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We primarily use WhatsApp & all the free Google tools like Google sheets for documentation, Google meet for catching up.

Exploring MeriLife & other tech tools for documenting & bringing the community in one platform.

Limitation: I think Whatsapp is working fine for us but maintaining Google Sheets is cumbersome & overwhelming to read for multiple projects & their summary. We spend a lot of time in consolidating data manually as we haven't used any automated tech yet

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 Think about outreach, implementation, completion of opportunities by volunteers, validation and rewards.

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 Think about outreach, implementation, completion of opportunities by volunteers, validation and rewards.

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Activities-Marketing, logistics, outreach, cold calling, research, event management

Work- Relief Aid, School Summer Internships,

Welfare Campaigns, Sports Encouragement Programs, books distribution

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Coordination with nss volunteers, faculty, community leaders& goverment officials to ensure effective participation impact.

We are regularly motivating to the nss volunteers towards indias social development.

Volunteer recognition:-

Promoting Andhra University best NSS volunteer award & State Awards

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Interns, Volunteers through referrals/tie ups with institutes

Rewards- Certificate + Stipend/travel & food allowance per day basis

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Better planning, monitoring and evaluation, assess learning outcomes for volunteers, design better opportunities based on data collected. Access to technology especially paid research and educational services that are made available for volunteers will be very helpful

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Use WhatsApp for coordination, website to publish research, independent platforms on social media and other forms of media like youtube and podcast platforms for advocacy, mailers for newsletter and new content on the website, excel sheets for management and monitoring

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We aim to take the model of our youth-led and -centric research and education work to the difficult areas with youth educators independently enabling youth-to-youth learning and research. We want to mobilise 25-30 volunteers each in at least 5 cities/towns during this year. Over the next few years, we want to create city-based hubs where we can engage with educational institutions or communities that anchor volunteers and help create more opportunities.

Limitations:

1. Lack of continued interest among youth volunteers due to limited incentives

2. Lack of any credit or academic incentives that students should get

3. Volunteers rarely see volunteering as a learning opportunity due to a lack of specific learning outcomes they can get from the opportunity

4. Encouragement from the institutions and communities to promote volunteering from school to youth recently joining the workforce is missing

5. Need to enhance reach and impact of volunteering in tier-2 and 3 towns and cities, this is also missing right now

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Whatsapp, Google & Microsoft Suite, Website, Mail Chimp

Data is not organised, needs a lot of coordination

Would be moving to CRM to manage school, outreach & Volunteer data

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Less time to execute, data is managed &organised better like CRM

It helps with timely reminder in follow ups

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We have implemented at scale of 1Lakh Volunteering Hour in the last Volunteer Year. The Connect to scale is the availability of implementation leaders of these initiatives.

1. Volunteer Leaders who can confidently Implement available event Packets

2. Lack of leaders' Outreach for Volunteers in less available circles of Volunteers (They get demotivated by this). The goal of scale is to reach 1.5 Lakh Volunteer Hours for this year.

3. Resources & Funding - There are very little (or close to none) org who are ready to fund volunteering initiatives rather than Cause based initiatives.

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Tool usages - Mailers, Bulk Whatsapp for Communication, Meta Ads for leads, Events Managed with internal Tool. For Reward system we use weekly pointers and leaderboards and we give T shirts for Fellows... Limitation 1 - Data Entering looks tedius at Volunteer end- Thus whats missing is a Gamified platform with reward system within the tool. Limitation 2 - The accessibility of these events are brought in Organisation specific tool (Eg: Landing pages of our orgs or platforms_ - How do we make these visible at the place the youth searches is a gap (Eg: instagram)

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Majorly focus on Education and other SDG's.

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Animal Welfare, Education, Rural Development, Youth Skilling and Development, Mental health, Elderly Care , Child Sexual Abuse , Menstrual hygiene, Pregnant Women Support, Migrant Labor Support, Children Homes Support, Mentoring. Apart from these cause based initiatives we do Volunteering Carnivals, Social Sector Meetups and Volunteer Fellowship (Volship) Across India

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1. Education 2. Life-skills 3. Disability Awareness 4. TLMs 6. Career Guidance

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We conduct menstrual hygiene sessions for schools, and safety and hygiene sessions for our Bengaluru city's civic workers (Pourakarmikas).

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We have an organization called Co.labx which does Leadership Consulting (For corporates & startups) , Awareness campaigns. Educational campaigns , Capacity Building Training programs, Sustainability consulting. We have an EarthBuild vertical which focuses on sustainable construction & EarthOne which is about Sustainable farming. We host in person meet to understand & experience these in Himachal.

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In startups, the quality of the leadership team has a disproportionate impact on execution and results.
However, these teams often play far below their true potential - held back by silos and low alignment.

This is where we come in.

We help early and growth stage organizations build high-performing leadership teams.
We do this through innovative action sprints to help teams build habits that endure.

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Helping Startups Build Great Leadership Teams

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Good Food wasted can be used.

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Education of underprivileged children (through volunteers & fellowship programme), community development, animal welfare, Youth skill, Gender equality, Elderly care, Disaster management & relief, Leadership development, Awareness (RTE, Menstrual Hygiene), Feed the hunger/blanket donation for the needy.

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Outreach

1. Website (SF opportunity)

2. Newsletters

3. WhatsApp Groups

Validation & Rewards:

1. Auto generated certificates

2. Sharing the success with volunteers in the group

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We have Volunteers who help us with our Climate work.

For the Leadership consulting vertical that is a for Profit & runs efficiently with a team which specializes in that.

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We have smaller teams for various functions of the organisation including research, education and advocacy. We promote volunteers rapidly through their stint with us and provide them with certificates for the same. Additionally, we use our partnerships to help get more exposure and credits (through certificates and LoRs from partners) for committed volunteers. Flexible platform for young people within PSC to pick from various tasks available.

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We have a synergy with BBMP- the metropolitan corporation of our city and we work together to manage these programs. We identify government schools based on the location and coordinate with the government to obtain permission to work with them.

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We do have tech platform to manage volunteers.

The major challenge currently is making sure the opportunities are accessible to volunteers and promoting the same through other digital sources

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PSC undertakes independent and youth-led research on public policy and development-related topics on governance, sustainability, and international affairs. We are building an educator base for spreading knowledge and skills required by youth that complement their educational institutions. We do advocacy with social media content on issues, podcast series, and research on the website in addition to a youth-focused journal of research. Our volunteers work across these areas based on their thematic and working interests.

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We use basic Microsoft tools to maintain data for this purpose.

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We plan to replicate our E-waste awareness workshops from schools to Colleges & Corporates. Also, working on skill development module in the domain for youth.

Limitations would be access to these and more resources required for the target groups.

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We have full time employees and Part time interns to manage.

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1. Empowering our NGO partners to engage more volunteers and create more opportunities

2. A diverse set of skilled volunteers sign up on the platform

3. Creating Volunteer leaders in cities to drive independent volunteering opportunities (hyper-local)

Limitations:

1. Saturation of opportunities - (e.g. - Fundraising, Social Media, etc.). Not motivating enough for volunteers

2. NGO partners are unable to recruit volunteers till the final stage.

3. Optimised communication system that enable NGO partners and Volunteers to connect and complete the volunteering opportunity.

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Environment & non Environment are done in similar style:

1. Annual Calendar Campaigns (Daan Utsav, Calendar Days, International Volunteer Day, Kindness Days, Good Deeds Day)

2. Volunteer Carnivals

3. Volship Fellowship

Outreach: Volunteers of Volunteer Leaders (Word of mouth), NGO Collaborations, Direct Signups.

Recognition & Rewards

1. T Shirts for Fellows, Weekly Leaderboards.

2. Certificates of all Participating Volunteers

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Will save us a lot of time & increase our efficiency

Will help our consumers' journey simpler

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We want to conduct the safety and hygiene sessions for Pourakarmikas (PKs) in all the 196 wards of Bangalore, but managing data for almost 8000+ PKs in the city might prove to be a challenge in the future.

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Poshyan abhiyan, blood donation, health camps(dental,eye), Save Girl Child , Menstrual hygienic, Awareness rallies cancer, AIDS,T.B,Dengue Sessional Diseases, Women Empowerment , National children's day, Pulse polio drive, Deworming awareness, Cyber security awareness,Distribution of fruits &blankets for oldage people,Voter Awareness, Awareness on Literacy Education, FIT India

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We plan on finalizing the design of the program & scale this with 30 educators or more in 1 cohort starting next year.

We are planning a Decoding SDGs series as part of this Satat Samudaya engagement which will help 30 Youth championing SDGs & think about Green Careers through this (Can collaborate with YUWAAH / UNICEF)

We will run a community of 120+ people per Year who will experience a behavioral shift after the program.

For getting us these passionate 120 people we plan on doing our Awareness series called "Samwaads" to spread awareness to as many people as possible.

Limitations in Scaling :

We are pursuing Funding right now to grow the team to scale

Youth Focused designs are not structured yet. hopefully we will do it by the end of this cohort.

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Currently we are working on a clubs based model and we have the program vision of "Making volunteering a National Habit" and towards that roadmap

"We want to establish Bhumi Clubs in all districts of India by 2030"

Last year alone we engaged around 1lakh volunteers and we aim to 10x this number by then.

Limitation:

1) Contacts of Institutions (colleges/universities) across the country

2) Resources (both human & fundings)

3) Volunteer leaders grooming, identification and retention

4) Devising a rewards/recognition system that will attract the Gen-z & Gen-Alpha's (who will be volunteers by that time)

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Adaption of the platforms by volunteers consistently and updating the data on a timely manner

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Outreach: through volunteer referrals, scaled campaigns, Website, social media posts/marketing, institutional collaborations

Implementation: Through volunteers, volunteer leaders, Fellows, interns, full-timers, and consultants

System/Technology: Bhumi volunteer management system- a centralized system for tracking volunteer registration and induction. event and impact details are captured. Also for volunteer leadership process & expense management.

Validation & Rewards:

1) Event level certificates are sent automatically after event closure

2) Caught-ya cards: to promote on spot recognition of volunteers efforts

3) Quarterly awards: for volunteers who are contributions stand out from the rest in a particular quarter

4) Annual awards: for expectational volunteers who have contributed over the tear (https://old.bhumi.ngo/bhumiverse/engage/awards/)

the validations are all data backup and most of the citations are reviewed by respective volunteer leaders and full-timers; we have a vol hr team who over-see the effective operations of the entire awards and recognition process and a awards commitee who focuses on validation and maintaining the quality of awards

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Bhumi Volunteer Awards are given each year for the contribution during the period April - March of the previous year. The timelines for awards are summarized below.

Period of Contribution

For the contribution during April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024

Nominate your coordinators or team members who have been exceptional volunteers for Bhumi's Volunteer Awards. You can nominate any number of persons. Self Nomination is also allowed.

The Awards are listed below:

The Trailblazer Award: for path-breaking, consistent contribution to Bhumi for a minimum period of 3-5 years

The Torchbearer Award: for extraordinary contribution in many projects

The Changemaker Award: for outstanding contribution in a project

The Bhumi EARTH Award: recognises E - Energy, A - Altruism, R - Reliability, T - Teamwork, H - Hard Work that inspire other volunteers

The 100% Award: recognises their near perfect work and effort (attendance, etc).

Note: If you have login access to Ignite app in Zoho, you are advised to login and submit the same form available under "Utility Forms" section

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Awards Do you have Appreciation, feedback or complaint about a Bhumian? Positive Feedback Negative Feedback Complain to the Care Committee Bhumi Volunteer Awards are given each year for the contribution during the period April - March of the previous year. The timelines for awards are summarized below.

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We’re targeting to scale out our volunteer base in most of the Metro cities in India. We plan & organise weekend volunteering events in different cities to engage & encourage volunteers from those cities to donate their time. Through our outreach & marketing team, we’re planning to have a base of 1,00,000+ volunteers in coming 2-3 years.

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We work for Education, Health, Children, Seniors, Animal Welfare & many more cause areas where we engage individual as well as group volunteers with our NGO partners.

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We have our own platform where we post our volunteering opportunities where volunteers shows interest & register for the same. Apart from our platform, we’ve an outreach team who reach out to groups for volunteering events.

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We’ve upgraded our website & platform as per the current requirements. We’ve been using AI tools & some automated system softwares to cope up with our tasks.

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We’re trying to improve & include more & more technology in our process to make our daily process easier. Brainstorming newer ideas & newer initiatives helps us in reducing the duration & timeline in our work schedules.

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Not using technology can limit efficiency, but it fosters direct communication and hands-on engagement.

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We use WhatsApp groups for communication and planning with 100 members each, 80% active, exchanging 200-300 messages weekly. Limitations include message overload, connectivity issues, and reduced activity during academic classes.

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We envision scaling our current operations by expanding our network of volunteers and increasing participation in a wider range of activities through Inter Disciplinary collaborations. Currently, we work on particular activities during college timings, with many volunteers actively participating in regular activities. However, our limitations include restricted timing and availability due to academic commitments. By expanding our volunteer network, we aim to create more opportunities for engagement and impact, ensuring a greater reach and effectiveness of our NSS initiatives. Our activities encompass health awareness, environmental drives, blood donation camps, and community welfare projects.

With a larger volunteer base, we can undertake more diverse projects and address a broader spectrum of community needs, ultimately enhancing our contribution to societal development.