Applications Invited for Goonj Grassroots Fellowship 2021

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About the Organization:

Goonj envisions growing as an idea across regions, economies and countries using urban discard as a tool to alleviate poverty and enhance the dignity of the poor in the world. Address basic but neglected issues of the poor by involving them in evolving their own solutions with dignity and urban material as reward.

Goonj Grassroots Fellowship

Goonj Grassroot Fellowship is a yearlong programme, where fellows will be working in various areas by engaging with the communities on ground. During the one year, fellows interact with various communities from villages as well as cities and get a deeper understanding of the realities and devise ways to act upon the needs of the communities by engaging the communities. Goonj with their Grassroots Fellowship aims to reach out to this resilient force of youth and create a ground for their nurturing and fine tuning.

The one year Goonj Grassroots Fellowship includes:

• Learning in-depth about issues like infrastructural development, menstrual health, education, livelihood and disaster relief-rehabilitation etc.
• Working on ground with Goonj operational and field teams in  Assam, Bundelkhand, Chattisgarh, Odisha, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Bihar,  Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal etc
• Capacity building workshops, shadowing experience with sector specialists apart from hands on training about key skills like communication, financial planning, monitoring and evaluation etc..

Eligibility

• They are looking for people who will commit to spend a year with us in various areas and themes by working on issues that affect the last person, at the same time develop individual skill sets and capacities.
• Minimum qualification is Matriculation.
• Age between 21 to 35 year old.
• Applications opened for Indian citizens only.

Stipend: Stipend of Rs.10000/- per month will be given.

Deadline: 7th December, 2020

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