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Volunteers |
Deposit Your Talent in the IMPACT TIME BANK and encash
the Joy of Giving
Impact India seeks investment
from the people, from all walks of life in India. It
is an endeavour to elicit investment with the Time Bank
and encourage people to be part of a unique and novel
investment opportunity.
It is your time and commitment that are being
sought as deposits. When you deposit your free time
and voluntary work, you will become a part of a brilliant
chain, you will be a vital link in a countrywide life-saving
chain secured together by the LIFELINE
EXPRESS.
For a project as ambitious as this, there is an imperative
need for synergy, to be able to convert the over 75,000
km of Indian Rail Track into health tracks and reach
out to the disabled, free of cost. Impossible is the
only way to describe Impact India's projects without
the invaluable support from the Time Bank Donors.
On the Hospital Train each senior surgeon, doctor, nurse,
anesthetist, ward boy, cleaners, and other volunteers
offer their services free of cost, and at any given
hour there is a minimum medical team of twenty working
on the Lifeline Express through fifteen hours daily.
Each project touches the lives of nearly 5000 persons.
Averaging broadly the fees of each medical volunteer,
the time and skills donated is valued at approximately
Rs. 3.7 million (per project)
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Rs.
3.7 million |
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i.e. US$ 75,000 ) |
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i.e. GBP 47,000 ) |
First
hand account of Australian volunteer-Kate Higgins:
"I
heard stories about the Lifeline Express as far away
as Australia. I thought to myself "What a dynamic
organisation. They truly know how to problem solve!"
I
hope to contribute what I can during my 3 months at
Impact, but I know what I am learning will outweigh
anything I can give. I am sure I will take this experience
with me to my future endeavours in the aid and development
sector. Through this exercise in skills exchange Impact
India is giving globally in small ways without even
knowing it.
I'm
sure all volunteers take a lot from the Impact experience.
We take away with us what Impact India embodies: Action,
not just talk; compassion, not just profits and most
importantly it is a humbling experience, a reminder
that we are all humans and we all deserve quality
of life." -- 12 May 2009.
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FAQs
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Q- When did the LLE commence ?
A- 16th July 1991. |
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Q- Is there a medical team/doctors traveling on
the train?
A- There is only a staff of 8 persons administers
and maintains the Hospital Train. The doctors
and other medical staff are volunteers from local
community and elsewhere. |
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Q - How does LLE recruit Surgeons, Anaesthetists,
Nurses & Paramedics ?
A - Concerned State Governments are approached
for doctors, medical team, etc. Word of mouth
brings international and national expertise to
the train. |
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Q - How do people from difficult areas reach the
train ?
A- By bullock carts, rickshaws, buses and trains. |
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Lifeline
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