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17 November 2011
Category: Volunteer
This year sees Deep Griha Celebrate 30 years of receiving volunteers from overseas. To celebrate, in August, we posted a number of quotes from our voluminous visitors books, filled in by previous volunteers. This article prompted a number of former Deep Griha volunteers to reflect on their time volunteering here and how it impacted their later life...
28 October 2011
Category: Newsletters
Dear Friends and supporters,
The Monsoon season at Deep Griha has been a busy one. On the 5th July we celebrated Deep Griha’s 36th Birthday; volunteers, staff and supporters were all in attendance. There was dancing, singing, games, presentations, food and thank yous to the supporters who could make it. It was a joyous day and enjoyed by everyone. The following day all of the staff and volunteers ventured out to Vidyanagari and the City of Child. On arrival we were all treated to Pune’s best Wada Pav! Then, with the representatives from Centrica (who are sponsoring the construction of the second school building), we symbolically ‘broke the ground’, and construction is now underway! After this we all had a delicious lunch at the City of Child followed by the inauguration of the Chapel there in memory of Rev. Bhaskar Onawale. Towards the end of July an ex-Deep Griha volunteer visited us, and she spent some time at the City of Knowledge running a training programme with the teachers, whilst other international volunteers ran a variety of activity sessions for the students.
17 October 2011
Category: Volunteer
Name: Susannah Hodge
Volunteered: May 2011 - October 2011
Nationality: British
Programme: DISHA/ Volunteer Coordinator
I first lived in Pune for 5 months in 2005/6, I lived at Sangam World Centre (an international Girlguiding training centre) and volunteered at Anandgram, a school at a leprosy rehabilitation centre. During this stay in Pune I also visited Deep Griha and learnt about their work. Five years later when I was looking to return to India and gain experience with an NGO, I remembered Deep Griha and applied to volunteer with them. I also had some friends back in the UK who had previously volunteered with Deep Griha and recommended the organisation to me...
7 October 2011
Category: Volunteer
Name: Catherine Connell
Volunteered: July 2011 - September 2011
Nationality: British
Programme: Creches/Balwadis, Wake Up Pune, DISHA, City of Child
I heard about the Deep Griha Society through ‘Development in Action’, a British charity that facilitates the placement of young people with a variety of NGOs around India, of which DGS is one. I applied to the Deep Griha placement because I admired their extensive and successful range of programmes, and was looking for an opportunity to work with both children and adults...
26 September 2011
Category: Medical and healthcare
Sure Start is a global initiative to support community action for improving maternal and newborn health in India, and to enhance systems and institutional capabilities for sustained improvements in maternal and newborn health. It is linked to Millennium Development Goal 5, to improve maternal health globally.
In 2007 Deep Griha Society became one of Sure Start’s implementing agencies in Pune, along with three other NGOs and lead partner Project Concern International, Pune...
29 August 2011
Category: Vidyanagari
There have been many exciting things happening on at Vidyanagari over the past few months, so we thought it was about time we updated everyone...
29 August 2011
Category: Volunteer
As well as the 36th Birthday of Deep Griha itself, this year also sees 30 years since the organisation opened it's doors to overseas volunteers. Having received many hundreds of volunteers we decided to take a look back at our visitors book. The impact which volunteering with Deep Griha can have on you is eloquently and movingly conveyed in the comments below by previous volunteers...
26 August 2011
Category: Volunteer
Name: Kassie Dantzler, 23 years old
Volunteered: August 2010 - August 2011
Nationality: American
Programme: Wake Up Pune Coordinator/Volunteer Coordinator/Medical & Healthcare
I decided to spend a year in India for a number of reasons: I had fallen in love with India five years before, I had started studying Hindi and taking classes related to India, and I wanted to learn more about the real-life side of infectious disease. I study the biology of malaria parasite in the US and was planning on starting a PhD in Immunology & Infectious Disease, but felt that it was important to first get to know people and communities affected by an infectious disease and to learn about social issues related to public health, especially access to treatment. I was initially looking for a malaria-focused program in a primarily Hindi-speaking area, but after finding Deep Griha (through a friend who attends the church Dr. Onawale’s nephew pastors in New York), I knew that it was the right fit...
24 August 2011
Category: Case Study
Jyoti R. Salukhe was 17 in 2000 when she saw an advert for a Deep Griha clinic. Since her first appointment that spring she has undergone two operations on her jaw and nose which have been life changing for her. The structural problems around Jyoti’s jaw had caused her difficulties throughout her life, making her the victim of prejudice, despite having had several operations during childhood...
23 August 2011
Category: Events
On Sunday 7th August, Deep Griha Society’s DISHA and Wake Up Pune teams and Santulan hosted Melava+, their second annual matrimonial event for people living with HIV. Though people living with HIV (PLHIV) can live a full and healthy life with the help of ART medications, they often have trouble finding a life partner. Based in a belief that all people have the right to get married if they choose, Meleva+ provided a platform for PLHIV to find a life partner, community, love and happiness. While four couples officially announced their marriage at the event, nine other couples are seriously considering marriage. “This is a record-breaking number,” Avinash Chakranarayan, DISHA Team Leader noted...
