Let's be part of the solution!
Students and professionals can create amazing change using their skills and natural abilities, starting right where we work and study. Starting December 2017, our team is visiting colleges in New York, Texas and across India (Bangalore, Chennai, Kerala and Delhi) to inspire college students and start student chapters of “I-Believe”. “Change Begins with Me” chapters are a great way to give back, build your resume of community involvement and be part of the change we all wish to see. Our goal is to inspire and motivate students to engage in charity projects as they grow up into young professionals. Student chapters are asked to identify an great way to give back and conduct a minimum of 1 event every semester.
Here are some project ideas for Change Begins with Me student chapters:
- Campus Clean-up: Clean the campus as a group. Pick up trash, encourage recycling, appreciate and join hands with the cleaning crew..
- Campus community garden: Design a garden if space allows or setup a vertical garden or have plants in and around classrooms. Let beautiful plants grow instead of the weeds
- Facilitate debates, workshops and healthy discussions and seminars on contemporary issues and topics that will benefit the student community such as Women empowerment, Smoking in public, Sex education, Pursuit of happiness, Organ Donation, Stress management, Facing interviews, Effective communication, Dowry, Studying Abroad, Brainstorm how students can help local communities
- Volunteer to teach English for school children through i-believe’s “Evolve” Program
- Volunteer to visit local public schools and motivate them/ help with career choices
- Engage in social media campaigns using i-believe flyers, videoes and messages for causes you believe in.
- Organize blood donation camps
- Organize Park Clean-up: Clean a nearby park as a group. Pick up trash, encourage recycling, appreciate and join hands with the cleaning crew.
- Campus community garden: Design a garden if space allows or setup a vertical garden or have plants in and around public places. Let beautiful plants grow instead of the weeds
- Organize Clothes Drive, Toy Drive for local orphanages and non-profits
- Volunteer to teach English for school children through i-believe’s “Evolve” Program
- Volunteer to visit local public schools and motivate them/ help with career choices
- Create awareness and engage in social media campaigns using i-believe flyers, videoes and messages for causes you believe in.
- Organize and Participate in blood donation camps
- Educate and train unemployed community members
- Support Old Age Homes, Orphanages with food supply, clothes and other needed amenities
- Organize training sessions on health care issues, family planning and first aid in rural communities
- Create awareness and train men and women in villages on self-employment opportunities
- Engage in Organic farming in partnership with local government bodies
- Encourage recycling and waste management
Here are some project ideas for professionals:
