We had visited the school in Bangalore this weekend (on 06th September 2008) and handed over the items purchased. Games – chess (1 qty), snake and ladder (2 qty), scrabble and drawing books, trace and paint books, color sticks and story books in both English and Kannada language. The Teachers were telling us how drawing, when introduced to students, will help them. We had just taken a few books of different variety, to check if this will help. The Teachers are fine and gave us a new list of requirements. Below are the details
(1) Trace and paint books - 40 pieces
(2) Drawing books (farm) - 100 pieces
(3) Cursive writing books - English 140 pieces
- Kannada 140 pieces
(4) Note books – single ruled – 50 pieces
- Box (for Math's) - 50 pieces
Going forward, the students will be introduced to cursive writing also. Later we looked at the computer, as the Teachers said that the sound was an issue. Kiran looked into it and found that the speaker was not connected. It was set then right. As said before, there are a good number of educational CD's distributed by the Azim Premji foundation and the Teacher and the students should be able to make full use of the computer. Later we had a look at the school library too and interacted with a few students – though they were shy. But we did get to see their creative work – like drawing. If there are any ideas/suggestions for development of the students, kindly share them
Apart from the books the Teachers also asked us to get some patriotic songs. We can give them songs in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu
@Kiran, Venkat,
If there is any thing that I have missed, kindly update
Bank account
Today, when I went to the bank a new requirement cropped up. The manager asked us to get our resolution stamped with 'Saktyavesh' seal. We don't have a seal yet and have to make it. So some more time here, for the bank account
Website
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è We are looking for quotes, good, inspirational, energetic quotes related to our work, for our website. If there is any that can be shared, we will be happy to hear
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It’s one thing to say and another thing to implement what we say. During our school visit, two incidents happened that should be highlighted
(1) After we donated the books, games and other items, we were asked to sign a register as a proof of our donation. I signed, then Kiran signed, and then Venkat signed. After signing, Venkat asked if we did write the name of Saktyavesh against the donations. I was struck. We didn’t. We went back and wrote
(2) The next incident was when we received the new list from the Teacher, Kiran asked if we can go and buy the things now. I said ok. Then Venkat said, we should check out with other friends, discuss on this list and then buy the things and give the donations
Thank you Venkat for making sure we followed the process. And that was a great team work
It’s very easy to go off course. That’s the reason in most companies there is a position of Chief Operating Officer created. Though these are small incidents, we should make sure we don’t deviate and work humbly and with devotion for the work that we have taken up
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