Volunteers needed at Janaagraha

Volunteer Requirements

Janaagraha Office
Requires volunteers to help enter data on citizens into the Janaagraha
database. This activity can be undertaken anytime during the week and requires you to
come into the office for a minimum of two hours.

We also need help filing material. This too can be done anytime the office is
open.

Kannada Translations
We require volunteers who are able to translate documents, letters and content
into Kannada. This can be done at your own homes and offices if you have the
software that supports the process or at the Janaagraha office.

JCRC (Janaagraha Community Resource Committee)
The Taxation with Transparency campaign needs volunteers to collect signatures
from educational institutes. This can be done at any time that is convenient
for you in the area you live.

PROOF
PROOF is set to enter into its second cycle and campaign activities are being
defined for the same. A fulltime volunteer is required to assist the project
coordinator in running the campaign. Volunteers should preferably have some
background in economics.

GBWASP:
Janaagraha is working with the BWSSB and KUIDFC to enable large-scale citizen
participation initiatives to be incorporated into the planning and execution of
the Greater Bangalore Water Supply and Sanitation Project. Citizens will be
organized into ward committees, ULB committees and steering committees.

This requires volunteers who will be the driving force behind motivating,
organizing, disseminating information to citizens and ensuring their structured
participation during this project.

1. A meeting has been organised in a couple of the target CMC's between
Resident Welfare Goups, Individual citizens NGO's and the Janaagraha Coordinating
Group to pilot the appreciative inquiry survey.
This meet will be held at Vikasa School, Ramamurtinagar, Bangalore 16 on the
17th October. For this around 15 persons will be required to help organise the
event on the day from 7.45 a.m. They will have to help out with:
- Registration between 8.45 - 10 a.m. (10-12 persons)
- Organising tea & snacks during the day (venue finishes at 1 p.m.)
- Putting up posters and other communication and campaign material
- Record feedback from groups

2.Long term volunteer requirements: Foot Soldiers
Speak fluently in Kannada and English
Preferably living in ward they represent or at least in CMC/TMC
Willingness to be trained in the facets of urban governance, GBWASP and in
dealing with a cross-section of people.
Outreach to the citizens in the ward and motivate capable persons to join
citizen groups.
Conduct training sessions for the committees and citizen groups at different
levels.
Spare 1 to 3 days a week depending on the need
Secretarial work, arranging and attending meetings with the citizens at several
levels to motivate them to participate in Urban Governance. It will involve
meeting various groups of citizens, Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) and
educating them as to the advantages in joining GBWASP, not only in motivating them to
make the financial contribution that is required for the project but also to be
keenly involved in the execution of the project efficiently and in time.
Through the implementation volunteers will have to be a part of the progress
monitoring system and give feedback as required.
They will have to help in conflict resolution and provide guidance to the ward
committees / ULB committees they are attached to
Disseminate information to the citizens and feedback to the appointed
communication agencies
Feedback of success stories/efforts: the volunteers need to communicate and
document success stories, failures, useful paradigms and situations
Duration of project is 2 yrs but thereafter the citizen participatory bodies
created can if successful be the model for work in other infrastructure projects

- Single point for government Contact
Dealing with government agencies [single point]
- Training coordinator
Coordinator for Citizen Training: Collect info on training and build a training
model with the help of IIM. Design and implement the training program for
citizens
Coordinator for Technical Training: Collect info on training and build a
training model with the help of CII. Design and implement the training program.

- Progress Monitoring Coordinator
Develop and run a progress monitoring system for the GBWASP which special
reference to citizen participation.

- Progress Monitoring System support volunteers
To assist above role with the ability to run s/w like MS Projects

- Help-line creation

Generate FAQ on GBWASP and citizen participation component and organize help
line at project secretariat [J]

Urban Poor

Fulltime volunteer required to anchor Urban Poor campaign activities. Volunteer
should ideally have 4-5 yrs experience in community mobilisation, interaction
with NGO and government departments

That's all for now. If interested or have any questions, please
call Janaagraha at 23542381/2/977 98453-20409