[Reader-list] Fwd: please help spread the message Fwd: Volunteer to improve ICDS and MNREGA in Araria, Katihar and East Champaran

[Rakesh Iyer]

Dear all,
please help spread the word about the internship in your college. we are
also going to be in delhi from 23rd to 26th and can come to your college if
need be.

thanks,
ashish


 Hard Work No Pay
Summer Jobs off the Beaten Track




*Do you support the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(MNREGA) and the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS)? Then why not
give some of your time to help make it work?

Last year 40 student volunteers from different universities across India
helped the Araria District Administration and Jan Jagaran Shakti Sangathan
( *www.jjabihar.org *) with other civil society groups to conduct a series
of social audits of NREGA works and ICDS centres. This year the ICDS
directorate, Bihar plans to conduct similar audits in East Champaran
District with the help of JJSS and other civil society organisations. JJSS
also plans to conduct social audits and awareness campaigns in few other
districts (subject to interest of the local administration).
*
Volunteers are needed for conducting social audits and surveys in these
districts of Bihar. This involves conducting awareness campaigns, organize
public meetings, monitoring the functioning of MNREGA and ICDS, helping
MNREGA workers file work application and related activities.

Volunteers should be prepared to work in rural areas for at least three
weeks, without modern comforts. Prior experience of fieldwork, and fluency
in English and Hindi, are preferred but not essential.


ICDS directorate will pay a fixed amount to those who are engaged in Social
Audits in East Champaran district (travel allowance plus minimum wage, i.e
Rs 144/day) which will cover all your expenses. For other audit exercises
there will be no stipend. However, since this is not a money-making
opportunity, we encourage you to apply for volunteer work with an open
mind. If a stipend is essential for you then please specify that you will
only work on the ICDS social audit in East Champaran. More importantly, it
is a chance for you to gain work experience, learn something about rural
India, and contribute to the realization of proper functioning MNREGA and
ICDS.


Also clarify the dates when you will be available. The audits will be
conducted in the months of May-June. Please send your resume to
ashish.ranjanjha at gmail.com by *20th April, 2012*.



For any clarification you can call Ashish at 09973363664.



Kamayani Swami and Ashish Ranjan for the Jan Jagaran Shakti Sangathan.



*ICDS directorate/JJSS will issue participation certificate



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