Help with fundraising Ideas

Hello all,

I want to ask you personally for help. Jenifer School is a wonderful project where many people in India are putting a lot of good energy and effort. I have seen it with my eyes and since then my heart has been committed to these wonderful people. I would like to make sure that these children and their families are supported throughout their lives, and hopefully the project helps more and more people in the same social unbalanced situation over time.

I would appreciate if you could share any ideas for fundraising that works globally or if you could help with fundraising in your countries. If you have worked in fundraising before you might have a lot of good ideas. I would like this discussion to be a place to share all ideas and create good brain stroming exercise where everyone can contribute.

Jenifer´s dream is to create a sustainable project and for that unfortunately we can not do without financial support. CommonWeal is a small NGO in Bihar and does not have enough international coverage and resources. I hope you can help!

The ideal situation will be to generate a constant flow of funds into the school. That will guarantee the education, healthcare and food to children and their communities in Shripur and nearby villages.

Thanks in advance! peace, love and happiness to you all....

Raul Franco-Navarro

Do you want to volunteer at Jenifer School in India?

Jenifer School is a project managed by Common Weal (www.commonwealglobal.com), a local NGO with over 10 years experience in diverse projects in the areas of education and healthcare for trodden communities in Bihar.

Jenifer School Education is fun, challenging, and inspirational to our students who are of varying talents, values and abilities while preparing each one with the skills required to adapt and succeed in an ever-changing diverse world. A learning and systems-centered, age appropriate curriculum dedicated to the approach and advocacy of integrated dynamic sustainability.
Jenifer school, Shripur Village, Bihar, is "feeless for all children".
Provides quality education, and preventative healthcare in a ecologically sound environs along with a professionally managed school and staff. Develop school as a model school in the region. Our core area of intervention is to ensure Equal access to education to girls. Our initiatives are to eliminate discrimination, universalize education, eradicate illiteracy, create a gender-sensitive educational system, increase enrolment and retention rates of girls and improve the quality of education to facilitate life-long learning as well as development of occupation/vocation/technical skills

WHO DO WE NEED?

We need talented volunteers or couples / family who would like to come spend time with rural,tribal,slum women, teenagers and children. The volunteer should have a love for them and good character through which to act as a role example.

VOLUNTEERS ACTIVITIES

As a volunteer, you will be able to get involved in multiple activities such as:

• teaching multiple subjects, i.e. English, maths, computer science, science, history, geography or any other academic or non-academic skills you may propose.
• training the teachers to plan and teach creative lessons.
• helping with after school homework.
• playing with children during recreation time or in extracurricular activities.
• helping to manage and run the slum clinic.
• participating in literacy programs and other vocational programs for elder women in the village.
• helping to maintain the campus´garden.
• helping in building activities to improve the state of the campus.
• participating in other programs part of Common Weal, i.e. school of communication, school of IT, school of vocational training,....

Voluntarism is one of the most crucial undertakings of Jenifer rural campus to experiment various perspectives. We invite individuals within India and abroad to join interactive sessions, group study, discussion, field demonstration and research.

We provide Hindi communication skills to the foreign volunteers with view to enhancing understanding of local community. They can also learn Vocal Music, Classical Music, Performing Art, Visual Art , Instrumental Music, Embroidery and Tailoring. We aim at getting volunteers integrated into village life, having a greater insight into village life and varied lives, experiencing a joint family, attending village rituals and various other features.

Volunteers will have the opportunity to become National or International Advisor of Jenifer School at the end of the stay. Our aim is to be a global family and thus build long-term relationships to ensure the sustainability of the project and increase the benefits to the communities in need.

ACCOMODATION AND FOOD COSTS

1^st month $350

subsequent months + $200

This price includes food and a room for each volunteer.
Accommodation is available within the school campus with other teachers and staff. Food is traditional Indian vegetarian diet (not spicy).

ENVIRONMENT

The school campus is located 2 kms from Bodhgaya in Shirpur Village, which consists of a socio-economically trodden Mushhar community (population of about 600). Even though its classified as a maha-dalit village it does not have basic infrastructure. Our school ensures education to the children of eight villages in three kms radius of school. These villages are Shripur, Shekhwara, Gora, Babhani, Bholabigha, Ganghar, Katorwa and Mocharim.

Bodhgaya located in the northern state of Bihar India is one of the poorest areas in whole country of India. Bodhgaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha, In 2002, the MahaBodhi Temple, located in Bodhgaya, became selected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

PROJECT DIRECTOR

Dhirendra Sharma has over 10 years experience in social work since he founded Common Weal to provide medicines and healthcare to trodden communities in the slums of Gaya, Bihar. He has devoted his life to help others through his compassionate and loving character.

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

Raul is originally from Spain, but has been living abroad for over 8 years. He has been volunteering with Common Weal since he visited Bihar in June 2010 and was fortunate to meet Dhirendra and the rest of compassionate and loving people involved in Jenifer School. He will answer all your questions and concerns you may have and will organise all aspects of your volunteer placement.Send e-mail to raul.franco@gmail.com

For further Information about Jenifer School please visit the following link...

http://www.commonwealglobal.com/jenifer_jenifer_rural_campus.html

CommonWeal has joined JUMO

Hello all,
We are pleased to announce that now you can follow Commonweal on the new Social Network for non-profit organisations - JUMO

 http://www.jumo.com/org/4cf77ca13d8ef5112f7c23f5

Join us to support our work in educational and health projects in the state of Bihar, India.