Treasure Hunt – Events | V-Excel | Chennai

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‘Give Me A Sign’ is a city wide treasure hunt organized by V-Excel. The treasure hunt is going to be held on 27th September 2015, Sunday. The treasure hunt would begin at Besant Nagar Beach, Chennai and each team would be given clues, which would lead them to their next location.  Each team would be made to perform high energy, crazy tasks at different locations before their next clue is handed over.

V-Excel Educational trust is a NGO committed to the education and rehabilitation of individuals with mental and developmental challenges. Their goal is to empower children and young adults with special needs and disabilities to become dignified independent and contributing members of the main stream society. They have been working on and making significant changes in the lives of individuals we serve.

VExcel Treasure Hunt

The treasure hunt is being conducted with an aim to

  1. Creating and spreading public awareness about V-Excel educational trust.
  2. Educate people about the learning methods used by differently abled children.
  3. Facilitating inclusion of differently abled in the mainstream society.
  4. Help raise funds for the trust to improve the quality of education of the students.

V-Excel requires 30 volunteers to conduct the event

Date: September 27, Sunday
Place: Beasant Nagar Beach, Chennai
Time: 8 AM – 12 PM
For any clarifications contact: Adhishwar | +91 9962681194 / [email protected]

Activity Based Learning – Education | Maarga | Chennai

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Maarga is an initiative focusing on identifying students’ interests and in turn assisting them in pursuing these interests. Maarga currently promotes activity based learning to make learning fun, meaningful and relevant.

Maarga

In the current project, Maarga is looking to implement a 10 week module for students. The module will focus on reading, listening, speaking and writing skills for students by conducting activities relevant to their interests. Maarga requires 25 volunteers for their project. It includes working with students in the classroom (On – field volunteers) and evaluation of student output/ feedback (Off – field volunteers). Volunteers will also be involved in knowledge transfer to students/ teachers/ school management/ Maarga PMOs and fellow volunteers.

Activity Days: Saturday
Time: 1.5 hours during the school session (anytime between 8:50 AM and 12:25 PM)
Place: Hindu Senior Secondary School, Adayar, Chennai
Contact: Aditya KS | Phone: +91 99520 71237

Events for Intellectually Challenged – Disability | Anbagam | Chennai

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Anbagam is a charitable trust working for the wandering mentally ill for the past 17 years. During these years, Anbagam rescued 1640 and reunited 1200 people with their families in various parts of India. Currently Anbagam has 240 patients in three centres in Tamil Nadu. The home at Otteri has 35 female residents and Vichur accommodates 140 patients of both genders.

Anbagam

Volunteers needed for: Recreational programmes, creating awareness on mental illness, music programmes, training on vocational skills, gardening, farming, Meditation, yoga etc for the residents of the homes…

Preferred days: Wednesday / Friday / Saturday
Time: At your convenience any time between 10 AM to 4 PM
Places: Otteri & red Hills

Website: www.anbagam.org
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Anbagam-Organization/695733940474317
Contact person: Joji Alex | [email protected] | 9884553950

Road Safety Awareness – Community | Thozhan | Chennai

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We are happy and proud for each and everyone of your participation on making this event grand success, Road safety awareness campaign happened on 100 signals in all over Chennai signals with total of 2000+ volunteers.

Event was inaugurated by Tmt.Letika Saran IPS, Director General of Police (Retd.) Mr Anwar Basha, Assistant commissioner of police-traffic as the Chief Guest.

We have distributed 1Lac pamphlets and pasted 50 thousand head light stickers to create more awareness.

I am sure each of your 2-3 hours contribution saved many lives and accidents today, Also you become a role model today for whole chennai citizens.

Thozhan

 

Traffic Awareness Campaign at 100 Signals:
Adayar, Ambattur, Alwarpet & Teynampet, Anna nagar, Ashok Nagar, Egmore, Guindy, Kodambakkam, Mylapore, Nungambakkam, OMR, Pallavaram, Perambur, Porur, Saidapet, Tambaram, Thiruvanmiyur, Triplicane/MountRoad, T.Nagar, Vadapalani, Velachery, Virugampakkam, Central, Purasaivakkam

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– Thozhan Team

Road Safety Awareness – Community | Thozhan | Chennai

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India has the worst road traffic accident rate in the world!  Thozhan is organising a massive Road Safety Awareness Campaign at 100 Signals across Chennai on Sunday, Aug 9, 2015. You can participate in the event as a regular volunteer or coordinate a team of volunteers at a signal during the event.

Coordinators have to attend a special training session either on July 19/26, 10AM – 12 PM @ Saidapet (Details will be communicated after you sign up)
Volunteer Needed

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Nomadic Children – Education | Yurt on Wheels | Pondicherry

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Yurt on Wheels (Yurt means hut) is a nonprofit organization, specially working for nomadic (Gypies- Narikuravar) community in Lawspet, Pondicherry since 2014. Yurt on Wheels engages children by providing alternative education and livelihood training for them.

Volunteer Needed

Volunteer Requirement

  • Cause: To work with children – education, life skills and special activities
  • No. of volunteers needed: 2-4
  • Days: Monday to Friday
  • Time: evening 3.30 pm to 6.30 Pm
  • PoC: Mr. John Peter  [email protected] | 08122584451

Logo Design – Digital | Bhumi | Chennai

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Bhumi is one of India’s largest independent youth volunteer non-profit organisations. Bhumi as a platform will enable over 5,000 volunteers in more than 12 cities across India for causes like education, environment, animals, community welfare etc. in 2015.

Bhumi has two core areas of work (programmes)- Education and Civic Projects

> Ignite: Transformational Education
Ignite is Bhumi’s supplementary education programme for under-privileged children. The programme is delivered during the weekends by trained volunteers of Bhumi. Over 10,000 children are benefiting from the programme in 2015 across 12 Indian cities. The programme consists of English, Mathematics, Science, computers, mentoring, arts, sports and life skills support.

> Catalyse: Transforming Citizenry
Catalyse consists of Bhumi’s civic initiatives that engage volunteers in causes like animal welfare, community welfare, disability, environment, health etc. The programmes consisting of one-off and regular volunteering activities engage over 5,000 volunteers each year in over 15 cities across India.

Participate in the logo design contest for Bhumi’s programmes: Ignite & Catalyse
Top Three Things to Communicate through our Logo
Ignite
• Education
• Transformation / Children
• Volunteers
Catalyse
• Civic initiatives
• Transformation
• Volunteers
Our Target group
• Youth, millennials
• Indians
Styles that we are interested in
• Symbol / Icon  (Ref:Types of Logos)
Values to Communicate
• Youthful
• Modern
• Simple
Colour preferences
• Colours that complement colours of the Indian flag/Bhumi Logo (Orange/safforn, green)
Ideas & Additional information
• EPS vector desirable
• Prizes for the best ideas/designs – Three
• Recognition on our website, social media platform and newsletter.
• Bhumi & Volunteers.org merchandise
• Flipkart/Amazon Gift vouchers
• Please submit your design / idea by emailing us at [email protected]

Traffic Awareness – Community | Thozhan| Chennai

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As a continuous effort to reduce the accidents in the country, last month, on 31.05.2015, Thozhan carried out the traffic awareness campaigns at following 7 Signals in Chennai.

  1. Ambattur
  2. T.Nagar
  3. Sholinganallur
  4. Ekkattuthangal (Ambal Nagar Signal)
  5. Valluvar Kottam
  6. Tidel Park (with Bhumi)
  7. Gemini Flyover Signal

TAC (1)

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The Event objective was to

• Bring awareness to wear helmet and seat belt.

• Ensure Safe Road crossing by insisting pedestrians on following rules.

• Bring awareness on importance of abiding Traffic signal.

• Bring awareness on the risks of driving with distractions (Mobile phones, Music players, etc.,)

• Campaign against drunken driving and bring awareness on risks associated with it.

TAC

To achieve the above objectives, we did following activities at all signals,

• Guided vehicles to stop before signal stop-line.

• Displayed placards with road safety messages to bring awareness on traffic rules

• Distributed around 4500 pamphlets, with details on road safety and its importance.

• Guided pedestrians on road crossing with insistence on following road rules.

• Affixed around 2000nos. anti-glare stickers onto the headlights.

• Volunteers conveyed the Road Safety messages to the Riders, Drivers and pedestrian’s by one to one contact.

Volunteers Participation:

• Overall there were about 120 volunteers participated very enthusiastically.

• Organizations participated: Naloore Vattam, Bhumi, Ilaingan, Care and Welfare, Aware, MSW Foundation, Loksatta Volunteers, Jagadeesh Academy of Arts.

• All the regular and new volunteers taken the pledge for following Traffic Rules before doing campaign.
TAC (2)

Public Response:

1) There were amazing responses from public at almost across all signals.

2) People congratulated our efforts and committed to follow traffic rules.

3) Even with arguing people, our volunteers, kindly and firmly conveyed the road safety messages.

4) While crossing the Gemini Signal, Mr.N.Gopalaswami, former Chief Election Commissioner, appreciated our volunteers efforts.

5) At Valluvarkottam signal, one small boy from a car opened the door and congratulated us.Even some People said sorry for not wearing helmets and seatbelts.

6) There were numerous occasions wherein people worn helmets and tightened seat belts after our insistence.

7) Ambattur signal had 10 kids from “Jagadeesh Academy of arts” as volunteers, who were very enthusiastically conveyed the safety messages to fellow brothers and sisters of the city. People gave great response to those kids by showing thumps ups and salutes.

8) At many places, people argued due to lack of infrastructures like stop line, Zebra crossing etc.,

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