a)Government of India: Department of Drinking water & Sanitation, Ministry of Rural Development: http://ddws.gov.in/index.asp
b)UNICEF: It has a supportive role in achieving sanitation and safe drinking water targets set by National and State governments of India: http://www.unicef.org/india/wes.html; Water and Environment sanitation network: http://www.wesnetindia.org/index.php
c)Department for International Development provides major aid in the health sector: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Where-we-work/Asia-South/India/
d)World Bank: Multi donor partnership Water and Sanitation programme: http://www.wsp.org/wsp/about
e)India Sanitation Portal, collaborative effort of number of prominent organizations in sanitation sector: http://indiasanitationportal.org/about
f)India Water Portal, coordinated by Arghyam, a non-profit trust working in area of water: http://www.indiawaterportal.org/about
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Scholarship for Girl students under Balika Samridhi Yojna
There is a scheme from Ministry of Women and Child development, girl children of Below Poverty line families are given the Scholarship. These is open to both urban and rural families and where girl child is born after 15 august 1997.
Under this scheme an account is opened in the name of girl, and at the time of birth 500 rupees are deposited in her account. Subsequently after she finishes each year of schooling, some amount is deposited in her account, 300 rupees for class 1-3, 500 for class 4, 600 for class5, and upto 1000 for class 10. These amount is then payable to the girl, when she attains 18 years of age, and if she is not married till then.
The applications of these can be obtained from the Gram Panchayat in rural areas and from the aanganwadi workers in urban areas.
You can get more details of the scholarship here.
http://wcd.nic.in/BSY.htm
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Preparatory meeting of Gandhi Chetana Mancha for Joy of Giving week 2010
Joy of Giving Week : 26.10.10- 02.11.10 Preparatory Meeting
Venue: ARM Assembly Hall
Date: 15.09.10 Time : 11.00 am
Attendees: Gandhi Chetana Mancha, Baliapal Block
Chair: Mr Kumar Chakrabarty, President Gandhi Chetana Mancha, Baliapal Block
Objective: To determine what strategy Gandhi Chetana Mancha will use to partake in the forthcoming Joy of giving week, including budget, location, donations and required resources
Meeting minutes:
• Meeting was opened with an ode to Gandhi and an explanation of how and why Joy of Giving week arose.
• Mr Nalini Padhi raised the issue of school funding not filtering down to the school children effectively
• Discussion moved onto Joy of Giving Week
• Methods of fundraising were debated. The two main methods were door-to-door collections, or to target selected individuals. Targeting key community members was decided
• 35 key individuals were listed as the main sources of fundraising; letters will be sent asking for donations
• Location of the campaign will be held at 2 locations: SR High School (Baliapal) and Girls High School (Baliapal)
• In aid of ‘Joy of Giving week’, a rally will be organised involving 2000 school children, SHG members, progressive and influential elderly community members
• On 2.10.10 (post rally) a workshop will be held at Baliapal Block centred on Gandhian principles
• There will also be distribution of charitable goods for pre-determined beneficiaries
• Budget for the campaign is approximately 20,000 Rs
• As per previous years, ARM NGO will be handing out community based awards. The prize will be a certificate and a Gandhi statue
• The following categories were decided: ‘Best SHG’ (TBD), ‘Best Honest Man’ (Mr Narayan Jenna),‘Best Singer’ (Radharaman Raut), ‘Freedom fighter’ (Srikanta Nayak) and ‘Best Artist’ (Sarbeswar Pradhan)
• The ‘Give India’ funding to ARM NGO for the month of September will be distributed to the selected beneficiaries during Joy of Giving closing function
• A sub-committee was formed to take the lead in organising the forthcoming events
The next meeting will take place on 25th September 2010 at 3pm at the Jaganath Seva Sangha
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Aspen Event A Charity Uphill Race for Organ and Tissue Donation
Welcome to the home page for Summit For Life, and Aspen Event that supports Organ and Tissue Donation. This charity race snowshoes up Aspen Mountain at night with a party on top to finish!
Read the complete story at: http://summitforlife.org/
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SERFAC Seminar on Communal Harmony in INDIA, Chennai
The Indian Sub continent is affected like any other part of the world with violence. Serfac which is a pioneer organization is holding a one day seminar
On The Role of the family in Building Communal Harmony and National Integration at its centre in Chennai,
Service And Research Institute On Family And Children (SERFAC)
1/157, Manimangalam Road, Varadarajapuram,
Chennai – 600 048, India
This seminar will focus on causes and consequences of family breakdown on its members and consequences on community. It will also address social parameters that contribute and ignite violence among the different social strata in the community.
There is No Participation Fee, All are Welcome.
Contact Us :
Address :
Service And Research Institute On Family And Children (SERFAC),
1/157, Manimangalam Road, Varadarajapuram,
Chennai – 600 048, India.
Phone Number: +91 44 - 64625913
Email : serfacevents@gmail.com
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Toybank Bangalore: Requirement for Volunteer Coordinators
Toybank Bangalore is looking for volunteer coordinators.
Job Description:
- To organize toy collection drives based on the requests received from various MNCs and apartment complexes.
- To organize toy wrapping events.
- To manage the toy inventory and organize distribution events based on the requests received from various NGOs, schools and hospitals.
- To coordinate with volunteers, take their feedback after the collection, wrapping and distribution events.
- Corresponds with Toybank- Bombay, Pune and Delhi
- Conducting follow ups with NGOs/children post the distribution
If you are interested please drop an email to bangalore@toybank.org
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Safe Food Guide- Is your food safe for consumption? Know more on 25 popular food brands.
Safe food Guide, Greenpeace reassesses the scenario in India with respect to the use of genetically modified organisms, consumer attitudes towards GMOs and behaviour of 25 popular food brands.
Amul, Britannia, Nestle...RED LISTED.
know more about it only at :http://greenpeace.in/safefood/safe-food-guide/
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ISB iDiya Social Venture Competition
Do you have the passion to create businesses that serve society? Are you a Social Entrepreneur?
The Indian School of Business (ISB) iDiya team invites you to participate in the 2nd ISB iDiya Challenge, ISB’s social venture ideas competition.
All we need is an executive summary of your social venture idea. 10 teams will come to ISB, the world’s 12th Ranked Business School (FT) to attend the iDiya bootcamp, a one-week all expenses paid interactive training program. Get coached in social entrepreneurship by India’s premier industry experts, entrepreneurs, academics and pitch your business ideas to our partner social VCs.
Up to Rs. 45 Lakhs in Investment and Incubation opportunities are available from our investing partners, WCED, GiveIndia, cKinetics and Villgro. (See attached file for details)
Emailer- 2nd ISB iDiya Challenge - NewsBulletin 10th Sep 2010
The ISB iDiya Challenge is organized by the Net Impact Club at ISB
source from:ngopost.org
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