Prime Point Foundation has been nominated as a National contact for India for celebrations of International Volunteers day. As per the proclamation of United Nations General Assembly of 1985, 5th December of every year is being celebrated as 'International Volunteers day' to honour all the volunteers working in various projects world over.
The Foundation organised a "seminar on volunteerism" on 5th December 2003 at Stenographers' Guild, Chennai (a pioneer professional educational institution)
Dr J Ranganathan, Researcher, United Habitat, India is seen speaking on the various social activities of the United Nations. Left to right : Mr K. Srinivasan (Chairman of the Foundation), Mr S V Ramaswamy (President, Stenographers Guild), Mr Prakash M Swamy (former UN Correspondent)
Mr Prakash M Swamy, Former UN Correspondent spoke on the role of media in spreading the message of peace and good works done by the voluneers. A Section of the audience is seen discussing with each other on the future projects.
A section of the students - participants is seen listening to the speakers. Since the Foundation has been selected as a 'National contact' for India, the participants have decided to create more and more awareness on 'volunteerism' and to ensure a minimum of 100 such celebrations / events in India during the next year.