When I first heard of Smileys’ “Toy Bank”, the image that came to mind was of a miniature bank model for children in the primary school. With this in mind, I set out to a government school at Kundanahalli in Bengaluru. While heavy preparations were still...
The evening of Sunday, 25 September was that of immense pride and joy to many youngsters across the country. Euphoria struck when Ms. Vaishnavi Srinivasan, a volunteer of Bhumi had won the coveted Youth Volunteer of the Year award at the Apeejay India Volunteer Awards...
JOB DESCRIPTION: VOLUNTEERING COORDINATOR Bhumi is looking for a dynamic person capable of straddling multiple responsibilities to function as one among its volunteers, enabling and complementing their work. Responsibilities: HR: Conducting volunteer recruitment drives/workshops Formulating, implementing and following up strategies to reduce volunteer attrition Facilitating the formation of a Bhumi volunteer...
Jagriti Yatra is an ambitious train journey of discovery and transformation that takes hundreds of India's highly motivated youth on an 18 day national odyssey. The aim is to awaken the spirit of entrepreneurship and to inspire young Indians living in the middle of the Indian...
It was a Saturday morning and the students from Ramakrishna Mission were getting ready for an industrial visit. There was excitement among the kids as this was going to be their first exposure to an industry. After bidding goodbye to their headmaster 38 children, accompanied...
It was Gandhi Jayanthi as the world knew it, but groups of young children were instead celebrating ‘Be the Change’ Day. The afternoon at the Odyssey bookstore in Adyar, Chennai kicked off as the kids, teachers and volunteers were introduced to the Design for Change...
On August 15, 2011 Bhumi had a blast for its 5th anniversary and so did we, the children. An Anna called Hari had explained to the Akkas and Annas who teach us about a competition- Design For Change! Our Akka came and asked us what...
32 children from the Vishwas children’s home, Bengaluru left in two packed vans at 9 AM on 1st October in the hope of flying in gigantic man-made marvels. As the Indian Air Force celebrated its 79th birthday, the Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) opened its...
The Torchbearers who have and continue to take the Bhumi flame higher and higher share their thoughts on winning the award this year....
