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Colorss Foundation champions support of the disabled, the needy, and the disadvantaged. We foster mainstream integration of marginalized populations.

Colorss foundation has got different volunteer opportunity at this moment. Please email us at : emailcolorss@gmail.com

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Project Iris: This project is for the VI (visually impaired) a simple device that will help identify Indian Currency denomination. This project intends to break the stigma and discrimination faced by them, we aim to make them self sufficient and self reliant. This project works in two phases: Phase 1: Distribution of the device. Phase 2: Rehabilitation and inducing vocational training for the VI who are using the device.

Project Enhance: Project Enhance empowers the disabled, and facilitates their inclusion into mainstream life, by training participants in karate, while providing guidance for artistic expression. This program uses sports and the arts as tools to promote physical well-being while also improving mental health.

Colorss of Life: 'Colorss of Life' is an e-magazine with limited print distribution copies and pdf file for on line distribution. The children involved in the project will write, draw and provide contents. This activity will require them to learn a number of important life and career skills, not only the understanding of using technology and media to create something worthwhile, but also important skills of cooperation, teamwork, discipline, time management and perhaps above all, taking responsibility for their own work.

Newsletter: Colorss needs a newsletter that can give regular updates on the projects honor the volunteers for their support and provide a space for volunteers to voice their opinions, views and share their experiences.

Volunteer Opportunity

1. Psychologist for testing and analysis
1. Psychologists working in different areas are required for our ongoing projects. We are working with disabled as well able-bodied children of India. Psychologists are required for doing the analysis of the child. Carry out the needful testing and give us their valuable feedback.

Highlights: We are asking for a one year commitment to this position as we need someone in post who can really get to know the children and their families and the other psychologists. We want online volunteers. If any volunteer is wiling to be on the project site it would be really nice.

Qualifications: We are looking for a psychologist, ideally with a background in educational and clinical or child psychology.

2. Child counselor
1. Child Counselors are required to address needs and problem of the child. Help us to carry out the needs assessment of the child and guide us as and when required

Highlights: We are asking for a one year commitment to this position as we need someone in post who can really get to know the children and their families and the other psychologists. We want online volunteers. If any volunteer is wiling to be on the project site it would be really nice.

Qualifications: We are looking for a psychologist, ideally with a background in educational and clinical or child psychology.

3. Special Educator
1. Special Educator, who works with physical disabilities, mentally disabled, multiple disabilities and visually impaired are required to assist us on the ongoing projects.

Highlights: We are asking for a one year commitment to this position as we need Volunteers involved in special care projects to be highly patient and motivated and sometimes need to be highly skilled). It is important to understand that these students learn at slower rates due to their disabilities and that they require much more time and care. But more importantly, you should be open-minded to the challenges that may arise from dealing with children and adults with disabilities. If any volunteer is wiling to be on the project site it would be really nice.

Qualifications: We are looking for a special educator working with children with disabilities.

4. Vocational trainer
1. Online vocational trainer is required to trainer our staff or volunteers who will directly at the site.

Highlights: We are asking for a one year commitment to this position as we need Volunteers involved in organizing vocational training for children with disability. The trainer should be able to help us with developing different training programs based on needs assessments done by the psychologist. It is important to understand that these students learn at slower rates due to their disabilities and that they require much more time and care. But more importantly, you should be open-minded to the challenges that may arise from dealing with children and adults with disabilities. If any volunteer is wiling to be on the project site it would be really nice.

Qualifications: We are looking for a vocational trainer working with children with disabilities who is self motivated and loves to accept challenges.

5. Database manager – Initially we want to design the database program. Once it’s done we want a long term volunteer who can maintain and upgrade the system.
1. Database manager is required who can compile a program that can help us retrieve the entire data of a child. This database program will help us to maintain and check the development of any child in any of our projects.

Highlights: We are asking for a one year commitment to this position as we need Volunteers who can design a database program that will help us have the entire record of the child with one click. This database would be installed at every site and should be updated universally. It should be secure and protected. This program needs to maintained and upgraded as and when required.

Qualifications: We are looking for programmer who can help us with this task.

6. Public Relation
1. Public Relation volunteer is required who can represent us on different occasions, be it a meeting with corporate or schools or organizations.

Highlights: We are asking for a one year commitment to this position. The volunteer will be responsible to develop opportunities for positive public relations. Develop corporate tie-ups and help the organization achieve its aims and objective. The ideal candidate for this volunteer position is a one who is a current Public Relations Professional, or one with extensive background in PR, who is seeking an altruistic outlet for their talents. Having good connections within the local PR community is a plus but not essential

Qualifications: We are looking for volunteer who has appropriate qualification and should be articulate and have excellent writing skills.

7. Translator - English to Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi
1. Volunteers are required for translating documents from English to Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi language

Highlights: We are asking for a one year commitment to this position. However the translation job will be sparse. The volunteer will be responsible to translate organizations documents i.e its aims and objective, project details, questionnaire and similar things. As we work among poor and municipal school. Couple of documents we require in regional language.

Qualifications: We are looking for volunteer who has fluency in required languages along with excellent command over English language.

Please email at emailcolorss@gmail.com

The work shop was conducted for 15 visually impaired children of 8th grade who are residing at Pune Blind School hostel. These children are studying in the municipal school Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose which is able bodied school. Inclusive education is happening however these VI children need attention to deal with this inclusion.

The workshop covered the following topics

Day one: Grooming and eating habits

Day two – day three covered up in day two: - Socially acceptable behavior / and Social Skills

The workshop was focused on teaching important skills required by a visually impaired child who is moving to higher secondary school. If these skills are practiced and enforced by teacher regularly then there would be a definite change in personality and will enhance better mental health.

Tribute to the most important aspect of life ~ Balance ~

Having different meanings to the word Balance from the source http://www.elook.org/dictionary/balance.html

Definition:

1. [noun] a state of equilibrium

2. [noun] a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

3. [noun] equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

4. [noun] harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
Synonyms: proportion

5. [noun] equality of distribution
Synonyms: equilibrium, equipoise, counter

6. [noun] something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
Synonyms: remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest

7. [noun] the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

8. [noun] (astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Libra
Synonyms: Libra, Balance

9. [noun] the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
Synonyms: Libra, Libra the Balance, Balance, Libra the Scales

10. [noun] (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
Synonyms: symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence

11. [noun] an equivalent counterbalancing weight
Synonyms: counterweight, countercounterpoise, equalizer, equaliser

12. [noun] a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
Synonyms: wheel

13. [verb] bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"
Synonyms: equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise

14. [verb] compute credits and debits of an account

15. [verb] hold or carry in equilibrium
Synonyms: poise

16. [verb] be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"


Different meanings in different settings. We actually need a Balance in Life, Balance at workplace, Balance at home and Balance within ourselves.. to move ahead with life and its objective.

I wish you all the balance in life.

All the best,
For Love
Anand

Please take sometime and vote/comment my entry..

http://sportforchange.changemakers.net/en-us/node/19289

Project Enhance for Gamechangers
Change the game for women in Sport

Project Enhance: Studying karate involves the whole person; it concentrates the mind and conditions the physique. Integrating creative arts into the sessions allows Project Enhance to reinforce elements of karate training, further helping children develop and retain their skills.

Where the Martial Arts Meet the Creative Arts to Enhance Ability among Disability


Thanking you all in advance
For Love
Anand

Facing challenging situation in life....it was just a few moments back, when my prayers were heard and I came across these words of Rainer Maria Rilke ,' have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present, you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it,find yourself experiencing the answer some distant day.'

For Love
Anand

What I see is not what you see! What you see is not what I see!
What I hear is not what you hear! What you hear is not what I hear!

Though, everything is present here - in front of you - every moment - every second - its there.

We choose, to see - to hear! We want to see and hear more but ignorance, ego and pride blocks it!

Our perception is directly linked with our thought processes. Thought processes are guided by our ego and mind. Which is influenced, effected and affected by surroundings, peer group, social-professional group, environment, stress and many more factors that seems useless to us.

For success and being connected. To be able to feel nature every moment, to channelize proper use of ego and to be unaffected. It's essential to train mind and keep entire body aligned. Please spend time for yourself love yourself.

for love,
anand

www.colorss.net

The site goes LIVE - there are changes going on at the backhand. So more contents and pages to come.. Please have patience and trust! Finally we have made it go live as the delay had been very very very long.

www.colorss.net

This is a hearty congratulations to all of you and your dedication, who are with me.

Kindly: - Please remember that we are still working on the backhand. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

For Love,
Anand

Volunteer Opportunity

Colorss Foundation requires online volunteers who will research potential donors and may assist with the initial communication with donors either individual, organization or corporate. He/she is required to design proposals for the following projects: Iris, Enhance and Colors of Life.

The actual funding request will be submitted by Colorss Foundation.

The organization staff member is available for chat on gtalk or skype or yahoo.

OBJECTIVE

25% of world population of visually impaired are in India. Project Iris is a simple device that will help them a lot to make their life better. It's important at this moment for resource mobility. These projects will help mainstream integration of marginalized populations.

With the strong support for the online volunteers, the organization can take a step ahead to mainstream integration of marginalized populations.

REQUIREMENTS

Knowledge on proposal writing, resource mobilization, community health outreach programming, international development especially with the developing countries, Knowledge on the UN millennium development goals is an added advantage.

Anyone interested to volunteer please email their resume to emailcolorss@gmail.com stating why you would like to apply for this post.

Volunteer Opportunity

TASK

Colorss Foundation champions support of the disabled, the needy, and the disadvantaged. We foster mainstream integration of marginalized populations.

The volunteers will research for organizations and schools working/supporting disabled projects. Provide us with useful resources and contacts. Help us develop a strategy that can help us with networking.

The organization staff member is available for chat on gtalk or skype or yahoo.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Project Iris: Currency denominator device for visually impaired people helps empower the visually impaired people and make them self-sufficient. 25% of world population of visually impaired is in India alone. This device needs to reach those 25% population so its important to network with organizations who work with them.

OBJECTIVE

25% of world population of visually impaired are in India. Project Iris is a simple device that will help them a lot to make their life better. It's important at this moment to network with blind school and organizations who work with them. These projects will help mainstream integration of marginalized populations.

With the strong support for the online volunteers, the organization can take a step ahead to mainstream integration of marginalized populations.

REQUIREMENTS

Knowledge of resource mobilization, networking, community health outreach programming, international development especially with the developing countries.

Anyone interested to volunteer please email their resume to emailcolorss@gmail.com stating why you would like to apply for this post.

Hmmmmm yes yesterday was my birthday and it seems like from this year I would be celebrating my birthday for couple of days. LOL had been getting wishes so hmmm its a good idea to celebrate couple of days wow

Meet the voice actors of Dayo

By Michael Kho Lim, Contributor

12/22/2008

Cutting Edge Productions, the local production outfit behind the first full-length digital animated feature Dayo sa Mundo ng Elementalia, pools together the finest voice talents in the Philippine entertainment industry to give personality to the film’s animated characters.

Dayo (Wanderer) is a heartwarming story about Bubuy (voiced by Nash Aguas), an 11-year-old boy from Antipolo, who goes on a journey to save his beloved grandparents abducted into Elementalia, fantasy land thriving with strange flora and fauna and home to several enchanted creatures of Philippine mythology.

Bubuy then meets Anna Manananggirl (voiced by Katrina Legaspi), a young and energetic manananggal (a winged creature that can separate her torso from her lower body) with a special fondness for all things human except to eat them. The two live out an adventure full of wild, will-testing and comical experiences all over Elementalia — from enormous waterfalls heaving with gravity-defying merfolk, to the breathtaking crystal cave dwelling of colorful alitubi (fairies), to a magnificent old tree that is home to a motherly kapre (hairy giant), and finally to a majestic mountain protected by a big pack of hungry aswangs (ghoul).

Though this is Nash and Katrina’s first animation voicing experience, they did not have difficulty recording for their roles. It was fun for them. “I really enjoyed doing the voice of Bubuy,” says Nash gleefully. “I was very happy when I learned that I got the part, because it was different from what I usually do on TV. My favorite part is when I meet Anna for the first time and she brings me to Elementalia.” Nash adds that he felt as if he was just playing rather than working in the recording studio.

On the other hand, Hopia, as Katrina is fondly called, loves the scene where she was introducing the beautiful underworld of Elementalia to Bubuy. “It felt like I was just welcoming Bubuy to my house,” she expresses. "I also like the flying scene because I’ve always dreamt of flying. I’m so excited to see the whole movie already.”

Even though the cast was not able to have any visual support during the recording, director Robert Quilao was there to visualize for them. “the screenplay on hand, the actors are called in the studio to record their respective dialog,” Robert describes. “This is when I briefed them on the mood and tone of the scene and directed them as to how the dialogs are to be delivered. The challenge for me as the director is to paint a vivid picture of what’s happening in the scene for the actors to act and deliver their lines accordingly.”

Robert also didn’t have a hard time directing the voice talents since almost all of them are seasoned actors and directors. “There was practically no need for a workshop,” he continues. “The most we were able to do was brief them about the story and the characters that they will be playing on the day that they were called to record in the studio. Even Nash and Hopia did not have a hard time internalizing their characters.”

Since schedule is a major concern for many of the voice artists, the creative team had to work around their availability. It was also rather difficult to gather all of them together and record the scenes that would require them to interact.

In most of these situations, Robert would act as the stand in and throw the lines of the characters during the recording session to create a natural dialog flow. “Although later on, we just played back the good takes of the characters that we had previously recorded for the one that we are currently recording," Robert explains. "These recordings are then edited together to create a cohesive dialog."

Painting more color and amusement to Dayo are its supporting cast. The creative team already had talents in mind when they were working on the characters and script.

Even before the controversial Pokwang was labeled as an aswang (ghoul or vampire) look-alike, the Dayo team already thought that she would fit the role of Vicky, the nanny manananggal of Anna. One would notice that the character sketch is loosely based on her. “I didn’t have to do any major voice adjustments for the role,” says Pokwang. “I didn’t have to lower or make my voice higher. I think I was just being my cool kalog self that’s why I had so much fun arguing with the role of Toti in Dayo.”

Cutting Edge originally had news anchor Mike Enriquez to do the voice of Toti, one of Anna’s bodyguards. The team, however, had to get someone who can mimic the famous newsman, veteran voice actor Pocholo Gonzales. “It’s really better if all of us could record together and interact in the studio,” Pocholo states. “But since this is not possible most of the time, it’s up to the talent how he will approach or respond to the pre-recorded lines thrown to him.” It was a challenge for him to react to Vicky’s lines, he relates, since Pokwang had many ad-libs and her role is somewhat a very talkative character. Backed by 13 years of voice acting experience, Pocholo also reveals that he is also behind the voice of Hal-lan, the anti-hero in Dayo sa Mundo ng Elementalia.

Anna’s second bodyguard, who has an unusual hearing impairment, is named Jo and voiced by famed comedian Gabe Mercado.

Perhaps one of the most challenging character portrayals would be the role of Narsi, the narcissistic cool rocker tikbalang (the underworld creature with the head of a horse and the body of a human). The Dayo team initially thought of Pepe Smith for the role, but due to his unavailability, there was no better versatile actor to do this than Michael V. “I prepare for every role that I play,” the comedian declares. “Even if I had previously done a horse voice for Enteng Kabisote 3, my role here is totally different.”

Playing the role of Lolo Nano, the cute resident sage of Elementalia, is no other than multi-awarded actor and director Peque Gallaga. “I accepted the offer of doing Lolo Nano simply because it’s something new and wonderful,” admits Peque. “But honestly, I had really a difficult time doing the role. Since he is supposed to be the wisest in Elementalia and has to impart words of wisdom, most of my lines are really long. That’s why I had to do many takes for most of my scenes.” Peque also shares that he played with three character pegs when he was studying for the character of Lolo Nano. He had in mind Yoda of Star Wars, Pilosopong Tasyo of Noli Me Tangere, and Jun Urbano’s role in Magic Temple, the film he co-directed with Lore Reyes.

Nova Villa is Lola Nita, Bubuy’s caring grandmother, who nags her husband Lolo Meong a lot. “I had to do some voice adjustments for the role,” Nova claims. “Since the character is about 75 years old, I had to make my voice a little husky and sound old. This is more challenging for me as an actor because I have to deliver my character without using any facial expression, but only through my voice."

Nova is proud and happy to be a part of the project. She also points out that the story is very moving and her character is easy to relate to. “Lola Nita is a happy grandmother and has a good sense of humor. She is actually like a comedian myself.” There was a time during their recording that Nova couldn’t immediately record her part because she cried at the scene played back for her. "It was the scene when Bubuy thought that we were already dead. He cried and cried, and I could just feel the pain he was going through that it made me cry, too.”

Dayo also features the voices of Trinidad as Lolo Meong, Bubuy’s grandfather who shares the kid’s penchant for flying. Delgado joins in as Carpio, Anna’s dad who is Elementalia’s head guardian. And completing Dayo’s dream cast is distinguished actor and director Guillen playing a dual role of the kapre (the motherly cigar-smoking giant) and diwata/bruha, the enchanting fairy with an evil alter ego.

Dayo sa Mundo ng Elementalia is an official entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), and is co-presented by Frootees, Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdog and Mister Donut. The film is also supported by Ascorbic Acid Ceelin, Crispy Fry Breading Mix, Enervon Bright Brand, Timezone, Fuji YKL, Inquirer.net, Yehey.com, ClicktheCity.com, Animation Council of the Philippines, Toon Boom, Wacom, Woodpecker Studio and New Media.

For more information, visit the official movie Web site at www.dayomovie.com.

Dear Colorss

Close your eyes for a minute and visualize the most amazing moment of your life...Everyone has got something or the other special moments in life which are very near to them. Lets remember all those special moments today this moment and thank god for giving us this opportunity.

Happy New Year

For Love,
Anand

31st Dec 2008 website launch has been delayed. Now we all can have a look of the website soon in the year 2009. Due to some unavoidable work pressure on the web designing team. It getting delayed.

Thanking you all and be curious to have a look at the new web site soon.

For Love,
Anand

Wishing you all a very happy new year from the entire team of Colorss.

In couple of days 2008 goes down and rises up 2009. Everyone hopes and looks ahead that new year brings lots of joy and happiness.

Best wishes to TIG who gave us the opportunity to reach so many people across.

Happy Holidays and Best wishes.

Love yourself and stay healthy,
For Love
Anand

Counting days

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1st Jan 2009 new website of Colorss would be launched.