Volunteers are the backbone of every organisation.
Unless civil society is involved proactively in development, sustainable change will not happen. There are four ways in, and none of them start with money.
Eighteen and over
No qualification needed
Travel to site arranged
Nothing charged to you
Choose the one that fits
Volunteer
Field days at schools, health camps and plantation sites. Weekends, a few days a month, or a block of leave.
Open the form →Internship
Four to eight weeks on a live project, with a mentor, a real deliverable and a report you can put your name to.
Open the form →Refer a school or village
You know where the need is. Tell us, and a field officer goes and looks within fifteen working days.
Open the form →Come and see the work
Visit a site before you commit to anything. Most people decide after they have stood in the school.
Arrange a visit →Nobody is handed a clipboard and forgotten.
Every volunteer and intern is attached to a named person, briefed before going anywhere near a site, and told what the project is trying to achieve.
A named field officer
Not a general inbox. One person who briefs you and answers questions.
Briefed before you go
Child protection and community entry, before you go near a site.
Told what it is for
What the project is trying to achieve, not just what to carry.
Three districts
Vellore, Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram, with occasional travel further.
Travel arranged
Nothing is charged to you at any point.
Or work from anywhere
Documentation and translation, if you cannot travel to a site.
No time to give? Give a little money instead.
One gift or one every month, with the 80G receipt e-mailed the moment the payment clears.