volunteer for a better india

VFABI

DMGT 706/Robynn Butler and Surbhee Gupta/Idea Visualization/ Project 7 Data Collection


Volunteer for a Better India (VFABI) is a project for making a difference to our city, our country and above all to one's self

A Citizen's Action Plan

Old and young, rich and poor, urban and slum dwellers

School/college students, Corporate and Business Community, NGOs, RWAs, Hospitals, Leaders from Art, Culture, Music, Literature, Theatre

Give 1 Hour to the Nation

Choose any Activity that you think will make a difference, under any of the 6 Themes - Environment, Education, De addiction, Girl Child and Women's Safety, Senior Citizens and Good Governance/ Voice against Corruption

Several hundreds of such activities taken up all over India


Feb 3, New Delhi’s historical Ramlila Maidan

International bodies like UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNFPA

Over 100,000 citizens, youth, civil society organizations all over the world

Google Hangout, physical presence

Art of Living founder and spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Need to channelize public anger over social ills and incidents positively so as to build a violence-free society


Volunteers pledged to give 1 hour to the nation everyday

3 help lines to council people with violent tendencies, for legal aid and awareness and council school children and their parents

Delhi Medical Association - 15,000 doctors’ pledged to give “Two Sundays a Year” to the nation.

Rejuvenation of Kumudavathi River and the enrolment of 10,000 youths from 150 colleges in electoral rolls.


EDUCATIONFor the Underprivileged Children

DE ADDICTIONAwareness of Substance Abuse

GIRL CHILD AND WOMEN'S SAFETYFemale FeticideWomen Safety

SENIOR CITIZENSCreate a sense of belongingness

GOOD GOVERNANCEAccountability of Civic AgenciesVoice Against Corruption

ENVIRONMENTWaste SegregationBan on PlasticWater ConservationCleanliness

http://www.vfabi.org/community/activities?category_id=1







Largest illiterate population in the world

Adult Literacy Rate 74.04% (2011) Youth Literacy Rate 82% (2001)

1990 study estimated that it would take until 2060 for India to achieve universal literacy at then-current rate of progress


Orphanage Visit:Every Child is special and believing in this, We the volunteers of Kolkata organised a visit to SiddharthUnited Social Welfare Mission. The orphanage shelters around 80 children. We Spent 3 hours with these children aging 5-15 years.

Slum Development:This is an On going project for Ultadanga Slum Development. Our Main motive is to do Surveys in this area and accordingly we will start a development activities and also to empower slum people to take their area's responsibility.

Give One Hour Each Day : This activity aims at educating underprivileged children in Jalandhar, contribute your 1 hour a week to

teach them. We can choose dates and subjects to teach subjects like Math and English.


Age 12-18

Alcohol

Cannabis

Opiates

Other

Reported by the UN Office on Drugs: http://meridethhenrie4y.jimdo.com/


Living Well: The art of living presents a new course on diabetes, hipertension,

cholesterol, and obesity. It is the new LIVING WELL COURSE. Living well is a holistic life style modification course for any individual suffering from chronic illness.

De-Addiction Camp: De-addiction camp was held within the premises of

Mahavir Hospital at Rahul Colony in Faridabad on Dec 30,2012.

Awareness Campaign Against Alcohol : We are

Campaigning In small Groups. Apart from Slums we are promoting the Campaign in other Areas (Residential & Markets) We ask people to take pledge not to Drink and not to attend parties where liquor is served.


India - crimes against women during 2003-2007

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Rape

Dowry Death

Torture

Molestation

2012

2011

2010

National Crime Records Bureau, India : SearchIndia.com


Female Feticide: People's views about female feticide and women security... This

Activity involves meeting people and encouraging them to stop female feticide.

Self-Defense: For ladies of Bavdhan, a Suburb of Pune city, the Bavdhan Action Group

formed after the Candle Light March for Awareness for Women's safety on 26 Jan, has organized "Self Defense Classes for Ladies" .

Women’s Safety: Group activity with nehru yuva kender and aol at rivajpur village,

about 40 women & girls take participate & volunteering for a better india


About 77 million senior citizens in India (7.5% of population in 2001) As many as 90% have no social security and are emotionally depressed

35 % of the elderly in urban areas and 32 % in rural areas live alone

40 % of older people living with their families are reportedly facing abuse of one kind or another, but only 1 in 6 cases actually comes to light

Most elders are ill-treated by their own children, who have emerged as the largest group of perpetrators at 47.3 %

Neglect is the most common form of abuse at 48.7 per cent followed by emotional/psychological, financial exploitation physical abuse and abandonment respectively


Spending Time with Senior Citizens

A Helping Hand to the Senior Citizens: We have

provided senior citizens residing at AC and AD blocks of Shalimar Bagh with the list of important contact numbers comprising of Chemist shops, grocery shops, doctors, hospitals in that area, local police.

Granny’s Club: The Senior citizen club theme for the Day was Interaction of the Kids

with senior citizens to creat the sense of belongingness. The Kids gave their introduction to the elderlies and elders also gave their introduction to the kids.


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Amount of Reported Bribe Demands (N=90)

Amount of ReportedBribe Demands (N=90)

http://trak.in/tags/business/2009/06/30/india-corruption-bribery-report/


To Show Solidarity for Cause in Tibet: As a result of hardline

policies inside Tibet, leading to political repression, cultural assimilation, Chinese population transfer, economic marginalization and environmental destruction.

Flag Hoisting: Come together and celebrate the spirit of independence.

Run For a Better India: Run For A Better India is a cross country run for a

cause which is part of a project named “Volunteer For A Better India” undertaken by the Art of Living Foundation.


Pollution > CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring 1999 - 293,938 thousand metric tons

Industrial organic pollutants per available freshwater - 0.97 tons/cubic km


Clean Up at Railway Stations: VBI MUMBAI has taken the initiative

to clean up the Railway stations of Mumbai. The schedule of the same is shared in the photo attachment.

Clean Beach and No Plastic: Often seen people throwing cans,

plastics and waste on the beach or pavement just because they are lazy to go the nearest dustbin or are insensitive towards the issue.

Turning Urban Waste into Resources: Every year, in

every house we have to dispose no of old and unusable items like old/new cloth, woolens, blankets, utensils, footwear(in pairs), dry ration, sewing machines, umbrellas, school material, books, toys, newspapers, magazines,

volunteer for a better india

Government & Nonprofit

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better india vfabi volunteer

youth literacy rate

ultadanga slum development

violencefree society