Student/Beneficiary Feedback Vishakha Randive | Project Enhance ~ Pune

Project Enhance

Certain things can be put to complete use only when they are given to the right people at the right time. From a social perspective, realizing the need of the hour, researching the dire requirements and identifying the target group is of utmost importance to get anything up and running. And the outcome is bound to be beneficial and definitely advantageous given the pre-work that has gone into it.

Listen the student talking about the project and her experience - that would make more sense:

Colorss hit the gong at just the right place and the right time through its innovative developmental initiative – 

Project Enhance:- Project Enhance is basically a multidisciplinary programme that aims at encouraging creativity, promoting healthy development, increasing productivity and creating a sense of responsibility towards the community and its members.

Project Objectives: 

Project Enhance, designed for young children is a multifaceted approach aimed at

• Developing discipline by way of imparting Martial Arts training
• Increasing focus by helping them cope with stress and tension
• Improving their physique by way of sports activities, thus contributing to their healthy development.
• Increasing productivity by helping them get better control of body and mind
• Fostering confidence by getting them involved in creative artwork
• Contributing greatly to increased self-awareness
• Training them to be responsible social members of the society.

Project Benefits:

Project Enhance has multiple benefits as listed below.

Psychological Benefits: Control aggression and anger; Stimulate Brain Activity; Increase happiness; Build self confidence; Develop trust, co-operation and togetherness

Physiological Benefits: Increase Stamina; Fortify Muscles; Regulate breathing; Widen range of flexibility; Improve body posture and control.

Creative Art & Benefits: Responsibility; Cognitive Skills; Eye/Hand Coordination; Responsibility; Cognitive Skills; Eye/Hand Coordination; Focus & Discipline

For Love,

Anand

Volunteering at Colorss

Volunteers are the constant support to Colorss. But, what exactly are the volunteers doing? How are they doing it? and why are they doing it! These are all those infinite questions that many people think about or ask.  Well,  it's better that we hear the volunteers sharing their experiences! It gives more clarity to the subject 'volunteering' and the 'content' of joy felt by them.

This video would also help all those new volunteers/interns who are planning to support Colorss. Watch this video wherein our volunteers are sharing themselves.  As Colorss continues to make great strides on the social front, let’s take a vow to contribute in whatsoever manner possible to reach out to people in our communities and societies to enhance, empower and energize them.

"If you want love or if you want to give back love”, then you are all set to join the social bandwagon!

We are always there to answer your questions – we are here to make things simple.  Are you joining us! Why don’t you share us – it’s also a great volunteering service you can do! Well the choice is absolutely yours!

For Love,
Anand

‘See Green’ - determined to be a fine integration of proposed solutions for some of the critical issues in the society! | Colorss Foundation

Every New Year brings in new opportunities for people, avenues to go by their resolutions and ways to achieve their dream. But, unfortunately some people get lost while looking around for such opportunities or probing for avenues and paths. Here, in Colorss we sincerely make an attempt to intertwine the right people with the right opportunity and further go on to create hope and strength in the people who will then pave way for a healthy society. Synonymous to this, starting this January, Colorss is coming up with a project – ‘See Green’ which is determined to be a fine integration of proposed solutions for some of the critical issues in the society. To give it a personal touch, we are creating an opportunity for each one of ‘you’ reading this to contribute in whatsoever manner possible to light hope and give strength to empower someone out there to stand up and live their life themselves. Read on to understand more about See Green. 

The Objectives of the Project:

1.     Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: We are appealing to educational institutions, organizations and individuals to donate old clothes. Thus bringing in, the ideas of 3R’s – Reduce, Reuse & Recycle.

2.     Production of Hand Stitched Bags: The collected old clothes will be distributed among women in rural and underprivileged households of Vadodara, who will then produce hand stitched bags made of these old clothes.

3.     Empowering Women: These bags would later be sold for a nominal price to interested vendors in and around Vadodara. The income earned would be given to the women, thus empowering them and improving their financial stability.

4.     Plastic Free: By encouraging people to use cloth bags, we will be contributing our share to building an eco-friendly environment, free of plastic.

What can you do?

1.     If you are in Vadodara, then do take a casual drive to drop by your old clothes.

2.     For schools, we have a collection drive that has been planned and the respective schools are expected to intimate the same to the students.

3.     If you are not around but still would like to contribute, then do spread the word about this project on twitter @colorss or alternately on G+.

4.     You can go a step ahead to encourage volunteers and like-minded people in your neighborhood to come up with an initiative as this one.

5.     Choose to fund for this project by being a sponsor.

A little action can make wonders. It will lead to mutual satisfaction and happiness and will give a new social meaning to your life. As Stephen Covey rightly said, ‘Life is just not about accumulation, it is also about contribution’. Act now.

As an intern to Colorss, Mr. Aditya Gupta a Doon School Alumnus who had been working on his idea 'See Green' is now a reality. 

For Love, Founder Anand Koti

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Internship Opportunities

Internship opportunities are available at Colorss. Students can apply for internship along with their detailed resume. Opportunities for MSW / BSW students to get on-the-job training. It's just not limited to social work students - we are accepting students from media, communication, engineering, management, art-n-craft, fine-arts, NID, NIIT and more... Feel free to drop an email with your resume and make an inquiry.  - emailcolorss@gmail.com | www.facebook.com/colorssfoundation | http://colorss.org

For Love,
Anand

Make the Diwali of the children at Colorss brighter. Be a part of 'Joy of Giving' this Diwali.

No other time of the year or festival conjures up as much excitement as Diwali! The festival of lights which illuminates the country with its brilliance and dazzles everyone with its joy is coming soon! 

The lights illuminate our homes and hearts and empower us to commit ourselves to good deeds. A celebration of light, love and prosperity, the spirit of Diwali entices all. 

This year let’s combine the spirit of Diwali and the joy of giving by spreading the virtues of the festival by illuminating the lives of children! Make the Diwali of the children at Colorss brighter. Be a part of 'Joy of Giving' this Diwali.

Any help that comes from your end would bring in joy at Colorss.

Colorss does NOT accept donations from countries other than India.

50% deduction to all donations to Colorss are exempt from tax under sections 80G, of the Income Tax Act. Tax exempt under Income Tax act 80G(5) Registration No: BRD/CIT/1 80G (20) (105) 2009-10.

You can send in your contribution directly in our account and let us know.

Colorss Foundation
Current A/C number: 30562854518
IFS Code: SBIN0009737
State Bank of India
New Sama Road (9737) Branch
Vadodara

Alternatively you can make a direct transfer from this link as well: https://www.badhai.in/ngo/ngodetails/colorss-foundation and click Donate

Many thanks and we look forward to hear you,
For Love,
Anand

‘See-green’ – an initiative to encourage use of eco-degradable bags instead of plastic bags

As an intern to Colorss, Mr. Aditya Gupta a Doon School Alumnus took up his own initiative of working on a project that would benefit a community and lead to increase use of eco-friendly bags in his locality. Aditya has a concrete plan and he intends to take this to a larger scale - as it involves three interesting and worthy factors: 

Recycle: in form of donation of old clothes from urban households.

Empowering women: bulk production of hand-stitched cloth bags which can improve their financial stability and their self-esteem too.

Going plastic free: encouraging use of eco-friendly bags instead of plastic bags.

Women and girls working in the See-Green initiative

'See-Green' product 

Aditya at the community

Aditya did the needful data-collection, he encouraged people to donate old clothes as well as gave environment-friendly tips to the localities he covered. This simple idea of a business opportunity with easy availability of raw material motivated the women to work for an extra income. Aditya demonstrated leadership qualities when we saw how he got around and made the finished product.

Aditya selling the bags at stores in Baroda

His next challenge was to sell the bags to the vendors.  Organic friendly shops like Jatan Vasundhara stores in Vadodara regularly purchased the product. This was a rewarding achievement and we did see the joy in his eyes. More impressive than this -it was the compassion and heart with which Aditya worked for the benefit of the deprived women.

Aditya after selling the bags :) the joy

Aditya has been truly able to justify the entire process of manufacturing to sales; his dedication and focus is commendable. Aditya came to us as he wanted his project to have a larger impact. Seeing how contemporary and relevant this issue is Colorss Foundation will do it’s very best to take “See-green” to the next level.

Thank you,

For Love,

Anand