1. About "Joy of Giving Week: Jamshedpur JoyFest"

The Joy of Giving Week (JGW), planned for Sept 27 - Oct 3, 2009 as a national movement, aimed to engage at least two crore Indians in different "acts of giving" - money, time, resources and skills- spanning the corporate, NGO and government sectors, schools, colleges and the general public. Brain-child of Mumbai-based NGO GiveIndia, it aimed to create a "festival of philanthropy" that can, over the years, become a part of the Indian ethos, with the Week being celebrated every year covering Gandhi Jayanti.

As a part of XLRI’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, XLRI decided to anchor and facilitate the Week for the city of Jamshedpur as “Jamshedpur JoyFest”.

The preparations for the Week started from August 21st when it was unveiled at XLRI by in a function attended by the who’s who of the city, and was graced by the film director Imtiaz Ali, who is also the brand ambassador for the Joy of Giving Week. According to Fr Abraham, Director XLRI:

In our daily lives, we all help others in our own small ways. But here is an opportunity for us to do it together, to encourage others to do so, and to celebrate the spirit of volunteerism, which is so deep-rooted in the Jamshedpur community. As a part of our Diamond Jubilee celebrations, we have decided that we will make efforts to anchor and facilitate this cause for the city to which we belong… and contribute to the nation-building.”

One of the major initiatives undertaken by XLRI – partnered with the corporates, schools and colleges, NGOs, and local civil society organizations – was to support "Vastra-Samman", a nation-wide initiative by the award-winning NGO, GOONJ. to mobilize and collect 400,000 pieces of usable/wearable clothes for the under-privileged sections of the society.

2 comments:

  1. I read in Hindustan Times, Jamshedpur about your joy of giving week, Inspired by your idea I offered one cup of tea and two biscuits everyday morning to the security guard a very poor paid person. However having said this a sudden thought came to my mind that after sixty four years of Independence why we have to serve the people who are designated as poor people, slum dwellers, underprivileged, below the poverty line? answer : I find in an article "Portents on Rday" - death of constitutionalism by Dr. Faizan Mustafa VC National Law College - Cuttak, Odisha published in The statesman Kolkata dated 26 Jan 2011. I request you all to go through this article and do something for the eradication of poverty by establishing the constitutionalism in our country because justice is more important than charity !!!

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