Edition 36

PHILANTHROPY
Solar Library
Overcoming irregular electricity supply, a Solar Library
was set up in the village Govt. School. 1100 books,
gathered by NSS DTU members, during “The Joy of
Giving Week”, by organizing a donation drive in DTU
campus, were thus made available to the kids in the
village through the camp.
Survey and Meeting Bureaucracy
An extensive survey was conducted in order to gather
necessary data about the villagers which could
further be utilised for availment of Govt. schemes and
benefits. The insights were discussed in sessions with
Mr. Amit Kishore, District Magistrate and Mr. Sanjeev
Tyagi, Superintendent of Police, Rampur.
Other activities of NSS DTU included the Adolescent Awareness Campaign in which sessions on “Menstrual
Health” were conducted throughout the year about hygiene and health related risks. They also kickstarted their
new project Recycle Today, in collaboration with NGO Jagruti with the motto “Go Green, It’s Our Dream” in
August 2016. NSS-DTU will recycle old lab files, notes and notebooks and use the funds to buy stationery items
for underprivileged children.
Give Back
NGOs to Volunteer For
Vishesh Kashyap, 1st Year, ME
Volunteering for NGOs which represent causes you
believe in, provides you with an opportunity to give back
to the society, and make a difference to the lives of the
less fortunate. It also gives you a chance to meet a new
people and develop new skills.
A number of NGOs representing a plethora of causes welcome volunteers from around the country.
1. Udaan aims to provides affordable and intensive one-to-one rehabilitation and training to children and
adults with moderate to severe disabilities.
2. Honour aims to prevent the use of drugs by the youth by creating awareness about their menace, as well
as to support the recovery of addicts in partnership with rehabilitation centers, psychiatrists and social
workers.
3. Pratham works towards the provision of quality education to the less privileged.
4. Smile Foundation aims to empower underprivileged children, youth and women through relevant
education and innovative healthcare.
5. Deepalaya work alongside the economically and socially deprived, the physically and mentally challenged
so that they become educated, skilled and self-reliant.
6. CARE India aims to fight poverty and social exclusion by facilitating empowerment of women and girls
from poor and marginalized communities.
7. Greenpeace focuses its campaigning on a variety of issues such as climate change, deforestation, genetic
engineering and pollution.
8. Teach for India gives the youth an opportunity to lend their skills by serving as teachers for the less
privileged, aiming to solve the problem of educational inequity.
9. Helpage India India aims to work for the cause and care of disadvantaged older persons and to improve
their quality of life.
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