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Corporate Social Responsibility

Know your Finalist – Madhish Parikh (Volunteer Hero Category)

Madhish Nilesh Parikh an Engineer & Finalist of the iVolunteer Awards speaks of his volunteering journey.. “I am From Ahmedabad and one of the reasons I took up volunteering is to bring about a better Society, Make a Change and create a Social Impact. Volunteering also gives me immense Satisfaction & Happiness. One of my […]

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Aarti Madhusudan shares her thoughts on Volunteering and Skill based Volunteering

Aarti Madhusudan, a Whiteboard program manager and a DaanUtsav volunteer has been volunteering for as long as she can remember. I was fortunate to go to schools that encouraged this and also came from a family that had a strong tradition of giving back. I was therefore very clear about what I wished to do, […]

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Corporate Social Responsibility

A Detour From Routine

Meet Sagnya Das, a young software engineer from Bangalore… Here is her story of virtual volunteering amidst her busy and routine IT lifel!  I was a Software Engineer frustrated with my routine life. Sounds like a cliché, Right? Yet it was true. Sitting in a tiny cubicle in this sprawling city of Bangalore made me […]

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Corporate Social Responsibility Employee Volunteering Volunteering Volunteering in India

Volunteering grooms you!!

What happens when one picks up a job which he doesn’t want to but manages to complete it with a victorious grin?? The job becomes the most cherished memory of life for that one. So was the case for a rural volunteering project which was thrown at me in a remote location with limited hands, […]

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Virtual Volunteering – A quick memoir

I have always made small monetary contributions towards good causes. However just donating money did not count as a big deal to me. This talk by Simon Sinek explains why giving away your time and effort is more important than giving away money. Also I wanted to step out of my comfort zone and get an […]

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Employee Volunteering Volunteering

When all the bananas of the world united…

I first learnt about the energizer called banana dance in college during our rural camp. Fast forward to 2014 I relived the enjoyment of doing the same energizer during a training program on Volunteer management. Just lately the banana dance was performed with 5th grade students at a school run by a NGO. There were […]

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Corporate Social Responsibility Employee Volunteering Volunteering Volunteering in India

Heroes are made by the paths they choose…

“When everyone else is silent about wrong someone has to raise their voice for the right. We can be that voice”, says Kushal Tanna a Mumbai based graphic designer by profession, an artist at heart and a HERO! Kushal began his volunteering journey developing a website for a Mumbai based Non Profit that rescues victims […]

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Uttarakhand Floods

iVolunteer Flood Relief work report

Our initial work in Uttarakhand on Flood relief has come to an end. Now what is left is construction of a house that we promised in a village. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who contributed to our relief work in Uttarakhand. A report on the work that iVolunteer did can be […]

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Volunteering in India

‘We were intrigued by the name of the NGO’

Interacting with young minds can not only be energizing but instills a sense of responsibility. What you say and do can influence them greatly. This is something that my colleague and me experienced when we had college students from a nearby university at our office. They were required to complete their 25 hours of internship […]

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More Giving is equal to even More Returns….

Today we share with you special volunteering reflection… Goutam Chanda, he takes interest in conducting workshops, interacting with youths. He comes with a reach experience; feedback on his ways has been very impressive.  Here he shares his experiences as a volunteer… My blog…Goutam Chanda  My employer, always help and encourage the employees to uptake & […]