A national initiative for volunteerism: An initiative by the International Association for Human Values and the Art of Living Foundation

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 Volunteer for a Better India (VFABI) is a project for making a difference to our
city, our country and above all to one's self
 A Citizen's Action Plan
 Old and young, rich and poor, urban and slum dwellers
 School/college students, Corporate and Business Community, NGOs, RWAs,
Hospitals, Leaders from Art, Culture, Music, Literature,Theatre
 Give 1 Hour to the Nation
 Choose any Activity that you think will make a difference, under any of the 6
Themes - Environment, Education, De addiction, Girl Child andWomen's Safety,
Senior Citizens and Good Governance/Voice against Corruption
 Several hundreds of such activities taken up all over India

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 Feb 3, New Delhi’s historical Ramlila Maidan
 International bodies like UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNFPA
 Over 100,000 citizens, youth, civil society organizations all over the world
 Google Hangout, physical presence
 Art of Living founder and spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
 Need to channelize public anger over social ills and incidents positively so as to
build a violence-free society

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 Volunteers pledged to give 1 hour to the nation everyday
 3 help lines to council people with violent tendencies, for legal aid and awareness
and council school children and their parents
 Delhi Medical Association - 15,000 doctors’ pledged to give “Two Sundays aYear”
to the nation.
 Rejuvenation of Kumudavathi River and the enrolment of 10,000 youths from 150
colleges in electoral rolls.

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 EDUCATION
For the UnderprivilegedChildren
 DE ADDICTION
Awareness of Substance Abuse
 GIRL CHILD AND WOMEN'S SAFETY
Female Feticide
Women Safety
 SENIOR CITIZENS
Create a sense of belongingness
 GOOD GOVERNANCE
Accountability of Civic Agencies
Voice Against Corruption
 ENVIRONMENT
Waste Segregation
Ban on Plastic
Water Conservation
Cleanliness

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 Largest illiterate population in the
world
 Adult Literacy Rate 74.04% (2011)
 Youth Literacy Rate 82% (2001)
 1990 study estimated that it would
take until 2060 for India to achieve
universal literacy at then-current
rate of progress

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 OrphanageVisit:
Every Child is special and believing in this, We the volunteers of Kolkata organised a visit to Siddharth
United Social Welfare Mission.The orphanage shelters around 80 children.We Spent 3 hours with
these children aging 5-15 years.
 Slum Development:
This is an On going project for Ultadanga Slum Development. Our Main motive is to do Surveys in this
area and accordingly we will start a development activities and also to empower slum people to take
their area's responsibility.
 Give One Hour Each Day :
This activity aims at educating underprivileged children in Jalandhar, contribute your 1 hour a week to
teach them.We can choose dates and subjects to teach subjects like Math and English.

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Age 12-18
Alcohol
Cannabis
Opiates
Other
Reported by the UN Office on Drugs:
http://meridethhenrie4y.jimdo.com/

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 LivingWell: The art of living presents a new course on diabetes, hipertension,
cholesterol, and obesity. It is the new LIVINGWELL COURSE. Living well is a holistic life style
modification course for any individual suffering from chronic illness.
 De-Addiction Camp: De-addiction camp was held within the premises of
Mahavir Hospital at Rahul Colony in Faridabad on Dec 30,2012.
 Awareness CampaignAgainstAlcohol : We are
Campaigning In small Groups. Apart from Slums we are promoting the Campaign in other Areas
(Residential & Markets) We ask people to take pledge not to Drink and not to attend parties where liquor
is served.

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 India - crimes against women during 2003-2007
0 20000 40000 60000 80000
Rape
Dowry Death
Torture
Molestation
2012
2011
2010
National Crime Records Bureau,
India : SearchIndia.com

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 Female Feticide: People's views about female feticide and women security...This
Activity involves meeting people and encouraging them to stop female feticide.
 Self-Defense: For ladies of Bavdhan, a Suburb of Pune city, the Bavdhan Action Group
formed after the Candle Light March for Awareness for Women's safety on 26 Jan, has organized "Self
Defense Classes for Ladies" .
 Women’s Safety: Group activity with nehru yuva kender and aol at rivajpur village,
about 40 women & girls take participate & volunteering for a better india

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 About 77 million senior citizens in India (7.5% of population in 2001)
 As many as 90% have no social security and are emotionally depressed
 35 % of the elderly in urban areas and 32 % in rural areas live alone
 40 % of older people living with their families are reportedly facing abuse of one
kind or another, but only 1 in 6 cases actually comes to light
 Most elders are ill-treated by their own children, who have emerged as the
largest group of perpetrators at 47.3 %
 Neglect is the most common form of abuse at 48.7 per cent followed by
emotional/psychological, financial exploitation physical abuse and abandonment
respectively

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 SpendingTime with Senior Citizens
 A Helping Hand to the Senior Citizens: We have
provided senior citizens residing atAC andAD blocks of Shalimar Bagh with the list of important contact
numbers comprising of Chemist shops, grocery shops, doctors, hospitals in that area, local police.
 Granny’s Club: The Senior citizen club theme for the Day was Interaction of the Kids
with senior citizens to creat the sense of belongingness.The Kids gave their introduction to the elderlies
and elders also gave their introduction to the kids.

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Amount of Reported Bribe Demands (N=90)
Amount of Reported
Bribe Demands (N=90)
http://trak.in/tags/business/2009/06/30/india-
corruption-bribery-report/

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 To Show Solidarity for Cause inTibet: As a result of hardline
policies insideTibet, leading to political repression, cultural assimilation, Chinese population transfer,
economic marginalization and environmental destruction.
 Flag Hoisting: Come together and celebrate the spirit of independence.
 Run For a Better India: Run For A Better India is a cross country run for a
cause which is part of a project named “Volunteer For A Better India” undertaken by the Art of Living
Foundation.

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 Pollution > CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas
flaring 1999 - 293,938 thousand metric tons
 Industrial organic pollutants per available freshwater - 0.97 tons/cubic km

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 Clean Up at Railway Stations: VBI MUMBAI has taken the initiative
to clean up the Railway stations of Mumbai. The schedule of the same is shared in the photo
attachment.
 Clean Beach and No Plastic: Often seen people throwing cans,
plastics and waste on the beach or pavement just because they are lazy to go the nearest dustbin or are
insensitive towards the issue.
 Turning UrbanWaste into Resources: Every year, in
every house we have to dispose no of old and unusable items like old/new cloth, woolens, blankets,
utensils, footwear(in pairs), dry ration, sewing machines, umbrellas, school material, books, toys,
newspapers, magazines,

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