Aashayein Foundation Weekly Newsletter | 24th and 25th July, 2010

 

 

Week 30      |  July 2010   Bangalore
Volunteer    Donate    Bangalore    Hyderabad    Weekly Newsletter Blog	Dear All,             Over the next two weeks, two projects, Sunday Breakfast Serving (SBS) and Bachche Mann Ke Sachche (BMKS) will be re-visited and subjected to review.                Aasahyein Foundation invites all volunteers to participate in these forums; your valuable suggestions and ideas have always helped us shape a better future.    Announcements for this week:   Shikshana Abhiyana classes on Saturday, 24th July 2010. BMKS activity on Saturday,  24th July 2010. Breakfast Serving   , followed by SBS Zonal Heads Meet in  South Zone at  Asha Niketan on Sunday, 25th July 2010. Volunteer Speak - Kalyani Rajesh  Invitation to Volunteer for Aasaheyein Foundation Fund-Raising team.    Important Announcements for next week: Pustaka Abhiyana Activity at Tirupati on Saturday 31st August 2010. BMKS All Volunteers Meet on Sunday 1st August 2010. (Click on the highlighted text to navigate to a particular section)
Week 7  | Shikshana Abhiyana | Saturday  24th July 2010:
Shikshana Abhiyana is an attempt to bridge the gap in the quality of education between Government/Government aided schools and Private schools by training  students in English Grammar & Communication Skills and  teachers in Computer Skills.     Schools under Shikshana Abhiyana :   School name Area School head Contact no Time Open/Closed Govt. Model Primary School Behind Shani temple, Marathahalli Aprajitha 9742132958 8:30am to 10:30am Open Govt. Higher Primary School  Dairy colony, Hosur Road  Ashish 9886435945 9:00am to 10:30am Open Govt. School, Chamrajpet Next to Gavi Gangadhara Temple, Chamrajpet Abhijeet 9739864597 8:30am to 10:00am  Open  Sarkari Hiriya Prarthamika Shaale Behind Christ college, Hosur Road  Venkat 9886034569 9:30am to 11:30am  Open Al- Ameen Kambhal Posh School Opp CSI Hospital, Queens Road Shridhar 9980038907 10:00am to 11:30am Open Sahakari Vidya Kendra School  Behind Jayadeva Hospital, Jayanagar 9th block Apoorva 9986212327 9:30am to 11:30am Open Kaikondarahalli Hiriya Prahthamika Shaale Next to Total Mall, Sarjapur Road Nagendra 9008000480 8:30am to 10:00am Open   As part of the project plan for 2010-2011, we are planning to introduce Shikshana Abhiyana Activity in new schools shortly. Please refer to the below information for information about schools shortlisted for SA this academic year.   School name Area Contact Contact no Government School, Banashankari Opp Hosakerehalli Bus stand, Banashankari 3rd stage Vijay 9900106555    If you would like to volunteer for Shikshana Abhiyana, please write to info@aashayeinfoundation.org     Go to Top
BMKS Activity | Saturday  24th July 2010:
Bachche Mann Ke Sachche is an attempt to provide educational opportunities to the underprivileged children by enrolling them into Govt/Govt aided schools and ensuring their education untill standard 10th.  This week's activity:   Area - Jayanagar: Collection of fee receipts and BMKS forms from the students (55 high school students) enrolled at Sahakari Vidya Kendra school.   Area - Shivajinagar: Short listing of children to be enrolled into Al-Ameen School.      Interested volunteers can join at the below venues:    School name Area Area head Contact no Time Al- Ameen Kambhal Posh School Opp CSI Hospital, Queens Road, Shivajinagar Suresh 9845356695 10:00am to 12:00pm Sahakari Vidya Kendra School  Behind Jayadeva Hospital, Jayanagar 9th block Chandresh 9916456624 10:00am to 12:00pm    If you would like to volunteer for BMKS, please write to info@aashayeinfoundation.org    Go to Top
Week  30 | Breakfast Serving | Sunday 25th July 2010:
Asha Niketan is part of a much larger insitution called L'Arche. The instituion works with 131 communities in 34 countries and is home for the disabled and the challenged. "Everywhere around the world where L'Arche communities exist there is one thing that is striking: the men and women who have intellectual disabilities, whatever their nationality, language or culture, share so much in common. They teach us that we are one human family." More Info: http://larche-work.ca/international/ Venue : Asha Niketan Date: Sunday, 25th July 2010    Time : 8 am     Residents: 25    Sponsored by: Mohan    Orphanage Contact : 08025524584    AF Contact:   – Vinoth (9980099332)  ( South  Zone co-ordinator) Address CA 7, 20th Main, 6th Block, 80 Feet Road Next to Koramangala Police Station,  Bangalore - 560095 Direction Help yourselves to reach the Sony World Signal in Koramangala. Once you reach the Sony world signal, take the road that leads to Viveknagar or NGV(National Games Village). Keep left and look out for DEVI EYE CLINIC on the left hand side of the road. Once you find the Devi Eye Clinic, take a left turn in the very next signal after Devi Eye Clinic. Once you take the left turn, very few meters away you will find the Koramangala Police station on the left side of the road. Just before the Police station is Asha Niketan.  Route Map: Refer attached document      Inset: Picture taken at Aashraya Seva Trust at Rajajinagar after SBS, on Sunday, 18th July 2010.     If you like to volunteer for serving breakfast, sponsor a Sunday's Breakfast on any occasion, be part of the Sunday Breakfast Activity team of your zone write to us at breakfastserving@aashayeinfoundation.org   Go to Top
Volunteer Speak
Kalyani Rajesh is a Shikshana Abhiyana volunteer at Diary Colony School. Known for being regular, well-planned and disciplined, she was the school leader of Diary Colony school in 2009 and has been instrumental in formulation of the 2010 SA content document. Kalyani has a post-graduate degree in S/W tech and systems management. She also has a Diploma in Graphic Design and has been working as a Graphic Designer for the last 10 years. Excerpts of Aashayein Foundation's interview with Kalyani Rajesh. AF: How did you start teaching at Diary Colony School? Kalyani: Through the Teach India Campaign, I was introduced to Aashayein Foundation and got involved with Shikshana Abhiyana immediately and started teaching at Dairy Colony School. AF: Do you think knowing the local language is necessary to take a satisfactory class? Kalyani: Yes, it is necessary to know the local language to take a class. AF: You were involved in conceiving the revised syllabus document. What has been the focus of the new document? Kalyani: An attempt has been made to create a more step by step approach to teach English as a language of communication. Four aspects have been covered - Reading, writing, speaking and listening. AF: How do you prepare for the Saturday's class? Kalyani: I select a part of the syllabus to focus on, go through it, make notes as to what exactly I am going to teach them and also plan how much time to spend on each part of the lesson. I also prepare a small game to be played in the last 10 minutes of every class. It could be a word game or anything related to what we are teaching them. AF: You have been a role model to many a volunteers at DCS; do you have one of your own? Kalyani: I'm not sure about being a role model, but my role models would be my teachers from my school who were so good.                                                                                                                                                                                         Go to Top
Invitation to Volunteer
We are creating a team that will work on Fund-raising. This team will play a crucial role is the growth of Aashayein foundation. This gives the interested people an opportunity to persue their interests in the true spirit of volunteering. Following are some of the benefits of volunteering that the existing volunteers have shared, A great way to spend your freetime and develop skills in dealing with people, public speaking and so on Opportunity to meet people from various backgrounds -- Social networking -- and also people from your industry Experience the joy of excuting projects that make a difference in the lives of many people Since the people who will be joining this team will take up honorary positions like Assistant Director, Vice Presidents, Project Leads etc, it gives sense of responsibility Since this is kind of on-going project/activity, it gives you immense experience, which can help you perform better in other areas of your life. A nice opportunity to know your strong skills/weaknesses since you get a chance to work on a variety of things.     If you are interested in joining this team, please write to somaiah.mp@aashayeinfoundation.org                                                                                                                                                                                          Go to Top
Pustaka Abhiyana Activity | Saturday 31st July 2010
Aashayein Foundation Invites you for the Pustaka Abhiyana (PA) Activity at Jillaparishtha unnatha patashala at Tirupati on Saturday, 31st August 2010.     Agenda:     10:00         5 min              Prayer 10:05         1 hr                 Distribution of Uniforms and Notebooks 11.05         30 min             Visit school premises 11.35         10 min             Interaction with students     For more details, contact Himasri Pogala - 9742178834 / HPogala@ballytech.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Go to Top
BMKS All Volunteers Meet | Sunday 1st August 2010
Aashayein Foundation invites its volunteers to the BMKS All Volunteers Meet on Sunday 1st August 2010. The forum is open to anyone interested to be a part of  the BMKS  project.     Venue:    Asha Deep, Queens Road, Shivajinagar, Bangalore. Duration: 9.30am - 11.00am     Agenda: Project Review Issues and Concerns Action plan for 2010-2011 Ideas and Suggestions     For more details, contact Sunilkumar P - 9902197107 /  sunil.kumar@aashayeinfoundation.org  Refer next week's mailer for directions and route map to the venue.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Go to Top
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