The Running Man

Support a 6 week Volunteering fellowship for College Kid to go and work in rural areas of India

India's massess live in Rural areas which are today in a state of neglect and face many development challenges. And since the problems are complex,it requires that the brightest and the best in India should work in solvig these problems. But what happens is quite the opposite, the brightest and best in India cannot refuse the lure of money and good life so instead of working where they are most needed,they choose to go where they are paid the most.And then spend countless hours devising strategies to sell more soap or aerated water.

So how does 6 week volunteering helps ?

At iVolunteer, our approach is to "catch them young"; senstize young people to the development challenges facing India much early in life and there there is a possibility that when they grow up as doctors, engineers, managers,civil servants, they will actively engage to solve development problems facing India.

During the 6 week volunteering fellowship the volunteers will spend 6 weeks staying in Rural areas and working with rural NGOs on development issues. For many of them this will be their first chance to stay in a village and work in a formal environment. The experience that they will get will change their lives for ever and many of them will start looking at life a in different perspective. After all not many of us have to walk kilometers to fetch water or stay without electricity or access to roads. According to the students who have gone through the 6 week fellowships, it is simply a "life change experience".

We need your help! The cost of recruiting, training, supporting and supervising each volunteer is Rs 10,000 ( 250 USD).You can help us by becoming our partner:

* Sponsor Volunteer Fellowship: Sponsor one or many fellowships

* Get Your Company Involved: Get your company to sponsor a few fellowships

If you need more information then write to nainwal@mitra.org.in

Hi! Everyone

If you have come to this post then you really want to me run or you know that I badly need to run ( for my own good though) or you believe in the "WHY" of why I'm running.

On 16th October Delhi is witnessing a Half Marathon, and as part of the marathon there is a fundraising run for charities to raise money.

There are lots of categories for which one can run and I have decided to do the "Dream Run". The dream run will require me to raise a minmimum of 2000 pounds. And I'll be raising this money for iVolunteer and its IndiaFellow program that helps young people get 6 weeks of volunteering exposure in Rural Areas of India.
100 pounds enable 1 young student to volunteer for 6 weeks .. every pound counts

The 7 Kms:

For those who don't know me, the maximum I have run at a stretch is 500 m on a tread mill. And starting august I will be training VIGOROUSLY to do a respectable finish at the marathon. Please watch this board weekly for my training progress.

But since there are many who beleive its almost a IMPOSSIBLE FEAT for me to manage anything more than a few meters...I might open a betting line on this blog. Needless to say that all the money that you win or lose will go to iVolunteer.

What can you do

Well you can run with me for iVolunteer and raise money or you can raise money from your friends and relatives and help me do the deam run. And if you need tips to raise money send a mail nainwal@mitra.org.in.

If you are from VSO then sending money to me is very simple- just give it to Kate Cotton in the Carlton House office Do leave your name and email ID so that I can update you with the marathon run.

If you are not from VSO and want to give money then send a quick mail to nainwal@mitra.org.in.

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rahul nainwal