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Corporate Social Responsibility

My Experience with iVolunteer.in: By Ashnah Jacob

So far 2020 has not turned out to be a year most of us envisioned. However, while some decided to rant and rave about lost opportunities, others decided to look at the positive side and take advantage of it. I recently shifted to a new school and found out about the IAYP (International Award for […]

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Citizenship Folunteering (Fun + Volunteering)

Recycling at home to combat lockdown blues

A Broken Picture Frame Repurposed as a Jewellery Hanger I should have taken a “before” shot of this picture frame but i actually forgot to! I’ve had this photo frame for a while, it has been lying around broken. I did not want to get rid of it because it is so beautiful. A few […]

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Employee Volunteering skill-based volunteering

Do it to Experience it!

Sometimes it’s all about how you can change someone’s life. The complete transformation that happens in that person’s life because of your little efforts is a feeling worth experiencing. It gives you inner happiness and joy which cannot be expressed. It all started in May 2020 when I got an opportunity to teach conversational English […]

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Corporate Social Responsibility Employee Volunteering Volunteering

Making virtual volunteering work – Aarti & Shalabh

Experts share useful tips on boosting employee engagement and corporate volunteering programs with partner NGOs as the world goes virtual during Covid times.

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PoemsByVolunteers

ಜಗಕೆ ಬೇಕಿರುವ ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ

ಜಗಕೆ ಬೇಕಿರುವ ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲೆಲ್ಲಿದೆ ?ಮನುಜರಿಗಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿರುವ ಖಗ-ಮೃಗಗಳಿಗೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ದನಿಯೆಲ್ಲಿದೆ?ಒಹ್ಹೋ..ಮೂಕ ಖಗ-ಮೃಗಗಳಿಗೆ ದನಿ ಇದ್ದರೂ, ಅದ ಆಲಿಸುವಸಹೃದಯ ನಮಗೆಲ್ಲಿದೆ? ಕಾಡುಗಳ ಕಡಿದು, ಮೃಗಗಳ ತುಳಿದು ಮೆರೆಯುವ ಮನುಜನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾನವೀಯತೆಯೇ ಕಾಣದಾಗಿದೆ, ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಖಗ-ಮೃಗಗಳು ನಮ್ಮಷ್ಟೇ ಹಕ್ಕುದಾರರು ಎಂಬುದು ಮರೆತೇಹೋಗಿದೆ.ಹೇ ಹೃದಯ-ಹೀನ ಮನುಜ! ಈ ಭೂಮಿಯ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಸುಂದರ ಮನೆ ನಿನಗೆಲ್ಲಿದೆ!ಈ ಭೂಮಿಯ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಸುಂದರ ಮನೆ ನಿನಗೆಲ್ಲಿದೆ! -ಸಿಂಹನಾದ (ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ)

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PoemsByVolunteers

What the tree told me

I Stand here with my life, On the feet of the earth,  With the gift of fruit Sheltering my mates, Serving them life. By the words of the sky  And the pearls of the rain, I grow and grow  Till i fall with a scar By the sting of the beak I stand, I hold, […]

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ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಮಾನವ

ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯ ಈ ತೊಟ್ಟಿಲಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲೆಸಿರುವ ಮಾನವನೆ,ಮರೆಯದಿರು ನೀ ಈ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯಿಂದಲೇ ಪಡೆದ ಜ್ಞಾನವೆಂದು,ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲಿ ತಾಯಿ-ಮಗುವಿನ ಸಂಬಂಧವಿದೆಯೆಂದು,ಆ ಮಾತೆಯೇ ನಿನ್ನ ಪಾಪ ಪುಣ್ಯಗಳ ಹೊರುವಳೆಂದು. ದೇಶ ದೇಶ ದೇಶ ಎಂದು ದೇಶ ಸೇವೆ ಮಾಡಿದೆ ನೀನುಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಕಲೆಯ ಬೆಳೆಸಿ ನೀ ಮೆರಗುಗೊಳಿಸಿದೆ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯನ್ನು,ಮೆಚ್ಚಿದಳಾ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ನಿನ್ನ ಹಾಡು ಹೊಗಳಿಕೆಗೆ,ಇದರಿಂದರಿವಾಗುವುದು ಆಕೆ ಸಹಿಸುವಳು ನಿನ್ನ ಸ್ವಾರ್ಥಪರತೆಯನ್ನು ಆಕೆಯಿಂದ ಪಡೆದೆ ನೀ ಜೀವನಕ್ಕಾಗುವಷ್ಟೆಲ್ಲವನ್ನುನೀ ಮೇಲೇರಲು ಕಡೆಗಾಣಿಸಿದೆ, ನಾಶಕ್ಕೂ ಸಿದ್ಧವಾದೆ ಆಕೆಯನ್ನುಭೂಕಂಪ, ಪ್ರಳಯ, ಅತಿವೃಷ್ಟಿಯೆಂಬ ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆ ಬರಲುಸಿದ್ಧನಾದೆ ನೀ ಕಡಿಯಲು ತಾಯಿ ಮಗುವಿನ […]

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BIO DIVERSITY

Black smokey cloudy space, stretching out as wide skies Inching towards disaster as a result of mankinds lies Oceans filled with filthy waste too hard to dispose Don’t they face the wrath of the rules, we humans impose ? In all of the millions years that this planet has had a life. Voice aloud we […]

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Time for nature

Pack your bags,Let’s move out,Explore the world,Play and shout. Plant more trees,Decompose some watse,Collect the vegetable peels,And make manure or paste. Save the water,Let’s not waste it,Not only us,But our future should also taste. Reduce motorbike,Drive a cycle,Set your goals,Like the bullet from a riffle. Less pollution,More succes,Use eco-friendly products,And reduce some stress. Feed some […]

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Jumbo… The Super Animal

Sadly, some Jumbos are killed for the ivory trade, and some are never born
As their mothers succumb to…