How you can get involved
Come join hands for a Cause – every pair of hands make a difference
A Cause so precious for Life – Anaemia
You can join in this Cause who ever you are, whatever be your age, where ever you are based, whatever be your beliefs, which walk of life you may belong to.
Well all is fine. What can I Do?
Participate in the events leading up to January 22, 2009
Show your solidarity for the cause of Anaemia. Use this opportunity to know and understand what is happening today. What are the efforts needed to be free from anaemia and what we need to do as Individuals and as a Community
Track Events
Mini Marathon : Run for the Cause and share your Strength
Walk for a Cause: Walk for the Cause and express your Solidarity
Half Marathon: Identify with the Cause and celebrate your Achievement
Walk for the Senior Citizen and Differently Abled: We care about the cause and it is dear to us
Roller Skating: We are here to get the cause on the fast track
REGISTER for the events.
Participate in the Competitions
Essay Writing
Drawing
We will be featuring the best entries on this site along with your name and school/college.
ENROLL for the competitions
Share your Knowledge and Experiences
Share your knowledge of about anaemia. Speak with your elders at home and get them to share their recollections of what it was. Share any maps, visuals, old articles, press clippings, features that appeared earlier, books, research studies, reports which can be put up on the net for all of us to know about it. All contributions that are put up in the site will be duly acknowledged with the authors and sources.
Contribute articles related to Anaemia Free world
Write on the anaemia and the marathon's awareness building themes to reach out to the layperson, students and general public. They will be featured on this website and we will work with the media to get some of the best ones published. Convert your research reports, study reports related to anaemia into 1-2 pages articles so that our collective awareness increases and new directions and leads for actions emerge. Your articles should not be more than 600 -1000 words.
Share Best Practices related to Anaemia
Share based on your experiences/experiments best practices related to anaemia at the individual level, household level/ street level/ community level etc so that we can increase the positive impact. Let us highlight successes and learn from it and reach out to more people and communities to adopt what is relevant to them from your experiences. Your experience sharing notes should notes should not exceed 1000 words.
Share excerpts and links to anaemia related resources to create access to relevant resources which provide leads and guide for action for different segments of the society. Share quotes related to anaemia, its care and importance.
Sponsor and Support this initiative
Such an event is being organised in Madurai for the first time and it will be possible only with the generous support that you extend to this very important cause. SPONSOR THE RUNNERS through Pledge for a cause.
Volunteer
The impossible becomes possible and the hard work becomes light when many hands join. We particularly welcome volunteers to join us in this initiative and help make it a grand success.
Watch this space for announcements related to volunteers and how you can support us being here or elsewhere as reaching out to the cause has no boundaries.