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Numbers in Perspective:

BV generated

3,720 volunteering

hours in 2016

93 volunteering

opportunities

were created on BV Portal.

1860 volunteers contributed for

betterment of

our society.

Year 2016

Volume 2

Annual Report

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Newborn To Toddler… 1

Marathon Activities……2

First Annual Day……….3

Sprint Activities………...4

Capacity Building………6

Portal Updates………….7

Testimonials……………..8

Focus for 2017………….9

We turned 2 this year and

our journey to engage volunteers in various

social initiatives has not only continued but has

also gained a lot of

momentum this year.

We continued with some

of our volunteer’s favourite programmes like

Tree Plantation, Raddi Donation Drives, Plastic

Awareness and Swachhta

Abhiyan.

We also started some

From Newborn to Toddler..

unique volunteering opportunities like sparrow

nest painting and setup on the trees, houses.

We strengthened our CSR partnership with Globant,

Veritas and Symantec in

Pune. We are working with these corporates on

multiple programmes like Volunteer Engagement for

Environmental Impact,

Sponsor a Child Programme and Sparrow

Nest Setup.

We are very happy to

share our 2nd Annual

report with you all and are

thankful to all the

volunteers who

participated in events and

made this year memorable

for us!

Promoting Volunteerism

Being Volunteer (BV) was formed by a

set of working professionals to bridge the

gap between people and corporates who

want to do something for the less

privileged population of our country and

the beneficiaries who really need this

support.

BV acts as an integrated platform to

connect three entities – NGOs, Corporates

and Volunteers. From it’s inception, BV

has been organizing hundreds of activities

every year where volunteers can

participate and contribute to the society.

Some people call it ISR – Individual Social

Responsibility.

BV also provides and online platform in the

form of a portal where potential volunteers

and NGOs can register themselves. NGOs

have the feature to create events for

volunteering requirements and registered

volunteers automatically get a notification

to register for the event of their interest.

We categorize our activities into Marathon –

which run for a period of more than 3-4

months and sprint – which are onetime

events. We also give emphasis on building

the capacities of volunteers so that they can

make more effective contribution during

various activities.

“BV has a very good

team that

understands how to

collaborate with

corporate world and

how to motivate

people for

volunteering.”

Swapnil Bhoskar,

HR Director & CSR

Lead, Symantec

Sponsor A Child Program

Globant Company provided financial

support for sponsoring 40 students

from Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram’s Hostel

near Karjat. Main objective of this

program was to improve the learning

levels of these children through daily

tutions at the hostel. Apart from this,

school bags were donated, sports

and cultural day was organized and

an exposure visit was also organized

to Pune where these students got an

opportunity to visit the Globant

Campus and interact with

enthusiastic volunteers.

Visit to the hostel:

We made a visit in the beginning to

ensure that academic tutions are

going well and also gathered feedback

from students and teachers.

Bunk-beds Donation at VKA Kothimbe Hostel, Karjat:

This initiative was taken by our volunteers after

they heard about the tragic incident at this hostel

where one boy died due to snake bite. The

teachers just mentioned that if the students had

the facility of bunk-beds, that child would have

survived. After this volunteers raised the funds of

INR 1,20,000 within 2 weeks and placed an order

for bunk-beds. The donation program was held in

April month where 15 volunteers participated.

The happiness and gratitude was priceless.

Cultural Day Celebrations at VKA Karjat:

Cultural day was organized at VKA Karjat Hostel by BV.

These children don’t get a chance to showcase their skills

in arts, music and drama in schools. Therefore it was

decided to have this function and everyone was excited

to participate in one or other performance. All the

students took part and best performers were given

awards. Volunteers also supported this initiative very

passionately and many parents got emotional to see their

kids perform on a big stage like this. We are planning to

have this event every year now.

Being Volunteer | Annual Report 2016

Daily Tutions:

Two teachers were appointed to

conduct daily tutions at the

Jambhivali Hostel, they started by

conducting a baseline test to assess

the learning levels of all students and

based on the results prepared lesson

plans. They focussed on Maths,

English and Science subjects. These

classes were conducted in the

evening after school. Many students

showed improvements in their

reading, writing and maths abilities in

the endline test.

Marathon Activities


Exposure Visit To Pune:

52 Students from Globant participated in this

exposure visit, they were thrilled to visit the

campus of Globant in Hinjawadi IT park. More than

50 volunteers interacted with students and

provided answers to their queries like how do I get

a job in IT industry, what education is required,

how many people work here etc.

After the question / answer session, Globant volunteers

had organized a new year bonanza for these students. It

was a grand new year celebration and both volunteers

and students enjoyed every bit of it. Volunteers would

remember this new year celebration for a long time as it

was really a different experience for them.

Old Newspapaers (Raddi) collection Drives:

We had launched this initiative

last year. This year it has received

even better response and now this

is being run every month in 12

different societies. Many local

volunteers from the apartments

are taking active participation and

informing the members about the

date and time of collection. Some

members who do not have any

raddi to donate are also making

cash donations.

Funds raised through this programme

are used to support our “Sponsor A

Child” initiative. This year we collected

8,928 Kgs of old newspapers and

raised INR 87,300. Total cash

donations were around INR 7,400. This

programme has received huge support

from these communities and we need

more apartment complexes to pledge

for raddi donation towards this noble

cause. This program is used for fund

raising for Sponsor A Child Program.

Skill Development Program at

Gurukulam, Chinchwad:

Students from 7th to 10th Std.

were trained in MS Paint over

weekends for 3 months.

Volunteers started by teaching

simple drawings and towards

the end, the children were able

to draw some animation

characters. The program was led

by one of our volunteers from

core team.

“BV is one of that breed of

social organization which is

working for the betterment

of the society with utmost

genuineness. The

commitment of the leaders

& volunteers is impressive

& encouraging.”

Vidyadhar S Purandare

Associate Senior Manager,

Persistent


First Annual Day for BV – 27th March

We celebrated our first annual day with great

enthusiasm and in the presence of renowned social

activist and writer – Milind Thatte. We also had many

NGO representatives and a few CSR personnel along

with our core set of volunteers. The program was held

in BMCC college auditorium. More than 50 volunteers

were engaged in multiple sessions throughout the first

half of the day. Key sessions were NGO interaction on

challenges in engaging volunteers, reflection on 2015

and 2016 roadmap for BV and keynote address by our

chief guest – Mr. Ram, MD and CEO of Expansion.

Milind Thatte’s session was also an eye opener for all

volunteers as they heard about facts of tribal life in

Javhar.

Sprint Activities Computer Lab Setup Program:

We continued with our computer lab setup

program this year as well and helped 9

schools. These schools are spread across

Maharashtra. Total 44 volunteers participated

in these events and contributed 282 hours

towards this social cause aligned to national

movement of Digital India. Volunteers spent

their time in formatting these machines,

cleaning up and they also took care of

transportation. They visited these schools in

remote locations.

“So far it is very

good feeling

working with such

enthusiastic team

and will surely

continue this.

My best wishes to

Being Volunteer .

Anurag Paratkar,

Volunteer, Globant

Tree Plantation Drives:

We have been conducting these drives from last year with partnership of Green Hills NGO on Chatuhshrungi Hill.

This plantation activity was organized on every weekend from Jun to Aug. It got huge response from volunteers.

More than 340 volunteers participated by contributing 600+ hours and planted 400+ trees. We also take special

care and ensure that all these trees are also nurtured, survival rate of our trees is more than 80%.


Plastic Carrybags Ban –

Awareness Drive in Pimple-

Saudagar, Pune:

Awareness drives were conducted

on 3 consecutive weekends to

stop using plastic carrybags with

thickness of less than 40 microns.

It was observed that many

people started using reusable

cloth bags in the area.

Swachhata Abhiyan:

The event was conducted 3 times, Twice on Sinhagad Fort and once at

Magarpatta Flyover. 100 NSS Students from COEP college participated in the

drive at Sinhagad Fort and collected lot of plastic bags and bottles. Together

they contributed for 1000 volunteering hours. On the occasion of Gandhi

Jayanti, BV volunteers teamed up to clean the area under Magarpatta Flyover

bridge and give a tribute to the Mahatma. 20 volunteers contributed 60 hours

for this cleaning Drive

Sparrow Nest Painting Activity:

House sparrow, commonly seen bird in the world, is on the

verge of extinction from cities. These birds require hideouts

for making nests which have reduced drastically due to

growing cement jungles in urban areas. To involve the

citizens into the conservation movement and get them

emotionally attached to the cause of conservation, the

Nature Forever Society initiated this movement in early

2006 by which, people could adopt a nest box and bird

feeder. It generated artificial habitat for these sparrows

and also attached people to the cause.

Traffic Awareness Drive:

Traffic has become a major issue in

almost every metro city and Pune is no

exception. Cognizant volunteers made

hundreds of Thank You cards for police

and public following traffic rules. They

also displayed awareness posters at one

of the busiest junctions – Shimla office

chowk. In all 15 volunteers participated

and contributed 90 hours.

Scientific Toys Workshop and

Demo in Schools:

We also conducted a fun activity

of making scientific toys out of

waste material with the help of

IUCAA and Youth for Seva (YFS)

as part of India @ 75 initiative.

25+ volunteers participated in the

training and demonstration of

these toys at various government

and other schools run by NGOs.

Students were very excited to

discover principles of science unfold

through fun activities which are

based on waste material like straws,

paper cups and old newspaper. More

than 35 volunteers participated and

this activity was conducted

simultaneously across 9 schools

covering about 500 students.


Capacity Building of Volunteers

Forest & Environment Awareness Session | 19th Aug 2016 | By Milind Thatte

52 Volunteers | 104 Volunteering Hours

Milind Thatte addressing the volunteer group

Milind, founder of NGO Vayam (works for tribal

communities in Javhar Taluka), shared his experience

of last 8-10 years of working in tribal areas of Javhar.

He also has a very different view on environment

conservation efforts and people’s participation in local

governance.

Volunteers were completely glued to their seats

during the 45 mins sharing by Milind in his own

storytelling way. He started off by narrating a small

incidence of fishing on the river along with tribals.

Later on he emphasized that the environment conservation efforts will not be sustainable unless communities

living close to forests are directly involved in it. His speech also raised many questions in volunteer’s mind

about high cost water storage dams – especially ones close to Mumbai, their budgets and target beneficiaries.

The natives are often neglected in such process and therefore it’s not important that how much a dam costs

but what matters is who will really benefit from it? Rapid urbanization has already taken tremendous toll on

the natural resources and there are no signs of recovery and restoration. City dwellers plant few trees under

environment initiatives but waste dozens of papers in printouts, use 4 wheelers even when travelling alone,

buy cell phones and electronics even when the earlier models are working. Unless we give a serious thought

to our own actions, the environment conservation efforts will not pay off.

Last 30 mins of this session was a topic close to all the audience – volunteering. Mahesh Chavan, an IT

professional who has moved to social sector, took the session and gave some thoughts about basics of

volunteering, why it does not sustain and how corporate professionals should approach volunteering and

adopt a structured method. The session was very helpful for all the volunteers.

Plastic Waste Management | 30th Sep 2016 | By Rajesh Manerikar


Dr Rajesh, giving presentation at the event

Plastic pollution is one of the top most challenges

faced by mankind today. Many environmentalists

around the world are trying to find a solution to

the huge pile of plastic waste created by every

human being on this planet. Plastic has become an

integral part of our life and Dr Rajesh Manerikar, a

motivated researcher with more than 6 years of

experience in environmental research, gave an

insight on plastic waste management and an

individual’s role in it.


Solid Waste Management Session | 10th Oct 2016 | By Shripad (Seva-vardhini)


Demonstration of rotating tumbler used for composting of

wet waste – volunteer in action.

As we all know, due to rapid expansion of cities,

problem of biodegradable waste has grown in an

exponential way. Approximately 1100 -1300 tons

of bio-waste generated every day from Pune city.

Its degradation is carried out majorly by vermi

composting, Microbial composting and Dumping

off in landfills. Shripad from Seva-vardhini

sensitized all the volunteers on this very topic and

also gave a live demonstration of a simple

composting methodology called “Compost

Tumbler” – suitable for individual households as

well as Societies and commercial setups.

Orientation Sessions at Colleges | By Kailas Narawade

We conducted an introductory session for students at Wadia college and gave them an overview of Being volunteer’s

initiatives. The sessions were conducted at Wadia College, MASCC Pashan and Marathwada Mitra Mandal College.

Overall more than 180 students participated in these events. Yuva Chetana awards were also given out through Youth

For Seva (YFS). Students were motivated and showed keen interest in volunteering for BV.

BV Portal Updates (www.beingvolunteer.org)

We have launched a Portal last year where NGOs can register and then create events to invite volunteers.

Similarly potential and interested volunteers can also register themselves. Since launch, about 88 NGOs and

2000 volunteers have already registered on the portal and the numbers are growing every day. These NGOs

have also created more than 170 events on the portal.


What are our volunteers and NGO Partners saying about BV..

“It has been a privilege to be a volunteer at BV bringing different NGOs and CSRs on a

common platform. It was indeed a great pleasure working on different kind of

environmental issues like tree plantations and tree nurturing activities. My best wishes

to all core team members of BV and hope to be associated with BV forever.

Anwar Mulani

Volunteer, Symantec, Pune

“This summer, my volunteering activity through BV has been a very satisfying

experience. I learnt the importance of nurturing trees during the harsh summer

weather. I am convinced this activity is equally critical as planting tree samplings. I

salute all the volunteers for leading & guiding us for such a noble cause to

preserve our environment & nature.“

Madhav Karandikar

Volunteer, Symantec, Pune

“We are very thankful to BV for all it's contributions and help provided to

Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram's hostel at Jambhivli and Kothimbe near Karjat. BV

has supported us with bunk-beds and also facilitated many educational and

sports activities for students. Our best wishes will always be with BV!!”

Suresh Hake

Treasurer, Karjat Taluka, Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram

"I have seen BV as a group of sensitive people who are young and mature at the same

time. Their dedication to the cause is commendable and they are willing to take new

ideas up and in. The voluntary sector often has two built-in bugs; viz. ego and lust for

publicity. BV is untouched by both. I wish them a great way ahead."

Milind Thatte

Organiser, Vayam NGO, Javhar

Governor-nominated member, Tribal Advisory Council, Maharashtra

Focus for 2017 - Major Programs and Initiatives

•Financial aid for underprivileged students

•Supported By Globant

•Individuals can also donate

•School stationery, books, academic tutions, personality development

Sponsor A Child

•Schools from rural areas selected for the support

•Infrastructure improvement like toilet construction or classroom repairs etc.

School Adoption

•Solar Power Plant of 1.2 KW capacity will be setup

•It can run 5-6 lights, 4 fans and 5 computers for 8 hours atleast

•Preference to be given to rural schools Solar School

•Tree Plantation and nurturing drives in collaboration of Green Hills and other NGOs

•Awareness and orientations on various waste management techniques

Environment Activities

•Organize volunteering events in field of education and environment

•Opportunities for short term and long term assignments

•Virtual volunteering using Skype / Google Hangout

Volunteering Engagement

405, Bhagwati-Suvarna Society Pancard Club Road, Baner

Pune, Maharashtra

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