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Know that service to these (poor,
illiterate, ignorant and afflicted) alone is the highest religion.
- Swami Vivekananda
Whatever the action taken, or policy
made by any government, institution, organization or charitable trust.
can be said to be fruitful only when the common man, the most down
trodden one, the very last one in the chain of development - is
benefited. The activities of Volunteering India are guided by this
fact.
The organization is committed to those activities that would generate
an active reaction over issues relating to environment, hygiene, moral
and social values, sustainable development, practicing non-violence
and reformation of misled youth who would otherwise be anti social
elements. The root cause for all the evils that rural Rajasthan has
been facing today is lack of proper guidance to and awareness in the
people who live here. Volunteering India has taken up its activities
to the level of movement by bringing about awareness in these people
about the consequences of various things that eventually affect their
own lives.
Volunteering India has chosen Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan,
as the hub of its activities. Renowned the world over as the pink city
and considered as one of the best planned cities during the British
Raj, Jaipur is one of the most beautiful cities of India and has been
in the top list to attract international tourists. Since it has
evolved as an important center for crafts and trades like gems,
jewelry, marble, enameling, metal work, handloom and printed cloth,
woolen carpets etc., rural population are drawn to the city for
employment and Jaipur is gradually expanding into a densely populated
metropolis. These people are mostly uneducated and homeless and have
to eke out their lives with a meager income of less than one US dollar
per day. Volunteering India has been striving to fill hope in these
distressed masses by various programs in Jaipur and adjoining
villages. These programs are: -
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Income generation programs;
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Road safety programs;
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Medical promotions and emergency
clinical aid to children;
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Pre-natal and post-pregnancy care to
the expectant mothers;
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Nutrition and nourishment awareness
(mother & child);
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Primary education (children and
adults);
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Water pollution and its eradication
through restoration of sources;
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Vegetable plantation programs (awareness
about quality & plantation systems);
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Cow and Cattle (breeding, vaccination
& prevalent diseases);
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Prevention and awareness of early-age
diseases among children (1-7 years);
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Handicapped women's employment
system;
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Agro-waste management through vermi-composting;
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Advanced Solar systems techniques;
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Honey Bee production and
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Promotion of organic farming.
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