Drumroll Please

The Winner of the Staples Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition conducted by The Change Makers is none other than the MAD group.

The competition aims to identify and support innovative ways young people are making life easier for others.

The Winning  criteria was ……

• Innovation: This is the knock-out test; the idea or project must introduce creative elements or methods to positively impact the community in order for judges to give it a high ranking. For example, the project might use a new approach to tackle a challenge, creative methods to raise awareness of a problem, or innovative strategies to raise funds or engage volunteers.
• Social Impact: It is important that the idea or project has or will have significant impact on the issues it addresses. Some innovations will have proven success at a small level (or are still at the very beginning), while others will have scaled to engage hundreds or thousands of people. Judges will take into consideration how you plan to grow, replicate, and reach big goals.
• Sustainability: For a project to be truly effective it must have a plan for how it will acquire financial and other bases of support for the long-term. In other words it has a good strategy for creating ongoing positive change in the community and engaging partners, as well as a sound plan for transitioning leadership and recruiting team members or volunteers.

The Assessment Criteria was tough but the MAD group made it through.

I’m really proud of these guys. I didn’t get to work very closely with this group but they are a bunch of people who really care for the society around and will definitely bring in the change they want to see in the world around us.

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MAD – Make A Difference

[Content taken from http://makeadiff.in]

What is it ? :

An Organization of young people working amongst orphans and other underprivileged kids to provide them with quality education so that one day it shall empower them to stand on their own feet and when the times comes fly away. They try not to grill into their heads the tedious school syllabus but instead prepare them face life better by improving their communication skills, computer skills and their overall personality.

You care to join ?

Just Two hours a week

You can do sooooo much with us in just two hours. Be a teacher to these underprivileged kids, spend some time with them and just see what wonderful joy you bring into their lives. And all it takes is two hours a week. Would that be too much to ask??

Be a Journalist

Our journalists represent the free voice of the youth. We have no political affiliations, no religious influences or any other biases. All that motivates and guides us is the goal of social justice. Here our journalists write about the various problems faced by the youth or by the world as a whole, from the youth’s point of view.

Start a cell in your college

Be the leader and start a MAD cell in your college…You will have the autonomy to plan and coordinate your own activities and also receive our help. Your chance to do lead your college

Be a trainer

Do you have a passion for teaching? Are you employed or constrained by time but still feel you have so much experience you could share with us. We’ve something just for you. You could help us train our volunteers.

If you are on ORKUT you can check the Cochin MAD, Pune MAD and Chennai MAD. The Hyderabad MAD should be up pretty soon. I heard they are hiring

Find out more about MAD.

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