Deadline: 7-Dec-20
Applications are now open for the 2021-22 Goonj Fellowship to reach out to this resilient force of youth and create a ground for their nurturing and fine tuning.
Their goal is to value what they bring to the world – their inherent understanding of the people, their resilience of working in the toughest circumstances, their hunger to make it a better world for their own families and future.
This youth is deeply invested in the change they seek to bring about. It thus makes sense to work closely on their personal and professional development to ensure that the development work in future has a force of people who have the skills, mindset and determination to work long term on issues that are bothering us today.
What is the Goonj Grassroot Fellowship and how does it operate ?
Goonj Grassroot Fellowship is a year long programme, where fellows will be working in various areas by engaging with the communities on ground. During the one year, fellows interact with various communities from villages as well as cities and get a deeper understanding of the realities and devise ways to act upon the needs of the communities by engaging the communities.
After the selection process, there will be a thorough induction process, where fellows will be given a detailed orientation of Goonj and its operations. Post which, they will be working on various initiatives from their locations.
- If a fellow is from rural area:
- In the initial phase, fellows will be working closely with the experienced on ground Goonj team members to understand and learn about the initiatives, community mobilization & engagement and communication strategy.
- In the second phase, fellows will be individually taking up the initiatives on basic infrastructure, water resource management, menstrual health and hygiene, livelihood, education and disaster relief & rehabilitation in rural areas by engaging the local
communities and using the local wisdom & resources.
- If a fellow is from urban area:
- Fellows will start working in various operational functions of city teams of Goonj Pan India. In the later phase, fellows will be given opportunities to take up implementation tasks related to multiple urban initiatives run by Goonj for resource deprived communities.
Stipend
- Stipend of Rs.10000/- per month will be given.
The one year Goonj Grassroots Fellowship includes:
- Learning in-depth about issues like infrastructural development, menstrual health, education, livelihood and disaster relief-rehabilitation etc.
- Working on ground with Goonj operational and field teams in Assam, Bundelkhand, Chattisgarh, Odisha, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Bihar, Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal etc
- Capacity building workshops, shadowing experience with sector specialists apart from hands on training about key skills like communication, financial planning, monitoring and evaluation etc.
- Goonj is looking for people who will commit to spend a year with them in various areas and themes by working on issues that affect the last person, at the same time develop individual skill sets and capacities.
- Minimum qualification is Matriculation.
- Age between 21 to 35 year old.
- Applications opened for Indian citizens only.
For more information, visit https://goonj.org/rural-fellowship/