| Recruitment - We're recruiting both paid and voluntary positions! Visit our 'Jobs and Opportunities' page for information on individual roles and find out how to apply. |
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| Annual Photo Competition - We want your best photos of the people and places you encountered during your time in India whether it was 2011 or 2001! Please send your entry with a caption to our Communications and Marketing Officer Jamie by Monday 5th December. The winner and two runners-up will be ch… |
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| The DiA Blog - Follow our blog for regular articles on development issues including: United Nations Day, Women's Empowerment, India, Aid, Climate Change... Contact our Blog Officer Emily if you'd like to contribute:
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| Fundraiser - Electralyte are back this weekend for a one off reunion bash! Matt, Dave, Paul and Jon will be supported by their friends The Chives (featuring Chris Spring) and Forerunner to host a charity fundraiser raising money for DiA! The bands will be pulling out the stops to provide you with an… |
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| Newsletter - We've just emailed out the July edition of our newsletter! If you'd like to receive the next edition then sign-up here (and if you can't wait that long click here to catch up June and July's newsletters!). |
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| Bollywood Nights - We raised nearly £400 at our recent fundraiser! The night was a big success and we're so grateful to everyone that came along or donated. We couldn't have done it without you! |
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| A big THANK YOU - to everyone who came to our fundraiser on Saturday. It was an absolutely brilliant night and we're so grateful for you're support. The Committee are counting the pennies to see just how much we raised - watch this space! |
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| Bollywood Nights - DiA would like to invite you to our first annual fundraiser: 'Bollywood Nights'! There'll be 2 for 1 cocktails, Bollywood beats, a photo exhibition and the chance to catch up with DiA past and present! Every penny we raise on the night will go straight back into supporting DiA's w… |
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| New Blog Posts - DiA's Executive Committee discuss the latest 'Incredible India' advert and what makes India so incredible for them, Committee member Will reflects on his DiA placement and returned Volunteer Emily Wight talks about the work of NGOs across Pondicherry. Check out the posts and have yo… |
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| Women in Egypt: 'Why Not?' - In the second part of DiA’s exclusive coverage of International Women’s Day, Cardiff University Journalism students Sara Maranon and Sandhya Kannan investigate how the revolution in Egypt is transforming the role of women within society. They spoke with Aya Faissal Abdel… |
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| February Fundraising - Check out DiA's latest fundraising update from our Fundraising Officer Roshni. It's full of Valentine's themed fundraising ideas and news of upcoming events including our biggest event of the year the Bollywood Ball! |
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| Work for us! - DiA is now looking for two India Volunteer Coordinators (IVCs) to provide on-the-ground support to our volunteer placement scheme in India! If you’d like to know more click here to download the full Job Description and Application Form. |
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| New UK Coordinator - Michelle Leeder officially started as DiA's new UK Coordinator this week! Michelle has joined us having worked as a 'Regional Youth Officer' for the Salvation army. Alongside DiA she will also be working as a Development Education educator for ActionAid. Welcome Michelle! |
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| DiA has a brand new Committee! Congratulations to Iain, Kate W, Jessie, Roshni, Kate E, Rachael, Will, Vikky, Mike and Anna. |
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| DiA's AGM will be held this Sunday 26th September from 4-6pm at the Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust with refreshments and a chance to chat to the current DiA Committee from 3.30pm. The nearest underground stations to the Dragon Hall are Holborn (5 minutes walk) and Covent Garden (10 mins walk). At t… |
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| Photos - Current 2-month Volunteer John has taken some amazing photos during his time at St Gonsalos Garcia Ashram. Click here to check out the photos on our Facebook page. |
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| Events - The Committee recently held its July meeting in London. The focus was on our upcoming AGM in September and the event we're planning to coincide with it. We're hijacking an established music filled comedy evening for the night to raise money for DiA. More information coming soon... |
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| £100? A digital camera? Yes please! - Our new India volunteers are already busy fundraising! Take a look at DiA's everyclick homepage and click on the volunteers' fundraising pages to read about 10k runs, marathons and half-marathons, curry nights, shaving heads, the DiA raffle and more! If you'd li… |
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| New Volunteers - Both of DiA's volunteer selection weekends have now taken place! This means the Committee are busy allocating volunteers to placements and planning our UK-based training weekends. The next few months are set to be an exciting time for both DiA and our volunteers! |
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| Debrief - Development in Action recently held a debrief for the returned 5-month volunteers alongside its March Commitee Meeting at Imperial College, London. As volunteers are at the heart of all that we do debriefs help us to develop and evaluate our work in India and the UK. |
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| Selection - The Committee recently held its February meeting and, as the first application deadline for our 2010 India Volunteer placements has recently passed, most of the day was spent short-listing candidates and planning the upcoming selection weekend. |
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| UK Volunteers - Co-ordinator Kate Jeffery recently trained a group of new UK volunteers from Cambridge in how to deliver workshops on responsible volunteering and global citizenship. The group has now secured future workshops with Engineers without Borders, a Cambridge School's International Develop… |
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| New Trustee - Development in Action has a new trustee! Jen Hawkins works for a financial accounting firm and is studying for her ACA qualification. She holds a degree in Geography from Cambridge University and has travelled in India. Her volunteer experience includes a charity expedition to Ecuador.… |
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