Volunteers stage protest demanding payment of pending honorarium in Vijayawada

Volunteers stage protest demanding payment of pending honorarium in Vijayawada

AP State Volunteers Association members staging a protest demonstration in Vijayawada on Monday. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Andhra Pradesh State Volunteers Association members staged a protest, demanding the State government do justice to them. They submitted a memorandum to the NTR District Collector here on Monday, November 25. They urged the government to release … Read more

Drenched in sweat, student volunteers have a bittersweet experience at sports meet in Kochi

Drenched in sweat, student volunteers have a bittersweet experience at sports meet in Kochi

Student volunteers at the Maharaja’s College ground, the main venue of the Kerala School Sports & Games 2024, in Kochi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin Standing guard under a sweltering sun at the fence separating the turf from the gallery at the Maharaja’s College ground, Salvin P.J. and Suryadev P.S., Class 9 students … Read more

More than 115,000 flee as Cyclone Remal approaches Bangladesh

More than 115,000 flee as Cyclone Remal approaches Bangladesh

Patuakhali, Bangladesh: More than 115,000 Bangladeshis left their coastal villages on Sunday for concrete storm shelters further inland as the low-lying nation prepared for crashing waves when a cyclone makes landfall, officials said. Cyclone Remal is set to hit the southern coast and parts of neighbouring India on Sunday evening, with Bangladesh’s weather department predicting … Read more

Involve volunteers in efforts to address deafness among children, Governor tells CIGI doctors

Involve volunteers in efforts to address deafness among children, Governor tells CIGI doctors

Governor R.N. Ravi, second from left, interacting with Neelam Vaid, president, and Mohnish Grover, secretary, Cochlear Implant Group of India, at the inauguration of a national conference in Chennai on Friday. Mohan Kameswaran, organising chairman of the conference, is seen. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Friday advised doctors of … Read more

Ensure accuracy in GER data, School Education official asks volunteers

Ensure accuracy in GER data, School Education official asks volunteers

Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Praveen Prakash, has appealed to the 59,000 village and ward volunteers in the State who have received the 100% GER Badge to verify their data and make sure it is accurate. In a release on Saturday, Mr. Praveen Prakash said that the volunteers of a village secretariat in Nandyal district … Read more

Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story

Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story

BBC Correspondent Sean Dilley told the story of his last walk with his guide dog Sammy in September 2022. Sammy retired after more than eight years of service. Following the coverage, the charity Guide Dogs has had a record number of applications to volunteer, with more than 4,500 people coming forward. Before the pandemic there … Read more