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How you can help
Volunteer Listings: Areas Open to Volunteers
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VOLUNTEER POSITIONS BY DEPARTMENT
Adaikalam Transit Care
Volunteers Positions:
- Psychologists/social workers to do mental status examinations and administer psychological tests for the residents.
- Training of health care staff/senior level staff in Adaikalam on grooming/etiquette/stress reduction programmes/time management/first aid/HIV and AIDS awareness etc.
- Training residents in tailoring/gardening/embroidery/house keeping etc.
- Accompany residents during outings.
- Donate trinkets like earrings/bangles etc.
- Translation of languages like Oriya, Bihari and all North Indian languages.
Rehabilitation, Aftercare, and Networking
Volunteer positions:
- Need people who speak different languages
- Need people to accompany staff and residents on rehab trips – need flexible volunteers because these trips go all over India
- Need people to go on home visits (experience of social work?)
- Need people who are willing to teach skills to the women such as cooking or handicrafts
Dial 100 Mental Health Helpline
Volunteer positions:
- Need people who know different Indian languages for translation particularly Bangali
- Need people to work in Institute of Mental Health (IMH) wards teaching skills such as patchworks and handicrafts
- Need people to accompany mentally ill people during admission at IMH
Community Mental Health Centre, Kovalam
Volunteer positions:
- Help with the setting up of hospital systems (psychiatric/ general/ Inpatient -outpatient etc.) in the Health Centre
- Help with systems of the Pharmacy (stocks, maintenance, etc.)
- Help in teaching English to the children from the community who are already coming for tuitions to the Health Centre to learn from Jessy, a rehabilitated resident (30 children)
- Help with vocational training of Self Help Group members
Balm
Volunteer Positions:
- Need help setting up the new library; to develop a system
- Need help with marketing the programs of BALM
Spice Route, Social Enterprise
Volunteers positions:
- To do the weekly stock keeping in the store – it is done manually and can be time consuming (someone with retail experience?)
- Help with the general running of the store
- There may be opportunities for people with skills in massage, either as a guest masseuse or to teach the skill to the women
Timing
Stock keeping needs to have someone on a regular weekly basis to keep the stocks up to date.
Vocational Training
Volunteer positions:
- To help with or run activities with the residents (cooking, embroidery, sewing or any skill that can be taught to the women.)
- Hindi speakers would be very useful to be translators and interact with Hindi speaking residents.
Fundraising and Communication
Volunteer Positions:
- Assisting with process of donation boxes- collecting data on effectiveness of program, logging collections etc
- Expertise in design, web design, technology or creative writing (for proposals, response letters etc)
- Need people with experience or knowledge in PR and event management
Human Resources
Volunteers required for human resources should have:
- Interest in Human Resources Work
- Basic hands-on experience (best in the HR sector)
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- Basic theoretical knowledge in a related area (organizational or motivational psychology, training, economics, group processes, management consulting)
- Able to take on responsibility for small project under guidance
Administration
Volunteer Positions:
- Need people in Adaikalam to meet with contractors and get quotes on things like plumbing etc.
- Ongoing need for people to help with filing and data input.
Finance
Volunteer Need:
- Vouching; data entry in accounts and then checking that all is in order.
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