Sunday, October 4, 2009

Inauguration of ngoVARTA...







Pune: Oct 2nd : Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti: India's first SMS based Newsletter- ngoVARTA for NGOs & Social Sector people in Maharashtra was inaugurated at the hands of Dr Milind Bhoi (Advisor- Planning Commission- Youth & Sports Committee, GoI & National Youth Awardee,GoI) on the auspicious day of Gandhi Jayanti on Oct 2 in Pune.


This newsletter will INTEGRATE & INTERCONNECT Social Sector people. This SMS newsletter will alert, inform and update all the affiliate members FREE of cost.
More than 3500 organisations & 8500 individuals across Maharashtra are connected with this newsletter.


Dr Bhoi appreciated the initiative and explained why & how it’s important to bring the social sector people together under a single umbrella. He also mentioned that through this newsletter every social worker will be connected & updated which will help in amplifying their voice, highlight their activities & develop friendships amongst them.


Ravi Ghate, Social Entrepreneur & innovator of 'Local SMS Community Newsletter' which is recognised amongst top 15 'Mobile Social Innovations in the World', expressed the idea behind the initiative. He mentioned that, if the development related activities of youth social workers are highlighted, then they work more energetically and indirectly empowers the nation. He said that if all fraternities comes together, then why not the social workers, that too, Youth Social Workers?

2 comments:

  1. Very useful initiative. I included the news in a knol article by me.

    http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/-/2utb2lsm2k7a/1899#

    All the best for the initiative

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  2. Resp Sir,
    Thanks for boosting our moral.
    I visited the link and hope to get more blessings in future too.
    Regards
    Ravi Ghate
    Pune

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