Be a Protsahan Changemaker - Shout out to Interns/Volunteers!

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Protsahan - A social initiative that believes in the power of creativity of colors and stories (Click here to see) in bringing change in the lives of the underprivileged. We call volunteers and interns for 2011-12. Remember, you don't have to have a college degree to volunteer. You don't even have to make your subject and your verb agree to be eligible to volunteer. You just need to have a will to bring change. We have projects for volunteers, social media outreach programs, community need assessment and research, filmmaking, fundraising projects, creating advtg campaigns for a social cause, cartoon sketching for a cause and tons of projects involving corporate and CSR interaction, all with on ground experience of working with street children and slum/rural families, based on four main programmes that Protsahan works on. Programmes at Protsahan.

Why should you volunteer/intern with us?  At Protsahan, volunteering is an exciting and enjoyable. Check out Anja's Volunteer Diaries...or Shruthi's experience as a volunteer at Protsahan.

What we are NOT looking for: Candidates, who'll just want to submit a project report to their college dean, at the end of the project.  Nah! This place ain't for you then.

What are we looking for: Passion & Commitment to REALLY bring change in a life and a smile on a face.  If you have a creative bent, even better. Thats it. If you have it, we WANT you. NOW. As an intern. As a volunteer.

Fill this up, to help us know you better : VOLUNTEER FORM | Join the young brigade. Say aye!

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More details about Protsahan: www.protsahanindiafoundation.org

When Colours heal fears ! PROTSAHAN’S Wall Project

"Remember those times, when you splashed buckets of rang chasing your friends and ran infinitely across streets just to take ‘the Gulal revenge’ on your sibling! What frolic and gaiety times they were… We definitely cherish our childhood and always yearned for our children at Protsahan to have wonderful memories of this colorful festival, Holi”


Protsahan’s children were thrilled when they got to know ‘didi’s and bhaiya’s’ (Accenture’s employees) will be marching down to their little school in Uttam Nagar on last Saturday evening (26th March 2011) with white charts, paints and lots of energy – to re-play Holi, the creative way. Thus started the idea of Great Wall Project Saturdays at Protsahan.

Together with the children, volunteers painted the classroom walls green and red, blue and yellow. Protsahan’s children unleashed their creative instincts, let hues chant the slogans of jubilance and saw the colors go swoosh on their walls! Children went wild with imagination and started painting parrots, yatches, bright yellow suns and not to forget the hand-marks.

What more, some children manifested the idea of “green art” using pencil scraps as a canvass to portray their thoughts; this got us to wonder how young and pure yet so conscious they were. We had the rare opportunity to glimpse at beautiful Madhubani paintings, perfect and so intricate. Protsahan had conducted Madhubani workshops sometime ago and the team was exhilarated to see their little ones learn a deal great from these sessions.

Saturday’s are always full of surprises, and to be honest we’ve never seen wider smiles on our children when they look at colors. We are much honored to have Accenture amongst us today. We saw Chhoti paint her heart out, she one of those kids who hardly speaks, she is a shy child who comes from troubled back-ground. Poonam, the yatch painter (see attached pictures) wanted to become a sailor one day. Kiran stood proud of her master-piece parrot with big wings!. The Accenture employees were so supportive and enthusiastic. In the end, they were smiling as much as our little Piccasoes!

Indeed, colors heal fears and bring much more than just smiles. The dream and infinite hope with which Protsahan had started 12 months ago has been transformed into a remarkable initiative thanks to such projects.

To the next generation, to Protsahan!

Young Indians raise funds for Protsahan the TWESTIVAL way!

Finally the long awaited Delhi Twestival (Twitter Festival) 2011 is here at Ramada Plaza, 19, Ashoka Road (half a km from nearest metro station: Patel chowk).

Months and weeks of hard work will be out there... not just for you and me to see...but for all those little eyes of little girls from Protsahan... whose lives might just never be the same again. Because of Delhi Twestival, there'll be more hope, more smiles and a better life in the wings for 59 LIVES!!! Protsahan says thank you to all the wonderful volunteers @cherub_pallavi , @vikastexts , @mohakprince , @lazyabhi , @bblessy , @pulkitchaturved , @PriyanshuRanjan , @SiddharthMukund , @KenSeam and everyone said and unsaid, behind the scenes who are working with all the enthusiasm and zeal to make it a success.

There'll be LIVE streaming of India-Australia World Cup Quarter Final match + Poolside chilling out with your buddies + Cracking up crazzy comedy with Delhi's very best English comedian - Rajneesh Kapoor + Raffle with crazzy prizes up for grabs. And every little gesture here will add up to more smiles.

Protsahan Team gives a huge shoutout to all our supporters/ social media enthusiasts/ twitter folks and everyone who loves cricket. Come support the cause of street children at Protsahan in your own way - no boring ngo meet ups... Just a crazzy fun filled night of cheering for India at a great setting at Ramada Plaza with fellow Indians and some great social netwrking. It cannot get better. More details here: Delhi Twestival Blog Will we see you there? RSVP HERE.

 Love from entire Protsahan team! Sonal Kapoor Founder | Protsahan Twitter Handle: @ArtForCause Protsahan on Facebook 9540781011