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September 7, 2009

Canadian looking for a teaching job in India

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From: kunal mithrill <kunalmithrill@gmail.com>
Date: 2009/9/7
Subject: resume for work.

resume of a  friend of mine who is looking for work in India. please forward this and let me know if something  comes up

 
she is looking for a teaching job. she is a trained graphic and web designer as well.kindly see if there is anyone you would know who can help her find a job here.

thanks so much


regards

kunal

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August 26, 2009

The Hub Taster, Sept 22-27, Bombay

Update:

From Raheen Jumani

We have changed the dates as it was clashing with the bandra fair, now it is from the 22nd to 27th Sept 09.

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My earlier post about 'The Hub' - http://chandni.posterous.com/the-hub-a-space-in-bombay-for-changemakers

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From: Zainab Kakal
Date: 2009/8/26
Subject: Fwd: The Hub invites you




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August 19, 2009

Running the Marathon for Ashoka's Youth Venture

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Do mail me/Vipin if you'd like to support YV at the marathon. - Chandni

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From: Vipin Thekkekalathil <tvipin@ashoka.org>
Date: 2009/8/18
Subject: Introducing Ashoka's Youth Venture


Dear friends,

 

Thank you for so promptly agreeing to support Youth Venture. Once we register you, please create a pledge page on the marathon site and help us to raise more money from your friends and family, by asking them to support your run. All the donations to Youth venture is exempt under Income Tax act.

 

Also please pass the below information about YV to your friends who might be interested as 21st august is the last date to register. We are charging rs. 3000 each. Have only 25 seats available so the sooner I hear from them the better.

 

Thanks a ton folks!

 

Ashoka’s Youth Venture. 

 

Youth Venture is a global movement that inspires, invests, and supports young people to lead social change.

 

We believe it is critical that people discover early on in their lives that they can lead social change. We invest in young people to design and lead their own initiatives that create social impact.


We do this through a one year fellowship, where we support them to create entrepreneurial Ventures around a social issue they feel passionate about. As they form teams and work together in creating and launching their ‘Ventures’, young people learn the important skills of leadership, teamwork, entrepreneurship and empathy. They also realize that they are powerful and will continue to take initiative and lead again and again throughout their lives.

 

Established by Ashoka, the world’s leading association of social entrepreneurs and the pioneer of the social entrepreneurship movement, Youth Venture is nurturing young people’s dreams and providing them with mentorship and seed capital to help them initiate change in their communities


In the last 18 months, we have supported 79 young changemakers and their teams, in Mumbai and Songadh (a district in Rural Gujarat). See the attached document and www.genv.net/india.  Watch our Changemakers in action at

Thank you for your interest in supporting Youth Venture at the Mumbai Marathon. Below is further details of our work. As I mentioned over the phone we count on the Marathon to raise the resources to invest in young people in Mumbai. Do let me know your ideas on how you can support the cause of young people leading social change.

Warmly,

 

Vipin.T

Director

91-9821877975

www.youthventureindia.net

 

 


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July 30, 2009

Job Opening for the Mathematics Project at the XRCVC, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai

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From: Neha Trivedi <nehatrivedi@gmail.com>
Date: 2009/7/31
Subject: Job Opening for the Mathematics Project at the XRCVC, St.Xavier's College, Mumbai

Are you someone who finds numbers, equations and calculations the most fascinating part in the world around us? Did you always have a blank look when someone said mathematics is the most traumatic subject of study? Did you always think, if only I can find a way to teach you then may be you will think differently?

 

Do you now want to add an extra twist to this tale? What if someone asked you, are you interested in teaching mathematics to visually challenged students?

 

If this has kept your curiosity please read on.

 

About Us

 

The Xavier’s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) is a specialized support and advocacy centre for the visually challenged located at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. Our work is driven by challenging myths, breaking barriers and finding new solutions where none existed before. To know more about us you can visit our website www.xrcvc.org

 

Who are we looking for?

 

Traditionally school systems have discouraged visually challenged students from learning mathematics. This leads them to be put to a disadvantage in later years of their lives in pursuing higher education needing mathematics as a base. Over last one year the XRCVC has worked with mathematics training for competitive exams and has successfully had its students clearing entrance examinations for higher education courses in Management, Social Work etc.

 

We are ready to now launch a full fledged mathematics project and are looking for full time/part time professionals to take on the same. The role of the person would include a combination of these roles

 

  • Awareness work with visually impaired persons, caregivers and schools about the necessity of mathematics training.
  • Training and coaching of visually challenged students – school, college, and entrance exam batches.
  • Creating of accessible material in mathematics.

If any or all of these tasks seem interesting to you and you want to explore this job please get in touch with us latest by 19th August 2009 at the details given below.

 

If you are interested but a doubt has sprung in your mind ‘I’d love to do this, but I don’t know anything about how to teach the blind’ we would say contact us. The ‘How’ is our responsibility, once you are keen the how will be taken care of by us

 

Look forward to hearing from you. Remuneration would be on par with qualifications and experience and part time/full time nature of the assignment

 

Contact Person: Dr Sam Taraporevala / Ms Neha Trivedi

Contact Details: XRCVC, St. Xavier’s College, 5 Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai 400001

                          022-22623298/22626329

                          info@xrcvc.org
 
Regards
 
Neha Trivedi
Project Consultant
XRCVC
www.xrcvc.org
 
P.S: Please circulate this to people and forums who might be interested.

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July 18, 2009

Help scan books for a visually impaired friend - In Malad


Please share this with anyone who might help/stays in Malad. Thanks. - Chandni

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From: garima goyal <garimagoyal21@gmail.com>


Hi Chandni,
I will be glad if you could forward this email to your mailing list.

Hello all,
I am Garima Goyal, a student of the Social Communications Media course
at Sophia College, Mumbai. I am visually impaired, and that is what
has brought me here to ask for your help.
Being a professional media course, the projects and assignments demand
36 hours out of the 24 hours in a day. I being visually impaired,
cannot do the extensive reading required   directly through the hard
copy. I need to scan the books and then read the soft copy. I need
some one –college student or anyone else- to scan them for me. If
anyone wants to take this up as a part time job, we can discusss the
timings  and all else when you get in touch with me. I am very
flexible. The only constraint is you will have to come to my residence
in  Malad west and   do the work, since I need the hard copies scanned
into a doc or txt format, which the software on my computer does.
If not a part time commitment, anyone interested to do it one off can
also contact me.
Please spread this to all, who you feel will be interested to take it up.
Thanks for taking out time and reading this.
Look forward to your early replies.
Regards,
Garima



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July 2, 2009

Freelance researcher/writer/editor available


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From: Nikishka Iyengar <nikishka.iyengar@gmail.com>
Date: 2009/7/1
Subject:



Hi Chandni,

I'll be in Bombay from the 10th Jul-14th Aug working on a research project based on institutionalizing the informal recycling sector in Bombay along with other waste management issues. I have a research fellowship from The University of Texas at Austin, but it hasn't managed to cover my entire budget. I was wondering if you knew of any organization that needed help with research or writing or editing articles/reports. In terms of research, I've worked in the economic development field specifically in Microfinance, and am now starting to work in the waste management sector. Let me know if any organization needs a freelance writer/researcher!


Thanks,
Nikishka

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April 19, 2009

Japanese woman looking for a job in a Bombay NGO

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From: Nilu

Subject: Fwd: Yumiko Iguchi - CV - Ngo / Social Work Job required


Hey Chandni and Radha, A little favour to ask of you...Here is a Japanese girl looking for some kind of social work. Attached is her CV. Could you forward it in the ways that you do best? I hope she finds what she is looking for!

Thanks sweets!

Nilu.



Hey there!

Any opportunity for a job is great at this point. Thanks lots for helping, Richard!

Yumiko


 iguchi.yumiko@hotmail.com



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April 19, 2009

Twitter Site for Fund Raising and Giving


Hi,

I've created an account on Twitter to post information on people in India seeking (and sharing) funds.

Contribute (with your money and/or by forwarding this mail) if anything on the page resonates with you. :)

Jamuna, thanks for coming up with the name!

http://twitter.com/FundACause

Best,
Chandni.


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February 26, 2009

Media NGO seeking Volunteer Videographer in Bombay & Ahmedabad

From Ruchika

Passing on my friend Morgan's post as she's looking for a videographer to work with her for the month of March:

Media NGO seeking Volunteer Videographer for March
Video Volunteers, an organization that trains and employs people from Indian slums and villages in video journalism, is seeking volunteer videographers in Bombay and Amhedabad for a documentary about its work. The duration of the shoot is for all of March and transport and accomodation will be provided for. Shooting schedules are between March 3-14 in Ahmedabad and March 15-28 in Bombay. The dates can be flexible depending your availability.
 
The project is an extremely interesting opportunity for someone to learn about social media in India's poorest populations. Video Volunteers has innovated community media in India, and its producers, some of whom are illiterate, have been making and screening videos steadily for years. Please see more information here: www.videovolunteers.org, www.ch19.org.

Videographers can bring their own equipment; however we can supply cameras and audio gear as well. We're interested in shooting in HD if possible.

Please contact Morgan Currie about this project:

+91 9923959187

morganecurrie@gmail.com

Thanks

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February 7, 2009

Looking for someone to teach self-reliance skills in Bombay


For the 3 PPTs about the NGO that came with this mail, mail Ashish or dteindia@gmail.com.

- Chandni

From: ashishwang godha <ashishwang@gmail.com>
Subject: looking for someone to teach self-reliance skills



hey people,
My NGO, down to earth (DTE) is looking at starting a self-reliance programme for women who live in the slums. Over the last year, these women have been making bags, jewellery, cards, mats, napkins etc that DTE has sold at a variety of exhibitions held at fairs and corporates with reasonable success. Now, we are looking at taking this to a slightly more professional level. So, we are looking for a person / people who would be able to dedicate some time and energy to teach these women a few skills that could make their products have a professional edge.
the requirements are:
1. any single / multiple skill (making bags, jewellery, placemats, cards etc) that they could teach.
2. ability to teach a group of approx 10 women.
3. would have to make a time commitement of at least 3 hours a week for 3 months. (this depends on the person and there shalll be complete flexibility.)
4. the resource person would have to travel to cuffe parade (DTE rents a room within the Ambedkar Nagar slum) or be located somewhere around eg: colaba, cuffe, navy nagar, CST.
 
would be great if we could involve you or anyone you know so pls pass this on :)
am also attaching a couple of DTE newsletters so that you have an idea of who we are and what we do.
thanks a million.
 
ashish
 
 




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