Traffic Awareness Campaign with Thozhan | March 29 | Chennai

India has the worst road traffic accident rate in the world!  Traffic Awareness Campaign at signals is for creating road safety awareness among people. To volunteer in Chennai on March 29 with Thozhan, please signup below.

If you are unable to join the volunteers on March 29, join us for future events

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If you are unable to join the volunteers on March 29, join us for future events

Volunteer for future Road safety Awareness Events

Join team of Software Developers for Social Causes | Virtual

Indian National Developers is team of students and software professionals, who provide IT Solutions for NGOs and other social causes.
We are looking for experts to guide and mentor students in the following:
  1. Web Development (HTML / CSS / JS / jQuery / Angular JS / WordPress)
  2. Server Development (PHP / MySQL)
  3. Android
  4. Interested people with any other tech skills are also welcome
Our Objectives:
  1. To impart practical software development knowledge in Engineering students.
  2. To connect Field experts with Students.
  3. To use the collective potential in developing Software for social causes.
Accomplishments as on date:
  1. Vegam Portal – A student registration portal for an annual athletic meet for special children.
  2. Website for Thozhan.
  3. Adyar Cooum RTI Project – Infograph.
Projects in the pipeline:
  1. Online RTI generator.
  2. Traffic Violation Portal (TVP) – Mobile, Server, Web.
  3. Satta Panchayat Iyakkam(SPI) android app.
  4. Post At Time (PAT) Facebook Project.
  5. Website for Nizhal.
  6. Traffic Violation Statistics (TVS) – A web app with much info on Traffic.

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Change Festival by Youth Alliance I Delhi – April 3,4

Youth Alliance, is very excited to bring to culmination the collective conscience of young breed that defies to settle and relentlessly pursues what they deem is required to change for good. This April on the 3th & 4th, let’s come together to engage, strengthen and celebrate the spirit of change, both inner and outer at Change Festival in Delhi, India!

What is Change Festival?

Change Festival is a celebration of the ideas/ experiments/ initiatives/ start ups carried out by young people. It creates a learning community by exploring and understanding individuals who are engaged in transformational experiments and strengthening them with multiple forms of capital. The focus however is dual; along with the intention to impact the outer world, it focuses on the inner transformation of doers.

Who all can participate?

So, if you’re one who aims to create positive change in the world and in the process, be transformed yourself, this is for you! You could have an idea waiting to be translated into action (or) an ongoing experiment/startup looking for collaborators and support; the purpose of Change Festival is to nurture your intended thought with an eco-system of inspired change-makers guided by the spirit of collaborative transformation. Anyone between the age group of 18-25 intending to co-create, build and envision ideas is encouraged to apply.

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The event is run on gift economy – pay as you choose, check our website to know more.

Few need based travel scholarships are also available.

To find more information and application details on this link www.youthallianceofindia.org/change-festival/.

For any queries/ volunteering and extending support write to us [email protected] or call Ragini – 098101 39651

First Deadline to be a part of this gathering is 15th February, 2015 and

Second deadline is 9th March, 2015

Volunteer for app development – ivolunteer awards | Virtual

This year will be the third annual iVolunteer Awards. The 2014 awards campaign will mark the launch of an App for the vote stage of the campaign that has been developed by volunteers.

We are looking for volunteers with basic JavaScript knowledge to contribute and help finish this App before the campaign kicks off. The Volunteer team is looking for help with completing these tasks so the App can go live.

Brief description of the project:

What :

Help share stories of everyday heroes whose volunteer stories inspire by example

How:

Help finish developing and testing the iVolunteer Awards voting App Here’s the link to the App

Volunteer’s Role:

  • Volunteer to complete one or more of the tasks listed as issues on GitHub
  • Each feature/ design element that needs to be worked on is listed as a separate issue on GitHub that can be claimed Here’s the GitHub link
  • Update completed task on list and save changes in GitHub

How your skills will change lives:

  • The iVolunteer Awards is India’s sole platform that recognises exemplary volunteer work
  •  Through this App we hope to make sharing of volunteer stories easy to access so more people feel inspired to volunteer
  • We also hope to ensure that the work volunteers have done is available to them to share with the public at large and simultaneously make it easy for people to get in touch with these volunteers

How will this project benefit you:

  • This project promises a whole lot of satisfaction and fun providing ample opportunity to showcaseyour I.T skills on a live one of its kind project

Desired Skills:

  • Knowledge of JavaScript
  • Prior experience on Meteor will be an added advantage
  • College students with knowledge of JavaScript are welcome to apply!

to volunteer contact [email protected] or login to GitHub directly

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Volunteer for promotion of RTE25 | National

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Join volunteers in promoting awareness on the 25% quota for the under-privileged in private schools under the ‘Right To Education’ Act.

My Village Survey | Lister Foundation

Be a village champion through the my Village Project! An initiative by Lister Foundation

My Village

Step 1: Collect data from a village of your choice based on the Village Template that we will provide you with in order to identify key challenges.
OR: Choose a village from our existing virtual village profiles.

Step 2: We will create aa virtual village profile on our website using the data, photos and videos collected by you. We will highlight the challenges and raise an appeal for donation towards meeting that challenge.

Step 3: Connect with successful village migrants and others interested in rural development to mobilise resources for addressing the challenges you identified.

Identify an implementation partner, or run the project yourself with the help of the village residents.
The data collection activity does not take more than half a day!

ASER Survey, TN | Pratham

ASER

1. Involve as volunteer – survey for 2 days (Mostly Friday & Saturday) in a villages (collect School information, Village, Household information and test children Tamil & English Reading ability and Basic arithmetic)
  • 3 day training is mandatory:( 14th oct – 16th oct/Tuesday, wednesday, and Thursday)
  • Survey: 17th and 18th oct, 2014
2. Involve as a Master Trainer for a district – To get trained from ASER state team and further impart training to assigned 35 volunteer in a given district. Following that, a MT has to monitor the survey through field visit and cross check via phone/desk check/field check and finally report to ASER state team.
  • 6 days of training is mandatory( Trichy, 6th oct to 11th oct 2014)
  • 1 Month engagement and will completely responsible for a district.
  •  Honorarium of Rs.4000 (four thousand only) will paid and all travel and food expenses covered by ASER.
3. Involve as External evaluator – The job is to go for field visit and randomly check the surveyed village with information’s required to check by ASER team.
  • 6 days of training is mandatory (Trichy, 6th oct to 11th oct 2014)
  • All travel  expenses will be covered by ASER

Other details on downloadable Google Spreadsheet

To volunteer contact Avinash, ASER Centre, TN