Youth For Seva“Experience the joy of giving”

www.youthforseva.org

An Introduction

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• A platform for youth to “experience the joy of giving”

• Youth For Seva (‘YFS’) aims to: Inspire youth to volunteer Connect them to grass-root level NGOs Train volunteers to keep them motivated Orient NGOs to make best use of volunteers

• Attracted over 5,000 volunteers since April 2007

• YFS chapters in Bangalore, Mysore, Bellary, Hubli, Shimoga Pune, Mumbai Hyderabad Bhopal Coimbatore

About YFS

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ConnectSupport

Inspire

- Connect Volunteers- To each other - To various Projects- With Various NGOs

- Engage Volunteers

- Encourage Volunteerism

- Empower Volunteers to bring about a positive change

- Train Volunteers

- Equip volunteers with required Training Material & Resource Kits

- Orient NGOs to make best use of Volunteers

- An incubation center for new projects

Role of YFS

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Our Focus Areas

• Government Schools and Slums

• Orphanages, Centers for Destitute Children and Visually Impaired Children

• School Adoption Program

• Computers for Schools

Green Commandos• 'Say No To Plastics' drive

• Planting and Adopting Saplings

• Waste Management & Recycling

• Rainwater Harvesting

• Green Clubs

Verticals

Education EnvironmentHealth

Doctors for Seva

Volunteer at Hospitals: - St.Martha's, Kidwai

School Health Program

Sponsor a Patient

Blood Bank

Sponsor a Child

Special Initiatives

School Kit Drive Charity Sales

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Education 1 of 3

Teaching in Government schools, slums and orphanages:

• Identified government schools in each area in Bangalore

• Conduct regular training sessions for volunteers and orient them

• Volunteers select a school that is closest to them and teach a

subject they are comfortable with

• Teach Spoken English, Computer Skills at schools

• Conduct extra curricular activities like quiz, puzzles,

games, songs etc. are conducted

• Ready training material available for all activities

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Computers for Schools (CFS): an initiative that attempts to provide a holistic computer based education to school children

www.sites.google.com/site/cfsbangalore

• Collect donated surplus/obsolete/unused computers from private sector sources and redistribute them to public schools

• Create computer labs in public schools that are centralized and consist of networked thin-clients - resulting in lower installation and maintenance costs.

• Install a Free Operating System called Edubuntu primarily written for school children

• Provides the educational packages relevant to the profile of the school students.

• Provides training to School Teachers and lab staff.

• Regularly administers the systems and provide maintenance.

• CFS Volunteers visit schools to teach children Computer skills.

Education 2 of 3

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How you can help in CFS:

• Donate your old computer / laptop

• Become a System Administrator in the labs that already have computers

• Help kids learn to use computers by taking computer classes on weekends.

• Write Free Software to help school children understand their subjects better. - In association with Free Software Movement, Karnataka( http://www.fsmk.org/)

Education 3 of 3

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Health Team @ YFS

1. Doctors For Seva

2. School Health Program

3. Volunteer at Hospitals

4. Sponsor a Patient

5. Blood Donor Program

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1) Doctors for Seva (DFS)

• Group of medical professionals who voluntarily provide consultation, medicines & treatments free of cost

• Checkups & Health Cards

• Sponsoring Medicines/Treatments

2) School Health

• Awareness Talks – Hygiene & Nutrition

• Check ups – Medical, Dental, Eye

• Counselling

• Bosch CSR: School Adoption

Health Team – Divisions 1 of 3

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3) Volunteer at Hospitals• Help Desks at OPD Medical Records Dept. Assisting in therapy for stroke

patients Landscaping & Eco friendly

initiatives

Health Team – Divisions 2 of 3

Spreading awareness on health,environment issues.

Keep children engaged and motivated thro’ Stories, Arts & Crafts, Games, movies.

Rangoli competition for women

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4) Sponsor a Patient

• Group of medical professionals who voluntarily provide consultation, medicines, treatments free of cost

• Checkups & Health Cards

• Sponsoring Medicines/Treatments

5) Blood donors at YFS

• Promotes the noble cause of Blood donation

• Organise Blood donation camps

• Contact for blood in an emergency

• Register as a blood donor at Youth for Seva

- Provide your Blood Group, Zone or Area, Contact number

Health Team - Divisions 3 of 3

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Environment wing @ YFS

• Partnered with the movement called The Green Commandos

• Partnered with the Art of Living group to engage volunteers in planting saplings and in their neighborhood and adopting them

• Working under the guidance of renowned Environmentalist Dr. Yellappa Reddy

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Green Commandos

http://www.greencommandos.com• Say No To Avoidable Plastics• Planting and Adopting Saplings• Segregation of bio- and non-biodegradable waste at

source• Composting at apartments and houses• Rainwater Harvesting• Green Clubs in Schools• ANIBIN division

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Special Initiatives

School Kit drive:• Includes School Bag,Ten Note Books, Pen,

Pencil and Eraser, Geometry box

• Sponsor a school kit for just Rs.250/-

• Plan to sponsor 10,000 kits next academic year

Sponsor a Child:• Sponsor a child’s education and healthcare for as

little as Rs.500/month

• 570 children supported under this program currently

• Target to sponsor 1500 children during 2011-12

Charity Sales:• Sale of handicraft and eco friendly products thus helping artisians

• Organise charity sales for various NGOs at corporates and apartment complexes

Legend Health HealthDoctors For Seva Doctors For Seva

Area of Work Health Camps Health CampsNew Activities started in the year Work in hospitals Work in hospitalsActivities continued from previous year Blood Donation Blood Donation

Environment EnvironmentEnvironment Say No To Plastics Say No To Plastics

Say No To Plastics Tree Plantation & Adoption Tree Plantation & AdoptionTree Plantation& Adoption Waste Mgmt & Recycling Waste Mgmt & RecyclingWaste Mgmt & Recycling Rain Water Harvesting Rain Water HarvestingRain Water Harvesting Green Clubs Green ClubsGreen Clubs Animal Help Division Animal Help Division

Others Initiatives Others InitiativesOthers Initiatives Summer Camps Summer Camps

Summer Camps School kit Sponsorship School kit SponsorshipOthers Initiatives School kit Sponsorship Charity Sale Charity Sale

Summer Camps Charity Sale Sponsor a Child Sponsor a ChildSchool kit Sponsorship Sponsor a Child Sponsor a Patient Sponsor a Patient

Education EducationEducation Spoken English Spoken English

Education Education Spoken English Extra Curr Activities Extra Curr ActivitiesSpoken English Spoken English Extra Curr Activities Computers For Schools Computers For SchoolsExtra Curr. Activities Extra Curr Activities Computers For Schools School Adoption Program School Adoption Program

2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012

Growth of Volunteering Activities

Engaging and Orienting Volunteers

2. Training and Orientation ofVolunteers

3. Volunteer Assignmentto Projects based

on specific interest

4. Connect Volunteers toZonal / Project

Coordinator

7. Periodic Meetings.Communication/Updates

sent to Volunteers

6. Send Updates and Feedback to

Project/Zonal Coordinator

9. Redeploymentof Volunteers

1.VolunteerRegistration

5. Volunteers work on assigned projects

8. Retrainingwhere

required

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Volunteering Models

Others

Volunteering Opportunities

Education• Teach English and basics of Computers

• Set up Computer labs and maintain it

• Write Free Software for children

• Act as scribes for the differently abled

• Be a Mentor to a child

Health• Assist at hospitals in

Running the helpdesk

Therapy of stroke patients

• Organize and conduct

School Health Program and referrals

Health Camps and other health initiatives

• Donate Blood

Environment• 'Say No To Plastics' drive

• Planting and Adopting trees near your locality

• Waste Management & Recycling near your homes/apartment

• Rainwater Harvesting

• Setup Green Clubs

• Sponsor a Child • Sponsor a School Kit• Sponsor a Patient

• Donate your unused PC• Organize Charity Sales in your office• Be a co-ordinator in your zone or office

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CSR Partnerships – School adoption

• Adopt a government school for improving the learning standards.

• YFS deploys one full time teacher per school and one coordinator for 2 schools.

• Coordinator handles life skills training, inspires the children and engages other part time volunteers in the school.

• Current CSR Partners for school adoption: KPIT Cummins, Phillips

Note: All YFS projects encourages the employees from the sponsoring company to take active part as volunteers thus ensuring high level of transparency and ownership.

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CSR Partnerships - Healthcare in school

• Sponsor healthcare program in a government school

• YFS provides doctors from its ‘Doctors for Seva’ team

• Medical checkup includes General health, dental, eye,ear and anaemia test

• Post-medical checkup followup referrals

• Sponsoring company takes care of arrangement and medicines for camps provides transportation to take children to hospitals for referrals

• Hospitals in DFS network will treat the patients free of charge

• Current CSR Partners for school health: BOSCH

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CSR Partnerships – Green Clubs

• Setup a ‘Green Club’ in a cluster of 10 schools.

• YFS deploys one full time coordinator for setting up and running Green Clubs in 10 schools.

• Awareness sessions are conducted for all the children in the school about eco-friendly lifestyle.

• 25-30 interested students form Green Club.

• GC members setup an eco-friendly campus by planting saplings, implementing solid waste management system, recycling and if possible rain water harvesting.

• Current CSR Partner for Green Clubs: EMC Data Storage Systems.

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CSR Partnerships - Employees

• YFS facilitates involvement of employees of a company in various volunteering activities.

• The company arranges for 30 minutes presentation to its employees.

• YFS would present opportunities for volunteering across Bangalore and connect interested volunteers to projects closer to their homes.

• YFS presentations done at: EMC Data Storage Systems, Infosys, KPIT Cummins, Corelogic, BOSCH, Target, HP, Space Matrix, Marvell Labs.

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One-Time Activities for Corporates & Employees

• Education:• Sponsor a school kit, Sponsor a child’s education

• Organize educational trips to Museum, Planetarium, Zoo, etc• Organize issue-based competitions – Environment awareness, First

Aid/Safety• Funding of buss pass or school fees for deserving and needy children

• Health:• Organise Blood donation camps

• Provision of better sanitation, safe drinking water

• Sponsoring women’s health checkup

• Sponsor one time treatment - eye glasses, dental treatment, lab tests

• Environment:• Start a green club at your office• “No Plastics” drive• Train and spread the message of Living a Green Lifestyle• Planting and adopting saplings

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Youth For Seva8/28, Bull Temple Road,

Bangalore, Karnataka 560 004

Email: info@youthforseva.org

Tel : +91-80-26607687

www.youthforseva.org

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