VOX POPULI 2019

REPORT

About Vox Populi:

Vox Populi: The Social Impact Forum is an initiative which connects students with
organizations leading in social impact-driven initiatives across the country. This event is aimed at
providing a platform to the students to interact with and engage with organisations involved in
solving contemporary challenges faced in developing India. The event starts with a keynote
address, followed by short presentations by the invited organisations, about their work. Post these,
the interested students can go and register themselves as volunteers or interns with the
organisations. The event is being jointly conducted by The Planning Forum, the Social Service
League and the Campus Placement Cell of St. Stephen's College.

Vox Populi 2019 was held on 2nd April 2019 in the college hall. It started at 2 PM with a keynote
address by Smt. Medha Patkar and Dr. Harish Hande. The NGO interaction started at 3:30 PM and
ended at 5:00 PM. It saw the presence of 16 NGOs from various fields of work and a foot fall of
120-150 students from St. Stephen’s College.

The limitations noticed in Vox Populi 2019 were:

● Only 90 minutes of interaction time which resulted in overcrowding of the college hall and
students were not able to interact with all NGOs
● Arranging college hall by removing all the chairs took 20 to 30 minutes leading to shortage
of time for NGO interaction
● Only 16 NGOs visited campus due to lack of available infrastructure

Considering the limitations such as the time of NGOs interaction and rearranging college
hall, we want to make following changes to Vox Populi 2020:

● To use SCR lawns for interaction so that we can accommodate more NGOs and students
resulting in expansion of reach
● To start the NGO interaction at 11:30 AM to expand the NGO interaction time which
results in effective interaction and impact.
● To host 25 PAN Indian and International NGOs from various fields of work so that our
junior members will get an opportunity to interact and work with NGOs from all walks of
life
● To make the registration process digital which is not only more environmentally-friendly
but would also increase efficiency of the event
● To conduct on-spot interviews to speed up the recruitment process
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We have planned the event on the 19th of March 2020 with a proposed budget of Rs. 20000.
Budget for Vox Populi 2019 was Rs. 9000.

It is planned as an event open for junior members of St. Stephen’s College and students from
other colleges of Delhi University.

An informal online survey was conducted in college to know about the junior member’s
interest for Vox Populi 2020. The statistics of the survey indicate that 288 students have
expressed interest for Vox Populi 2020. Please find below the details regarding the survey.

Year-Wise Response

Year Number of Registrations

1st Year 142
2nd Year 97
3rd Year 49
Total 288

Year Wise- Number of Registrations

49

142

97

1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year

Course-Wise Responses

Course Number of Registrations

B.A (H) Economics 76
B.A (H) English 11
B.A (H) History 37
B.A (H) Philosophy 4
B.A Programme 35
B.A (H) Sanskrit 1
B.Sc (H) Mathematics 65
B.Sc (H) Physics 16
B.Sc (H) Chemistry 18
B.Sc Programme with Chemistry 12
B.Sc Programme with Computer Science 13
Total 288

Course wise- Number of Registrations

13
12
18 B.A (H) Economics
76
B.A (H) English
16 B.A (H) History
B.A (H) Philosophy
B.A Programme
B.A (H) Sanskrit
B.Sc (H) Mathematics
B.Sc (H) Physics
11 B.Sc (H) Chemistry
B.Sc Programme with Chemistry
65 B.Sc Programme with Computer Science

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35

Below are the tables with:

a) Details of NGOs at Vox Populi 2019
b) Details of NGOs for Vox Populi 2020 (Tentative)
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Detailed Report

Number of
Registrations
Presence/ from St. Stephen's
Sno Name of NGO Description Reach College

AAROHAN is mainly working in the area of education for

underprivileged children of the society, women and other
1 Aarohan community members living in difficult circumstances. PAN India 16

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a non-profit organisation

2 Akshay Patra in India that runs a school lunch programme across India. PAN India 28

Alliance India is a non-governmental organisation

operating in partnership with civil society, government
and communities to support sustained responses to HIV in
3 Alliance India India that protect rights and improve health. PAN India 26
Amoli, meaning 'precious' is an NGO started by 8 college
students, which educates children about the abnormality of
4 Amoli Trust Child Sexual Abuse PAN India 46
Ashish Foundation for the Differently Abled Charitable
5 Ashish Foundation Trust. Delhi 19

It is a policy implementation organization doing the

necessary tasks to see that policies designed to transform
6 Indus Action the social fabric of the country are fully realized. Delhi 21

Kat-Katha works with the commercial sex workers and

their children living on Garston Bastion (GB) Road, the
7 Kat-Katha largest red light area in India’s capital city, Delhi. Delhi 30

Its aim is to educate and empower today’s youth by

helping to develop personal and professional skills and
providing students with the right opportunities and
8 Learning by Locals guidance to achieve their goals. Delhi 9
 ChalkLit, a mobile platform developed by Million Sparks
Foundation, provides comprehensive capacity building
programs for teachers, school leadership and
administration at scale through partnerships with state
9 Million Sparks Foundation education departments and school bodies. PAN India 31
Pravah has been working since 1993 in India, on
developing leadership capacities of young people to
unleash their ability to bring about transformational social
10 Pravah change PAN India 22
Safecity organizes several campaigns to spread awareness
about gender based crimes. Join one of our campaigns or
11 Safecity use our resources to start your own. PAN India 5

The main objective of the trust is come out from the name
i.e. Saksham – to become self dependent. Saksham
Foundation's work is concentrated in the fields of
12 Saksham Foundation Education, Health and Community Development. PAN India 24

It works to provide global support and assistance of any

kind where there is humanitarian, ecological,
13 Samarpan Foundation environmental and animal welfare need. International 7
Sankalp Education Society has been founded by a group
of like-minded young people (including 3 women) who
believe in ensuring equal career and livelihood
opportunities to the underprivileged sections of the
14 Sankalp Education Society society. PAN India 24

It works for the visually impaired. The idea behind setting

up Score Foundation was to change the mindset of people
towards blindness and visual impairment and in the
process, initiate a conversation on how to lead a Life with
15 Score Foundation Blindness. PAN India 17

Youth Alliance is working to build a movement of young

leaders equipped to meet India’s problems by designing
processes to identify young individuals with a spark to
16 Youth Alliance think innovatively for the larger social good. PAN India 11

Just as a reference point, even when Tier 1 large conglomerates such as JSW, Deutsche
Bank, Nomura visit campus for internships we receive a registration of 20-50 students
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Tentative NGOs contact list

Presence/
Sno Name of NGO Field of Work Description Reach
World Health The World Health Organization is a specialised agency of the
1 Organisation (WHO) Health United Nations that is concerned with world public health International
The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-
governmental organization founded in 1961, working in the
World Wide Fund for field of wilderness preservation, and the reduction of human
2 Nature (WWF) Environment impact on the environment. International
People For Animals (PFA) is a Non-Governmental Organization
which works all over India with the help of likeminded people.
These people make Units / Hospitals, register it independently
3 People for Animals Animal Rights and run it on their own. International
Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) is a leading Indian nature
conservation organisation committed to the service of nature. Its
mission is to conserve wildlife and its habitat and to work for
the welfare of individual wild animals, in partnership with
4 Wildlife Trust of India Animal Rights communities and governments. PAN India
Indian Pollution Control Association (IPCA) is a not-for- profit,
Indian Pollution Control non-government organization (NGO), established in the year
5 Association Environment 2001 with the support of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi PAN India
Heart for Art is a Public Charitable Trust that promotes the
6 Heart for Art Art and Craft traditional Arts + Crafts of India. PAN India
The Hans Foundation, established in 2009, is a Public
Development for Charitable Trust that provides funding support to Not-for-Profit
7 The Hans Foundation Differently Abled organisations in India. PAN India
Pratham Education It works towards the provision of quality education to the
8 Foundation Education underprivileged children in India. PAN India
Lepra is a UK-based international charity working to beat
leprosy. Since being founded in 1924 they have helped to
diagnose, treat and rehabilitate people affected by leprosy. Lepra
currently works in India, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and
9 Lepra India Health Mozambique. International
Prayas is a Non-governmental organization based in Delhi,
India. It was founded in 1988 by ex-Delhi DCP Amod Kanth
after being moved by the destruction caused by fire to makeshift
Human homes and ragged shelters built by children in the slums of
10 Prayas Trafficking Jahangirpuri in Delhi. Delhi
CARE is a not-for-profit organisation working in India for over
68 years, focusing on alleviating poverty and social injustice. Its
overall goal is the empowerment of women and girls from poor
Women and marginalised communities leading to improvement in their
11 Care India Empowerment lives and livelihoods. PAN India
The Foundation seeks to carry forward its service in all those
Women areas which were the basis of the award; namely Police and
12 India Vision Foundation Empowerment Prison Reforms; Women Empowerment PAN India
Children and Youth Youth Children and Youth International formerly Rio+twenties is a
13 International Empowerment non-governmental youth-led and volunteer based youth International

Global Youth Action
14 Network
15 Butterflies India
Centre for Public Interest
16 Litigation
Child Rights and
17 You(CRY)
Janaagraha Centre for
Citizenship and
18 Democracy
19 Chetna
20 Donate an Hour
21 GGB Foundation
22 Samman Foundation
23 Smile Foundation
UDAAN Welfare
24 Foundation
Center for Urban and
25 Regional Excellence
Disabled welfare trust of
26 India
Society for Welfare of the Development for with disabilities. It is a pioneer in the field of special education
27 Handicapped
The Akshaya Patra
28 Foundation
29 Goonj
empowerment organization based in Brussels, Belgium and
Brighton, UK. ".
The Global Youth Action Network (GYAN) is an international
Youth network of youth NGOs spanning 180 countries, and
Empowerment headquartered in New York, near the United Nations. International
Butterflies founded by Rita Panicker is a registered voluntary
organisation working with vulnerable children, especially street
Human Rights and working children in Delhi since 1989. PAN India
The Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) is an Indian
non-governmental organisation that conducts litigation on
Human Rights matters of public interest. PAN India
Child Rights and You, commonly abbreviated as CRY, is an
Indian non-governmental organization, which aims to restore
Child Education children's rights. PAN India
Janaagraha’s mission is to transform the quality of life in India’s
Citizenship cities and towns. PAN India
Community CHETNA envisages an equitable society where disadvantaged
Welfare communities are empowered to live healthy lives. PAN India
Donate an Hour is a volunteering platform. Here people from
Community diverse backgrounds and different walks of society, join
Welfare together with the aim of giving it back to the society. PAN India
GGB’s mission is to implement the Sustainable Development
Community Goals such that they become an indicator for a healthy and
Welfare progressing society New Delhi
Community Sammaan has a long history of working in financial inclusion,
Welfare livelihood, micro-entrepreneurship, health and agriculture. PAN India
Community The organisation works for the welfare of children, their
Welfare families, and the community through four major programmes. PAN India
Aim is to provide timely and meaningful support to needy
children, women & Senior Citizens by effectively implementing
projects in the area of Health, Education and Nutrition, which
Community have a sustainable, cost effective and positive impact on society
Welfare & Environment. Mumbai
CURE's work focuses on building resilient communities and
Community cities. It helps cities with the preparation of citywide slum
Welfare upgrading and environmental resilience plans. PAN India
The primary aim of the organisation was to provide education
Development for and vocational training to the disabled children and work for
Differently Abled their rehabilitation. Gujarat
Society for Welfare of the Handicapped is a registered non-
governmental organization of Patiala for the welfare of children
Differently Abled in North India. Patiala
Mid-Day Meals The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a non-profit organisation in
programme India that runs school lunch programme across India." PAN India
Goonj is a non-governmental organisation headquartered in
Delhi, India which undertakes disaster relief, humanitarian aid
and community development in parts of 23 states across India.
Disaster Relief Goonj focuses on clothing as a basic but unaddressed need. PAN India
 GiveIndia is a non-profit organisation in India. It is an online
donation platform and aims to channel and provide resources to
30 Give Foundation Donation credible non-governmental organisations across India. PAN India
Deepalaya is a Non-governmental organization in India’s
national capital state Delhi, working on issues affecting the
development of the urban and rural poor in India, with a special
31 Deepalaya Education focus on children. Delhi
Founded by Ronnie and Zarina Screwvala, the Swades
Foundation operates with the single-minded focus of
Rural empowering rural India. Our vision is rural empowerment
32 Swadesh Foundation Development through best practices, modern technology and values. Maharashtra
HelpAge India is an Indian organization focused on the
concerns of elders. Established in 1978, its mission is “to work
Senior Citizen for the cause and care of disadvantaged older persons and to
33 Helpage India Welfare improve their quality of life”. PAN India
Nanhi Kali is a sponsorship project that was started by Anand
Women Mahindra in 1996, with the aim of breaking the vicious circle of
34 Nanhi Kali Empowerment poverty in India by educating the girl child. Delhi
Azad Foundation is driven by the vision of a world where all
women – in particular women from underprivileged
Women backgrounds – enjoy full citizenship, earn a livelihood with
35 Azad foundation Empowerment dignity and generate wealth and value for all. PAN India
Bhumi is one of India's largest independent youth volunteer
non-profit organisations. Bhumi as a platform enables over
Youth 12,000 volunteers in more than 12 cities across India for causes
36 Bhumi Empowerment like education, environment, animals, community welfare etc. PAN India