Global Shapers Bangalore: Join Us!
Here’s the link to our application form:
http://bit.ly/apply2globalshapersblr (Update: Applications closed on 2nd June 2019)
Application Rules :
1. Should be a resident of Bangalore
2. Should be below the age of 30 (as of 1st July 2019)
Application Deadline : 11:59 PM IST on Sunday, 2nd June 2019.
Who are Global Shapers?
About Global Shapers Bangalore
Global Shapers Bangalore is a close-knit community where members work collectively to create impactful change in our local community.
We regularly engage with other stakeholders in Bangalore and partner with other organisations in the city, to collectively problem solve to improve our city and empower Bengalureans to be changemakers.
As a hub, we are committed to working towards achieving various Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDGs), as set up by the United Nations.
Here’s what The Global Shapers Bangalore have been upto in the recent past…
EDUCATION — Stronger Schools
SDGs covered: #3, #4
The Stronger Schools Project is an initiative supported by the Global Shapers Bangalore community that uses a need-based approach to enhance the learning environment at public schools. The Project also focuses on a culture building exercise at schools by working with school leaders. Currently, we work with 5 schools in Bangalore wherein multiple interventions have been implemented in order to assist the schools in their transformational journey.
The Stronger Schools Project Timeline
June & July 2018
Launch of the Project Inauguration of Library and Sports Room at St Joseph’s Convent KHPS, Whitefield by the Maharaja of Mysore.
The Launch of the Eye camp screening. Read more about it here!
July 2018
Induction program for Teach for India fellows and their Schools into the Stronger Schools Project
August & September 2018
The Implementation of Folding Foropter based eye screening program at 5 schools.
October 2018
Launch of Project Kanasu in partnership with Stronger schools. Stronger Schools is interested in setting up of community centres — Project Kanasu, for women from disadvantaged communities to learn vocational skills such as tailoring, basket weaving, and generate an additional source of revenue.
December 2018
1. Lone pack letter initiative with our schools.
2. St.Joseph’s Convent Carnival for the School community for Christmas.
3. Sky Gazing Workshop for students at St.Joseph’s Convent in association with Society of Space Education and Research.
February 2019
1. Inauguration of Self-learning Space, Nook, in association with Project Defy at St Joseph’s Convent .
2. Completion of Eye camps across 5 low income Schools by Sankara Eye Hospital. Over 1400+ Students were tested for vision related issues.
March 2019
Fundraiser initiative to raise funds for Spectacles of the students tested.
Led a fundraising campaign to support school going children from underprivileged communities in Bangalore that were identified for a necessary requirement of spectacles due to an uncorrected refractive error eye problem by the Stronger Schools Project. Raised more than our target amount in less than 5 days, providing an opportunity for the project to be expanded in 2019 to more low-income schools across Bangalore.
Link to the fundraiser: https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-g-r-neeraj-doddamane
April 2019
Completion of Spectacle give-away to students tested across the 5 schools. Plan to scale this project to many more low-income BBMP schools underway…
ENVIRONMENT — Climate Action and Sustainable Living
SDGs covered : #6, #12, #13, #14, #15
1. 24 Hours of Reality: Bangalore Watch Party
Global Shapers, Bangalore in partnership with Climate Reality Project hosted a special viewing event to watch the live streaming of the Indian segment on 4th December from 3:30 PM — 4:30 PM, which was followed by panel discussion involving Mr. HC Sharatchandra and Mr. CB Ramkumar as speakers and moderated by Sanjana Kallesha, Bangalore hub’s first Climate Reality Leader
In this hour, we explored how India as home to several of the world’s most air-polluted cities and intensifying heat waves and monsoon seasons, sits squarely in the crosshairs of the climate-health crisis. So, it’s not surprising the nation has forged ahead on solar development. The event also featured a live presentation by Vice President Al Gore, an in-depth look at the formation of the International Solar Alliance, and conversations with Dr. K. Srinath Reddy, the president of the Public Health Foundation of India, and World Health Organization regional director Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh.
More details about the event on Sanjana’s blog post which got featured on Climate Reality Project India website
2. World Water Day event: Leaving no one behind
The World Water Day event themed ‘Leaving No One Behind’, held on 22nd March 2019 at PES University, Outer Ring Road targeted an audience of 300+ college students and discussed sustainable management of freshwater and created awareness about saving more than 100 litres of water per day. The event was organised by Bangalore chapter of Global Shapers Community (An initiative of The World Economic Forum), in collaboration with Why Waste?, Change.org, Ubereats and the Changemakers society of PES University.
The event inauguration took place as Chief Guest Mr B G Nandakumar, IAS ®, watered a plant which would be planted in the PES campus. Mr V Krishna, HOD and Cultural Convenor, PES University co-chaired the event. Mr CB Ramkumar and Mr Avinash Krishnamurthy were speakers for a panel discussion moderated by Sanjana K (Global Shaper). There were other sessions by Garvita(founder of WhyWaste?), Taruni Kumari from Change.org, Spoken word poet Shruti Ghosh and RJ Waste Raja. All speakers at the event received a certificate with a unique code, which can be used to track a tree sapling planted in their name in the Himalayan Biodiversity region.
3. World’s first Global Digital March for ‘Voice for the Planet’
Global Shapers Community, Bangalore launched the World’s first global digital march for Voice For The Planet(an initiative that was launched by Global shapers at Davos in Jan 2019) on 22nd March 2019.
The digital march is aimed at creating awareness about climate change, air and water pollution. This event is happening across the world with 295 active trotters and voluntary event organisers from around 35 countries. Bangalore (India) and Mexico City alone have pledged 5 million steps each to express their support for the cause. These targets will be collectively achieved by people from the respective cities and the impact analysis will be shared with WWF to create New Deal for Nature in Beijing in 2020.
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4. ‘Future of water’ letters in collaboration with Ubereats
Global Shapers Community, Bangalore and WhyWaste sent out 1000 #Futureofwater letters on International Mother Earth Day, in collaboration with Ubereats. These letters narrated the story of Bengaluru’s water and gave out tips to use mindfully. The idea was to amplify the conversation around water conservation and influence people to save water.
5. ‘Our Planet’ Bangalore hub Watch Party
At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2019, David Attenborough launched ‘Our Planet’ an eight-part original documentary series to demonstrate to citizens around the world how climate change is impacting all living creatures.
On Friday 5 April 2019, ‘Our Planet’ was launched on Netflix globally and Global Shapers Community wanted to host 50 watch parties in 50 countries to show the world that Shapers are united in our commitment to safeguard our planet. In line with this, Global Shapers Community Bangalore hosted a Watch Party for the Bangalore Shapers. The Shapers actively engaged in a discussion about their efforts to protect the environment and what commitment they were willing to make to safeguard our Planet.
6. A session on sustainability hacks by youngsters living ZERO waste life
Ever wondered how your daily decisions impact the environment and the future of this planet? Do you know that making a single t-shirt takes 2,500 litres of water?
Community Service Club of @NCBS and @inStem in association with the Global Shapers Bangalore organized a session on Sustainable living on 28th September 2018. They explored and discussed how one can make small changes in their lifestyle being considerate to reduce the impact of our existence and how we can slightly change our daily habits to add less waste, less burden and less pollution to the planet. An amazing team including Vidhi Bhati, Ganesh, Kartik Bhaskara and Shipra Agarwal facilitated the discussion on sustainability hacks. They discussed sustainable clothing, water, energy and waste management, and plastic-free living.
Great job and special thanks to Ketan, Bhavika, and Chinmayee of the Community Service Club, NCBS & InStem.
7. Seed Ganesha
Global Shapers Bangalore recently ran a campaign to celebrate a Green Lord Ganesha Festival. This is in support of the Treelionaire project. The clay Ganesha idols we distributed had seeds within them. Once immersed in water as per local culture and traditions, the idol completely dissolved, and seedlings of consumable millets sprouted.
INDUSTRY 4.0 — Shaping The Future of Work
SDGs covered: #8, #9, #10
Shaping The Future of Work is an initiative by Global Shapers around the world, to come together and find solutions to challenges faced by citizens around the world, with regards to how to stay relevant in a fast-changing work environment.
Global Shapers Bangalore Hub is a founding member of this project, which is a global effort to help prepare our communities for the changing work environment!
We have started by Driving Discussions on the topic around the world, Will soon Create Roadmaps for us to scale the initiative, and along with relevant stakeholders Prepare an Action Plan to ensure relevant reskilling and upskilling of our current and future workforces.
Learn more about the project here: www.shapingthefutureofwork.com
Curious about the #FutureOfWork !? We are conducting a global survey and would like your inputs to better understand what the future of work means to you!
Please take this 5 minute survey — https://shapingthefutureofwork.com/english-survey
MENTAL HEALTH — Awareness Initiatives
SDG covered: #3
Mental health remains a taboo in many societies. Today, the World Health Organization estimates that 25% of people worldwide will experience a mental disorder at least once in their lifetime. Yet, two-thirds of people with mental illnesses never seek professional help because of stigmatisation, neglect and/or ignorance.
October 10 is World Mental Health Day, and the theme for 2018 was “Young people and Mental Health in a changing world.”
Rabat Hub (Morocco), Casablanca Hub (Morocco), Bangalore Hub (India) and Fortaleza Hub (Brazil) joined forces to spark a global campaign on the stigma that surrounds mental health.
Using social media as a tool for conversation, Shapers shared their testimonials through videos and encouraged the world to share their stories too — with the hopes that people would no longer suffer alone in silence. The Campaign with videos recorded in 6 languages reached 11,500+ viewers during the week of World Mental Health Day (Oct 2018).
After the launch of the campaign, other hubs and Shapers from around the world joined the collaboration, started a WhatsApp group to keep the conversation going throughout the year, and are working on new projects to destigmatise mental health.
Link to the campaign update: https://www.globalshapers.org/news-updates/global-mental-health-campaign-2018
Link to Youtube channel with shaper videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxQKcIX1c915jEmInggNUNRnHXnudWp2F
LonePack Letters
LonePack letters is a campaign that aims to bridge the gap in mental health dialogue. LonePack Letters was started in 2017 with a purposeful aim of encouraging people to become more vocal in their support for mental health issues. As part of the campaign, people are encouraged to write or draw handwritten letters that would bring a smile to the faces of people reading them. We collect these letters and after vetting them, place them at various public spaces all over the city for unsuspecting people to pick up and read. The envelopes contained a note highlighting the widespread prevalence of mental health issues and how a few words of support from a loved one can go a long way.
In its third edition, the campaign was supported by Uber Eats wherein a letter was included along with meal deliveries across Bangalore. During the latest edition, over 20,000 letters were distributed in Bangalore, Kochi, and Thiruvananthapuram. Several schools, colleges, and workplaces in Bangalore participated including NCBS (TIFR), TFI schools and the Raintree Global group of schools.
OUTREACH — Community Related Events
SDGs covered : #11, #12, #13
- GSB Fellowship
The GSB Fellowship is a six-month multidisciplinary programme. The Fellowship brings together young dynamic social-minded individuals with exceptional leadership potential from diverse backgrounds to shape the present and future of Bangalore. The aim of the Fellowship is to provide a platform and equip the young minds with tools and resources to work on sustainable solutions to address Bangalore’s pressing issues, thereby preparing them to be leaders of tomorrow.
The objective of The GSB Fellowship is to engage the fellows to be knowledgeable from multiple perspectives about their chosen areas of interest ranging from climate change, environment, sustainability, mental health, media, technology in social entrepreneurship to education etc, so as to create change makers who will shape our city and bring about the required societal transformation and development.
2. Meet The Leader Series
The Meet the Leader Series is an initiative born from the Bangalore Hub. This a monthly meet up where the Shapers interact with the thought leaders from the local community of Bangalore. Some of the eminent personalities we have had closed room discussions with are Mr. Suresh Moona (Bangalore historian), Mr. Murali (Retd. Air Marshal - Indian Air Force), Mr. Dominic (British High Commission), Mr. Rajeev Gowda (MP Rajya Sabha), IAS Dr. Trilok Chandra,
Mr. DH Shankarmurthy (Ex-Chairman Upper House of Legislative Assembly), Padma Vibhushan Mr. MN Venkatachaliah (Ex Chief Justice of India) and Mr. DM Kiran (CEO, ONGC Foundation).
SUSTAINABILITY — Shaping Fashion
SDGs covered : #11, #12
Shape Fashion is a Global Shapers’ initiative to bring together Global Shapers who are committed to developing a sustainably renewed fashion industry. We share projects that offer local pro-deo consulting and organise events to scale up the sustainable transformation of the fashion industry through the Shaper communities.
The founding Shape Fashion team based in Amsterdam has joined forces with Fashion Revolution (FR) and collaborating with Hubs in Bangalore, Bangkok, Beijing, London, Bilbao, Cambridge, Chicago, Cordoba, Dallas, Davao, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Iloilo, Istanbul, Jaipur, Johannesburg, Joinville, Kano, Los Angeles, Lugano, Lusaka, Mexico City, Milan, Minneapolis St Paul, Mumbai, Paramaribo, Peshawar, Raleigh, Rome, Skopje, Yerevan, Kyiv and Yokohama ; to carry the philosophy forward.
Goals of the project
• Fashion Revolution seeks to expand the amount of meaningful offline events during Fashion Revolution Week which can translate into long term projects.
• Shape Fashion aims to develop and test a format to engage with and activate international Global Shaper hubs around sustainable fashion.
The Bangalore Hub has joined forces with Fairtrade India and Fashion Revolution India to conduct offline events, workshops, vocational training around promoting concepts of ethical fashion, fair trade principles and the perils of fast fashion.
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