Links: Ways to Contribute to Educational and Social Equity
★ Adnan Buland Khan ★
| S.NO. | Name | Links | Stipend/month |
| 1 | Link of 50 fellowships | http://www.innov8social.com/2011/10/50-fellowship-programs-for-social.html | |
| 2 | Wipro CSR | http://azimpremjifoundation.org/fellowship | 27000 |
| 3 | Teach for India | http://www.teachforindia.org/ | 22000 |
Ways to Contribute to Educational and Social Equity
Please Note: All information below is as provided by the NGOs either by them contacting us or as per their websites, and inclusion here is not an endorsement by Teach For India.
In General
1. Visit the website Indianngos.com. They provide details of many NGOs that you can volunteer and/or work with.
2. If you are in the Mumbai/Pune area, apply to Akanksha (www.akanksha.org). Akanksha is looking for volunteers, teachers and principals in its centres and schools for low-income children. Write to h...@akanksha.org
3. If you are interested in volunteering with Teach For India, please sign up here. Teach For India is currently seeking part-time volunteers to assist our Fellows in their classrooms. The hours are flexible, you get to work in classrooms directly with children who need you, and it's a great way to learn more about the Fellowship and build critical leadership experience.
4. Apply for India Fellow - India Fellow is a 13 month experiential learning program for young dynamic Indians. As a India Fellow you will spend 12 months full time with a field partner organisation ( FPO) to gain hands -on experience at the grassroot level and about 1 month of intensive orientation, training and experience sharing from development leaders. www.indiafellow.org
5. Gyan-Setu is a year-long program which consists of short residential visits of volunteers in remote areas of developmentally challenged states of India (currently Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, J-K, Nagaland, Orissa, Jharkhand, Sikkim), to conduct hands-on science-based workshops for middle school students. This program aims at building communication bridges through knowledge exchange to inculcate the sense of national integration and also at capacity building of local students as well as volunteers. Please visithttp://gyansetuerc.wordpress.com to find all details about Gyan-Setu Fellowship program.
Bangalore
1. Parikrma - www.parikrmafoundation.org - Parikrama Humanity Foundation is a non-profit organization that helps the poorest of the poor children break their cycle of poverty. To achieve this, these marginalized children are given top-class English education that will help them compete equally.
2. Dream a Dream - http://www.dreamadream.org/ - Dream A Dream provides children from vulnerable backgrounds with non-traditional educational opportunities designed to allow them to explore, innovate and build important life skills. These life skills are fundamental to child/youth development and to successful transition into adulthood and becoming fully functioning and productive members of our society.
3. Kathalaya - http://www.kathalaya.org/ - Kathalaya’s objective is to establish storytelling as an effective educational and cultural tool in all spheres of education
Delhi
1. Youth Reach - http://www.youthreachindia.org/ - Youth Reach creates awareness on social and ecological issues to inculcate a culture that is rooted in self refection, sensitivity and participation. They create opportunities for individuals and organisations to contribute time, energy, skill, materials and financial resources in response to critical community needs.
2. Butterflies - - BUTTERFLIES addresses the challenge of making the Convention on the Rights of the Child a reality, particularly of those children who are most vulnerable, neglected, abused and exploited. BUTTERFLIES is committed within its mandate, to work towards solidarity among NGOs, Government and all Civil Society organizations for addressing the concerns of all children.
3. AmanBiradari - http://www.amanbiradari.org/ - AmanBiradari is a people’s campaign for a secular, peaceful, just and humane world. It aspires to build local level institutions mainly of youth and women, of diverse faith, caste and gender, at village and district levels to strengthen mutual bonds of tolerance, fraternity, respect and peace between people of different religious, caste and language groups, to promote equal citizenship, justice, communal harmony, peace, and the celebration of our social and cultural diversity.
Hyderabad
1. SKS Microfinance, one of India’s leading microfinance institutions, has several affiliated non-profit initiatives, including education, headquartered in Hyderabad, runs a chain of 15 budget schools (K-3) in Andhra Pradesh under the brand name of SKS Bodhi Academy. Bodhi aims to create a chain of quality private schools in underserved areas in India to give children access to education and a better chance of improving their lives. They are looking for individuals passionate about education and willing to work in rural areas for at least 1-2 years. The positions earn a local salary. For more details, you can send your resume with your background to the following email id. Contact Details: Ruchi at ru...@sksindia.com | 9177999038 | SKS NGO | Andhra Pradesh
Kolkata
1. Vikramshila - http://www.vikramshila.org/ - Vikramshila EducationResource Society is a not-for-profit non government organisation with the mission "making quality education a reality for all children in India". Vikramshila works with teachers and teacher educators, children and community, government systems and educational institutions to bring about a transformation in education so as to make possible a world that is just, equitable and harmonious.
2. Loreto Day School – Sealdah - Loreto Day School
Mumbai
1. Muktangan - http://www.muktanganedu.org/ - Muktangan is an educational programme that offers alternatives to orthodox educational practices. The project seeks to offer a sustainable model of quality education at an affordable cost for the economically deprived sections of the society.
2. Avehi Abacus - http://avehiabacus.org/about.html - AVEHI-ABACUS attempts to provide teachers and children with a way of thinking, of looking at and interpreting the world.
3. Aga Khan Education Services - http://www.akdn.org/india - Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) currently operates more than 300 schools and advanced educational programmes that provide quality pre-school, primary, secondary, and higher secondary education services to
students in several countries.
4. Amarthi Outreach Foundation- Amarthi Consulting’s non-profit "Amarthi Outreach Foundation" has a mission of impacting social issues by building leadership at the grassroots. We believe that with the right orientation and help, children who lack the opportunity, can do wonders for themselves and the country. The Amarthi team works with youth and minors in villages, and provides them with educational coaching and mentoring. For career opportunities, please visit www.amarthi.com or email ad...@amarthi.com
5. Janaagraha works on issues related to public governance in Urban India. Area SurakshaMitra (ASM) is an initiative between the Directorate of Home Guards & Civil Defence, Janaagraha and City Police to prepare a citizen force for neighbourhood security. The central idea is to build a trained force through a representation from every polling booth in the city – 5000 in the city of Bangalore and 10,000 in Mumbai. They are looking for a Project Manager for Mumbai's ASM team. http://www.janaagraha.org/
Rajasthan
1. Sarvajal—www.sarvajal.com—is a social enterprise that aims to significantly impact the health of villagers by installing community water filtration plants in villages through a franchise model. It encourages a local entrepreneur to become an ambassador for clean water and good health, and aims to make purified water affordable and accessible to the masses. It is currently working in more than 65 villages in Rajasthan and Gujarat – and aims to reach 300 by the end
of 2009. They are looking for people who are passionate about rural India, recognize the impact of clean water on health, and are inspired by social-impact business models to join our young and innovative team
2. The Grassroots Development Laboratory in Bagar, Rajasthan is a social enterprise incubator that encourages young people to explore ideas that have social impact, create sustainable solutions, and implement them in the local community. GDL has inspired several initiatives including a rural BPO staffed by women, an initiative to bring quality English and Computer education to villages, and a water initiative that has now become a social-impact business that is attempting to scale. GDL is an initiative of the Piramal Foundation. Be a GDL fellow, support existing initiatives, or help run GDL itself: contact anand...@piramal.org.in