The Organising Committee (OC) of the Commonwealth Games has brought down its requirement of volunteers for the October 3-14 mega event with three months to go before the Commonwealth Games. Around 30,000 games volunteers going to be trained within three months, volunteers trained not only for Security, sports terminology, etiquette and help but also, what to do in emergency situations. According to Christian Napier of EKS, "It’s a challenge for to conduct this training just three months before but volunteer’s motivation levels are high it’s an advantage for us.
Motivation level is going high on Wednesday as group of 250-odd volunteers underwent the first phase of training. The training which has been divided into general (one day), role specific (half day) and venue specific (half day) sessions will be imparted to 30,000 volunteers who have come from all walks of life.
Forty Delhi Government School teachers helped the Organising Committee to shortlist the volunteers.
Many of the people coming from different parts of India, it shows volunteer’s interest in commonwealth games 2010. Like Rahul Goel from Bhatinda, Razi Ahmad from Jamia Milia University added a comment - "I'm a student of history and I'd like to pass on my knowledge about the city's past to the visitors, level of dedication and willingness to do something for Delhi.
Total Number of Volunteers: 30,000 volunteers going to be trained out of them approximately 22,000 to be deployed.
Volunteers Participated From:
Volunteers From Number of Volunteers
Delhi University 5,000
NSS 6,000
NCC 2,700
Ministry of Tourism 1,500
Delhi Government 5,800
SAI 1,250
Training Provided By: Consortium of Amity, EKS and three more companies from Europe and US.
To register for volunteer programme and much more visit to http://aglasem.com/updates/?tag=register-for-volunteer-program
