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
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