iVolunteer Blog - everything about volunteeringSwavlamban for Rural Associate, or the SWAR Fellowship program, by SIDBI Swavlamban Foundation and IVolunteer brought an opportunity for young and commited changemakers to transform the lives of rural communities, through entrepreneurial knowledge and practices. The objective of the fellowship is to provide an exposure to the fellows, to grassroot challenges and empower them to […]
They fail because passion alone cannot build a system. When I first stepped into the social sector, I believed something very simple, that passion is enough to create change. I don’t believe that anymore. In village meetings, school sessions, and everyday conversations, I’ve seen how much people care. Not just social workers, but teachers, volunteers, […]
Beed is a drought-prone, migrant-affected area. Rural communities in search of livelihood, migrate for sugarcane cutting in nearby districts of Maharashtra, Karanataka and Tamil Nadu. Due to out migration for nearly 7 months in a row, many government schemes do not get proliferated down to the migrant beneficiaries.. While studying for civil services exams, I […]
Every person loves appreciation. In fact, everyone seeks it in some form. From a baby waiting for a smile from its mother, to a student hoping for recognition from a teacher… from an employee expecting a “well done” from their boss, appreciation is something that connects us all. I am no different. I put in […]
People generally have an idea of who they want to become or what profession they want to join as they grow older but I hold an opposite idea. What work I would never do as a job. As a part of growing up, I was very clear that I would never take up a job […]
Introduction For centuries, farmers have relied on a simple but effective practice: saving seeds from one harvest and planting it in the next season. Thus in many farming communities, the idea of saving seeds is not new. Farmers selected seeds from the healthiest plants, gradually developing crop varieties that were well suited to the local […]
Clueless about what’s on my plate for next year, I joined the fellowship, fiercely walking into the unknown and actually desperate to work for the betterment of society. I had never imagined that I would be coming to a rural setup in Maharashtra and that would require me to explore entrepreneurship as a fellow. Secretly […]
It’s a prominent festival of Uttarakhand that marks the arrival of spring, the season when flowers bloom, and new leaves begin to grow. The name itself carries a beautiful meaning. Phool means flowers, and Dei means doorway or gate. The festival is celebrated around the 15th March every year, which is considered the beginning of […]
By a SWAR Fellow who is still figuring it out (and is okay with that) Picture this: a guy who couldn’t clear UPSC prelims, sitting in a field he had never heard of, working on a project he didn’t know existed, in a village whose name he couldn’t pronounce eight months ago , and somehow, […]
It is garmi chutti in Sukma. Our office is inside a residential area, the kind where families stay, where life spills onto the streets in the evenings. I used to notice them regularly: kids playing, laughing, throwing balls. Whenever someone would walk by, you would hear “Hey, didi aa rahi hai, ball mat pheko!” and the […]
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