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Dear Volunteers,
Greetings!!
We have had a busy and exciting February 2009 following up with several launched initiatives. Strengthening our volunteer base has helped us strengthen our organization. We have had around 320 volunteers engage with us in 2008. Whether expressed as volunteer service or campaigning, the willingness and ability of citizens to give their time, out of a sense of solidarity and on an alignment with our ideals and values has had a major influence on the extent to which Janaagraha’s goals are attained and sustained. Janaagraha’s beliefs about the power of volunteerism and its contribution to our development has strengthened and multiplied by leaps and bounds! This year, we are working towards taking a proactive approach to encourage volunteerism from diverse backgrounds. Ensuring internal management frameworks favourable to volunteerism which implies consideration of appropriate new measures and improvement of existing ones which will constructively impact people’s interest to volunteer time is our focus for 2009.
The Advocacy team in Chennai has met with the Urban Development department to anchor the State Advocacy concerned with Nagara Raj Bill and Public Disclosure Bill. The STEERS program has received our project partner Microsoft’s final report on the Pilot Project with the Election Commission of India. The Bangalore City Connect team is pursuing dialogue and implementation with the members of the Government of Karnataka regarding the various projects on Traffic and Transportation in the city and The Jaago Re! One Billion Votes team is working relentlessly on building awareness and conducting registration drives towards the upcoming general elections that have been announced. Our most recent initiative, the Area Suraksha Mitra project to motivate citizens to volunteer for neighbourhood security is now in strategic partnership with key stakeholders in government and industry and they will support the launch of the programme in both Bangalore and Mumbai. We have 2,700 Area Suraksha Mitra’s who have already signed up and still counting!
This year, we will require volunteers to help us in achieving our goals right from our Advocacy initiatives to Area Suraksha Mitra. We do look forward to your continued support in 2009 !
“Volunteer activities can foster enormous leadership skills. The non professional volunteer world is a laboratory for self-realization.” - Mae West
Kavitha Mhatre
Associate, HR & Volunteer Managementt
RIBBON OF HONOUR:
Ankit, Volunteer from Power Finance Corporation, Delhi
The efforts put in by Ankit is very commendable. He has been at the forefront of the campaign whether it be organising events, implementing ideas or being there when things are going awry. Ever resourceful, ever willing his passion for the campaign is a source for inspiration for us all.
We need volunteers with the passion he gets to the movement - here is a man capable of action.
With the elections looming around the corner the team shall fulfill its dream of a better India on the strength of young minds such as his.
Manu Singh, Regional Outreach Coordinator - NORTH
Jaago Re! One Billion Votes
WEARING THE V HAT
Abhinand, Volunteer, Jaago Re! One Billion Votes
""My stint with Janaagraha started by sitting through a Volunteer Orientation session on a Saturday afternoon. As I started to volunteer for JaagoRe One Billion Votes, I was amazed as to how well structured the whole organisation was. Volunteering fulltime in the Outreach team, to me, is the most fun you can ever have. ". Read More
Janhavi, Intern , Jaago Re ! One Billion Votes
"It was only after I joined the campaign did I realise how big it was and what a commendable job it was doing in terms of making the whole process of elections easier for the electorate. It was a proud feeling to be associated with such a campaign ".Read More
LOOK WHO'S TALKING
Interview with Sharat Potha Raju, Jaago Re! One Billion Votes
1) How did you get to know of Janaagraha?
After moving back from New York, last September, inspired by the Obama campaign and given my passion for politics and public governance...
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