iVolunteer Blog - everything about volunteeringIn one of the GramUrja advocacy programs, governance is more decentralised than you read in books. Now the power doesn’t lies only in Sarpanch, but in all the residents of the village. The goal of the program is to strengthen local governance by bringing accessibility and awareness of various government schemes like insurance, health, subsidies, […]
Many a times, we fail to think about the effects of our present actions in our future. Many a times we only think of future, get worried and resist our present living. Many a times we seek instant rewards while other times we delay the good things that can bring difference in our present. Like […]
Swavlamban 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kulasekarapattinam, a coastal town in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu is in news for the construction of India’s second rocket launching facility an strategic step to save fuel and increase payload efficiency while launching of small satellite vehicles. Along with modern scientific developments, the town hoist deep cultural roots from the Pandyan dynasty, infamous for […]
Fellowships are beautiful in a sense that they unlock our potential, expose us to the needs of the communities and provide directions for our future endeavours. Tangibly, fellowships help us to establish appropriate networks in the sector, help us to engage with various stakeholders – govt, administration, communities, and other organisations, and cultivate skills of […]
Its disheartening, almost shattering to not be able to make it to things, especially those that we have worked the hardest for. Failure in 2 UPSC prelims attempts broke me and made me doubt my efforts. I was confident, I worked hard, completed the syllabus, revised, solve more than 3000 PYQs, gave more than 50 […]
We have all heard of notorious capitalism, infact we have lived it. While buying groceries from Dmart or BigBazaar, you get a huge discount on the MRP – from cosmetics to clothing, from groceries to cutleries, toys and etables, everything we see on the four floored building in an acre of land, attracts us more. […]
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