FOD runs an array of projects and BCF is aware of the limited man power available with the organization.

There are varieties of activities that can be helped/ supported, at the same time, a single volunteer might not possess all the skills to help different projects. For e.g. Indradhanush project (greeting cards) - We will come out with 10 new designs in the month of July; a volunteer can help us in marketing these cards to different corporates/ business houses/ schools/ private firms, etc.

The Voice… (a biannual magazine on disability)- A volunteer with good command over the language and editing skills can help us in publishing the magazine. The next issue is due in July 2005. A volunteer can also help us in procuring the advertisements for the forthcoming issue.

FOD can also be helped in maintaining its accounts and finances, administration work, etc.

The Apna Rozgaar Scheme, under which poor and illiterate disabled people are economically rehabilitated, needs lot of leg work- verification, regular monitoring, one-to-one training, purchase of goods. Our beneficiaries are spread all over Delhi and a lot of time is spent in traveling. A volunteer can help the organization in carrying out this project by doing this work in the surrounding area of where he is residing.

A volunteer with PR skills can help the organization in generating awareness about its projects among the corporates and firms. This might encourage inflow of funds too.

These are just a few examples. Innumerable activities can be chalked out as per the interest of the volunteer.

Please visit our website: www.familyofdisabled.org to know more about our projects. FOD is a grass-root level organization, volunteers having interest/ skills in different projects can help us in that particular project by employing their expertise and helping us reach our facilities to the target group in an efficient manner.

Initially, one or two meetings would be necessary to know each other, where the volunteer can be briefed about the functioning of the organization, during this meeting he will also tell us about his interest, skills and limitations (in terms of time or place, etc). Once we know and understand each other, the volunteer can work from his place also or as per his convenience. We believe it varies from individual to individual and the nature of work that s/he would like to support.

It is not possible to answer this question straightforward. It depends on the field/ activity the volunteer decides to contribute in.