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1. iVolunteerRahul Nainwal If You mean it. Do it
www.ivolunteer.in
2. From India to Addis>> ICT connect In March of 2006 Ashish applied to become a overseas volunteer through our volunteer’s website www.ivoindia.org.
Today he is working in Addis with Association of Ethiopians people living with HIV AIDS ( NPEP plus) as a program Advisor.
4. iVolunteer- Journey Started as a entrepreneurial initiative in October 2000 by a few alumnus of Institute of Rural Management, Anand,India
Average age of founders at the time of start; 25 years. Started right after the college
Developed the first online charity portal in India-www.icicicommunities.org which provided donation, volunteering and news and information services
Changed model after poor response to online matching models
Developed Focus on Volunteering :National Volunteering Program in partnership with UNV launched
5. Journey Contd. 4 volunteer centers across India
Developed partnerships with on-ground organizations
Place 80-120 volunteers per month, 100 NGO and 4 corporate partners
4 funding partners ; 1) private bank ( ICICI ), 2) Indian Trust ( SRTT) 3) VSO 4) HIVOS
2 of the founders are Ashoka Fellow
6. We started and exist today because of ICTs-without which we would have never dreamed of what we are doing.
7. Social Context of our work
8. Best of Times The Indian middle class stands at approx.250 million
Almost 60% of India is under 30
The economy grew at 8.2%
11,000 Indians became millionaires in 2003
The richest 5 Indians, at US$24.8 billion, are richer than their counterparts in Britain ($24.2 billion) – and almost all of Asia
9. Worst of Times A quarter of the world’s destitute – 300 million subsisting on under $1 a day – live in India
Of 8.2 million Asians with HIV, 5.1 million are in India
India’s IMR = 67; Bangladesh = 51
10. Challenges for India Widespread Poverty- is the economy working for the poor?
Illiteracy
Governance issues
Health and primary education
Make your own list
11. One person at a time Use our biggest asset – our people - to remove our biggest problems
12. Stand up and be counted- Volunteer
13. Wishes Aren’t Horses Its not about wringing hearts
Its not about good intentions
Its about what we can do
‘Social capital’ – from a country of introverts to a nation of ‘joiners’
14. What makes you angry?What moves you?What shames you? You find your answers. We help you connect.
15. iVolunteer is trying to create a volunteering movement in India….and the movement will have in the next 4 years Volunteering infrastructure that will enable volunteers to volunteer effectively.
10,000 fulfilling volunteering experiences in a year ( today we place 1400 volunteers )
Volunteer ambassadors and patrons
NGOs and Corporate partners
A network of strong institutions
18. Challenges Scale up- 10,000>>100,000> 1 Million
Image Overhaul for volunteering
More upbeat
Mindset change
iVolunteer Brand Building/Awareness.
Business Model/ Financial resources
19. iVolunteer Next Website version 2.0 getting launched
Revenue model in process