Call for Social InternsCommunity Maathu & The Forward Foundation

Five Week Internship Duration: Feb 10th to Mar 16th , 2014

Community Maathu and The Forward Foundation invite candidates for a 5 week social internship. This is a full time internship, offering you a chance to work in the developmental space with field and subject matter experts, the bureaucracy and elected representatives.

Areas of workYou can pick any one area of your choice

Solid Waste Management

Work on SWM involves improving garbage pickup and collection systems and initiating segregation at source at a ward level by working closely with the BBMP and end disposal solutions for the ward.

Here is a link to know more about our work on this field - https://grasshopperfiles.wordpress.com/category/solid-waste-management/

Menstrual Hygiene

Work on imparting awareness on Menstrual Hygiene will involve initiating training programs for teachers and awareness talks for female students in all government and government-aided schools in one zone in Bangalore. This project is open only for female volunteers.

Here is a link to know more about this work - https://www.facebook.com/projectmythri

Women and Child Helpline

Interns will be given an opportunity to work with the Women and Child helplines, assist them in documentation and outreach programs.

Here is a link to a video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FGVqXQr6AI&feature=youtu.be

Public Health

Work in public health will involve ward level plans for

providing accessible, quality healthcare to the community at a ward. It will involve engaging hospitals, volunteer doctors and non-medical volunteers at a ward to provide health services on an ongoing basis.

Rejuvenation of water bodies

An opportunity to work on rejuvenation of lakes in Bangalore and rivers outside Bangalore by engaging the civic authorities and community. The work will involve engaging with experts to understand the solutions, coordinating with civic authorities to get the work done, and building community groups to take ownership and participate.

Here is a link to understand work on lake rejuvination - https://grasshopperfiles.wordpress.com/category/lakes/

About the internship

This is a full-time internship on a pro-bono basis. Therefore, interns will be required to spend at least 40-50 hours per week on any one project of their choice. Interns should be willing to travel locally across Bangalore and work on the ground. Although subject matter expertise is not mandatory, we insist that interns have willingness to learn, passion to work and enthusiasm for work in the social space. Interns will need to keep an open mind to work at different levels, right from engaging in ground zero activities to working with higher authorities and interactions with subject matter experts.

During the first week, we will accompany you on the field and help you get started, as part of your induction. You will be given clear deliverables and documentation of your work will be expected. You will receive a letter of appreciation from The Forward Foundation on successfully completing the internship.

To enroll, please fill out this form - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GbA996p3tNF2FWydzfu_Gf_twBB5xjkaU7L2ZggowW4/viewfor

Contact

For further information, call Bhaskar – 9986208338 or Sinu – 9342578862. Or catch us on Facebook:

Community Maathu https://www.facebook.com/communitymatters.bangalore?ref=hl

The Forward Foundation https://www.facebook.com/TFFIndia