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Sankalp foundation is a journey for a lot of people like me. Everybody has some core
humanitarian values which they nurture since childhood.But most of them fail to implement these values in real life. Sankalp foundation is such an organization that provides these people a 'foundation' where they can apply their skills for the betterment of the society. For details on the philosophy and activities of Sankalp Foundation visit
http://www.sankalpfoundation.org.
For me Sankalp Foundation is a 'dream come true'. I have always wanted to serve the society and do whatever good with my skills however limited they may be. I have started providing free tuitions to needy students helping them get into good engineering institues to the likes of NITs etc quite a long time back.But I wanted to do something more constructive.I wanted to start an NGO where there would be as many as good activities as possible. I joined the 'Teach India Movement' and joined Institute of Psychological and Educational Research where I used to teach underprivileged students of class v - vi .
After I joined IBM, a friend of mine namely Krishna expressed his wish to serve the needy people. As his philosophy was aligned with that of mine we decided we set up an NGO in Kolkata.Meanwhile our college friends from Jadavpur University set up an NGO in Hyderabad and we decided to form a Kolkata Chapter of the same.
So , after more than two months of groundwork by Krishna Bajaj and me , Avisek Senapati, Sankalp Foundation Kolkata has started its operations in Kolkata in January 2009.It’s philosophy aligns with that of other chapters of Sankalp Foundation. The Kolkata members are dedicated to work towards the betterment of the society. All activities undertaken are done on voluntary basis.
Our recent activities include :
1) Providing Basic Education
2) Career Counseling
3) Providing Basic Computer Education.
4) Providing guidance on a few professional computer courses like photoshop, pagemaker, MS-Excel etc which will help our students to find earning opportunities in future.
5) Tying up with organizations who believe in our ideology and working with them in Kolkata for the betterment of the society.
Our volunteers ( most of whom work in different organizations or are students and work for our NGO ) are involved with various activities like teaching , workshops etc. All the courses taught are first conducted for a few weeks on the basis of the feedback the particular school provides and later after analyzing the students’ progress and needs, classes are customized to maximize the benefit for the students.
-- For example our members are now teaching ‘basics’ ( Mathematics, English, Spoken English etc ) and providing computer education to a large group of students/children of Dakshin Kolkata Sevasram ( an orphanage near Shishu Mangal, Hazra ).
--- Classes on Photoshop will start very recently in Dakshin Kolkata Sevasram .
We are also in constant talk with other institutions and even foreign nationals.
We are constantly innovating ways and working towards the betterment of our society in every way we can.
If you are interested to join us in our journey feel free to mail me at avisek.senapati@gmail.com
We need good people to come forward and take responsibility.
Thanks a lot for reading. Also feel free to post your comments and suggestions.
