-----Original Message----- From: Praveen Guru [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 20 November 2013 13:52 To: Praveen Kumar Subject: Opportunity for young people to Join VSO ICS programme
Apologies for Cross Posting - PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY VSO India would request your support in helping us reach out to talented and competent young individuals who would be interested in taking the lead in building one of our youth run and led programmes, the International Citizen Service. International Citizen Service (ICS) is a 3 month international volunteering programme that aims at building mutual respect and understanding among young people and facilitates the process of becoming active citizens in an increasingly global world. In India the ICS programme is implemented by VSO India, a development organisation that seeks to foster partnerships with organisations and people in order to channel the spirit of volunteerism towards development goals of health, education, livelihood and disability. The programme involves working with young people from the United Kingdom for a period of three months, while living in a rural community in India. The time period for the programme would be March 31, 2014 - June 30, 2014. A learning opportunity for young people ICS offers an opportunity to learn by experience about the diversity of peoples' lives within the global community, develop knowledge, skills and values. The programme will provide you with the opportunity to engage with critical, social and developmental issues first hand and contribute to the learning and development of a cross cultural team. We are looking for a highly motivated young person, who can work with a diverse group of young people, is well organised and is up for the challenge of a highly intense experience. Structure of the programme: The programme is structured around five 'core components'. . Counterpart Pairs: Each volunteer has one counterpart from the United Kingdom with whom they shall live. They may also have another counterpart with whom they work. . Host communities: The volunteers live and work in a rural/non-urban Indian community that is new to all of them. . Host homes: Each pair of volunteers will be staying with a family in the host community. Just as we look for diversity in our volunteers and communities, we also encourage variety in our host homes. . Work placements: Work placements are structured such that the volunteers are able to have maximum take away about the community and its issues and at the same time make a positive and practical contribution to community initiatives. . Educational activity days (EADs): Usually held once a week, EADs provide the volunteers with an opportunity to come together and engage in active learning about community development issues affecting India as a whole. Each week, different counterpart pairs run the sessions. For this programme the applicant must: Be an Indian national Between the ages of 21 - 25 years Is comfortable conversing in both Hindi and English For more details on the International Citizen Service please visit our websites www.volunteerics.org/vso-ics or contact Pallavi Kaushal at 011- 46681501 - 04 and /or mail us at [email protected] or [email protected] If you are interested, or know people who would be perfect for this opportunity, apply or forward them this email. (LAST DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: DECEMBER 4, 2013 regards, Praveen Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
