Makeadiff.in Website Review

The biggest movements, that shaped history, ranging from civil rights to equality to suffrage, have risen out of tireless youth leaders fighting for what they believed in. Make A Difference provides a space for young people to step in, lead and make a difference in their own communities. By providing on-ground exposure, actively initiating dialogue and establishing a culture of entrepreneurship, MAD transforms the youth into a potent social force to strategically impact children at risk in their communities. MAD nationally employs a panel of experts that conducts extensive need an*lysis and research on the needs of institutionalized children. Based on results, appropriate programmes are identified and tested in a structured manner. If successful, these programmes are standardized and made available to community leaders, who take up programmes based on the needs of the community. Programme expertise involves training modules, year-round support, mentoring, monitoring and evaluation for effective implementation. To make multiple programmes work within the community, there need to be strong systems in place to ensure the quality of delivery. MAD teams in cities are provided comprehensive training on recruitment, fund-raising, awareness campaigns, managing financials, motivation and engagement. An internal process website is available for all young leaders and volunteers of MAD so that they can learn, reflect on existing processes and add to it overtime, thereby boosting community-powered process generation. MAD takes complete ownership of the quality of delivery of our programmes delivered by our community partners across India. To ensure quality of the programmes, we have internally developed a volunteer management tool, MADapp, which provides real-time information on the performance of every child and every volunteer in the MAD programme on a real-time basis. This information is used to drive the quality standards nationally. Moreover, every community partner is reviewed on the standards that are outlined on Page 5 on a monthly basis and held