Vodafone Foundation, NASSCOM Foundation and VSO launch VIBE digital solution

Vodafone Foundation, in partnership with the NASSCOM Foundation and VSO, has announced the launch of “VIBE”, a unique and holistic mobile-based digital solution to inspire volunteering, drive volunteer mobilization and engagement as well as to diligently manage the output and impact of volunteering efforts. Arun Goel, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, was present during the launch.

Organized volunteering has a significant role to play in India’s overall socioeconomic development. It creates a win-win proposition for corporates as collective Volunteer engagement with a specific purpose, helps corporates boost productivity, foster team building and retain talent. For the developmental sector, several benefits accrue in the form of enhanced understanding of community needs, access to specialist skills and a committed approach to deliver clear outcomes.

VIBE has been specially developed to scale up the potential and impact of volunteering such that it serves a greater purpose benefiting communities and causes at large. A comprehensive web-based online dashboard, easily accessible via mobile provides a convenient bridge connecting individual volunteers seeking purposeful opportunities, corporates interested in offering their workforce for volunteering and developmental sector organizations – NGOs, Trusts, Social Enterprises, seeking the services of such committed volunteers.

Launching VSO-VIBE, Arun Goel, Secretary Ministry of Culture, Government of India, said, “Volunteering has a long way to go to solve many critical challenges in our country. A huge resource of talented volunteers makes India suitably poised to tackle its pressing issues. I thank the app developers for coming up a digital interface to create a single platform bringing institutions, NGO and volunteers together. I am certain of path-breaking solutions emerging.”

Speaking at the launch of VSO-VIBE, P. Balaji, Chief, Regulatory & Corporate Affairs Officer, Vodafone Idea Ltd, said, “At Vodafone Idea, we are committed to using the advances in technology to drive inclusion, help organizations in the developmental sector scale, and for driving larger social good. Under our strategy of ‘Connecting for Good’, we have successfully developed and deployed several technology led solutions for a variety of causes that have positively impacted communities, benefiting millions. With the launch of VSO-VIBE, a state-of-the-art digital platform, we are plugging the much-felt gap by both individual and corporate volunteers and also NGOs in the ecosystem surrounding volunteerism. We are delighted to partner the NASSCOM Foundation and VSO in developing and offering this ideal solution for volunteer mobilization, engagement and management.”

VSO-VIBE is an easy-to-use, comprehensive mobile-based solution which holistically records the time spent on volunteering as well as the individual and collective impact made towards addressing the social issue being worked upon. It also provides an interactive platform for individual volunteers to share their work, thoughts and experience enabling learning and collaboration on the go. It is designed and developed by a specialist team of technology professionals under guidance from relevant sectoral experts drawn from corporate, developmental sector and academia.

VIBE can significantly simplify and enhance the scope for volunteering in India, thereby making a difference to the lives of addressable communities.