Yuva Parliament 4 - Saturday, 9th May
Youth power is said to be taking over. As we approach the forthcoming Parliamentary Elections, the widespread disenchantment among India’s youth, is an issue, which we can no longer afford to brush under the carpet
Coming to the forthcoming Parliamentary polls, the youth plays a pivotal role as the Indian electorate of 2009 will be the youngest since 1952. Anticipating the impact that the youth will make this year, various political parties are leaving no stones unturned to lure them. Add to it, the various campaigns launched to inspire the youths to vote. Yes, the youths can make a difference.
Campaigns like Re! One Billion Votes, Lead India, Youngistaan, Sacche ko chune, acche ko chune and others aim at inviting the young bloods to exercise their democratic rights.
But are these initiatives really inspiring enough? If you talk to first-time voters, they are absolutely sure of what they want. But what they are more concerned about is the candidate to vote for.
Yuva Parliament – 4 aims to help the youth of Chandigarh evaluate whom they want to give their valuable vote. We aim to get the Lok Sabha elections-2009 candidates from Chandigarh parliamentary constituency, on a common platform for a face to face discussion. We expect the youth of Chandigarh to listen to these candidates, to question their promises and to evaluate them without being biased.
The contours of Indian politics are changing and the young urban society can indeed impact results. Let us not give ourselves the excuse that we cannot/should not vote because we do not know who’s worthy enough for our vote! Instead lets utilize this platform of Yuva Parliament to question-discuss-brainstorm-evaluate and realize the power of our Vote !
Pustak School @ 18th jan - Fun Education :)
The hiatus is over, the souls are refreshed, the evolution is on and we are back into doing what we do the best.
"Bhaiya, aaj bahot mazzaa aaya, ABC aur Counting seekh ke. Agle Sunday dubaara aana please", said an ecstatic 7 yr. old nandi, who lives in the Sec. 25 janta colony and studies at the Colony's Pustak School.
We Volunteer kicked off the first event of this year, with slum kids at Pustak School, Sec.25, Chd. As always there was "Fun education" for the little angels and lot to learn for the elders. Volunteers from around the city participated to spend their Sunday with the under privileged kids. They were imparted education through presentations on their laptops including loads of audio-visuals which was different from their regular classroom studies breaking the monotony. Kids enjoyed cartoons as well as learned from presentations lessons on the personal cleanliness, regular syllabus like the alphabet and the numerals.
And as always, a Quotient of fun was added to the proceedings by the volunteers that were present at the school.
PiT-sToP 2009
Santa Singh asks Banta Singh:
“O Paaji….mere kuch sawaal haige ne”
Banta Singh: O ji te fer purchoo
Santa Singh: “Ok ji….fallowing aaaaare mai phew Sawaal ji”
Phirst Ji: Saaade desh di chaar best of best nadiyaan keriyaan ne ji?
Secund Ji: Saade desh da pradhaan mantra kaun haiga ji?
Third ji: Duniya wish sabton ucha kera parbat hai ji?
Te Last question ji....don’t mind please: Tuhanu koi game khedni aandi hai ji?
Banta Singh: Oye hoye! Eh ki syapaaa paa dita tooon….. yaaar ene aukhe sawaal….na ji …main taan panjvi paas vi nahin....
Eye don’t know ji.................Saaaari!
Santa Singh: O ji don’t worry “ We Volunteer “ da saaal da pehla event haiga…. Othe chalde haan…
I am sure ji…… baraaa gyaan te jolly good event hona ji.
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The hiatus is over, the souls are refreshed, the evolution is on and we are back into doing what we do the best.
We Volunteer will be kicking off the first event of this very special New Year 2009. The year where there will be change and the change for good.
PiT-sToP 2009 will be organized at our home turf, Pustak School, sector 25 (behind Dainik Bhaskar).
As always there will be “Funeducation” for the little angels and lot to learn for the grown ups.
So cancel all your Sunday plans and message at wevolunteer.chd@gmail.com with subject as “PITSTOP2009” to participate.
Event co-ordinators : Aman and Neha.
As always, everyone’s welcome. When the house is rockin!.... don’t bother knocking .
Event Date: 18th January 2009
Venue: Pustak School, Sector 25, Chandigarh
'Rang' - Paintings by lil' kid beggars
So it happened that the police was polite to them for a change. They bothered to be soft towards the little street angels and they were keen to explain to them that their tiny little hands are not meant for begging and rather look beautiful with a pencil or a brush…
Yet another event by We Volunteer.. "RANG".. Sunday, 4th May evening..we managed to get all the kids together to paint their dreams. They had the dreams.. we had the space (canvas).. They had the choice and we had the colors…
So, we found one of the corners is sector – 17 market where we all sat together. One angel and one volunteer. Sheets.. colors.. water.. as much as you want.
Makhna was the first to finish one painting.. It was contour portrait of lord ganesha.. white in black. Pooja took a lot of time but came with an all green painting that had red flowers around it.. I remembered that when I was a kid.. green and red used to be my favorite combination.
We all painted.. sometimes the chart and sometimes each other's hands.. All under Charan's supervision, a volunteer pursuing graduation from Government Arts College, Chandigarh.
Each Painting was special… Aesthetic and appealing to the best of its possibilities. And the most pleasurable was the fact that these angels who live in scarcity all the time… for some time, had an abundance of colors. Colors.. that make the world beautiful.......................................................Aurodeepa Rath
Upgradation
Dear Readers/Volunteers
Many of you might be wondering that We Volunteer has shut down or something , as there hasnt been any news/updates since our first anniversary celebrations in Jan.
Actually, we've been working on the planning and conceptualisation and also reworking on the Branding of We Volunteer.
With your support and blessings, We'll be back with a BANG soon :) :)
Many of you might be wondering that We Volunteer has shut down or something , as there hasnt been any news/updates since our first anniversary celebrations in Jan.
Actually, we've been working on the planning and conceptualisation and also reworking on the Branding of We Volunteer.
- New Brand Image - Logo / Stationary
- Website coming up
- Launch of our New Magazine targetted at the Youth primarily
- Online Radio Show
- Regular Yuva Parliament Sessions
With your support and blessings, We'll be back with a BANG soon :) :)
O! Bonfire O! Bonfire!.. Let the flames of thy bring prosperity in the world...warmth to the homeless and those little souls. Let the pious thee, bring together the atomized we.
Lohri, as you know is one the very important festivals in North India.
Celebrating the 1st Anniversary of We Volunteer,
Let's celebrate Lohri with the grandpa's and grandma's at the Old Age Home at Sector 15, Chandigarh at 3 pm on 13th Jan.
No riches, no bugles.
no trumpets, no cars....what they need is time...and we have ample of hours...
Join us at the event and show that today's youth partys' hard but for good cause too...
call Nipun
(Event Co-ordinator), 9888469076 or email at wevolunteer.chd@gmail.com..
