Aashayein Foundation Weekly Newsletter - 27th and 28th March, 2010

 

Week 13   | March 2010                                                                                   Bangalore
Volunteer    Donate    Bangalore    Hyderabad    Weekly Newsletter Blog	Dear All,   Shikshana Abhiyana (SA) for the academic year 2009-2010 came to an end last week. In the last one year we increased the number of schools we teach from four to seven. During this time many new things were started, like conducting tests to assess the progress of kids,  computer training for the teachers in these schools, Independence day celebrations etc. A big 'Thank You' to all the SA volunteers for their contribution, dedication, effort, time, and team work .    The two months time available for us (till the beginning of the next academic year) will be utilized to plan for better approaches possible and also expand to reach out to more schools in the coming academic year. More details are mentioned below.    Announcements for this week:  Shikshana Abhiyana – Preparations for 2010 - 11 Breakfast Serving in South East Zone on Sunday, 28th Mar, 2010     See you all this weekend for the breakfast serving!
Survey for identifying kids who are not going to school: Please note that this weekend there will be no survey for identifying kids who are not going to school, as BBMP elections will happen over the weekend.
Shikshana Abhiyana - Preparations for 2010 - 11:   Following are the activities planned over the next two months for the Shikshana Abhiyana Project.   Preparing syllabus and defining operations for the next academic year: We have already started a mammoth task of preparing syllabus and defining structure for SA for the next academic year. A team of volunteers from all schools is collecting the necessary information required to frame a common syllabus for different learning levels for all the schools. This undertaking will ensure smoother operation of SA, with pre-set milestones and clearly defined responsibilities. Moreover, this task will put together a framework to facilitate more ease while setting up SA in new schools and will also provide the SA team in other places (Hyderabad, Mysore, etc.) a well defined working structure for reference.   Teaching at School in your area: Coming academic year we plan to reach out to many more schools through SA. Our vision of SA project is to improve the quality of education of govt. and govt. aided schools. To handle the operations of SA in a school we would require anywhere between 10 to 20 volunteers including one School Head. A meeting will be planned in first week of April with the School heads of the new area. During the meeting we will discuss about building the team. Request you to please come forward and grab this opportunity to teach to kids in Govt. or Govt. aided school in your area.   If you would like to be part of any of the above two initiatives then write to info@aashayeinfoundation.org or call Sunil at 9902107107.
Breakfast serving in South East Zone on Sunday, 28th Mar, 2010:  Coming Sunday Breakfast Serving Activity will take place in South East Zone. After the breakfast serving there will be Music performance by Prakruti Foundation.    Details of the venue are given below.  Date: Sunday, 28th March, 2010   Time:  8:30AM   No of occupants: 57 children + 3 staff    Venue: Anatha Shishu Sevashram    Address: Anatha Shishu Sevashram 14, 2nd Cross Wilson Garden, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560027 anathashishusevashram.com   Contact No: 080 22236892  Sponsored by: Uma Direction: Reach the junction of Double Road Junction and Lalbagh -->   Take left going towards NIMHANS --> Check for Silk Saree Showroom on the  left  --> The Sevashram is adjacent to the showroom.     Route map      AF contact: Anil (East Zone Coordinator) – 9945426563    If you like to sponsor a Sunday's Breakfast on any occasion or you would like to be part of the Sunday Breakfast Activity team of your zone write to us at breakfastserving@aashayeinfoundation.org  Best Regards, Aashayein Foundation    Design by Snehith Allamraju
© Aashayein Foundation, 2010

Aashayein Foundation Weekly Newsletter - 20th and 21st March, 2010

 

Week 1 2  | March 2010                                                                                    Bangalore
Volunteer    Donate    Bangalore    Hyderabad    Weekly Newsletter Blog	Dear All,    Sunday, 14th March, 2010 was not the regular Sunday for the residents of Construction site in Vasanth Nagar. The residents have been staying here for almost 2 years now, in a temporary house and with no clarity of when they will return to their village. We started the Sunday Breakfast Activity with numbering all the houses. And then collected the details of all the kids. It was surprising to see that there are about 100 kids and only a handful of them (around ten) go to the nearest govt. school each week. They spend most of the time playing at the site and/or taking care of their young siblings.     We at Aashayein Foundation invite you to join us in this unique opportunity to make a difference in the lives of these kids. Coming weekend we will be continuing with the survey to identify more of such kids, if any, and encourage them to go to schools. More details mentioned below:     Announcements for this week: Survey for the kids who are not going to school on Saturday 20th March, 2010 Teaching at 2 schools on Saturday, 20th March, 2010 Breakfast Serving in North Zone on Sunday, 21st Mar, 2010  We leave you with pictures of the last week’s survey and breakfast serving and see you all this weekend!
Survey for identifying kids who are not going to school: Today in Bangalore alone, there are about 8000 kids who are either working in some mechanic shop or serving food to you at a hotel or washing dishes at home. And each year many more are sent here from villages in the dream of earning more money in cities. Many of these kids don’t even have an opportunity to know what Education can offer them and neither do their parents know the benefits of the Education. If nothing is done about this, these kids will lose their creativity and continue to live with unfulfilled dreams. The kids will then grow up blaming their circumstances for their condition. At the same time, we have the privilege and opportunity to make a difference to these kids and their family. With speaking to them, supporting them and encouraging them to go to school. We believe it’s possible and coming Saturday, 20th March, 2010 we will continue with the survey of the kids who are not going to school in Shivajinagar and Jayanagar area. Please grab this opportunity to make a difference to these kids and send a mail to info@aashayeinfoundation.org or call Suresh at 9845356695 for survey in Shivajinagar and Ankur at 9019099636 for survey in Jayanagar. The survey starts at 10AM at both the places. Let’s get the kids to School and give them their dream!
Shikshana Abhiyana (SA):  As the saying goes "You give man a fish, you feed him for a day, you teach him fishing you feed him for life". SA is an attempt to bridge the gap in the quality of education between Government/Government aided schools and Private schools through training the kids in Basic Communication Skills and interactive workshops. At Aashayein Foundation, each week we train kids for 2 hours in 7 schools across Bangalore.   Please note that this week there will be classes at 2 schools only Al Ameen School, Shivajinagar and  SVK School, Jayanagar 9th block.   School name Area School head Contact no Time Govt. Higher Primary School  Dairy colony, Hosur Road  Archana 9916920637 8:30am to 10:30am Sahakari Vidya Kendra School  Behind Jayadeva Hospital, Jayanagar 9th block Shivshankar 9980754799 10:00am to 12:00pm Sarkari Hiriya Prarthamika Shaale Behind Christ college, Hosur Road  Venkat 9886034569 9:30am to 11:30am  Govt. Model Primary School Behind Shani temple, Marathahalli Manish 9742495136 8:30am to 10:30am Kaikondarahalli Hiriya Prahthamika Shaale Next to Total Mall, Sarjapur Road Nagendra 9008000480 8:30am to 10:00am Govt. School, Chamrajpet Next to Gavi Gangadhara Temple, Chamrajpet   Niranjan 9739864597 8:30am to 10:00am Al- Ameen Kambhal Posh School Opp CSI Hospital, Queens Road Varun 9886159816 10:00am to 11:30am Click on the links for route map & For full address and any question please contact the school heads (click on the name for their email ID) or reply back to this mail.
Breakfast serving in  North Zone on Sunday,  21st Mar, 2010 :  Coming Sunday Breakfast Serving Activity will take place in North Zone. After the breakfast serving there will be Music performance by Prakruti Foundation.  Please note that the breakfast serving is early this weekend.  Details of the venue are given below.    Date: Sunday, 21st March, 2010  Time: 7:30AM   No of occupants: 50 children + 25 elders   Sponsored by: Uma   Venue: Nirmala Shishu Bhavan   Address: Nirmala Shishu Bhavan, Lingarajpuram, Hennur Main Road, Bangalore – 560084.   Contact person: Sister Rosila – 080 25474993   AF contact: Suresh (North Zone Cordinator) – 9845356695 Direction: Landmark: Adjacent Indian Oil petrol bunk near Lingrajpuram Railway over bridge. If you are coming via Ring Road from Hebbal, take the 3rd Traffic signal after Hebbal Flyover (It is a junction of Hennur main road and ring road) -> After taking the right turn there is a bus Depot in the left side -> Continue for ~2.5kms and get over the Lingarajapuram railway bridge -> After getting down the bridge at ~ 200ms there is Indian oil Petrol bunk on right side -> Just next to Bunk is the Venue. (There is a statue of Mother Theresa).     If you are coming from MG road -> Reach Bangalore Cantonment station via Cunningham Road -> From the Front gate of the Cant Railway station continue going straight towards Coles park -> After about 2km you will reach Mosque Road -> This circle has a Mosque on the left -> Take this left -> you will get on to a railway over bridge -> After getting down from the bridge you will find Clarence School on your left -> Continue straight till you reach a dead end -> There is park at this dead end -> Take left and go along the park -> you need to almost complete semi circle around the park and then take a left again -> This is Lingarajpuram Main Road -> continue on this road till you find India Oil petrol Bunk on your left -> Just adjacent to the bunk is the venue (There is a statue of Mother Theresa).      Refer the attached route map for directions  If you like to sponsor a Sunday's Breakfast on any occasion or you would like to be part of the Sunday Breakfast Activity team of your zone write to us at breakfastserving@aashayeinfoundation.org  Best Regards, Aashayein Foundation    Design by MC Vijay Kumar
© Aashayein Foundation, 2010

Aashayein Foundation Weekly Newsletter | 13th and 14th March, 2010

 

Week 11 | March 2010                                                                                    Bangalore
Volunteer    Donate    Bangalore    Hyderabad    Weekly Newsletter Blog	Dear All,   Kishore (name changed) holding a long rod in one hand and a silencer between his legs is fully focused in removing the dirt and cleaning the silencer. When asked “What is your name?” He looks up, stares for a couple of seconds, then without saying a word bends his head down and continues to clean the silencer.   Kishore is a fifth standard drop-out from Whitefield area and comes with his dad to work at an automobile shop in Shivajinagar. He is one of the eight kids whom we identified during our survey at Shivajinagar on last Saturday. These kids are either irregular to schools or are dropped out from school. They hence spend most of the time playing on streets or working in sheds/shops.   We at Aashayein Foundation invite you to join us in this unique opportunity to make a difference in the lives of these kids. Coming weekend we will be continuing with the survey to identify more of such kids, if any, and encourage them to go to schools. Also, coming Sunday we would be serving breakfast at a Construction site in Central zone. Please join us in making a difference this weekend. More details mentioned below:   Announcements for this week:   Survey for the kids who are not going to school on Saturday 13th March, 2010  Teaching at  2 schools on Saturday,  13th  March, 2010 Breakfast Serving at construction site in Central Zone on Sunday, 14th Mar, 2010 See you all this weekend!
Survey for identifying kids who are not going to school: Today in Bangalore alone, there are about 8000 kids who are either working in some mechanic shop or serving food to you at a hotel or washing dishes at home. And each year many more are sent here from villages in the dream of earning more money in cities. Many of these kids don’t even have an opportunity to know what Education can offer them and neither do their parents know the benefits of the Education. If nothing is done about this, these kids will lose their creativity and continue to live with unfulfilled dreams. The kids will then grow up blaming their circumstances for their condition. At the same time, we have the privilege and opportunity to make a difference to these kids and their family. With speaking to them, supporting them and encouraging them to go to school. We believe it’s possible and coming Saturday, 13th March, 2010 we will continue with the survey of the kids who are not going to school in Shivajinagar and Jayanagar area. Please grab this opportunity to make a difference to these kids and send a mail to info@aashayeinfoundation.org or call Sunil at 9902107107 for survey in Shivajinagar and Ankur at 9019099636 for survey in Jayanagar. The survey starts at 10AM at both the places. Let’s get the kids to School and give them their dream!
Shikshana Abhiyana (SA):  As the saying goes "You give man a fish, you feed him for a day, you teach him fishing you feed him for life". SA is an attempt to bridge the gap in the quality of education between Government/Government aided schools and Private schools through training the kids in Basic Communication Skills and interactive workshops. At Aashayein Foundation, each week we train kids for 2 hours in 7 schools across Bangalore.   Please note that this week there will be classes at 2 schools only Al Ameen School, Shivajinagar and Govt. School, Dairy Colony.   School name Area School head Contact no Time Govt. Higher Primary School  Dairy colony, Hosur Road  Archana 9916920637 8:30am to 10:30am Sahakari Vidya Kendra School  Behind Jayadeva Hospital, Jayanagar 9th block Shivshankar 9980754799 10:00am to 12:00pm Sarkari Hiriya Prarthamika Shaale Behind Christ college, Hosur Road  Venkat 9886034569 9:30am to 11:30am  Govt. Model Primary School Behind Shani temple, Marathahalli Manish 9742495136 8:30am to 10:30am Kaikondarahalli Hiriya Prahthamika Shaale Next to Total Mall, Sarjapur Road Nagendra 9008000480 8:30am to 10:00am Govt. School, Chamrajpet Next to Gavi Gangadhara Temple, Chamrajpet   Niranjan 9739864597 8:30am to 10:00am Al- Ameen Kambhal Posh School Opp CSI Hospital, Queens Road Varun 9886159816 10:00am to 11:30am Click on the links for route map & For full address and any question please contact the school heads (click on the name for their email ID) or reply back to this mail.
Breakfast serving at construction site in Central Zone on Sunday, 14th Mar, 2010 Coming Sunday Breakfast Serving Activity will take place at a construction site in Vasanth Nagar, Central Zone. This site is home to about 50 families with about 40-50 kids. After the Breakfast serving we will also be speaking with the parents and kids to encourage them to join the kids to the school. Details of the venue are given below.    Date: Sunday 14th March, 2010 Time : 8:30 AM Total no. of residents: 100 Sponsored by: Prasad Address: Construction Site, Behind Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital, Vasanthnagar, Bangalore - 52  Contact: Sunil  (Central Zone Coordinator) –  9902107107    Direction: Landmark: opposite to Indian Chartered Accountants Institute. If you are coming via Millers Road, you will get Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital on right side. Just adjacent to the hospital you will find a road, take right here. Continue straight till u reach a dead end. At the dead end take left, after taking left take first left again. The construction site is at a short distance after taking the turn.   If you are coming via Queens Road (from Cantonment towards Indian Express) you will find a congress office on right side. Immediately after the congress office you will find a turn, take right here (this is Guru Nanak Bhavan Road). Continue on this road till u reach dead end, take right at the dead end and then immediate left. The construciton site is at a short distance after taking the turn.   Route Map (Wikimapia.org)   If you like to sponsor a Sunday's Breakfast on any occasion or you would like to be part of the Sunday Breakfast Activity team of your zone write to us at breakfastserving@aashayeinfoundation.org  Best Regards, Aashayein Foundation                                                                               Design by Snehith Allamraju
© Aashayein Foundation, 2010