing breakfast to patients and relatives of the patient.
• Conducting Medical Camps every 6 months in each District followed by
proper treatment plan.
• Medical Information Center :
• Providing information about Hospitals across India.
• Providing information about doctors / specialists who are volunteering
with India Health Line.
• Emergency Health assistance by volunteers
• Ambulance
• Blood / Blood Banks :
• Conducting Blood Donation camps in each District.
• Providing information about Blood banks.
• Providing contact details about Blood donors.
• Providing the information about local chemists / druggists / medical
shops
• Providing information about nearest centres and specialists in Ayurveda,
Yoga, Naturopathy and Cow medicine therapy.
Locations - All over India
Volunteering Opportunities
• Participate as volunteer in medical camps
• Be convener of helpline
• Volunteer for organizing blood donation camps
• Build network of doctors
• Sponsor medicines and food for patients
Hindu Help LinePhone: 020-66803300 / 07588682181
Email: [email protected]
website: www.hinduhelpline.com
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19. Yoga for All
About the activity
Rashtrotthana Parishat (www.rashtrotthana.org)
• Running Yoga classes for the past 42 years
• Conducted in 6 centers across Karnataka
• Total 82 daily yoga classes from 5:30 to 7:30 [am/pm]
• Around 1652 learners practice yoga everyday
Hindu Seva Pratishthana (www.hinduseva.org)
• Daily 7 classes
• Over 600 people attending classes daily
• Many teachers trained
• Engaging community in many social activities
Patanjali Yoga Shikshana Samiti (www.pathanjali.hpage.com)
• Running free yoga classes for over 30 years
• 320 centres across Karnataka
• Integrating Yoga with integral development of individuals and family.
• Free teacher training Program
Swami Vivekananda Yoga AnusandhanaSamstha (www.svyasa.edu.in)
• A world class Yoga University
• Courses in Yoga and Spirituality – Diploma, BSc, MSc and PhDs
Arogyadhama – Yoga Therapy center
• Trained thousands of Yoga teachers all over Bharat and in other coun-
tries
Impact/Statistics
• Social orientation with Yoga
• Healthy development of emotional quotient in individuals
Locations : All over India
Volunteering Opportunities
• Get trained as Yoga teacher in any of the institutions
• Teach at centres in Rashtrotthana, Yogashri, PatanjaliShikshanaSamiti or
S-VYASA
• Volunteer to teach Yoga in government schools and Seva Bastis. Youth
for Seva will connect to appropriate places near to your place.
• Organize Yoga classes in your residential areas
Youth for Seva
Phone: 9880012920
Email: [email protected]
U. R. Srinivasa Murthy
9731534322
Rashtrotthana Yoga Kendra
Nagendra Kamath 9481240770
Email : [email protected]
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20. Green clubs in schools
Background
Green clubs were started in schools to bring about an awareness in students
on the need to protect the environment and nurture a desire in them for
a nature friendly lifestyle.Schools have been identified as the best places
to impart environmental awareness to the young minds through Green
clubs. Children being enthusiastic messengers, ensure that healthy
environment friendly practices are applied at home and in the school. In
the process they not only internalize the eco-friendly habits themselves,
they become society's primary agents of change.
Green clubs intend:
• To create awareness among students about the negative effect of
polluting the environment
• To set a fundamental corrective action required for regaining health
and comfort
• To ensure a pure and peaceful environment
The following Program are conducted in Green Clubs:
• Waste auditing: Waste collection, segregation and management
• Preparing compost: by using organic waste, compost can be prepared to
fertilize soil
• Planting/adopting trees: To reduce the pollution in the environment
• Save energy and water: To stop scarcity of water and electricity
• Paper bags: To reduce the usage of plastic
Locations : Konanakunte, Bengaluru.
Volunteering opportunities
• Talk to management of schools and start green clubs
• Visit and guide the students regularly
• Take sessions in schools on environment
• Assist each student to plant trees, gardening
• Guiding them to keep their environment clean
• Conducting quiz for students to know the impact of the green club
Youth for Seva
Jnanagiri, #75/76, 4th Cross, 2nd Main,
Soudamini Layout, Konankunte,
Bengaluru-560 062
Contact : Soumya Dey , Ph: +91-98800 12920
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.youthforseva.org
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21. Lake Restoration
About the activity
It's time to start the “True Blue Revolution” to start saving every single drop
of fresh water.
It is better Lake than Never
• Bangalore city alone has a total of around 280 to 300 lakes
• Majority of the lakes are filled with sewage, some have been encroached
• Absence of proper monitoring and maintenance system for lakes.
A movement is going on in many places to protect lakes. Lake protection
committees are formed, awareness campaigns and lake cleaning drives
are conducted. These groups have the following objectives.
• Prevention of encroachment and pollution
• Develop the lake as a fresh water storage pond
• Revive all natural lakes and water bodies and their wetlands
• Develop the lakes where possible as recreational centers.
Impact
• Awareness level among the general public has increased.
• A few dried lakes have been rejuvenated
• As a result of these movements, courts have ordered the Governments
to Prohibit dumping garbage and sewage in lakes.
• Survey the lake area, fence and declare a 'no development zone' around
lakes.
• Set up district lake protection committees.
Locations : Bengaluru, Nelamangala
Volunteering opportunities
• Create awareness among people about importance of lakes.
• Adopt a lake and support it by developing and maintaining it.
• Create a group of like -minded people to prevent pollution of lakes
• Organize and volunteer for lake cleaning drives.
• Planting saplings along the lakeside.
• Encourage people to use recycled water.
The Forward Foundation
Ramesh Sivaram 98860 71019
Eamil: [email protected]
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22. Rainwater Harvesting
About the activity
Water scarcity has become a serious problem in recent times. Ground water
level is reaching alarming low levels due to excessive usage for agriculture
and domestic purposes. Rain water harvesting is a good solution to
increase the ground water level. Jala bharati is a group of like-minded
people who are working for this cause.
Objectives
• To create Jala Saksharatha (Education),
• Jala Jagriti (Awareness), and
• Jala Samrakshan (Conservation) among students, teachers, farmers and
the general public.
Volunteering opportunities - I
• Constructing percolation ponds, recharging ground or open wells and
bore wells though rooftop rainwater harvesting structures.
• Showcasing models for rainwater harvesting at schools, houses, and
temples for public awareness
• Rejuvenation of defunct open wells/bore wells
• Maintaining cleanliness in and around public water sources such as tanks,
open wells and bore wells.
• Conducting land-water survey -finding out the causes for water scarcity
in the region- adopting suitable measures to tackle the issues.
• Rejuvenation of traditional rainwater harvesting structures
• Use of fewer chemicals in agriculture. Less dependence on borewell
water and encouraging organic farming
• Planting local samplings to allow the rainwater to infiltrate into the ground
Impact/Statistics
• Organized 4 state level workshops to train people in the field of water
conservation
• 128 awareness programs
• 784 teachers, 7,464 students, 3570 farmers and general public
participated in the programs.
Locations
Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Manipal, Udupi and other places.
Volunteering opportunities - II
• Harvest rainwater at your workplace / home
• Organize awareness campaigns and showcase models for rainwater
harvesting at schools, residential areas, temples
• Plant local samplings to allow
the rainwater to infiltrate into
ground
• Involve as a volunteer in
rejuvenation of traditional
rainwater harvesting structures
in rural areas
• Conduct land-water survey to
find out the causes for water
scarcity in the region- adopting
suitable measures to tackle the
issues.
• Involve in awareness activities
as a resource person
• Visit villages and give a demo on rain water harvesting to farmers
• Create literature related to water harvesting such as articles, slogans,
songs etc.,
Jala bharathi
Dr. Narayana Shenoy K. 94810 19816
Email:[email protected]
Website: www.jalabharathi.com
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23. Solid Waste Management
Background
Waste management is a growing challenge in cities. Government agencies
are struggling to find a solution this problem. There are multiple
organizations and people working to find a solution this challenge.
To develop Waste Management solutions, we need an integrated approach.
It involves working closely with the local administration, technology
experts and encouraging citizens to follow the prescribed methods of
handing over waste.
The Forward Foundation team is working on various aspects of Waste
Management, viz.,
• Improving collection from various streams and generators
• Designing and implementing Transfer solutions
• Developing end disposal solutions
Active civic engagement is one of the key factors in improving the behavioral
aspects of Waste Management. Volunteers play a big role in encouraging
people to hand over garbage and improve collection. This will solve one
of the wicked problems of garbage on ground caused due to
indiscriminate littering.
Work on eliminating litter by improving collection, involves the following
volunteering opportunities:
• Create Ward resource maps to identify the routes of Pourakarmikas and
Garbage collection autos. This will help us understand the efficiency of
door to door collection
• Take photos of litter spots and digitize it on the ward map
• Eliminate a spot by monitoring it for about 2 hours a day, for 2 weeks.
Our team will assist interested volunteers to get started.
The Forward FoundationUdaya Bhaskar - 9986208338
email - [email protected]
Neethu Peter - 9964279183
email - [email protected]
Website - www.theforwardfoundation.org
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24. Value education in colleges
About the activity
The current education system focuses on 3Rs – Reading, Writing and
Arithmetic. Disha focuses on core values – 3Cs – Character, Country and
Culture. Disha conducts 1-day workshops in colleges to boost the physical,
emotional, social and spiritual quotients. The program design include Yoga
session, Counseling session, Quiz session, Audio-visual session, Interactive
session, Games session.
Impact
Disha has sown a seed of values in everyone which they will carry for their
lifetime and it will surely sprout and emerge into a huge tree one day.
• Reached over 10,000 students
• Planning to reach 5,000 students per year in different parts of the nation
• Trained hundreds of faculty members
Locations
Sessions are conducted mainly in under-graduate and post-graduate
colleges in Bangalore including colleges in outskirts. Needs to be started in
other places.
Volunteering opportunities
• Talk to college management and arrange one-day workshops in colleges
• Promote DISHA in colleges
• Volunteer to conduct sessions in workshops
• Co-ordinate DISHA club activities
• Virtual : Website maintenance, Social media etc.,
#57/3, Margosa Road,
Malleshwaram,
Bangalore – 560 055
Phone: +91 98456 81573,
99163 81599
E-mail: [email protected]
Facebook Page: DISHA
Website: www.dishabharat.org
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25. Promoting Science in Schools
About the activity
Vijnana Bharati is more expressively popular as Swadeshi Science
Movement where "Swadeshi" connotes the Bharatiya World View on
Science where from a single framework, all the three knowledge systems
viz. natural sciences, social sciences, and spiritual sciences, have been
developed integrally, holistically and all-inclusively right from the Vedic
times.
• As a vibrant movement for the development of Swadeshi Sciences
• As a dynamic Science Movement with a Swadeshi Spirit, interlinking
traditional and modern sciences on the one hand, and natural and
spiritual sciences on the other hand (Gyana+Vigyana)
• As a Swadeshi Movement with modern sciences adapted to national
needs.
• To spread the awareness of the unique contributions of ancient Bharat
in the development of modern science
• To motivate young Students/scientists towards greater creativity and
originality
• Inculcate a sense of scientific temperament and thirst for knowledge
and research amongst young Indians
Volunteering opportunities
• Conduct Sunday Contact programs with students of your locality and
create awareness sessions on Bharatiya heritage and its contributions
• School Science Clubs-sky watching, nature, science activity camps, root
and shoot project, experiments with solid waste and many more
• Help with our website-Ask an expert/Volunteer as an expert
• Conduct science activities in school and college levels-Science seminars,
poster competitions, Science essays, Science Quiz contest Etc.
• Contribute for publications
• On field expeditions-Village visit, Astronomy center visit etc
• Career counselling workshops in field of science
• Research in thrust areas of science and technology communication;
• Development of scripts, films, video and radio programmes, books, slide
sets, etc., on selected areas of science and technology;
• Training (short term) for school teachers and activists of science &
technology based voluntary organisations in science communication;
• Fun learning and Vedic Mathematics
• Children's Science Congress - This is an opportunity for brilliant young
scientists (between 10 and 17 years of age) to:
• work in teams under a guide on an identified theme
• select a problem from the neighbourhood
• develop a hypothesis and conduct field research
• Prepare report and analysis
• present findings before peer group.
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Skills
• Graduates or Post Graduates in Science
• Dynamic person in the field of science or interested in promoting science
and technology
• Must have a keen interest in
- Project management
- Science and Technology
- Recent Trends
• Preferably a good speaker
• Make Presentations for Academicians,Institutions etc
• Even students from various backgrounds are preferred in the program
• Feel a sense of pride of our heritage and wants to contribute to bring
back Bharat's glory
Awards
• "Jawaharlal Nehru Prize" for Science popularization from Prime Minister
Dr.Manmohan Singh
• "National Awards for outstanding efforts in Science & Technology" from
Hon. Union Minister for Science & Technology - Govt. of India, Dr.Kapil
Sibal
Ajith Nair3rd Floor,
VNS Bldg, Arekere Main Road,
Bangalore-76
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 84314 15445
Chandrasekhar107/1, Margosa Road,
Malleswaram,
Bangalore – 560 003
Email: [email protected]
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26. Developing Rural students for Higher Education
About the activity
The aim of TAPAS is empowering the deserving underprivileged by providing
wings to the dream of joining IIT. The program is for bright students from
economically and socially challenged background and from remote rural
places of Karnataka. A residential program offering free PU Education and
rigorous IIT entrance training is offered. It is a 2-year Pre-University + IIT JEE
integrated program focusing on training students for admission into IITs.
State-of-the-art college infrastructure and hostel facility with continuous
academic support from qualified faculty for IIT is provided to a batch of 38
meritorious students selected every year from 15,000 high-schools in
Karnataka.
Organisations
Rashtrotthana Parishat was established in 1965 with the vision
of “Paramvaibhavshali Bharat Nirmaan . Its work spans in
three major areas - Jana Jagruthi , Jana Seva and Jana Shiksha.
Significant contributions have been made through blood bank,
publications, helping the poor in more than 300 slums etc.,,
66 educational institutions Karnataka, more than 15,000 students.
BASE is a Leader in student training in
Karnataka. It was established in 1991 and
focuses on training students for competitive
entrance exams in Engineering and Medical streams. It also has unique
school level programs to strengthen foundation in Science and Maths and
has access to a large pool of highly qualified teachers. Till date more
students qualify into IITs from BASE than from all other training programs.
Impact
Volunteering opportunities
• Academic guidance for IIT entrance
• Support in Selection Process
• Help in building Strong Library
• Provide Uniforms, Study materials, Medical help to Students
• Social media connectivity and publicity
• Collect funds for the program through various sources
• Sanskara: Bhajans, daily Sayam Shakha, Yoga, etc
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N. Dinesh HegdeGeneral Secretary
Rashtrotthana Parishat
+ 91- 94482 84600
www.rashtrotthana.org
www.tapasedu.org
Rashtrotthana PU College# 115, Arkavathy Layout,
Thanisandra Main Road,
Bangalore - 560 045
+ 91- 94482 84600
www.rpucollege.in
Ganapathi Hegde9448987819
Tejas shivamoggaMadhukar Mattur
99800 52300
Yashas PutturRavindra Rai
94481 29574
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27. Teaching in Government Schools
About the Activity
The aim of teaching students in Government and other schools is to facilitate
the holistic development of children in such schools by focusing on activities
on a long term basis . We are also creating a framework to effectively engage
volunteers from corporates and from the local community so that the
program is sustainable. Infrastructure support like computer lab setup,
library setup, etc. as needed to support the learning is provided. The program
elapse time is through the academic year (June to Feb)
Organisation
Youth for Seva (YFS) is on a mission to facilitate a movement of volunteering.
It empowers and enables individuals & organisations to become positive
change agents in the society. In the field of education, efforts have been
undertaken to
• Improve communication skills and nurture the talents of children in over
100 Government schools through Spoken English Training.
• Encourage students to explore the world through Science experiments
and knowledge of computers.
• Engage children in cultural activities (Art & craft, singing, dance, Yoga,
Life skills, etc)
• Organise School kit drive to reach 25000 children this year
• Sponsor education for the needy children through Vidyachethana
Impact
Reach-out to 10,000+ children studying in Classes 5, 6, 7 & 8 in over 100 Govt
schools across Bangalore.
Volunteering opportunities
• Teaching Spoken English
• Fun with Mathematics (Basics)
• Teaching Computers
• Teaching Science concepts thru simple experiments
• Awareness sessions
• Teaching cultural activities (Art & craft, singing, dance, Yoga, etc)
• Values and Life skills
• Green clubs
Organisation
Viveka Vikasa is working towards a holistic education in schools in the
backdrop of an erosion of values in society. They conduct regular on-going
sessions for high school students through
• Interactive talks and discussions
• Stories and real life incidents of great personalities
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• Activities, Group activities and games
• Videos, Skits and dramas
• Counseling
• Projects and Field trips etc.
Impact
• Reached over 1,500 students in 10 schools thru more than 100 sessions
• Planning to reach more schools from this year through one-time events,
teacher enrichment sessions, parents orientation program and posters
• Trained 20 school teachers & 45 volunteers
Locations
• Sessions mainly in Bangalore
• One-time programs/workshops in Bangalore outskirts
Volunteering Opportunities
• Conduct regular workshops in schools
• Conduct one-time half day workshops in schools/NGOs
• Recruiting new volunteers
• Train volunteers
• Prepare Posters
• Virtual : Website maintenance, Social media etc.
• Fund Raising
Youth For Seva“Jnanagiri”, #75/76,
4th Cross, 2nd Main,
Soudamini Layout, Konankunte,
Bengaluru-560 062
Contact: Soumya Dey
Ph: +91-98800 12920
Website: www.youthforseva.org
Email: [email protected]
Viveka Vikasa#1363, 15th Cross,
Kumaraswamy Layout,
Bangalore - 560 078
Contact: Pradeep
Ph: +91-9886042333,
Parimala, Ph: +91-9980900075
E-mail: [email protected]
Facebook Page : Viveka Vikasa
Website: www.spiritualbangalore.com
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28. Pomoting “Spoken Samskrita”
About the Activity
The objective of this program is to revive the language that integrates -
Revive Samskrit, Rejuvenate our Culture, Rebuild the Nation. By harnessing
the manuscripts wealth of which there are 4800 manuscript collections in
India and 4.5 million manuscripts lie unattended, and by conducting
targeted programs this is possible.
Programs
• Free- “Speak Samskrit in 10 days” camps
• Distance Education – 4 Level Course
• Balakendram-Value based Education
• Gita Shikshana Kendram- Unique 4 Level on Gita
• Prashikshanam: Train The Trainer
• Shloka Varga: For kids below 4 years
• Chaatra Varga: For youngsters
• Kutumba Melanam: Family Immersion Program
• Matru Melanam: For mothers
Organisation
Samskruta Bharati is a non-Governmental, non-profit organization dedicated
to the cause of Samskrit.
It is a movement for the reconstruction of Bharat through Samskrit and an
apex-body of all voluntary organizations in Bharat for promotion of Samskrit.
Impact/ Statistics
• 6500 homes are Samskrit homes. Entire family speaks in Samskrit.
• 5 villages are Samskrit Villages. Everyone speaks in Samskrit.
• Every year 5 Lakh Children undergo Value-based education thrugh 500
Balakendras.
• Gita Shikshana Kendras touch thousands of lives every Quarter through
500 centres
• More than 90 Lakh people trained through 'Speak Samskrit Camps'
• Close to 2 Lakh people have taken up Samskrit correspondence course
through 8 languages.
• More than 70000 teachers trained in conducting Camps
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• Activities in 2370 centres all over India
• Close to 2 Lakh readership for Sambhashana Sandesha, the monthly
magazine.
• Over 6000 homes have Children with Samskrit as mother tongue
• 5 Villages where Samskrit is the medium of communication
• Operating in 14 countries other than India. Students from 36 Countries.
• Sold 12 Lakh titles of Samskrit Books worth 4 Crores, in just 3 days during
World Samskrit Book Fair in 2011
Volunteering opportunities
• Be a Vistharak. Give a year! Grow as a leader!
• Be an Organiser. Network in your area. Organise a spoken samskrit shibir
in your locality, office, college, school
• Raise Funds
• Get Trained. Participate in spoke samskrit shibir as a teacher
• Teach an hour in a Government School
Locations
• In every nook and corner of India in 25 states.
• All over Bangalore in 10 Vibhags
• In IT Companies like Yahoo, Philips, NXP, Infosys
• In Institutions like IISc, IIMB, ISRO
• In Schools, Colleges, Slums, Temples & Homes
• In every True Indian's heart!
Satyanarayana Bhat
+91 94483 96100
Srinivasan:
+91 73537 68933
Website:
www.samskritabharati.in
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29. Balabharti in Apartments
About the Activity
Balbharati is primarily conducted within apartment premises by the
residents for their children (5-11 years). The objective of Balbharti to
enhance moral & social values, to know our cultural & national heritage,
team building and affection between children, Health awareness through
Yoga, Skill development through of Art & Crafts
Balbharati is a project of IT Milan, RSS. IT Milan members are the prime
coordinators in their respective areas.
Typical Format (can be adapted as per need) :
Initial invocation Shloka 5 min
Suryanamskaar/Yoga 10 min
Moral story telling 10 min
Patriotic song/Bhajan 10 min
Team games 20 min
Shanti Mantra 2 min
Initiatives include
• “Vande Mataram” our national song sung by Balbharati on Independence
day at Sobha Daffodil, HSR Layout
• Waste reduction initiative by the Balbharati team (carry your own
shopping bag)
• Tree plantation
• Clay-ganesha workshop in several apartments in LB Shastri Nagar.
• More than 100 children prepared eco-friendly Ganesha.
• Balbharati children across the apartment sang patriotic song in Republic
day event through their own initiative
• Sankranti get-together and Rangoli by Balbharati children in Chitrakoot
Environs, Basava-Nagar
Locations
All areas in Bengaluru. To be started in Mangaluru and Mysore
Transformation
Balbharati children:
• Team work & Time punctuality
• Group Discipline
• Concentration during story telling
• Health awareness
• Increased knowledge and interest about cultural & national heritage
• Access to patriotic songs & Indigenous games
• Contributing with poems and articles to Balbharati magazine
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Balabharati Shikshikas
Mothers or Sisters who conduct Balabharati have also shared their
experiences:
• Helps mitigate Stage fear
• Showcase their talent that was earned during school or college days
• Sharing their knowledge & skills with children.
• Satisfaction of contributing towards national cause
• Shikshikas training others and spreading the awareness.
Volunteering opportunities
• Be a tcoordinator / teacher in Balabharati centre
• Start a new Balabharati centre in your apartment / locality
• Be a resource person to train Balabharati teachers
• Contact your friends and influence them to start a new Balabharati center
in their apartment
Ganapathy Venugopalan
Mobile: 99459-24741
Email: [email protected]
Website:
http://balbharati-kids.blogspots.in
• Give publicity through
social media / TV / print
media
Statistics
Approximetly 75 Balabharati
centers in Bengaluru with
more than 300 kids attending.
Needs to be started in other
cities.
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30. CSR activities : Corporate Social Responsibility
About the activity
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an initiative which aims to take
the responsibility for corporate actions on the environment and to
consciously generate positive impact on the environment and society.
• In Bharat, CSR has traditionally been seen as a voluntary/philanthropic
activity and is about
• Institutional building
• Community development
• Sustainability and much more…
• CSR has been made mandatory by Companies Act-2003, with the
following financial parameters during a financial year (FY):
• Net worth of Rs.500 crore or more, or
• Turnover of Rs.1000 crore or more,or
• Net profit of Rs.5 crore or more
• The spending towards CSR to be at least 2% of the average net profits
every FY.
• Surplus from CSR is to be reinvested into CSR.
• Companies can invest into CSR by
• Spending directly on its own
• Setting-up its own non-profit organization
• Collaborating or pooling resources with other companies
• Independently registered non-profit organizations that have a track
record of at least 3 years in such activities
Volunteering Opportunities
• Submit the proposals to CSR team in your companies
• Arrange for volunteers from your company to visit seva projects
• Interaction with philanthropists
• Encourage salaried employees to contribute on a monthly basis
• Interacting with directors, key personnel in companies
• Highlight key projects such as Tapas and GramaVikasa in your circles. Get
sponsors for these projects.
Venkatesh Murthy
Phone : 9900227382
E-mail : [email protected]
Vivek Mallya
Phone : 9845396551
E-mail : [email protected]
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31. Capacity Building - NGO’s
About the activity
• Capacity Building (Leadership) plays the most crucial role in the growth
of an organization.
• Leadership of social service organizations must be trained in
• Understanding and adapting to social, political changes, and to advances
in technology.
• Providing vision for the organization
• Methods to build and develop an organization
• Nurturing leadership in the next generation
• People managing a project need training in
• Social transformation cycle
• Methodologies to understand community's needs.
• Stake holder engagement at all levels
• Project planning and execution
• Building teams and working in teams
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Fundraising
• Documentation
• People running activities at the ground level need training in
• Skills needed for the activity being carried out
• Mobilizing and engaging communities
• Problem solving skills
• Inspiring people to work for society
• Staying motivated
• Working in a team
Volunteering Opportunities
• Need people with executive experience in
• Organization structures
• Processes and systems
• Team building programmes
• Sustaining motivation
• Innovation in organization
• Scaling up programmes
• Assess training needs of the organizations.
• Design the content and delivery methods for training programs.
• Conduct periodic short term trainings on various subjects.
• Provide consulting for selected organizations to work closely towards
bringing about desired change.
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• Experience in building and managing organizations (NGO or Corporate).
• Creative problem solving skills.
• Experience in scaling up a programs.
• HR and training in NGO or Corporate.
• Soft-skills training.
Organizations in need of this service
• Seva organizations: Hindu Seva Pratishthana, Rashtrotthana Parishat,
Keshava Seva Samiti, Grama Vikas, Sakshama, and more.
• Issue centered organizations: Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, Krishi
PrayogPariwar, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, and Dharma Jagaran.
• Facilitating organization: Youth for Seva.
Venkatesh Murthy
Phone : 9900227382
E-mail : [email protected]
Radhakrishna Holla
Phone : 9731264009
E-mail : [email protected]
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32. Social Incubator
About the activity
There is a growing trend of social entrepreneurship among talented youth
and professionalization of the social development sector(SevaVibhag).
Phase – 1
• Invite individuals willing to commit time and take ownership to work on
any issue.
• A panel will shortlist candidates after in-person interview and other
processes.
Phase – 2
• Boot-Camp: Rigorous orientation for few days to provide
• Process of social transformation
• Management skills required to initiate the work
• Collaborative approach to solve issues
Phase – 3
• Seed funding for the project, if needed.
• Fellowship/Stipend to support the individual for a decent lifestyle, if
needed. If the individual pursues this with a regular job, it is not needed.
• Co-working space in district centers where feasible.
• Assign a mentor for each one.
Phase – 4
• Regular workshops, trainings to accelerate the process and enhance the
abilities.
• Round table meetings to exchange experiences, share challenges, invite
ideas, and build fraternity.
Places where currently working
Bengaluru. It needs to be started in other major cities.
Volunteering Opportunities
• Volunteer as a coach to help enthusiasts who want to start new social
service organizations
• Involve and study social service organizations and identify best practices.
Guide people based on the insights from the study
• Conduct regular coaching sessions with the team to guide them
• Help set up financial and administration system for the new NGO
• Help in sustaining the existing activities and planning for growth.
Youth for Seva
“Jnanagiri”, #75/76, 4th Cross,
2nd Main, Soudamini Layout,
Konankunte, Bengaluru-560 062.
Website: www.youthforseva.org/incubator
Murali Rao
Phone : 9019101577
E-mail : [email protected]
Venkatesh Murthy
Phone : 9900227382
E-mail : [email protected]
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33. Documentation & Communication
About the activity
Documentation and Communication are critical for cultivating individual
donors as well as tapping into corporate funding. It also helps to attract
capable people to the organization.
Documentation Needs
• Project reports
• Reports of events
• Documenting success stories or stories of transformation
• Documenting stories of volunteers involved
Public Relations
• Bringing out newsletters (printed/e-newsletter)
• Keeping website content updated
• Publish stories in mainstream media (print, electronic, and social)
• Creating and maintaining facebook pages/groups for organizations
Funding
• Writing project proposals for funding
• Writing project reports to be submitted to donors
• Documenting project impact evaluation
Locations
Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur and other places
Volunteering Opportunities
• One or more of:
• Decent writing skills in English or Kannada
• Project report writing
• Creative writing (stories)
• Project evaluation methodology
Rasita Anand
Phone : 9741401906
E-mail : [email protected]
• Creating html newsletters
• Graphic design
• Video shooting/editing
Organizations in need of this service
• Seva organizations: Hindu Seva Pratishthana, Rashtrotthana Parishat,
Keshava Seva Samiti, Grama Vikasa, Sakshama, and more.
• Issue centered organizations: Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, Krishi Prayog
Pariwar, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, and Dharma Jagaran.
• Facilitating organization: Youth for Seva
Rajesh Padmar
Phone : 9880621824
E-mail : [email protected]
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34. Legal Aid
About the activity
There is a need to provide legal protection to the downtrodden, and the
helpless and to the needy sections of the society; Eg: dowry murder, child
kidnapping by professional thugs for begging, Vanavasis etc.,
Adhivakta parishadis working to address this need by focusing on legal aid
cells, building a network of service minded advocates, Public interest
litigations, Legal education and its quality.
Impact/Statistics
• The activities of Adhivakta Parishat have spread in all district
headquarters of Karnataka.
• Adhivakta Parishat has provided legal aid and consultation to
innumerable people
• Represented in many Nationally important cases like Black money, Rama
Sethu, against cow slaughter, immoral trafficking/love jihad before
Honorable Supreme Court of India and Honorable High Court of Karnataka
Places where Currently Working
All district headquarters
Volunteering Opportunities
• Be part of the network and provide assistance to the needy
• Help expanding the organization
• Participate in study circles
• Organize, Conduct and contribute to seminars, legal aid camps etc.,
• Spread legal awareness through print, electronics and social media
Who can volunteer?
• Advocates
• Professors in law colleges
• Chartered accountants
Adhivakta Parishat
Prasanna Deshpande
98452 98185
L N Hegde
94485 32978
Website:www.adhivaktaparishad.org
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35. Fine arts and Theater Activities
About the Activity
It is necessary to re-inculcate the existing Indian traditions in all forms of
Indian Art and to view art not just for entertainment, but for enrichment.
There is a need to promote budding talents, providing them suitable
platforms and organize the artists.
RANGATORANA (gÀAUÀv ÉÆÃgÀt), is a unique initiative by Akhil Bharatiya
Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). It is a festival of Drama held at Bellary, Karnataka
North. It has been a reputed event in the field of performing arts, promoting
youth talent in drama.
Volunteering Opportunities
• Identifying and promoting promising talent of your area.
• Providing them a suitable platform, recognizing the possible
opportunities to them.
• If the type of talent is to be explored via a group event, example through
Drama/ Yaksthagana etc, then note such practicing platforms and involve
them in various occasions.
• Promoting nationalistic thoughts among artists of all forms of arts. Asking
them to perform art that imbues the spirit of patriotism, cultural
nationalism and universal brotherhood. Eg., Music program of patriotic
songs, music drama on freedom fighters, street play on social evils, etc.,
• Promotion of such troops through media and social media.
• Organize free classes in colleges and schools for different types of art
forms.
• Associated learning and organizing such events regularly with a specific
annual planning as per the occasions.
Locations
Bangalore, Mangalore, Shimoga, Mysore and Tumkur districts of Karnataka
South. Also in Sirsi, Dharwad, Belgaum, Gulbarga and Bellary in Karnataka
North zone
Samskara Bharati
Yadavasmrithi,
# 10, 1st main Sheshadripuram, Bangalore – 560010
State President- Sri Suresh Raj, Mangalore 98450 80968
State Gen. Sec - Sri Aa .Cha. Ashok Kumar,
Mysore 98451 23504
State Org. Sec. - Sri Sreepathi 99456 29991
For Rangatorana:
'Rangamane', Tekooru Ramanatha Compound,
Moka Road, Bellary
Karnataka – 583103
Phone: 08392-255805, 9916009426
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36. Intellectual Fora
About the Activity
Forums for interactive intellectual dialogues provide platforms where a
specific topic is discussed in detail by a subject matter expert for an hour,
followed by a question-answer session. Topics range from National Security,
Economy, Ecology, Socio-religious issue, Women Safety, or a few socio-
scientific classical topics. Analysis of contemporary issues forms public
opinion. These forums are run across the state under various banners like
Manthana, Varthamana, etc.,
Locations
Around 25 fourms are active in Karnataka. Manthana in Bengaluru, Vartamana
in Davanagere, Samalochana Vedike in Udupi, Citizen's Council in
Mangaluru, etc., are a few to name.
Impact
• In 2012 Manthana organized statewide seminars through its intellectual
forums on topics related to UPA Government's proposed Muslim
University at Srirangapattana of Mysore, which was clearly a violation of
secular fabric of the Constitution.
• On the above issue, the lectures given in Manthana platforms by Dr. S L
Bhairappa, Dr. Chidananda Murthy, Prof. Rakesh Sinha of Delhi and several
other thinkers were published as a report in the media. It successfully
generated public opinion. As result, Government withdrew its proposal.
• These forums are grooming many writers, thinkers and influencing the
public opinions in many places.
Volunteering opportunities
• Take part in existing forums as a team member to organize events.
• Start new platforms in your area and organize talks.
• Organize program in colleges / universities on topics of national and
social interest.
• Listing target audience of the area, making a comprehensive email list.
Identifying the people who can attend the program.
• Usage email/social media for the campaign of the event.
• Pre and post events works such as stage management, anchoring etc,
taking report/photos, documenting the program etc.
Srinivas B P 93412 32491
Email: [email protected],
Rajesh Padmar 9880621824
Radhakrishna Holla 97312 64009
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37. Promotion of Literature
About the Activity
Literature on social & nationalistic thoughts plays an important role in
building a nation. It is very important to ensure the availability on good
literature that are written without any bias and help build a stronger and
harmonious society.
Organisation
Rashtrotthana Sahitya was started in 1965 to publish literature to uphold
the ideas- ideals of Bharata and to render inspiration & enthusiasm to
people. Through this, an attempt was made to introduce the greatness of
our culture, heritage, history, philosophy and values with a preference to
thought centric literature, primacy to the publication of National History
related books and promotion of literature imbibing virtuous values in
society.
Publications are:
• Rashtrotthana Sahitya • Sahitya Sindhu Prakashana
• Geeta Bharati
Our priorities are:
• Children Literature – Bharata Bharati book series
• National – Intellectual – Contemporary
• Personality Development - Health
• Biography • History
Volunteering opportunities
• Talk to book sellers in your place and influence them to sell the books by
Rashtrotthana Sahitya. Introduce them to the contact given below.
• Organize book exhibition and sale in your place.
• Arrange for a book stall during different programs / occasions. It can be
done as in schools / colleges / universities. Eg., on Independence day,
Kargil Vijay Divas, etc.,
• Introduce good books to your relatives and friends. You can give books
as gift for special occasions.
• Children's literature with values teachings could be donated to schools
• Adding subscribers to Utthana, Aseema and other magazines and
contribute to social awareness.
• With a group of friends - Take up door-to-door to campaign for selling
books, initiate a drive to sell books in a busy market place on a holiday.
Vikrama
Chandrashekar 9980166688
Email :
Rashtrotthana SahityaKempegouda Nagar, Near Uma Theater,
Chamarajapet, Bangalore- 560018
Pruthvi Kapoor 9880476396, 080 26612730
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38. Media
About the Activity
Media is a very important tool for communication. Apart from sharing
information in the form of 'NEWS', it is a tool for exploring language skills,
recording History, creating public opinion, fighting for social justice and
making an individual socially aware. It is an ideal platform for volunteering
to spread nationalistic thoughts
Volunteering Opportunities
• Give response to media on the articles
• Write letters to editor and express your views on any topic. Eg., current
affairs, civic issues, national security, policies of government, good things
happening around you
• Contribute by writing articles, providing reports, analysing national –
contemporary social issues. Send to periodicals / newspapers
• Create a forum of Letter Writers and share knowledge
• Forum of Television Viewers and discuss the TV programs and your views
• Provide feedback to TV channels
• Joining team of members active on Social Media
• Build relationship with journalists who are socially concerned
• Organize monthly or bimonthly meeting interested individuals to
analyze media related issues
Vadiraj
# 74, Keshavakrupa,
Ranga Rao Road, Shankarapuram
Bangalore- 560004
Mobile: 9480582027
Email: [email protected]
Rajesh Padmar
Vishwa Samvada Kendra
# 74, Keshavakrupa, Ranga Rao Road,
Shankarapuram
Bangalore- 560004
Mobile: 9880621824
Email: [email protected]
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39. Social Media
About the Activity
• Social Media is a powerful tool for information exchange. It is a great
way to initiate and execute change.
• 10,25,00,000 Facebook users in India (World's second largest FB user-
base!)
• 3,50,00,000 Twitter users in India (World's third largest FB user-base!)
• 6,25,00,000 Youtube users in India.
Strengths of social media
• Acts as a Parallel Media.
• Communicates to a large group
• Photo, Video, Texts can be uploaded.
• Easy Sharing of Links of Websites
• Posts Sharable, Reactionary.
• Comments create Opinion.
• Adds Pressure on Media, if Media faults exposed.
Social Media's Impact
• It changed the political course and discourse of India.
• It helped India change regime in 2014
• It helps bring in facts and figures. Instant verification of any speech,
press release or paper
• Increases and helps Activism - Student, Social, Political, Economic, Rights,
Charity
• Individual level: Capture an idea, Collaborate, Publish and Share.
Volunteering opportunities
Involve in activities like:
• Write small articles on
issues of national and
social interest
• Debunking Government
Ads
• Demanding Accountability in politics and mainstream media
• Watching out for India's strategic interests
• Study on topics like - Jammu & kashmir, north east issues, national
security, foreign affairs
• Charity – Raising funds for 2013 Uttarakhand flood victims
• Write about the good social service organizations
• Bring civic problems to the attention of elected representatives and
Government bodies
• Form groups of common minded people and work together to spread
the message and create awareness.
Kiran Kumar S. (@kiranks) 9880713947
Prashanth Vaidyaraj (@pvaidyaraj) 82770 25046
Harsha Perla – 99010 55118
Rajesh Padmar – (@rajeshpadmar) 9880621824
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40. Anti-Conversion Activities
About the activity
Hindu dharma is the soul of our nation and its prosperous existence is
inevitable for world peace. However,the Semitic religions are aggressive
and try to suppress Hinduism. The population growth trends as per census
of past decades show gradual increase in Christian and Muslim population
and decrease in Hindu population particularly in Bharat.
Forced conversion by evangelical missionaries; the conspiracy of Islamization
and their tactics like Love Jihad, Land Jihad, growth of home grown terrorism
and the fraudulent acts of communal violence is posing serious threat to
Hinduism and Bharat, our Nation.
Dharma Jagarana Samanvaya Vibhag aims to create awareness among Hindus
and bring about social harmony; it also attempts to oppose, and prevent
and stop all kinds of conversion activities, and reconvert those forcefully
converted, and defend Hindu Dharma from threats posed to it.
The activities of Dharma Jagarana Samanvaya Vibhaga involve:
• To Stop Conversions
• Paravarthana- To take back converted into Hindu fold
• Samajika Samarasya - Social harmony among Hindus
• Forming district committees involving Sants, Swamijis, Doctors, Lawyers,
Retired officers, Archakas, Women etc., for increasing strength of unity
• Creating Awareness about Hindu Dharma
• Conducting Dharma Raksha Bandhan, Dharma Raksha Divas, Bharath
Matha Puja in sensitive areas.
Impact/Statistics
• 85 Thousand to 95 thousand people per year are coming back to Hindu
dharma from Christianity/Islam , throughout the nation
• Adopting about 5,000 villages per year to stop conversion
• Identified 800 communities as sensitive communities and work has
started in around 400 communities
• Around 20 girls were brought out from the clutches of 'Love Jihad in
Karnataka
• Formed over 300 Dharma Raksha Samitis, more than 60 Sants have started
working for the cause
Places where Currently Working : Throughout the country
Volunteering Opportunities
• Collecting information and data about sensitive areas
• Formation of Dharma Raksha Samitis in sensitive areas
• Formulate action plan for next 1-2 years
• To Build a team for sensitive communities and castes
• To care about availability of minimum required resources
• Spreading awareness through print, electronic and social media
H M Nagappa / Muniyappa
Phone: 98454 49369
Email: [email protected]
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41. Gou Samrakshana
About the activity
We Hindus believe Mother Cow is the embodiment of 33 crore Gods. The
Cow absorbs the 64 energies present in the nature through the Gomaya
(Cow dung), Gomutra (Cow urine), milk etc. These energies are transferred
by the Cow to help other living beings. That is why it is believed that all 33
crore Gods dwell in its Body.
However, the lakhs of Cows are being brutally slaughtered every year in
the name of religious ritual, for beef, for skin and other products and in the
name of Pink Revolution.
According to the law, only those animals which are older than 16 yrs of age
& are useless can be slain. However, now meat of young healthy buffaloes
between 4 months and 1 yr can be exported. The statistics of what is
happenings on the ground is very disturbing.
• Right now, there are 36,000 slaughter houses, of which 10 are highly
automated, where in daily 2,50,000 animals are hacked.
• Al-kabir (Hyderabad) alone is licensed to kill 6,00,000 a year. Deonar
(Mumbai) kills 1,20,000 Cows and 60,000 Buffalos. Kolkata based
slaughter house kills 12,00,000 Cows & Buffalos per year.
• Uttar Pradesh has granted license to set up 8 new mechanized slaughter
houses.
• Bharat is the top 5th country among BEEF producing Nations.
• Bharat is the top 4th country among BEEF exporting Nations.
• Around 1,000 cows are killed every day in Bangalore city. More than
10,000 in whole Karnataka.
• More than 100 illegal slaughter houses in Bangalore city, more than 1,000
in Karnataka.
• Illegal Transportation takes place across Karnataka to Andhra Pradesh,
Goa and Kerala
• Hindu Jagarana Vedike and VHP activists are participating in Gou
Samrakshana across Karnataka and preventing the slaughter and illegal
transportation of cows.
• Activists are monitoring the movements of illegal transport and filling
legal cases against those showing cruelty on cattle.
• Conducting Public Awareness progammes and Agitations.
• During bakrid festival when huge number of cows are slaughtered, the
special team of activists watch and block such illegal transportation.
Impact/Statistics
• In one year we saved more than 1,000 cows in Bangalore city and more
than 5,000 in Karnataka
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• More than 40 criminal cases lodged against illegal transportation of cows
• Earlier, cows used to be killed in the streets, now a days it has stopped
due to the efforts of the activists
Places where Currently Working : Throughout Karnataka
Volunteering Opportunities
• Gou Jagruti : creating awareness about benefits of cow and against cruelty
to animals
• Provide legal aid
• Can involve in all activities - agitations, watching and taking action
against the illegal transportation of cows etc.,
• Fund the activities and agitations.
Kumar Subramanya
9480490596
Ullhas
9611781995 / 9483090323
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42. Kutumba Prabhodhan
About the activity
A family is a unit of people related by blood in general; A family
demonstrates mutual respect, affection, sharing of ups and downs of life,
offers security, culture and care to its members. Family is first of the links
for a person to “connect” to society
A home is not just a structure with 4 walls, it is a cultural center to groom
goodness, where members wish for the well-being of each other, correct
mistakes, share joys, lend a helping hand in moments of need, inspire us
for a good life, etc. A home is a lab where children learn by observing the
elders
However, it is a growing concern that this system is weakening now-a-days,
mainly because the fabric of basic family system is weakening. Kutumba
Prabodhan is an initiative to address these concerns.
The Kutumba Prabodhan initiative aims to:
• Preserve the family system for the next generation
• Re-establish the system of mutual cooperation
• Pass on the value system of sharing and caring to the next generation
• Learn tools for good life, of mutual growth and well being of all
Various programs under Kutumb Prabodhan are:
• Nearby families to get together for 1 – 2 hours, may be monthly once, on
occasion, which encourages cohesive bond between families.
• Informal discussion on importance of family systems, our childhood v/s
childhood of new generation kids, pros and cons of today's life style,
etc.
• Workshop for the newly married couple to bring awareness about mutual
care, support, habits etc.
• Shrimaata Kutumb Chintan Yaatraa: In this programme, selected couples
stay in the villages. The environment in these village homes, the cultural
heritage provides a good informal education on the family system. The
guests become part of the family in this short stay and take back valuable
learning.
• Annual get togethers
Impact/Statistics
• One day Kutumb Milan – 250 times
• Newlyweds – 2 + 1 (Pashchim Vahini)
• Shree Maata Kutumb Chintan Yatra – 2
• Family get together – At 10-15 places
Places where Currently Working
Throughout Karnataka
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Volunteering Opportunities
• Incorporate best practices in your family.
• Organize Kutumba Milan event in your area.
• Mobilize participants for various workshops.
• Conduct workshops for newlyweds or about parenting in corporate setup
or in communities.
• Share Kutumba Prabodhan literature with your friends.
• Be a resource person and participate in workshops.
• Write in social media, print media about the family system and examples
of good families.
Kutumba Prabodhan
“Jnanagiri”, #75/76, 4th Cross, 2nd
Main, Soudamini Layout,
Konankunte, Bengaluru-560 062
Phone: Satish 9900157714
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43. RTI & Consumer Rights
About the activity
Collective efforts by
individuals or groups
are organized into
social movements to
project social change.
Social movements
refer to any persistent,
organized, collective
efforts to resist
existing structures.
Some social movements that are relevant today are listed below:
RIGHT TO INFORMATION (RTI)
The objectives are:
• Transparency, Accountability, to contain corruption
• Democracy requires informed citizenry which in turn is vital for its
functioning.
• To hold Govt. and their departments accountable to the people.
RIGHT TO INFORMATION (RTI) can be through
• Inspection of work, documents, records
• Taking notes, extracts, or certified copies of documents or records
• Taking certified samples of material
• Obtaining information in the form of diskettes, floppies, tapes, video
cassettes or in any other electronic mode or through printouts where
such information is stored in a computer or in any other device
Volunteering opportunities
• You can update your knowledge on RTI and be a volunteer in getting
information
• Monitor the Government as a watchdog
• Get yourself trained and train others
• You can be a part of the team which is using RTI as a tool to expose the
misdeeds of different governments.
Mahiti Hakku Adhyayana Kendra
Bengaluru
Vikrama Simha: 9886020774
Civil Rights
About the activity
Every individual is a consumer, regardless of occupation, age,
gender,community or religious affiliation. Consumer rights and welfare are
now an integral part of the life of an individual and we all have made use of
them at some point or the other in our daily routine.
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Highlights of the Consumer Protection Act are -
• Enacted by the Parliament in 1986
• To provide for better protection of interest of consumers.
• To make provisions for the establishment of Consumer Councils and
other authorities for the settlement of consumer disputes.
Volunteering opportunities
• To be aware of the rights of a consumer
• Set up local units of Akhila Bharathiya Grahak panchyat in the area where
you reside
• Get trained and train others about consumer rights
Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat
Anti Corruption Forum
Objectives
• Fight against petty corruption, State corruption, Bribery, Embezzlement,
theft and fraud, Extortion, Abuse of discretion, Favoritism, nepotism
• Conduct creating or exploiting conflicting interests
• Improper political contributions
Giridhar Upadhyaya
94498 31147
Chandrashekhar Jahagirdar
9480490551
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44. Human Rights
Background
Since last few years we hear more about “Human Rights”. It belongs to
everyone – they can't be taken away from marginalised individuals. It is the
duty of the Government and the society to protect the human rights of
every individual.
Key principles of human right:
• Fairness • Respect
• Equality • Dignity
Affected groups
• Child labour • Sex workers
• Transgender • Devadasi
• Dalits and marganilised individuals in society
• Economically weaker section
Volunteering opportunities
• Be their voice in the media
• Legally fight against violation of human rights
Human Rights Protection Society, Mysore
A M Bhaskar – 9448246647
Sangama Trust working with
transgenders
Akaie- 9980042532
Working with Devadasis
Vimochana, Atheni
Dr Bhima Rao Gasti, Belgaum-9740638930
Gauthama Trust, Mudhol
Manjula-9844639923
Samarasya Vedike for social harmony
in Hindu society
Vadiraj, Bengaluru– 9480582027
A M Bhaskar, Mysore – 9448246647
Shivanna, Shimoga– 9448326926
Suresh – 9481020473
• Sensitize the other communities and create compassion about them
• Work as “pressure group”
• Bring change in the concerned area/group
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45. Women Safety and Security
About the activity
As per the details from Census 2011, Karnataka has population of 6.11 Crore,
an increase from figure of 5.29 Crores in 2001 census. The total population
of Karnataka as per 2011 Censes is 61,130,704 of which male and women are
31,057,742 and 30,072,962 respectively.
Crimes against women
Police records show high incidence of crimes against women, that the growth
rate of crimes against women would be higher than the population growth
rate. Earlier, many cases were not registered with the police due to the
social stigma attached to rape and molestation cases. Official statistics show
that there has been a dramatic increase in the number of reported crimes
against women such as Acid throwing, Sexual harassment at Work place,
Dowry, Child marriage, Women infanticides and sex selective abortions,
Domestic violence, Trafficking, Rape incidents.
The report states that in 2010, the cases registered on various counts of
atrocities against women in Bangalore alone were 1,758. The number of
cases increased to 1,893 by 2011 and in the subsequent year (2012), the
figure rose to 1,931. In 2010, 201 cases of atrocities on women were
registered. In 2011, the number of cases rose to 259 and in 2012 the police
managed to bring it down to 153.
Programs required for women's safety
• Awareness Program in College & High school even Middle schools
• Seminars in BPO, IT Sector
• Workshops in un-organising Sector (Garments)
• Self Defence Class's in College's & High school
• Website& Face book for Women safety legal Points
• Email Group for Voluntaries or Voluntary organisation.
• Posters & Pomp lets distribute in Mass Place's regarding women safety
• Providing Contact details for women workers regarding women safety
• Street play & Slide shows
• Debate, SA writing's & Competition's for students
• Moral education in Schools regarding this.
• Form Voluntary group in school & college & work place for this.
Organisations
Samaja Seva Samithi aims at providing various types of training with the
view of enhancing employment options and help the recipients become
self sufficient and enterprising. These programmes are mainly aimed at
empowering women from rural and urban areas and enabling them to
become self-sufficient and independent.
Akhil Bharatiya Vidayrthi Parishad (ABVP) is conducting awareness
campaigns in colleges on this topic. It is organizing students and general
public and actively involving them in the movement against the atrocities
on women.
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Rashtra Sevika Samiti provides training to women in self-defense
techniques. Samiti organizes weekly gathering for women and provides
training on physical and intellectual aspects, personality development, self-
reliance and social activism.
Activities
• ASHA KIRANA- FREE HOSTEL & EDUCATION FOR SCHOOL DROP OUT
STUDENTS
• FAMILY COUNSELING CENTER
• TAVARUMANE (shelter for poor and troubled women)
• SENIOR CITIZEN CARD ISSUE
• AYURVEDIC THERPY CENTER
• RAMNAVAMI CELEBRATIONS
• SELF-HELP GROUPS
• YOUTH ACTIVITIES
• INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL
• RAKSHA BANDHAN PROGRAM
• ADVOCACY FORUM FOR VO'S
• VOCATIONAL TRAINING
• PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES
Volunteering opportunities
• Involve in website & facebook pages & maintain
• Correspondence with media
• Planning Workshops, Seminars etc.,
• Conducting training programs on self-defence techniques
• Listing & finalising Resource persons.
Smt. Shobha
# 33, Sumuka Residency,
3rd Cross, 1st Main,
Gavipuram Extension,
Bangaluru-560019.
Phone: 080-2660-0022
E-mail: [email protected]
Smt. Malini Bhaskar
9341223454
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46. Working in Unorganised Sector
About the activity
The number of women in the laborer is
higher in the unorganized sector. The
women laborer plays a major role in
Garment Industries, Domestic Workers,
Asha & Anganavadi. Majority of women
employees are engaged in the Garments
Factories (98%). Most of these women
are poor migrants from villages. They are
forced to work beyond the stipulated 8
hours per day, are harassed by the
management, get less than even
minimum wages, are exploited,
deprived of statutory benefits, offered
poor transportation facility, are not
given job cards and are not allowed to
form constitutionally permitted unions.
The Role of Unions
• Pleading in Wage Board to enhance the wages periodically
• Sorting out problems of employees - Employees Provident Fund,
Employees State Insurance Corporation, Maternity Benefits etc.
• Negotiating with management to improve working conditions of
employees
• Giving attention & suggestion to solve their domestic problems
• Educating the members legally and socially
• Giving importance and pressurizing the labor department to enforce
the laws strictly & effectively.
Organisation
Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh is a Trade Union with a difference. It is an “apolitical
trade union” which believes in genuine trade union activity inculcating the
national spirit in the minds of workers. The cyclic concept of “Nationalize
the labor, laborize the industry, industrialize the Nation” gives the idea of
what BMS is striving for in the labor sector.
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Impact
The BMS is the first Central Trade Union which organized Domestic
workers in the country by name “GHARELU KAMAGAR MAZDOOR SANGH”
in Mumbai several decades back. The Union staged several
demonstration and agitations demanding the government to extend
social security benefits, minimum wages etc and succeeded in it.
Volunteering opportunities
• Organizing and teaching in adult education classes for those in the
unorganized labor sector
• Organizing talks & workshops to create awareness about rights and
responsibilities of women in this sector
• Organizing social and legal support structures for domestic help in
vicinity
• Helping with Legal aid to women laborers
• Advocacy in labor reforms
• Research in international labor laws and reforms
• Social media for women-labor related activism
Sri Sooryanarayana Rao
9449270418
Sri. D.V Ramamurthy
9880629907
Website: http://bms.org.in
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47. Rehabilitation center for orphaned girls and destitute women
About the activity
Abalashrama is a home for destitute women and rehabilitation center for
orphaned girls and women. There are currently 70 residents at this center
in Bangalore.
Impact
• Over ten thousand orphaned girls and destitute women got shelter,
education and/or training
• Presently over 70 girls/destitute women aged above 16 years are
rehabilitated through formal education and/or vocational training
• Hundreds of non-resident girls/women are getting trained in various
vocational skills like Fashion Tech, Beautician Course, Computer Skills,
Commercial Cookery, Photography to become self-reliant
• Many non-resident girls have got benefited from the counselling centre
of Abalashrama
Statistics
• Over 10,000 girls/destitute women are rehabilitated
• More than sixty girls have entered into wedlock
• Some girls/women who were residing in Abalashrama have started
similar homes in the charity sector
Volunteering opportunities
• Rescue and rehabilitate deprived girls and women(Age 16 years and
above)
• Impart free vocational training and life skills
• Facilitate to pursue formal academic education
• Address physical, emotional and psychological well-being of the
residents
• Virtual volunteering
• Financial help
B. V. Shaesha - 98456 75014
080-26678694
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.abalashrama.org