Position: Social Leader

Organization: The Vriksh Fellowship

WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY

Any Social Leader who is presently working for the benefit of economically or socially disadvantaged section of the Indian society residing anywhere in slums, rural or tribal areas of the country, and who:

a) is a founder or co-founder of his/her social initiative.

b) is engaged in the social initiative full-time for minimum one year. The social initiative must be an original idea of the applicant and must be a non-profit.
c) is willing to work full time in his/her social initiative for the entire duration of the fellowship
d) envisions to promote a healthy value system, thereby encouraging compassion, social and economic equality, justice, secularism, co-operation etc
e) is able to provide details on how he/she is sustaining at the time of making the application
f) is able to provide a realistic plan how he/she will become self-sustaining at the end of the fellowship to continue the work
g) is 22 years of age or older (Born on or before December 31, 1999)

SELECTION PROCESS

Round 1: Preliminary Application Form

Round 2: Detailed Application Form
Round 3: Telephonic Interview
Round 4: Field Visit to understand on ground presence of the initiative

MONITORING

During the course of the fellowship, the fellows shall be required to submit a monthly report of their activities in a very simple format, that would ask for list of activities done, activity' purpose, brief description, number/profile of people benefited, outcome etc. In addition, our execution team shall stay in touch with the fellows on phone (at least one phone call per quarter) and also shall visit them on-field at least once a year.

No interference Policy: During the course of the fellowship, for two/three years, our role would be to support the fellows financially by providing Rs 12,000 per month. In addition, we may also encourage or invite the fellows for further capacity-building or self-development based on his/her interest, by either organizing a workshop on our own or by recommending a workshop being conducted by some other organizations on specific topics. This aspect of capacity-building or self-development shall be absolutely optional for the fellow to benefit from; our team shall not try to impose it on the fellow by any means. Our team shall also not try to interfere with the work of the fellows; we shall only offer our non-financial support whenever sought, we shall not impose it or make it mandatory. However, advice or guidance may be provided at any time.

EXIT POLICY

If our team, during its evaluations, observes that the fellow is no longer meeting the mandatory pre-requisites of the fellowship, which are 1) being involved in the initiative full-time 2) working for the benefit of economically or socially disadvantaged section of the society through a non-profit initiative 3) promoting a healthy value system 4) having registered an organization if advised to do so etc, it can choose to discontinue the fellowship after giving one month notice period to the fellow. The fellow shall also be given an opportunity to share his/her reasons for not adhering to the pre-requisites.
 

MORE INFORMATION

- All financial transactions during the course of the fellowship shall be processed through bank accounts.
- All legal proceedings shall fall under the jurisdiction of High Court of Himachal Pradesh.