Volunteer Exchange Program with Russia

Volunteer Exchange Program with Russia. ​

Hosting by Russia- late September-early October  |    Hosting in India - late October- early November

Place- Kirov region in Russia. Nearest airport- Domodedovo airport, Moscow. It's a 2-hour flight from Moscow or a 12-hour train ride. **

Please share your application forms by 30^th April, 2017.

Program Duration-2 weeks

Eligibility Criteria:

1. One has to be a registered volunteer and active – both at local level and/or national level

2. Should be willing to take part in both hosting and sending of the Volunteer Exchange Program

3. Preference will be given to those who have not participated in any exchange program earlier

4. One has to continue being active in the chapter for a minimum of 1 year after attending this Volunteer Exchange Program

5. Should have filled “AFS and You form”- Click HERE.

Important Note:

1. The Agenda and Eligibility criteria are subject to change depending on the requirement of the partner country

2. The volunteer is responsible for all the expenses which include travel, visa and other incidental costs

3. The volunteer is required to share a report about the exchange upon their return from the program as well as after completion of hosting participants from partner country

Interested volunteers are requested to please fill the attached form and share with Priya Bhattacharya (priya.sen@afs.org) and Aadil Fahim (aadil.fahim@afs.org)​ by 30^th April, 2017. The forms received beyond the deadline will not be entertained.

**From Moscow to reach Kirov region, the cost involved will be USD 100 to 200 extra, depending on the class of travel and the way chosen (train/plane) for a round trip. You can have extra days in Moscow or Saint Petersburg at your own expense. AFS Russia can help you to plan

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Appllications invited to  conduct orientation and represent AFS India for the pre-departure orientation in Italy for the group of Italian students.

Responsibilities -

1.     The volunteer should be able to conduct and facilitate the country-specific orientation during the orientation in Italy.

2.     Maintain regular & monthly contact with this group of Italian students (20 students) coming to India in 2017-18.

3.     Share updates with  Hosting Team of National office by every 22nd of every month, without fail till they complete their exchange journey.

4. Be the first point of contact for all the Italian students.

The orientation date would be in the last week of May'17 or early week of June'17.

This group of students would be given country-specific orientation for India.

This opportunity is open for hosting team volunteers in your respective chapters.

We invite the applications by 30th April'17 latest  So that we can finalise the name latest.

Please find enclosed the commitment form.

 

Kindly note: Applicant has to be at least W level before applying for this opportunity.

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CHAPTER MEETING - APRIL 2017

INTERNATIONAL AUTISM AWARENESS

April is International Autism Awareness month and DC being inclusive has been hosting events over the years with the objective of spreading awareness about Autism.

We begin with a special assembly on ‘Autism Awareness and how to help children who have Autism’ on 31^st March, 2017. The video message on Autism awareness by Mrs. Rashmi Ahuja, Headmistress Jr. School, will also be shown.  (Already uploaded on youtube)

This year DC will be organizing a drawing competition in association with ‘Arunaabh’ – an intervention center for the differently- abled in Indore. Around 80 students will be participating along with special children.

The details of the event are as follows

1) Name of the event – ‘Anhad’ (inner voice)

Date- 8^th April, 2017

Time 9.30 am to 11.00 am

Prize Distribution: 11.30 am (followed by tea)

Venue: The Daly College, (Jr .School) 

Theme:

Group  I- Class III – IV- School / Family / Nature / Fruit

Group  II- Class V- VI – Autism Awareness / Sharing and Caring

Participating schools : Shishukunj International, Emerald Heights, Indus Valley, Daly College, and special children from Arunabh and two other schools for special children.

 Ishita Marina John wins accolades in the World Language Fair

On March 18 2017,  AFSer Ishita Marina John participated in the World Language Fair for cultural dance in which she did an Indian dance and made a comparison between Spanish dances and Indian dances. She also participated in the Spanish Vocabulary Bee. 

She secured first position for the dance competition and second in Spanish Vocabulary Competition. She had a great experience and was very proud to share our Indian culture there.

Here is a link to the dance video by Ishita Marina John

https://youtu.be/XDoc1j-XCxM

Minutes of the Monthly Meeting by Chapter -15th March 2017

Minutes of the Monthly Meeting by Chapter

Chapter Name                         :         Indore

Month                                      :       March  2017

Date of meeting                       :         Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Prepared by                             :        Mrs.Vinita Dautkhane

Total Volunteers attended        :         33

S.No.	Agenda Points	Plan of Action	Responsible (Volunteer responsible for the Plan of action)	Deadline
1	Chapter funds	Chapter funds transferred to Emerald Heights Intl.  School	Ms. Anamika Singh, Emerald Heights appointed as the new Finance Co-ordinator	Done
2	Use of Chapter funds	Chapter fund to be used for community service - donation to Municipal Corporation	Mr. Siddharth Singh, Principal Emerald Heights International School	31st March 2017
3	Hosting programs 2017-2018	Hosting co-ordinators to finalise host families and block applicants from Italy and Thailand	Schools interested in hoisting	At the earliest
4	Sentio plus 18 programs	Dr. Sumer Singh and Mr. Siddharth Singh explained the relevance and benefits of this program and asked the volunteers to reach out to colleges. Dr. Singh gave the details of the academic programs offered to students by different universities under this program.	Mr. Siddharth Singh, Principal Emerald Heights International School
5	W Level Training for new volunteers	Schools to give the names of volunteers for the training programme. Training to be held in June.	Ms. Sarita Badhwar
6	Attendance in Education Forum April 2017	Dr. Sumer Singh gave the details of the event and urged volunteers to register on the website as soon as possible He also confirmed the cost waivers for different schools.	Educators from different schools to apply at the earliest	Before 31st March 2017
7	List of Office Bearers for the chapter elections	Shivala Sharma’s name proposed and accepted for the post of Sending Coordinator IPS.
8	Farewell Dinner	Emerald Heights to host the dinner at their premises	Nisha Ahmad Michelle Sisodiya	17th April 2017
9	Next Chapter Meeting	To be hosted by Choithram International		Date to be informed
10	Cluster meet for Sending, Hosting, Finance and Sentio	4 volunteers will be sent	Mrs. Asma Ansari       Sentio Ms. Anamika Singh            Finance Ms. Sarweshwari Singh Hosting Mrs. Shivala Sharma            Sending Dr. Rinku Joshi to be confirmed	scheduled at Delhi from May 11-14, 2017