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February 2005
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Issue 39 |
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FR Snapshot Voluntary organisations responded immediately to the devastion and tragedy of the Tsunami While almost every voluntary organisation and group across the world is trying to help, the speed and purpose with which Indian NGOs have provide immediate relief, is commendable. Along with literally hundreds of voluntary organisations, the Tsunami-South India NGO Coordination Cell is actively involved with the relief and rehabilitation projects and is coordinating efforts of various NGOs. The group has partnered with 21 local voluntary organisations in the 7 affected districts of Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Kanyakumari, and Karaikkal. Relief is now being provided to more than 16,053 families. The informal alliance, endeavouring to make a change has staff and volunteers that have been tirelessly working to set into place plans, strategies, donations and volunteers to initiate relief, encouragement and a gradual return to normality. The Tsunami-South India NGO Coordination Cell can be contacted on: +91 44 26244211 or prepare@vsnl.com Some ways in which individual organisations are trying to help in Tsunami disaster relief: 1. Dr Regi and Dr Lalitha of Tribal Health Initiative are providing medicines and medical care in the Kalpakkam area with a team of health workers and paramedical personnel. 2. Udavum Karangal (Helping Hands) is adopting a small village near Cuddalore where about 500 families have lost everything. 3. Citizen's Initiative, a network of 31 NGOs in Gujarat, has sent a mobile clinic to Chennai and now other materials and donations are being collected. 4. The Environment Support Group, Bangalore has formed a network with NGOs and some colleges, to organise a march for collecting relief material from parts of Bangalore. 5. Sristi, Ahmedabad and IIM (A) have raised Rs 50,000 in one day and sent three ambulances to the affected areas. They are organising a cultural programme to raise funds. 6. The Sumanahalli Society has sent a team of nurses, social workers and volunteers to Cuddalore, with medicines worth Rs. 1 lakh, clothes and food. 7. MAITRI, Pune is organising and training volunteers in disaster management and has raised Rs 1.5 lakh through appeals. Do let us know what you are doing and we'd love to write about it. |
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News in Brief What's happening in communication & fundraising? Income tax for NGOs Financial Management Service Foundation (FMSF), which disseminates information on financial and legal issues relevant to voluntary organisations has launched a new website called www.incometaxforngos.org. This website deals with all relevant issues on income tax laws pertaining to NGOs. There are 28 FAQs apart from 12 Chapters on various processes from registration to TDS. All the forms are also uploaded on the site. FMSF's other sites are www.fmsfindia.org, www.fcraforngos.org and www.legalissuesforngos.org. Synergos Institute's Senior Fellows programme Pushpa Singh, Vice President - Programmes, for Give Foundation and Priya Vishwanath, CEO, Charities Aid Foundation, India havebeen selected for the Synergos Institute's Senior Fellows programme. The three-year fellowship for senior voluntary sector staff with extensive experience in philanthropy, is a platform for peer learning of global 'best practices'. Participants spend at least two weeks on fellowship activities, conducting and attending workshops, attending a Global Fellow Meet, creating materials that can be disseminated widely. We wish them the very best. For more details, visit http://www.synergos.org/02/sfcall.htm NO to child labour, YES to education In a campaign against child labour, New Entity for Social Action (NESA), conveyed this message to 700 students from 6 schools in Bangalore. NESA brought in a street theatre group from Glow, a partner organisation based in Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu, to raise the issues of a child's right to education and discrimination. NESA's campaign was covered in the print media and interviews were given on the radio. To commemorate Human Rights Day on 10 December, NESA brought out bookmarks which were sold at Rs 20 each. The group plans to integrate 5,000 children at the grassroot level into local schools. To know more about NESA please visit http://www.nesauniverse.org If you have any news or announcements pertaining to communication and fundraising, do write in to us. Thank you. |
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Tip of the month Ways of giving to Tsunami relief 1.The Indian Government: Contribute to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund (http://pmindia.nic.in/) or Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Relief Fund (http://www.tn.gov.in/) 2.Corporates: Work with corporate organisations, asking them to contribute to your efforts to provide relief to the victims. Most organisations pledge amounts equal to the collections of their employees and this is an opportunity for you to get them involved in payroll giving. 3.Media relief funds: Support by contributing to the relief funds of known media houses like Hope - NDTV Tsunami Relief Fund (http://www.ndtv.com) or The Hindu Relief Fund (http://www.thehindu.com) 4.Banks: Banks can help in electronic transfers and can take contributions from various people to forward towards relief operations. One relief fund is the ICICI Communities Tsunami Relief Fund (http://www.icicicommunities.org) 5.Websites: Make a website dedicated to the cause and get others to contribute through it. 6.Volunteering: Gather enough volunteers to support various activities like nursing, counselling, food distribution and collection, etc. 7.International agencies: Support through international agencies like United Nations (http://www.undp.org) or UNICEF (http://www.unicef.org or http://www.supportunicef.org) |
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Interview of the month Mathan, Vice President - Marketing at Give Foundation, spent 14 years in advertising before he gave it up to join the voluntary sector, all because he 'wanted to do something meaningful in life'. A brief interview with him. 1. What is the current situation of Internet giving in India? It's still in its initial stage in India. The top online fundraiser is CRY which raises approximately Rs 12-15 lakh per month. GIVE raises approximately Rs 4 lakh per month. 2. What problems do voluntary organisations face in online fundraising? People have apprehensions about giving credit card details on a website. However, that is beginning to change with sites like irctc.com which enables booking of railway tickets. 3. An example of how Give India (Give Foundation's website) has eased internet giving for voluntary organisations. The Give India site has made giving simple. Earlier, donors had little idea where to donate, where to send the cheque, etc. Today, the Internet gives information about various NGOs, and the mechanism to make a donation, without the hassle of posting a cheque. Earlier the payroll giving programme could not work due to the hassles involved in tracking contributions. Now, the whole programme can be managed online. 4. What is the future of marathons as a method of fundraising in India? Marathons look pretty bright as a method of fundraising in India. The first Mumbai Marathon raised over Rs 1 crore, and it is quite likely that the Second held this year will raise 5 times as much. If 'running for a cause' catches on in India like it has in the West, this could be a huge fundraiser. 5. An innovative method of fundraising that you have come across recently. We have tied up with banks (ICICI Bank, Citibank and HSBC) to run a 'standing instructions' programme with their customers, where a specific amount of money is deducted from their account every month and this accumulates in the customer's name with GiveIndia. At the end of the year, the customer donates it to a voluntary organisation registered on the Give India website. * If you are interested to know more about GiveIndia go to: www.giveindia.org |
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your queries and suggestions to training@fundraising-india.org MCC-- Murray Culshaw Consulting Pvt Ltd serves the voluntary sector in India. We offer training and direct support on communication and fundraising, undertake research on related issues, publish books and maintain a database of about 8,000 organisations in India. Contact us at: 2nd Floor Vijay Kiran Building 314/1 7th Cross Domlur Layout Bangalore 560 071 India Tel: 91-80-2535 2003/ 5115 0582 email training@fundraising-india.org website: www.fundraising-india.org |
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