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S eek A M iracle A taxia G roup Help us to share help “IAAD” Meet 2011 (International Ataxia Awareness Day). How to get Involved. You can help SAMAG by: Becoming a Volunteer Sponsoring an Ataxia patient Organizing fund raising events Making a donation. Join as a Volunteer.
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SeekAMiracleAtaxiaGroupHelp us to share help“IAAD” Meet 2011(International Ataxia Awareness Day) www.samataxiagroup.org
How to get Involved You can help SAMAG by: • Becoming a Volunteer • Sponsoring an Ataxia patient • Organizing fund raising events • Making a donation www.samataxiagroup.org
Join as a Volunteer • Register yourself as a volunteer on the website or join the SAMAG group on Facebook; share your views and ideas; participate in SAMAG'S activities and help SAMAG serve and grow. Work with the most active and usability community in Hyderabad, India. Express yourself: • What areas of development are you interested in? • What kind of social work do you want to do or learn about? www.samataxiagroup.org
Join as a Volunteer How do you want to help SAMAG? • Do you want to provide SAMAG with some professional expertise in your free time? • Do you want to visit Ataxia Victims and volunteer? • Do you want to donate money? We would assign you a role that meets your interests and you can begin to be apart of us. www.samataxiagroup.org
Roles of involvement Professional Expertise: • Helping SAMAG with your professional talents can sometimes only take minutes or hours of your time. But, this small effort can be of fantastic use to SAMAG. It gives you a platform to shape up your professional skills. • If you are from Information Technology, you can help us in maintaining our website. • If you are a Writer, you can help SAMAG by writing articles, grant proposal, etc. • If you have Multimedia skills, you can help SAMAG by creating presentations, advertisements, webpage designs, etc. • If you are a Medical professional, you can advise SAMAG on health services training material. www.samataxiagroup.org
Roles of involvement Volunteer your time: • Those of you who are interested and have the time to visit the victims and counsel them can provide us with a first-hand account of the issue the Victims are trying to address and the manner in which they carry their day to day activities • You can also share your thoughts, ideas, suggestions, comments, links, videos, ataxia resources, anything that would help us and our group grow, on the 'Guestbook' section on our website or share it on our Facebook page www.samataxiagroup.org
Roles of involvement Word of Mouth: • Talk about SAMAG to your friends and help in spreading the awareness across. This is a very important service you can perform. The more people know about SAMAG, the more awareness we spread. • Use SAMAG as a source to learn about Documenting work, Advertising or other NGOs, that perform projects, so that you can expand your reach and increase your knowledge about the social work being undertaken by SAMAG. www.samataxiagroup.org
Ways To Help • Our support group works towards gathering essential commodities like wheel Chairs, walkers, medicines, computers etc., these would be distributed among physically challenged members of SAMAG. • It is our aspiration to establish a disabled friendly SAMAG Rehabilitation Center. www.samataxiagroup.org
Sponsor an Ataxian • Wheel Chairs/ Walkers • Medical kits • Knee pads, waist belts • Formal education at the local primary school/ college • Vocational training & life skills education at their premises • Clothing & bedding • A healthy & nutritious diet – 3 meals per day • Ongoing medical care • Computers Sponsors are encouraged to visit SAMAG office as a volunteer, so that they can first see the impact of their donation. www.samataxiagroup.org
Fundraising Events In our attempt to raise indigenous resources, we do fund- raising in many ways: • Corporate partnerships • SAMAG T-shirts • SAMAG watches • Donation boxes • Events • Press & electronic advertisements • Greeting cards • Organize small canteen or tea Party • Conduct fund raising events at various institutions and corporates SAMAG guarantees to get the best use from all donations received. www.samataxiagroup.org
Funding for Projects: We want to begin several projects but are unable to do so due to lack of funds. You can help us by: • Bringing in sponsors • Providing financial assistance • Providing grants, organizing fund raising events, donations, etc. • Spreading the word about SAMAG and encouraging people to contribute • Helping us get in touch with other NGOs and corporates who might want to help us Donations: • Some of you might be interested in helping SAMAG with financial assistance. The donations go a long way in helping SAMAG achieving its goals and assist with the work we are undertaking. • Donations to SAMAG are managed by experienced professionals under the guidance of the Board's Finance Committee. The use of funds is monitored and evaluated closely. At any point, SAMAG maintains transparency in fund management. www.samataxiagroup.org
In case of donating commodities like walkers, wheel chairs (used/functional wheel chairs), computers (old /functional ones) • You are most welcome to share any other items which you believe can help SAMAG serve the physically challenged members • Please explain us clearly if you like to donate or send in your contributions in any other method • A little help makes a difference www.samataxiagroup.org
STRENGTHS OF SAMAG SAMAG has received recognition and assistance from local and international trusts and organizations such as: • Confederations of NGOs of Rural India- CNRI • Mass Institute of Rural development (MIRD) • International Foundations like National ATAXIA Foundation-USA • Mill hill Ministries • GMR (Varalakshmi Foundation) • Lions Club of Charminar • Sri NarayaniPeetam • Share a Service www.samataxiagroup.org
All these organizations which have appreciated our professional work and strategic thinking towards Ataxia and MD sufferers. • This support has enabled SAMAG to enhance its public profile to assist and extend help towards Ataxians • Our support group entirely depends upon charity grants, fund raising events, donations, etc. • We need your helping hand to support our cause, to spread awareness and to work for welfare of Ataxians and MD sufferers in the society. • Even a little help can make difference. www.samataxiagroup.org
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