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From the classroom bench to the work desk

Date: April 06, 2023

Q&A with Shalini Kadirvel, CMCA Club alumna currently interning with CMCA

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From the classroom bench to the work desk

Date: April 6, 2023

Q&A with Shalini Kadirvel, CMCA Club alumna currently interning with CMCAWhy don’t you start by introducing yourself?My name is Shalini and I’m a final-year B.Tech student at M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences. I used to be a CMCA Club...

“CMCA has taught me valuable lessons”

Date: March 28, 2023

Hello, there! My name is Mahima. I recently completed my B.Com and I’m currently interning with CMCA’s Finance Team during my gap year. Many years ago, when I was in 7th grade at the Mirambika School for New Age in Bengaluru, I was part of the CMCA C...

“CMCA brought about a radical change in me”

Date: November 10, 2022

Q&A with Virenn Jay, CMCA Club alumnusWhy don’t you start by introducing yourself?My name is Virenn Jay and I’m currently pursuing my BTech at DYPIU, Pune. In 2015, I was a 7th-standard student at Navy Children School in Mumbai and a CMCA Club me...

“An experience that’ll stay with me for life”

Date: October 14, 2022

It’s now been two months since my visit to Bangalore and working with CMCA via Common Purpose. It was an experience that’ll stay with me for life. This was my first insight into the not-for-profit sector and after years of hearing about NGOs and the...

“I would be a different person if not for CMCA”

Date: September 20, 2022

My name is Dr. Aishwarya Prakash and I am 24 years old, currently working as a Junior Resident in NIMHANS, Bengaluru. I attended high school at Cambridge School, KR Puram, where I got this brilliant opportunity to be part of CMCA.In middle school, I...

“CMCA broke my assumptions”

Date: September 12, 2022

For me, nothing better captures the experience of the CMCA office than my first moments there. Entering the office, we were welcomed by the sound of laughter, the warm embrace of food, and the kind Bangalorean hospitality that made the space instantl...

“Working with CMCA was an eye-opener to the world of non-profits”

Date: August 26, 2022

Hi everyone, I’m Aaron. I’m a recent history graduate from the University of Birmingham and I’ve been working with CMCA as part of a Common Purpose internship in Bangalore.As someone with little prior experience in non-profit organisations, I wasn’t...

Down memory lane with Effie

Date: May 23, 2022

During a Mumbai volunteers gathering a few years ago, I was so surprised to receive a presentation for my fifteen years as a CMCA volunteer. The years have flown away so swiftly and sweetly! When I retired from teaching I was clear about one thing, w...

“Volunteering with CMCA gave me a sense of purpose”

Date: May 23, 2022

It was 2008 when I joined CMCA Mumbai as a Volunteer Educator. I still remember my first CMCA Club session at Green Lawns School. It was at the end of the first training session that Ms Vinodini Lulla, CMCA’s Co-Founder and Trustee, took me aside and...

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Accreditation by Credibility Alliance

CMCA has been accredited by Credibility Alliance under the category “Desirability Norms” – for good governance, accountability, transparency and continuous improvements. Credibility Alliance is a consortium of voluntary organisations committed to enhancing accountability and transparency in the voluntary sector through good governance.