EVS activity in India
HOSTING ORGANIZATION:
Jeevan Rekha Parishad (JRP), Plot No. 387, Damana Square, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar-751016, Odisha, India. Tel: 07854872808, web: www.jrpsai.org,
Location of the organisation:
Bhubaneswar city of Temple, capital state of Odisha, located on coastal area of India, near Bay of Bengal. One can reach Bhubaneswar by Air from Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkotta, Bangalore etc. it takes 2 hours by flight and about 30 hours by train.
EVS TASKS:
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Slum Schools
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Teaching Kids below 14 years in Slum School of JRP
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Organise Educational Tour /Summer Camp for kids
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Organise Yoga / Music / Dance for kids
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Cooperation schools
JRP has many cooperation schools like Blossoms School, Gurukul School, sitanath School, Mahima School in Bhubaneswar city area . EVS volunteer has to organise Art, Music, Theatre, Dance in cooperation school as per their need
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Teach English and foreign languages in cooperation schools
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Develop and maintain solidarity organic school gardens
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Assist the schools in library, in lesson planning in summer camp etc
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Assist the schools for organizing their annual Day, Sport Day etc
Community Development Projects
The EVS volunteers can choose to work on any of the following community project:-
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Beekeeping and honey processing
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Production and promotion of Sanitary Napkins among women and girls/ Menstrual Hygiene Management programmes.
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WASH – Water Sanitation and Hygiene promotion like toilets construction, installation of water handpumps etc…
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Home for Senir Citizens – serving old people with fun/story telling/games etc
ERASMUS Plus programmes
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Assist JRP in organizing different Youth training programmes under ERASMUS Plus.
Crowd Funding
Assist JRP in fund mobilisation for different need based programmes through crowd funding and project proposal writing.
Other Innovative Programmes
Organise & participate on following programmes from time to time:
-Observation of different international Days like Women’s day, Youth Day, Volunteers Day, AIDS Day Health Day etc.
- Youth Assembly at YMCA (Partner organisation).
- Urban Gardening at city farmers Association (Partner organisation).
- Intercultural evening at YMCA & JRP.
-Story telling and Cultural session in School.
- Living library on street
-Human library at YMCA
JRP Office Activities
-Social media.
- Website updation
- Video & film production
- E-Bulletin (Quarterly)
- JRP visibility materials production.
- JRP library management
- Documentation
EVS Volunteer Own Project :
The EVS volunteer has to develop his/her own project based on the above programmes of JRP and on the basis of his/her skill.
LODGING AND FOOD:
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The EVS volunteer has to stay in a shared flat with other volunteers with minimum facilities like Kitchen, Refrigerator, Fan, Bed, Furniture etc with limited internet facility. The flat is located 4 km from JRP office and one has to come to office by Bus or Tuk Tuk Auto
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150 Euro as pocket and food money will be provided per month for a EVS volunteer
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Transport and food will be provided for going out Bhubaneswar for any project activity
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The members of JRP are the contact person for EVS programmes
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The EVS volunteer has to develop a monthly or weekly plan and has to submit a monthly report by the first week of the succeeding month. THIS IS MANDATORY.
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The EVS volunteer can avail leave as per rule but one has to inform in writing to mentor for going out on leave
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The EVS volunteer cannot take up any other tasks with other NGOs/Schools etc without the knowledge and approval of hosting organisation
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Strangers are not allowed to stay in the flat without the permission of mentor
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The volunteer has to work 38 hours per week in office and JRP field area. Working from home is not advisable