Announcing the virtual volunteering calendar for the upcoming CSR Week

August 25, 2020

You are keen to do volunteer work but don’t have the time or opportunity to do so in the lockdown? Don’t worry, hum hain na!

We are organising a CSR Week in Sharekhan from August 31 to September 6, 2020. One whole week in which we will present you with various opportunities to do virtual volunteer work. Simply take your pick, avail of your CSR Leave and spread cheers among the needy.

What’s more, we are announcing the calendar for the CSR Week in advance so that you may plan your voluntary work schedule well.

Calendar for the CSR Week

Date Time Activity No. of Volunteers Eligible employees
NGO: Bhumi
August 31, 2020 9.30am to 5.30pm Audio Book Assembling: This engagement consists of assembling of audio files created by multiple volunteers from Audio book recording event as one final file to be utilized by beneficiaries. 25 Open to employees from all locations
September 1, 2020 9.30am to 5.30pm Video TLMs: Creating video TLMs for less -privileged children to make it interesting for children to understand new concepts. The content in the videos will be text books syllabus or/and general knowledge, provided to the volunteers. The age group of children is from Grade 1 to 5. Please share your preferred language of communication when you apply for the leave. 25 Open to employees from all locations
September 2, 2020 Flexible Let's teach English (Tamil Speaking volunteers only): Teaching English to children at urban slum communities. Volunteers will be provided content and modules to teach them. These sessions will empower children to use English language as tool to articulate and expresses their world views. The age group of children is from Grade 1 to 8.   50 Open to employees from all locations. Employees should know Tamil in order to participate in "Let's teach English"
September 3, 2020 10.00am to 13.00pm
3.30pm to 18.30pm		 Eco-friendly Webinar: Employees have to attend a webinar through which they will be educated on eco-friendly lifestyle practices. 200 Open to employees from all locations
September 4, 2020 Flexible Empower Her: Mentoring conversation with female beneficiaries by women employees from Sharekhan. The conversation can be around personal hygiene, mental health, career orientation, and many other topics. The age group of children is from Grade 9 to 12. Please share your preferred language to communicate with the beneficiaries when you apply for the leave. 50 Open to employees from all locations
September 5, 2020 Flexible Help the Self Help: A unique opportunity to connect with independent individuals from “Self Help groups”. The volunteer will have a session on learning their craft. Once the volunteer is trained, they need to create the same product, and will be supporting these groups in their upscale their productions. Material will be provided and final product collected by Bhumi. Please share your updated address and preferred language to communicate with the beneficiaries when you apply for the leave. 25 Employees should currently be residing in either Mumbai or Pune.
September 6, 2020 9.30am to 13.30pm Seva Chef: Preparing food items with your family members to support homeless, or less privileged people. All the groceries will be supplied by Bhumi and post the preparation Bhumi will work around delivering it to right and needy beneficiary. 50 Employees should currently be residing in either Mumbai or Pune.
NGO: Womenite
September 1, 2020 9.30am to 5.30pm Prepare annual reports for Womenite 2 Open to employees from all locations
September 2, 2020 9.30am to 5.30pm Conducting research for Womenite 2 Open to employees from all locations
September 3, 2020 9.30am to 5.30pm Content writing as per the NGO requirements for their website 2 Open to employees from all locations
September 4, 2020 9.30am to 5.30pm Serving as a consultant to advice them on their growth strategy  2 Open to employees from all locations

Eager to participate in an activity? Discuss the same with your manager, seek his/her approval and apply for your CSR leave right away by writing to csrleave@sharekhan.com.

You may choose to participate in any of these activities or yourself explore and identify virtual volunteering activities with the non-government organisations (NGOs) in your locality, keeping the guidelines in mind.

If you have any queries regarding other kinds of activities you may participate in or different NGOs you may wish to support, please get in touch with your Human Resource Business Partner or write to the members of the Sharekhan CSR Committee at csrcomm@sharekhan.com.

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