In this issue:
  - New Year Greetings!!!
  - iVolunteer is hiring
  - India Fellow 2007
  - Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon
  - Big in December
  - Big in January
  - Volunteer Speak
  - NGO Speak
  - A Merry X’mas It Was
  -   Buzz@iVolunteer
  - In The News
  - Volunteer Now

New Year Greetings!!!

"New Year's Day is every man's birthday" ~ Charles Lamb

So, from all of us at iVolunteer, HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

iVolunteer is hiring

We are looking for people to join our team in the capacity of:

	Volunteer Relationship Executive/Manager (Chennai) - Involves placing volunteers, partnering with local NGOs, handling employee volunteering projects, dealing with foreign volunteers and managing adhoc projects
	Volunteer Relationship Executive (Bangalore) - Involves marketing the programme in colleges and seeking applications, sourcing projects from rural NGOs in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, managing the programme holistically i.e. recruitment & selection, orientation, monitoring and review

For more information on the above vacancies,click here

To apply, send your resume to info@ivolunteer.org.in stating the position as the subject along with a para on 'Why you are applying for the position' and three paras on 'What makes you suitable for the job'.

India Fellow 2007

Calling all students in the age group of 16–23 to gear up and get ready for India Fellow 2007. Here’s your chance to make the most of your summer vacation, do something totally ‘hatke’, bring out the explorer in you and discover a reality you would otherwise see on TV.

So, if you think you’re up for a challenge, willing to rough it out a bit, ready to step out of your comfort zone, adventurous enough to explore the unknown, YET committed to making your summer vacation useful and memorable for more people than just yourself, then India Fellow is the programme for you.

It’s 6 weeks with a twist – no parents, no friends, mostly no TV, no flashing billboards, sometimes no electricity, no swanky skyscrapers, no fancy food, just REAL RURAL INDIA with real people living a real Indian life.

Apply now and join the 47-member strong team of India Fellows from Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore who, since 2005, have been placed in the rural hinterlands of Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Karnataka working on diverse projects in the field of education, self help groups (SHG), healthcare, microfinance, child labour, watershed management, biogas, child rights, ecology, village dynamics, public distribution system, panchayat raj, village mapping and water conservation & purification.

India Fellow '07. Six weeks in rural India.
An Indian summer like you’ll never forget
http://www.ivolunteer.org.in/indiafellow/pages/home.htm

Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon

The countdown is on for the annual Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon to be held on 21st January 2007. This year the event will see 30,000 runners across the 3 categories of Dream Run (6 kms), Half Marathon (21 kms) and Full Marathon (42 kms). So, be there next Sunday, sharp and early outside CST, to catch our very own, Shalabh Sahai, Director – iVolunteer who will lead the way for team iVolunteer.

Big in December

15th December 2006 was a special day for iVolunteer. We organized our first ever inter collegiate competition “Pagdandi” at Sri Venkateswara College, one of the prestigious colleges in New Delhi. The competition marked the launch of iVolunteer and India Fellow in south campus. Participants from several colleges of Delhi University competed in different events including declamation, poetry recitation, street play, solo singing, group singing, solo dancing and group dancing.

Coming soon are the photographs and a report of the happenings.

Big in January

iVolunteer Delhi is organizing the 9th regional workshop “Introduction to Volunteer Management” on 19th January 2007 at ISI, New Delhi. Invitations have been sent out to 40+ non-profits who will participate in the day-long workshop graced by 5 speakers.

Volunteer Speak

Mumbai volunteers celebrated 10th December “World Human Rights Day” by performing an educative cum entertaining skit and talking to the children of BECC about rights & responsibilities. Here’s a write-up by BECC volunteer,Aditya Kelekar

A request from Bangalore volunteer,  Senkamalam, to join hands and enrich the lives of the old folk at Omashram.

Read about the Christmas party organized by Mumbai volunteers for the children of Bandra East Community Centre in the words of volunteer, Supriya Saxena.

NGO Speak

“Your volunteer team headed by Amit Tyagi (Tech Mahindra) visited Omashram-old age care. They had come in a large number with large goodies! Our inmates, though not many, were extremely happy with the fact so many youngsters visited them and spent quality time with them. It looked as if the old parents were united with children of the present generation. Congratulations to all of you for the volunteering being done. Keep it up and enjoy the little pleasures of life by giving little pleasures to the ones who need them.”
- Geeta Shankar, Omashram, Bangalore

“Volunteer Usha Krishnamurthy has arranged to print and get an order for the greeting cards prepared by our Digha children. She has also sponsored the youngest child's education fees. Her contribution towards the cause has been fantastic and you can take credit that your volunteers have so far been better than the rest from other sources. Many thanks again for all your support and kindness.”
- Reginald Pais (Reggie), Aasara, Mumbai

A Merry X’mas It Was

To celebrate the festive occasion of Christmas, volunteers across our centres organised X’mas parties for the young and old spreading X’mas cheer in their own little way.

	14 Angel Eyes volunteers of Tech Mahindra Bangalore spent time at Omashram, the old age home
	6 volunteers from Mumbai organised an X’mas party for the children of Bandra East Community Centre
	13 volunteers from Tech Mahindra Mumbai celebrated the festival, some with the children of Salaam Baalak, and others with the senior citizens of Little Sisters of the Poor

Buzz@iVolunteer

In The News

Visit our website www.iVolunteer.org.in or reach us at:

Delhi: 011-65672160 - delhi@iVolunteer.org.in
Mumbai: 022-26105235 - mumbai@iVolunteer.org.in
Bangalore: 080-41466568 - bangalore@iVolunteer.org.in
Chennai: 09840713498 - chennai@iVolunteer.org.in
Foreign Volunteers: contact - seema@iVolunteer.org.in
To volunteer overseas: contact - iVolunteer Overseas


For other cities or any other queries mail us at info@iVolunteer.org.in