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The Confederation of Indian Organisations for Service and
Advocacy (CIOSA), and the SIRAKU Foundation (Skills and Income for
Rural Aspirants and Knowledge Unlimited) are introducing a support
programme, ‘We 99’ for social entrepreneurs from Tamil Nadu, where
99 entrepreneurs will be awarded.
The programme has been initiated as an attempt to support and
encourage young social workers who display a lot of potential for
social action and change. The fellowships will be made available for
individuals who want to set up non-profit organisations as well as
those who set up such non-profit organisations not more than five
years ago.
Speaking about the fellowship, K Pandia Rajan – founder-trustee,
CIOSA, and P Dhanapal, founder-trustee, Siraku - said, “The primary
aim of this fellowship is to provide a much-needed impetus for
youngsters who are engaged in social work. This initiative will
further encourage those who have the skills and the ability to
manage and build an organisation. Indeed, such an initiative is also
bound to help us constructively critique the abilities of people who
are working effortlessly to institute significant change in
society.”
The fellowship offers financial support for two years, combined
with training and mentoring support. Individuals applying for the
fellowship must fulfil certain basic criteria. The fellowship is
open to those who are based in Tamil Nadu, who is the
founding-trustee of an existing or a new organisation, while not
being a part of any other organisation or institution.. The
candidate should be secular and non-political and not more than 35
years of age. This programme will be launched by A P J Abdul Kalam
on January 21, 2008.
Those interested in applying for the fellowship can call 6551
5921 or e-mail prasanna@ciosa.org.in to avail of further details.
Last date for submission of entries is January 14, 2008.
About CIOSA
Launched in October 2003, CIOSA serves as the facilitative
platform, where NGOs, companies and individuals with social concerns
come together for mutual learning, sharing and the collective
espousal of social causes. CIOSA’s multi-directional, cross-sectoral
character is quite unique amongst similar efforts at networking
development sector stakeholders in India. CIOSA builds such
partnerships through its website, magazine and regular meetings.
About SIRAKU Foundation:
SIRAKU stands for ‘Skills and Income for Rural Aspirants and
Knowledge Unlimited’. SIRAKU aims to address the crucial issue of
converting or transforming the large youth population into a real
human vapital, globally relevant and competitive. SIRAKU plans to
work with government., industry, institutions, NGOs and the public
at large to create awareness and to enable concrete actions.
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