Youth For Seva
“Experience the joy of giving”
An Introduction
www.youthforseva.org
About YFS
• A platform for youth to “experience the joy of giving”
• Youth For Seva (‘YFS’) aims to:
 Inspire youth to volunteer
 Connect them to grass-root level NGOs
 Train volunteers to keep them motivated
 Orient NGOs to make best use of volunteers
• Attracted over 5,000 volunteers since April 2007
• YFS chapters in
 Bangalore, Mysore, Bellary, Hubli, Shimoga
 Pune, Mumbai
 Hyderabad
 Bhopal
 Coimbatore
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Role of YFS
- Engage Volunteers
- Encourage Volunteerism
Inspire
- Empower Volunteers to bring
about a positive change
- Train Volunteers
- Equip volunteers with
required Training Material
& Resource Kits
- Orient NGOs to make
best use of Volunteers
- Connect Volunteers
- To each other
- To various Projects
- With Various NGOs
- An incubation center for
new projects
Support
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Connect
Our Focus Areas
Verticals
Education
• Government Schools
and Slums
Health
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Doctors for Seva
Volunteer at Hospitals:
- St.Martha's, Kidwai
Environment
Green Commandos
• 'Say No To Plastics' drive
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• Orphanages, Centers
for Destitute Children
and Visually Impaired
Children
• School Adoption
Program
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School Health Program
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Sponsor a Patient
• Waste Management &
Recycling
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Blood Bank
• Rainwater Harvesting
• Computers for Schools
Special
Initiatives
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• Planting and Adopting
Saplings
• Green Clubs
Sponsor a
Child
School Kit Drive
Charity Sales
Education
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Teaching in Government schools, slums and orphanages:
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Identified government schools in each area in Bangalore
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Conduct regular training sessions for volunteers and orient them
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Volunteers select a school that is closest to them and teach a
subject they are comfortable with
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Teach Spoken English, Computer Skills at schools
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Conduct extra curricular activities like quiz, puzzles,
games, songs etc. are conducted
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Ready training material available for all activities
Education
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Computers for Schools (CFS): an initiative that attempts to provide a
holistic computer based education to school children
www.sites.google.com/site/cfsbangalore
• Collect donated surplus/obsolete/unused computers from private
sector sources and redistribute them to public schools
• Create computer labs in public schools that are centralized and
consist of networked thin-clients - resulting in lower installation
and maintenance costs.
• Install a Free Operating System called Edubuntu primarily written
for school children
• Provides the educational packages relevant to the profile of the
school students.
• Provides training to School Teachers and lab staff.
• Regularly administers the systems and provide maintenance.
• CFS Volunteers visit schools to teach children Computer skills.
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Education
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How you can help in CFS:
• Donate your old computer / laptop
• Become a System Administrator in the labs that already have
computers
• Help kids learn to use computers by taking computer classes on
weekends.
• Write Free Software to help school children understand their
subjects better. - In association with Free Software Movement,
Karnataka( http://www.fsmk.org/)
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Health Team @ YFS
1. Doctors For Seva
2. School Health Program
3. Volunteer at Hospitals
4. Sponsor a Patient
5. Blood Donor Program
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Health Team – Divisions
1) Doctors for Seva (DFS)
• Group of medical professionals who
voluntarily provide consultation,
medicines & treatments free of cost
• Checkups & Health Cards
• Sponsoring Medicines/Treatments
2) School Health
• Awareness Talks – Hygiene &
Nutrition
• Check ups – Medical, Dental, Eye
• Counselling
• Bosch CSR: School Adoption
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Health Team – Divisions
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3) Volunteer at Hospitals
• Help Desks at OPD
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Medical Records Dept.
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Assisting in therapy for stroke
patients
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Landscaping & Eco friendly
initiatives
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Spreading awareness on
health,environment issues.
Keep children engaged and
motivated thro’ Stories, Arts &
Crafts, Games, movies.
Rangoli competition for women
Health Team - Divisions
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4) Sponsor a Patient
• Group of medical professionals who voluntarily provide consultation,
medicines, treatments free of cost
• Checkups & Health Cards
• Sponsoring Medicines/Treatments
5) Blood donors at YFS
• Promotes the noble cause of Blood donation
• Organise Blood donation camps
• Contact for blood in an emergency
• Register as a blood donor at Youth for Seva
- Provide your Blood Group, Zone or Area, Contact number
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Environment wing @ YFS
• Partnered with the movement
called The Green Commandos
• Partnered with the Art of Living
group to engage volunteers in
planting saplings and in their
neighborhood and adopting
them
• Working under the guidance of
renowned Environmentalist Dr.
Yellappa Reddy
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Green Commandos
http://www.greencommandos.com
• Say No To Avoidable Plastics
• Planting and Adopting Saplings
• Segregation of bio- and non-biodegradable waste at
source
• Composting at apartments and houses
• Rainwater Harvesting
• Green Clubs in Schools
• ANIBIN division
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Special Initiatives
School Kit drive:
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Includes School Bag,Ten Note Books, Pen,
Pencil and Eraser, Geometry box
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Sponsor a school kit for just Rs.250/-
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Plan to sponsor 10,000 kits next academic year
Charity Sales:
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Sale of handicraft and eco friendly products thus helping artisians
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Organise charity sales for various NGOs at corporates and apartment
complexes
Sponsor a Child:
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Sponsor a child’s education and healthcare for as
little as Rs.500/month
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570 children supported under this program currently
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Target to sponsor 1500 children during 2011-12
Growth of Volunteering Activities
Legend
Health
Doctors For Seva
Health Camps
Work in hospitals
Blood Donation
Health
Doctors For Seva
Health Camps
Work in hospitals
Blood Donation
Environment
Say No To Plastics
Tree Plantation& Adoption
Waste Mgmt & Recycling
Rain Water Harvesting
Green Clubs
Environment
Say No To Plastics
Tree Plantation & Adoption
Waste Mgmt & Recycling
Rain Water Harvesting
Green Clubs
Animal Help Division
Environment
Say No To Plastics
Tree Plantation & Adoption
Waste Mgmt & Recycling
Rain Water Harvesting
Green Clubs
Animal Help Division
Others Initiatives
Summer Camps
School kit Sponsorship
Others Initiatives
Summer Camps
School kit Sponsorship
Charity Sale
Sponsor a Child
Others Initiatives
Summer Camps
School kit Sponsorship
Charity Sale
Sponsor a Child
Sponsor a Patient
Others Initiatives
Summer Camps
School kit Sponsorship
Charity Sale
Sponsor a Child
Sponsor a Patient
Education
Spoken English
Extra Curr Activities
Education
Spoken English
Extra Curr Activities
Computers For Schools
Education
Spoken English
Extra Curr Activities
Computers For Schools
School Adoption Program
Education
Spoken English
Extra Curr Activities
Computers For Schools
School Adoption Program
Area of Work
New Activities started in the year
Activities continued from previous year
Education
Spoken English
Extra Curr. Activities
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
Engaging and Orienting Volunteers
1.Volunteer
Registration
2. Training and
Orientation of
Volunteers
3. Volunteer Assignment
to Projects based
on specific interest
9. Redeployment
of Volunteers
8. Retraining
where
required
7. Periodic Meetings.
Communication/Updates
sent to Volunteers
4. Connect Volunteers to
Zonal / Project
Coordinator
5. Volunteers
work on
assigned
projects
6. Send Updates and
Feedback to
Project/Zonal Coordinator
Volunteering Models
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Volunteering Opportunities
Education
• Teach English and
basics of Computers
• Set up Computer labs
and maintain it
• Write Free Software for
children
• Act as scribes for the
differently abled
• Be a Mentor to a child
Health
• Assist at hospitals in
 Running the helpdesk
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Therapy of stroke patients
• Organize and conduct
 School Health Program
and referrals
Health Camps and other
health initiatives
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• Donate Blood
Environment
• 'Say No To Plastics'
drive
• Planting and Adopting
trees near your locality
• Waste Management &
Recycling near your
homes/apartment
• Rainwater Harvesting
• Setup Green Clubs
Others
• Donate your unused PC
• Organize Charity Sales in your office
• Be a co-ordinator in your zone or office
• Sponsor a Child
• Sponsor a School Kit
• Sponsor a Patient
CSR Partnerships – School adoption
• Adopt a government school for improving the learning
standards.
• YFS deploys one full time teacher per school and one
coordinator for 2 schools.
• Coordinator handles life skills training, inspires the
children and engages other part time volunteers in the
school.
• Current CSR Partners for school adoption: KPIT
Cummins, Phillips
Note: All YFS projects encourages the employees from the sponsoring company to take
active part as volunteers thus ensuring high level of transparency and ownership.
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CSR Partnerships - Healthcare in school
• Sponsor healthcare program in a government school
• YFS provides doctors from its ‘Doctors for Seva’ team
• Medical checkup includes General health, dental,
eye,ear and anaemia test
• Post-medical checkup followup referrals
• Sponsoring company
 takes care of arrangement and medicines for camps
 provides transportation to take children to hospitals for referrals
• Hospitals in DFS network will treat the patients free of
charge
• Current CSR Partners for school health: BOSCH
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CSR Partnerships – Green Clubs
• Setup a ‘Green Club’ in a cluster of 10 schools.
• YFS deploys one full time coordinator for setting up and
running Green Clubs in 10 schools.
• Awareness sessions are conducted for all the children in
the school about eco-friendly lifestyle.
• 25-30 interested students form Green Club.
• GC members setup an eco-friendly campus by planting
saplings, implementing solid waste management system,
recycling and if possible rain water harvesting.
• Current CSR Partner for Green Clubs: EMC Data
Storage Systems.
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CSR Partnerships - Employees
• YFS facilitates involvement of employees of a company
in various volunteering activities.
• The company arranges for 30 minutes presentation to its
employees.
• YFS would present opportunities for volunteering across
Bangalore and connect interested volunteers to projects
closer to their homes.
• YFS presentations done at: EMC Data Storage Systems,
Infosys, KPIT Cummins, Corelogic, BOSCH, Target, HP,
Space Matrix, Marvell Labs.
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One-Time Activities for Corporates & Employees
• Education:
• Sponsor a school kit, Sponsor a child’s education
• Organize educational trips to Museum, Planetarium, Zoo, etc
• Organize issue-based competitions – Environment awareness, First
Aid/Safety
• Funding of buss pass or school fees for deserving and needy children
• Health:
• Organise Blood donation camps
• Provision of better sanitation, safe drinking water
• Sponsoring women’s health checkup
• Sponsor one time treatment - eye glasses, dental treatment, lab tests
• Environment:
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Start a green club at your office
“No Plastics” drive
Train and spread the message of Living a Green Lifestyle
Planting and adopting saplings
Contact Details
Youth For Seva
8/28, Bull Temple Road,
Bangalore, Karnataka 560 004
Email: info@youthforseva.org
Tel : +91-80-26607687
www.youthforseva.org
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