PROTSAHAN requires Project Coordinators at Delhi!

Employee Designation: Project Coordinator [FULL TIME]

Employee Role

On appointment to Protsahan India Foundation as Project Coordinator you will be reporting to the Director of Protsahan India Foundation, with the responsibility of managing the operations at Protsahan’s Educare Project at New Delhi.

Employee Responsibilities

The following are the responsibilities attached to the role.

        I.            Project Coordinator

• Execute and Manage the Project Educare at New Delhi in all its entirety.
• Manage the volunteer inductions and corporate interactions.
• Recruit and manage the beneficiaries  (students)
• Assist the Director in designing and implementing the curriculum at the centres.
• Maintain internet powered report cards of students on daily basis.
• Analyse student reports on weekly basis (through excel and the Google spreadsheet we created).
• Manage class schedules, photographs and analyse charts, producing a weekly report-sheet for Management board for the child’s regular progress.
• Manage coordination with rehab centres and child homes.
• Conduct funky art workshops / encouragement sessions for students regularly.
• Manage the food and nutrition requirements of the street children under the project and direct reporting to the Management board.
• Be the spokesperson for all corporate interactions.
• Attend meetings, conferences, volunteer orientation sessions and on-line skype meetings when necessary (If you think you shouldn’t be absolutely contacted on a Sunday, please do not apply! Any emergent street child requirement can come up, we are looking for commitment.)
• Manage fundraising activities from time to time (If you are creative and wish to change the world, you should apply!)

What YOU gain when you work with Protsahan.

• Money will stop making sense to you (yeah, we are scary people that way!) although we promise to pay your salary cheques by 7th of every month. Or if there is too much of running around that month, by 12th or 14th. But get them you will That is a sacred promise though!
• You might just end up LIVING your life (and slogging your a$$ out for children you hadn’t known until yesterday!)
• Real reporting – the corporate style will begin NOW! (All those reports so far that you submitted to your college dean..bah! humbug! you yourself will look at them and giggle like an 8 yr old.)
• You would define “slogging” better than an Oxford Dictionary, precisely just before your first appraisal.
• You would know WHAT WORKING IN A START UP means [that too a non-profit start up! Oh God save you! ]
• You’d end up giving food to the street kid before you feed yourself that day.
• You might end up appreciating Star Wars more than a romantic SRK flick. [Each day is tough with the kind of work we do. A battle. Trust us on that. If you were expecting ac office rooms, kindly apply to a call center.]
• You would end up defining Multitasking better than a mom with 3 kids.

Basic Requirements:

• YOU should definitely be creative and willing to work in the excitement (or craziness) of a start up.
• Be willing to commit a year if not more (Else, seriously, we don’t want to waste our time. Yeah, we are candid people that way.)
• There will absolutely be times, when your parents would wish to disown you because of crazy work schedules, but you should know how to smile that funny smile and convince them about your passion.
• If you spell Grammar as Grammer, please do not apply (We are on our knees for this requirement. It is bhery important and close to our hearts ;p )
• YOU SHOULD be PASSIONATE about BRINGING CHANGE & the cause that PROTSAHAN stands for.
• We expect maturity in your demeanor and a certain warmth in your smile.

IF YOU GOT ALL THE ABOVE and are willing to work for monies from 10-15 k, write to us. Yeah, we are candid about money as well. We are transparent. We expect your commitments to be equally awesome and transparent too. Pls DONOT apply if you are looking for a summer job. Just shoot your resumes at ngo.protsahan@gmail.com with a  cover letter. If we like the reasons enough on your cover letter, we wont bother looking at the resumes. Yeah. Really. And you shall hear soon from a very attractive boy/girl from our organization. Nahh! Just kidding. We are kind of getting old now. Or wait.

JUST FREAKIN’ APPLY. Period.

Disclaimer: We are a youth organization with our founder an ex-ad/communications woman, another one from IIT-Madras and some more young people with their hearts and heads at the right place. Just that, we decided to quit our ‘gyan’ jobs and started PROTSAHAN and so rather than working for a corporate, we use the same passion to work to make a child on the street facing drug and sex abuse, smile a little. Thats all we do. Pretty much. [pssst..and reports and excel sheets and corporate jazz] but shhhh.

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Warmest

Sonal Kapoor

Founder Director

PROTSAHAN

+91-9540781011

ngo.protsahan@gmail.com

PROTSAHAN is looking for 2 Design Fellows 2013-14.

Ok..so here we are hiring! Yeah.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Two very bright and creative [Read: madly creative..yes..that is the level we desire]
• Young people [Age: 18-30] who have a knack for design and creative thinking [Your NIFT/NID/IDC or design degrees are added advantage, even if you have ever sung Zombie on stage, let us know! We would admire that.]
• Who know Delhi, Delhi Metro and are not afraid to roll out a Creative Arts Project for over a lakh children in the capital city under the Founder’s guidance.
• Who can run around in sneakers and paint their faces with equal gusto as if sitting for a Board Examination.
• Who don’t count hours of work but happiness they’ll be generating for city’s children [and get paid too!]
• Who can decently handle a DSLR. Its ok, we are not looking for stud photographers. If you have heard of Instagram and how to tweet, our love for you will be slightly more.]
• Who know corel and photoshop at the back of their hands.
• Who really can’t understand Math [Thats the last thing you would need here]
• Who spell Grammar as GrammAr and not anything else.
• Who can work in slums, streets and The Taj with the same level headedness.
• Who are ready to learn each day, innovate at the drop of a hat and be grilled [Damn we are strict..be scared, be very scared!]
• Who can coordinate with other NGOs, Corporates and schools and execute a project.

• WHAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR:

• If you wish to only make a college report at the end of the project and submit it to your dean, tada! We wouldn’t need you.
• If you cannot commit from May 2013 to Jan 2014, we wouldn’t need you.

• WHAT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW AT THE VERY OUTSET:
• If you are coming for reasons other than getting learnings and creative platforms to explore, you shall be dissapointed.
• If you are looking at a big corporate office with air conditioners, you shall be very dissapointed. (We fix our own fans and phones.)
• Attend meetings, conferences, volunteer orientation sessions and on-line skype meetings when necessary (If you think you shouldn’t be absolutely contacted on a Sunday, please do not apply! Any emergent street child requirement can come up, we are looking for commitment.)
• Be willing to commit a year if not more (Else, seriously, we don’t want to waste our time. Yeah, we are candid people that way.)
• Pls DONOT apply if you are looking for a summer job.

• What YOU gain when you work with PROTSAHAN.

• Money will stop making sense to you (yeah, we are scary people that way!) although we promise to pay your salary cheques by 7th of every month. Or if there is too much of running around that month, by 12th or 14th. But get them you will  That is a sacred promise though!
• You might just end up LIVING your life (and slogging your hearts out for children you hadn’t known until yesterday!)
• Real reporting – the corporate style will begin NOW! (All those reports so far that you submitted to your college dean..bah! humbug! you yourself will look at them and giggle like an 8 yr old.)
• You would define “slogging” better than an Oxford Dictionary, precisely just before your first appraisal.
• You would know WHAT WORKING IN A START UP means [that too a non-profit start up! Oh God save you!  ]
• You’d end up giving food to the street kid before you feed yourself that day.
• You might end up appreciating Star Wars more than a romantic SRK flick. [Each day is tough with the kind of work we do. A battle. Trust us on that. If you were expecting ac office rooms, kindly apply to a call center.]
• You would end up defining Multitasking better than a mom with 3 kids.

So that’s about it.

The fellowship scholarship will be 8000 Rupees/ month at Protsahan.

Send us your complete CV and a 500 word essay on why do you think you are creative enough to be taken up as a PROTSAHAN 2013 Fellow. Email: ngo.protsahan@gmail.com

You can check us out on Facebook: PROTSAHAN or on our website: Click here

Application period closes on 14th May 2013. Help us share this post to get the best talent no?

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Warmest

Sonal Kapoor

Founder / Creative Director

PROTSAHAN INDIA FOUNDATION

Ph: 011-25355181

Address: 107, Phase 3, Vikas Nagar [Hastasal Slums] Nearest MRT: Uttam Nagar East Metro.

Empathy in schools should be as important as Algebra or Subject Verb Agreements.

Reblogged from another Protsahan blog:
http://protsahanindiafoundation.blogspot.in/2012/03/activating-empathy-at-schools.html?spref=fb

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“Yes. I am passing days fighting my emotions everyday. Yes, I’m a warrior of self created blindfolds. Yes, I’m trying to find my way. Yes, I’m tired of thinking and trying to make the best out of my life. Maybe, I’ve forgotten the importance of feelings, the importance of emotions and the importance of human relationships. Maybe…Just Maybe”

In today’s fast paced world, children are made to learn numbers and theories while adults lead a life devoid of real moments to treasure. Life is turning into a rat race with humanity losing meaning.
It’s not just the marginalised sections and under privileged sections we look past with cold-disturbing ignorance but even our own peers sometimes. Are we losing the essence of living? Are we getting choked in the rut of existing dogmas and views? Are we losing the race of life in the endeavour to win the race of our egos and green paper?
Maybe we are. Maybe we need to connect back to our soul. Maybe we need to strongly reach out and awaken emotions like love and empathy within our selves. Maybe…
If maybe is “to be”, we pro-actively need to create an environment of positivity and growth, a healthy approach towards respecting human freedom while preserving indispensable foundations like “understanding people and their emotions”, helping others gain foothold and live a life of dignity, encourage and enthuse the zest for living into disheartened souls. Yes. The importance of empathy needs to be recognised and built upon. This has to be activated in primary levels at schools and need to grow onto colleges and organizations with the due importance it deserves.

At Protsahan, we work for street children and commercial sex workers/ sexually abused/drug abused children. We started with ART and COLORS and LOVE. Curricula only came later. That is the exact very reason how Protsahan has been able to touch a cord across the world, with volunteers and organizations alike.

Sonal, Founder CEO, PROTSAHAN India Foundation says, “Empathy in school curricula should be as important as Algebra or subject verb agreements. Else what are we trying to give our children? Rote education? Who scores how much on percentile terms/grades? Creativity cannot be forced when pressures of getting 97.854567% makes one get admitted or rejected in “colleges of repute”. Creativity will happen with open minds, with empathy, with respect for differences.”

“One time at Protsahan, we got two special girl children who could not speak or hear, and had never been to a school. It was difficult to get them straight to numbers and alphabets. We did a ‘Coffee on Warli’ workshop. We made huge paintings and drawings with “coffee powder”. They couldn’t listen or speak, but they could smell the aroma wafting from their drawings. We’ve never seen them as excited about things ever. Empathy can do wonders. This is empathy.”

Ashoka is launching a global initiative to ensure that children master empathy, enabling them to be effective citizens, leaders and trailblazers.

Protsahan India Foundation is partnering with Ashoka Changemakers in this initiative. To be a part of this contest, enter nominate and spread the word.

http://tinyurl.com/Empathy-NP

You could also share your comments and views with us on how empathy can be fostered at schools using your own creative ideas!

-Madhusha Dash

Official Blogger

Protsahan India Foundation

TIME TO LEAD CHANGE

 How many times have you looked at the streets and felt sad or angry about the dismal state of  beggars?

How many times have you exclaimed, “Poor thing!” OR just rolled up the windows in exasperation?

How many times have you blamed the country, the politicians, the mafia or “anyone” for the prevailing issues?

 It’s a fact that the economic gap, the growing discrepancies between evolving and degrading sections is so stark that it can be labeled as alarming now. While a small portion is growing wealthier, another section of the society is depleting with each passing day. Be it the distinction between nations on a global level or the class distinction in a country. The only change seems to be a dismaying width between the fortunate and less fortunate and the only way to cope up with this situation is respond with change to these changes!

 We have envisioned a way to do our bit, to hold some hands and to realize dreams for the less fortunate. We think Socio-Economic growth is the need of the hour! We hope to bridge the gap through our distinct way.

 Well! You may say all this talking is easy but implementation is a challenge, the hurdles on the way are so many that the efforts go futile. We agree with you on the challenges faced by change-makers. True! Out of hundred initiatives, only a few foundations are strong enough to build into institutions with time. Our focus here is on such success stories; these stories are like beacons that guide us and are an unending supply of encouragement to strive at what we deeply believe in.

Teach for All, an organization that internationally supports local entrepreneurs who wish to start independent, locally-governed organizations, founded in 2007 has spread all over the world within 5 years of its inception! RARE, an organization involved with sensitizing the need for preservation of the environment has witnessed remarkable success in years. Did we miss something? These organizations thrive primarily on their own funds along with the some support. Initiatives by people of courage who took up a cause passionately, nurtured it through their efforts and unique approach of impact investing. Unlike other NGO’s, they gave people a skill to catch fish instead of fishing it out for them. We stump for this approach because it lionizes individual growth which in turn elevates the entire community to a higher level.

 We do not believe in mere philanthropy or what we call charity without a heart. We believe in promoting self sustainability and competitive growth. Unleashing potential untapped talent and giving it a chance to shine, to polish unnoticed opportunities and help them metamorphose into budding self reliant models. Reaching the grass roots of the slums and catalyzing evolution right from the beginning, developing the bottom of the pyramid with a vision to raise the standard of living on a larger scale. Are you able to visualize the big picture with us?

 Our kids want support not just sympathy. They want a chance to live a better life, to contribute to the building of a better society. We want you to be a part of this initiative and help in the transformation.

 ‘Now’, is the time to lead the change….With Protsahan!

 

-Madhusha Dash

Official Blogger

PROTSAHAN

 

 

 

Be a Protsahan Changemaker – Shout out to Interns/Volunteers!

Hey all

Protsahan - A social initiative that believes in the power of creativity of colors and stories (Click here to see) in bringing change in the lives of the underprivileged. We call volunteers and interns for 2011-12. Remember, you don’t have to have a college degree to volunteer. You don’t even have to make your subject and your verb agree to be eligible to volunteer. You just need to have a will to bring change. We have projects for volunteers, social media outreach programs, community need assessment and research, filmmaking, fundraising projects, creating advtg campaigns for a social cause, cartoon sketching for a cause and tons of projects involving corporate and CSR interaction, all with on ground experience of working with street children and slum/rural families, based on four main programmes that Protsahan works on. Programmes at Protsahan.

Why should you volunteer/intern with us?  At Protsahan, volunteering is an exciting and enjoyable. Check out Anja’s Volunteer Diaries…or Shruthi’s experience as a volunteer at Protsahan.

What we are NOT looking for: Candidates, who’ll just want to submit a project report to their college dean, at the end of the project.  Nah! This place ain’t for you then.

What are we looking for: Passion & Commitment to REALLY bring change in a life and a smile on a face.  If you have a creative bent, even better. Thats it. If you have it, we WANT you. NOW. As an intern. As a volunteer.

Fill this up, to help us know you better : VOLUNTEER FORM | Join the young brigade. Say aye!

Join us on Facebook.

Join us on Twitter : @NGOPROTSAHAN

More details about Protsahan: www.protsahanindiafoundation.org

When Colours heal fears ! PROTSAHAN’S Wall Project

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“Remember those times, when you splashed buckets of rang chasing your friends and ran infinitely across streets just to take ‘the Gulal revenge’ on your sibling! What frolic and gaiety times they were… We definitely cherish our childhood and always yearned for our children at Protsahan to have wonderful memories of this colorful festival, Holi”

Protsahan’s children were thrilled when they got to know ‘didi’s and bhaiya’s’ (Accenture’s employees) will be marching down to their little school in Uttam Nagar on last Saturday evening (26th March 2011) with white charts, paints and lots of energy – to re-play Holi, the creative way. Thus started the idea of Great Wall Project Saturdays at Protsahan.

Together with the children, volunteers painted the classroom walls green and red, blue and yellow. Protsahan’s children unleashed their creative instincts, let hues chant the slogans of jubilance and saw the colors go swoosh on their walls! Children went wild with imagination and started painting parrots, yatches, bright yellow suns and not to forget the hand-marks.

What more, some children manifested the idea of “green art” using pencil scraps as a canvass to portray their thoughts; this got us to wonder how young and pure yet so conscious they were. We had the rare opportunity to glimpse at beautiful Madhubani paintings, perfect and so intricate. Protsahan had conducted Madhubani workshops sometime ago and the team was exhilarated to see their little ones learn a deal great from these sessions.

Saturday’s are always full of surprises, and to be honest we’ve never seen wider smiles on our children when they look at colors. We are much honored to have Accenture amongst us today. We saw Chhoti paint her heart out, she one of those kids who hardly speaks, she is a shy child who comes from troubled back-ground. Poonam, the yatch painter (see attached pictures) wanted to become a sailor one day. Kiran stood proud of her master-piece parrot with big wings!. The Accenture employees were so supportive and enthusiastic. In the end, they were smiling as much as our little Piccasoes!

Indeed, colors heal fears and bring much more than just smiles. The dream and infinite hope with which Protsahan had started 12 months ago has been transformed into a remarkable initiative thanks to such projects.

To the next generation, to Protsahan!

Young Indians raise funds for Protsahan the TWESTIVAL way!

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 Finally the long awaited Delhi Twestival (Twitter Festival) 2011 is here at Ramada Plaza, 19, Ashoka Road (half a km from nearest metro station: Patel chowk).  Months and weeks of hard work will be out there… not just for you and me to see…but for all those little eyes of little girls from Protsahan… whose lives might just never be the same again. Because of Delhi Twestival, there’ll be more hope, more smiles and a better life in the wings for 59 LIVES!!! Protsahan says thank you to all the wonderful volunteers @cherub_pallavi , @vikastexts , @mohakprince , @lazyabhi , @bblessy , @pulkitchaturved , @PriyanshuRanjan , @SiddharthMukund , @KenSeam and everyone said and unsaid, behind the scenes who are working with all the enthusiasm and zeal to make it a success. There’ll be LIVE streaming of India-Australia World Cup Quarter Final match + Poolside chilling out with your buddies + Cracking up crazzy comedy with Delhi’s very best English comedian – Rajneesh Kapoor + Raffle with crazzy prizes up for grabs. And every little gesture here will add up to more smiles. Protsahan Team gives a huge shoutout to all our supporters/ social media enthusiasts/ twitter folks and everyone who loves cricket. Come support the cause of street children at Protsahan in your own way – no boring ngo meet ups… Just a crazzy fun filled night of cheering for India at a great setting at Ramada Plaza with fellow Indians and some great social netwrking. It cannot get better. More details here: Delhi Twestival Blog Will we see you there? RSVP HERE. Love from entire Protsahan team! Sonal Kapoor Founder | Protsahan Twitter Handle: @ArtForCause Protsahan on Facebook 9540781011

Story Telling Festival

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Life will go on as long as there is someone to sing, to dance, to tell stories and to listen.

Protsahan believes in educating the children of the world through stories. Triggered by that thought Protsahan celebrates an ongoing, neverending Storestival..yes a festival that celebrates the art of story telling with street kids. We have used puppets, props, champaks, stages, music, laptops to spin creative yarns and yarns of meaningful stories. The impact has been tremendous. The morals & learnings spread out have reached every child‘s soul. Once every month, we celebrate a Storestival Day at Protsahan. Using Panchtantra stories, Aesop’s Fables, we try and bring change through the art of story telling to every kid’s heart. Storytelling is one of those few things that has been common to almost all civilizations. Whether in the form of a sprawling epic or a pointed ballad, the story is our most ancient method of making sense out of experience and of preserving the past. It needs no perfection, just the enthusiasm of interaction with the listeners. Crossword Stores have also supported Protsahan in this initiative!

Isnt it amazing if children, as little girls of eight-nine, could sit down and write their stories, they could escape the parts of life they didn’t like, embroider the parts they did and thus control the life they had! Infact…think for a moment. Are each of our lives any different from ‘mini stories’? Souls that take up bodies, experience a million mini stories of lifetimes and conclude…only to begin with another story.

Volunteer with Protsahan at Delhi. Or simply tell a story to your maid’s little one. Even if ‘that’ spirit of learning and teaching is garnered with the youth today, Team Protsahan will be happy to know, the storytelling movement of bringing change is spreading. Write to us at ngo.protsahan@gmail.com. Contact us at +91-9540781011.

Get connected on Facebook.  Next time around, do you wish to spin a yarn with our children at Storestival? Come, let us know your favourite story