My dear buddies and co travelers Irio Ber ! Greetings from the “Pearl of Africa” I raise my tulip champagne glass with a toast to all of you my friends old and new on my Ugandan birthday, some of you who I have drifted away from yet remain silhouettes, many of you whom I have […]
8th April, 2014 iVolunteer – Kolkata Centre We are pleased to announce that we accomplished half day workshop on “Creating greater Impact using Skilled Volunteers” to orient Kolkata NGOs with our effective programmes for connecting skilled volunteers (skilled professionals and corporate executives) who can help them as advisors, as hands-on trainers in small groups and, as implementers to […]
Please tell us something about yourself: I am Akila, a software engineer by profession. I got introduced to volunteering through my software field. I have been volunteering for almost 4 years now. Can you tell us why you decided to volunteer with Makkala Jagriti? I was earlier visiting the NGO’s directly for my volunteering work. […]
Pradeep Kumar Banerjee dons many hats. He is a leadership coach, a graphologist & mind therapist and founder of Mindzone, Kolkata. Pradeep joined iVolunteer early 2011 and since then he has taken numerous guest lectures on personality development for youth with our partner NGOs working in youth welfare. Here he shares with us the experience […]
Namibia is a country with unique landscapes, skies that can leave you spell bound and sunsets to die for. In a country with a population of a mere two million people you wont be surprised if you find virtually nothing while you’re travelling from one city to the other, but you’ll find breathtaking views There is something about this country that excites me each time I think […]
It was raining heavily in Kathmandu. I was in dilemma whether to go to attend iVolunteer Overseas orientation session or not. Finally, decided to attend it. The session motivated me to apply for international volunteering. I applied and went through the recruitment and assessment procedures. My VPA (Volunteer Placement Advisor) Preshu offered a volunteering opportunity […]
I was placed as a VSO volunteer in 2010 in the Democratic Republic of Uganda for Governance & Participation program which is one of the major global areas focused by VSO. Let me share here how lives of the Ugandan citizens are getting changed by their active participation in governance in policy matters, especially for […]
Tell us something about yourself? I am an IT consultant, working for IBM. Have 20 years of work experience in consulting and IT project management. I am based out of Mumbai for the past 20 years, having relocated here from Delhi Why did you decide to volunteer? I wanted to make a positive difference to the […]
On 29th January 2014, we accomplished GYAN on “Creating a Powerful PowerPoint Presentation” at VRC – Saltlake and the session was piloted by Ms Roma Mehta About Roma Mehta: She is from Living Design [www.livingdesignindia.com] – a design house that believes that design and creativity elevates communication. She has created promotional material in print and […]
“Hi Nirakar, this email is from iVolunteer Overseas regarding your application for volunteering with VSO. We are glad to inform that you have been selected and your profile is matching with an organization in Mozambique!” Leaving India… I was excited but bit nervous at the same time! I went with researching more about the political, […]
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