National Service Scheme (NSS) KIIT University

Post World AIDS Day Celebration at Sikhar Chandi Jolly

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

On 3rd Dec. 2011 around 30 NSS Volunteers from the school of Biotechnology and Electrical Eng. made their way to Shikhar Chandi Jolly Slum Area in the observance of Worlds AIDS Day.

The volunteers were divided into nine groups with three members in each group. They went door-to-door to reach out to the residents and educate them on HIV/AIDS. After educating the residents, the NSS volunteers distributed the educational materials which came from the Orissa States AIDS Control Society (OSACS). The Filipino Volunteer for the National Service Scheme Orissa, Ms. Renie-Tess Martin, coordinated with OSACS and requested the educational materials prior the activity. Aside from educating the community people, the volunteers encouraged the people to come to the session hall for the film viewing about HIV/AIDS which took about half an hour. About 30 households were reached out and educated about HIV/AIDS.

While waiting for the film to finish, the NSS volunteers were able to plan out the next activities. One of the plans is to train the women of Sikhar Chandi Jolly on livelihood which includes handicrafts and selling the products during the Annual Techno-Management Festival in KIIT in which the profits will be utilized to buy basic necessities for them such as rice and cooking oil. Another plan is to go back to Adruta Children Home Orphanage and hold a drawing competition. The winning entries will be printed out on cards which will be sold to KIIT students. The profits will be donated to the orphanage. However, some detailed planning has to be done for better implementation of the proposed projects.

The NSS volunteers enjoyed the occasion and they want to do more volunteering activities. The new NSS volunteers of KSBT are added on the group page KIIT NSS Society which serves as a venue for exchange of ideas and opinions about NSS.

NSS Volunteers with Program Officer, Prof. Rout, planning

the next NSS activities

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OBSERVANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS DAY

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Eighteen NSS Volunteers from the Schools of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electronics joined in the observance of the International Volunteers Day held on the 5^th of December at the auditorium of the Center of Youth and Social Development (CYSD) Office. The event was organized hand in hand by Bakul Foundation, CYSD, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/United Nations Volunteer (UNV). With the theme “Volunteerism: Commitment, Participation and Pride”, about 300 young volunteers from different colleges and universities in Bhubaneswar including KIIT came to participate and showed their pride as true-blooded committed volunteers. The following KIIT NSS volunteers participated in the celebration: Amit Kumar, Arkadeep Mitra, Arkadyuti Bandyopadhay, Bhargav Chakraborty, Bishal Kumar Dhinajre, Nikku Shahi, Prachi Priya, B. Gravane, Divya, Rahul Chetwani, Sanjay Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Gautam, Ayanghosh, Gourav Sinha, Nikhil Kumar Ranjan, Manish Kumar, Kumar Pravir, and Rajnish Kumar.

The programme starts after the participants are done with the registration. There were some educative movies on Volunteerism shown to the audience. After the ceremonial lighting of the candles, the esteemed speakers gave their inspirational messages to the young people who attended the event. The esteemed speakers were Shri Jagadananda (State Information Commissioner of Odisha), Prof. Anup Kumar Dash (CYSD), Dr. Sruti Mohapatra (Founder and Secretary General of SWABHIMAN), Prof. Radhamohan (Former State Information Commissioner of Orissa, former NSS Regional Center Head, leading Environmentalist), Shri Sujit Mohapatra (Director of Bakul Foundation), Shri PK Sahoo (Chairman, CYSD) and Ms. Renie-Tess Martin from the Philippines(Voluntary Services Overseas Volunteer for NSS Orissa and KIIT, Volunteer Management Advisor). All the esteemed speakers encouraged the young volunteers to become active citizens, to sustain the spirit of volunteerism, and to influence other youth to volunteer. Some volunteers performed short plays on Creative Volunteerism. The highlight of the event was the recognition and felicitation of Ten Outstanding Volunteers for their great contribution to their communities. The awardees are Chandra Sagaria (Community Mobilizer, Koraput District), Subasini Sethi (Inspiring Rural Entrepreneurship in Keonjhar District), Phulamani Hembrum (Community Development Worker in Kendujhar District), Lipi Das (Volunteer for Education of School Drop-outs in Bhubaneswar), Lochan kumar Barik (Community Mobilizer and Expert in Mass Awareness Campaigns in Mayurbhanj District), Dayamanti Mohanta (Inspirational Tribal Woman in Mayurbhanj District), Manohar Kamhar (Mobilizing Tribals for Sustainable Development and Health in Koraput District), Abhaya Mohanta (Volunteering for Blood Donation and Education for the Blind in Bhubaneswar), Prashant Moharana (volunteering for Drug Users and HIV Positive people in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Khurda and Puri districts), and Gayatri Kar (Volunteering for the Differently-abled for an Inclusive Society in Bhubaneswar). The event ended with Musical Band Performance by Vighnaaz on Topical themes.

The programme closed at around 5PM. Bakul Foundation gave some saplings to the participants before leaving CYSD’s premises. KIIT NSS volunteers took four saplings and planted it on KIIT grounds in Kathjori Campus.