Legal Internship Opportunity at India Vision Foundation, New Delhi: Apply Now!

About India Vision Foundation

The foundation was established in 1994, when the first female Police Officer of India, Dr. Kiran Bedi was conferred with the Ramon Magsaysay Award (equivalent to Asia’s Nobel Prize) for forging ‘positive relationships’ between people and the police through creative leadership during her tenure as Inspector General of Tihar Prison, Asia’s largest prison. The Foundation seeks to carry forward its service in all those areas which were the basis of the award; namely Police and Prison Reforms; Women Empowerment.

The organization is also committed to rebuild lives of children of prisoners through its Education for Children of Inmates project that comprises of two primary projects: a) Crèche b) Children of Vulnerable Families Project.

Presently, the Foundation has successfully implemented the “3S Model of Reformation” across prisons of four states namely: New Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, Punjab & Uttar Pradesh.

In order to sensitize prison administration and to spread reformation activities in prisons foundation introduced a Training programme for prison officials in 2015 – 2016. Till date, more than 350 prison officials from different files & ranks have been trained under this programme.

Today, the foundation is touching more than 3000 lives every day and is striving to give new hope in the lives of prison inmates and their children. With its team is trying to bring about a progressive change through positive reinforcement, education and values that not only help them to become responsible and conscientious citizens but empower them enough to become an asset to society. The foundation has successfully reached out to more than 2, 50,000 beneficiaries under its Prison Reforms and Rural Development project.

About the Opportunity

Intern/ Volunteer with India Vision Foundation and together help us to #SaveTheNextVictim

Interning/Volunteering with India Vision Foundation provides an opportunity to learn new skills and strengthen existing ones. All our interns/volunteers get live experience of interacting and working with  beneficiaries from our projects.

Associated with more than 19 prisons across 4 states and reaching out to more than 500 children of incarcerated parents India Vision Foundation is pioneer in prison reforms.

Eligibility

India Vision Foundation accepts internship applications from anyone over the age of 18 who would like to spend a minimum of 1 month working in our New Delhi office or at any of our project site. Previous experience in relevant fields is an add on. Most of the internships are unpaid so applicants should be able to support themselves during their internship.

Duration

Interns can spend a maximum of 3 months working on our project sites or head office at New Delhi. 

Application Procedure

Submit the documents mentioned below with your Internship/Volunteering Form at ivfindia@gmail.com or communication@indiavisionfoundation.org.in

1. Resume
2. Cover letter
3. Recommendation letter from your Institute /collage/faculty
4. Specify the project that you would like to associate
5. Internship/Volunteering Form (Volunteers-Interns Form-updated-25thMay2019)

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