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iVolunteer Rahul Nainwal

iVolunteer Rahul Nainwal. If You mean it. Do it www.ivolunteer.in. 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 .

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iVolunteer Rahul Nainwal

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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.

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. We started and exist today because of ICTs-without which we would have never dreamed of what we are doing.

  6. Social Context of our work

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Challenges for India • Widespread Poverty- is the economy working for the poor? • Illiteracy • Governance issues • Health and primary education • Make your own list

  10. One person at a time Use our biggest asset – our people - to remove our biggest problems

  11. Stand up and be counted- Volunteer

  12. 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’

  13. What makes you angry?What moves you?What shames you? You find your answers. We help you connect.

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. iVolunteer Next • Website version 2.0 getting launched • Revenue model in process

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