New!! Volunteering Opportunities
With Deepawali (5 November, 2010) round the corner, Parichay requests you to reach your organisation (HR/CSR department) and have a word with them to allow us to put up a Deepawali stall. The kids at Parichay have prepared some wonderful items – such as diyas, floating candles, gel candles, pooja thaalis, torans, and several other items.
Most of us aren’t able to volunteer because of the paucity of time and several other commitments that hold us back from such activities. Here’s a simple gesture to reach out to masses and convey that you care for the communities around you.
Happy Volunteering!
Parichay Abhigyan Society seeks volunteers for its various current activities and upcoming events. We also invite new idea proposals and suggestions.
Even if you could spend an hour with kids or otherwise, help us with your expertise or learn new things, volunteering with Parichay will be a great experience. There are number of activities in which you can get involved:
- Spreading Awareness
- Teaching (Academic or extra-curricular)
- Publishing and Editing
- Documentation
- Volunteer in Stalls
- Website Maintainance
Editing
- People with a flair for writing can edit the existing books and come up with new ones.
- We already have some books that are being written and believe they would help us in generating funds. Illustrations for these books is an activity that requires time and creativity. This is something which can be done off-site.
- Interested volunteers could also start writing small booklets on Education- or Parenting-related subjects and can review and improve the ones that had been written.
Managing Stalls
At present, we have limited volunteers available for stalls, because of this, we sometimes have to forego some opportunties to put up stalls. Volunteers could really make a wonderful contribution by getting products from us and putting up a stall in their organization. Some volunteers had done this earlier and this saves a lot of time and efforts of Parichay people involved in production.
Documentation
Lot of developments at Parichay get noticed but remain undocumented as we don’t have anyone to document the activities here.
- Volunteers can document these observations in the form of reports and articles.
- Media like blog and websites need to be updated on a regular basis.
- Updates are posted when a supporter asks for the same. We need hands who can keep a track of the happenings and post updates on a regular basis to all volunteers, supporters, sponsors, and organizations (where we put stalls on a monthly or yearly basis.)
Upgrading the existing product database
Parichay has always been open to new ideas. One could contribute by training kids to create new products or even improve the existing ones. Any one who has an interest in arts and crafts and an eye on demand-supply dynamics of the market can contribute toward devising low-investment new products.
Volunteer Coordination
- Upgrade the volunteer pool. There is a need to identify people who could think beyond their volunteering interests to contribute in a more meaningful way. A volunteer coordinator would be able to develop a strong team of atleast 5-6 people.
Coordinating with the existing sponsors for children’s education and finding new contacts who would like to sponsor a child.
Support the Project for Mentally Challenged
A dedicated team need to be developed who could lend support for the following activities:
- Contacting the identified schools for an awareness program on the pressing issues.
- Preparing brochures, booklets, and other aids as supporting material.
- Analyzing the work of other NGOs who are working in this domain.
You may also consider buying our products or recommend us to your friends, relatives or colleagues.
Support us in various activities and events.