We are happy to welcome Kiruba Ramachandran (Chennai), Senthil Kumar, Saishri Nagarajan, Jeya Lakshmi (all three from Bangalore) who have expressed their willingness in working with us. Thank you all for your support. Together we can make a positive difference to our community, truly
G.L.P.S Vibhuthipura - Bangalore
On 23rd July 2009, there was competition held (within a cluster) and around 30 Schools had participated. Various competitions were held and this time our School won 5 prizes (2 for fancy dress, 2 for clay modeling and 1 for story telling). The School Head Teacher, Shri Sheela was just thrilled
This was the first time the School is winning these many prizes and also a first prize among them. Thanks to dedicated efforts of Senthil Kumar, Saishri Nagarajan, Jeya Lakshmi, Vasanthan, Ashwin, Dinesh, Thiru Venkatesh and all other friends who made this possible. The Teacher was all praise for them. Students who secured first place will now move to taluk level competition. The very first picture in the below link secured the first prize. Enjoy the snaps
http://picasaweb.google.co.in/saktyavesh/GLPS_Vibhuthipura_Bangalore_23_July_2009#slideshow/5362299850969811506
Chennai – Donation from a friend
We have received few Oxford dictionaries and a Computer (UPS, Monitor, Keyboard, CPU and mouse - CPU needs to be repaired) from our friend Haresh for National Primary School. Thank you Haresh
Auditor – second meeting
We had our second meeting with our auditor and we are working on filing our returns. Going forward, please channel all financial contributions to “Saktyavesh” current account directly. Do not transfer to Vinay’s account any more. Below are the credentials which shall help when making a financial contribution online
Payee Name: Saktyavesh
Bank Name: State Bank of India
City: BANGALORE (if not there then try for Bengaluru)
Branch: KUNDALAHALLI
Branch code: 9046(SBIN0009046)
Account Number: 30533359540
Account Type : Current
Kindly send a mail to info@saktyavesh.org once done. Please expect a delay in confirmation of the contribution (we are yet to get online visibility of our account). Please let know if there are any issues here
Do send your ideas, comments and feedbacks. One such idea suggested, that of having yoga for the School Children is now taken forward. We are interacting with the Teacher on scheduling this
20th July 2009
National Primary School – Chennai
On July 15th 2009, we met an auditor in Bangalore (as we are registered in Bangalore) to discuss filing our Income Tax returns and getting to know of the legalities involved in running a Non Profit Organization. The auditor’s name is Suresh. His firm’s name is Kurli Reddy & Company. They should be of good help as they are also the auditors for Bangalore Red Cross. The cost charged will be Rs 3000 (for auditing this year). The important outcome of the meeting was - we have to file our returns before September 2009. We are working on this with top priority
G. L. P. S. Vibhuthipura – Bangalore
- On July 15th 2009, eminent leader Kamarajar’s Birthday was celebrated at the School. We were invited and Prakash from Chennai represented us. The Staff thanked us for the support. Hopefully we will be able to do much more and be a worthy partner for each Children and the School as a whole. There were few competitions conducted and prizes distributed. We had donated Rs 500 for this towards the prizes
- As requested by the staff, we had decided to buy the SLM (Self Learning Material) for the School. We have donated Rs 7000 (in DD) to the contact person in SSA (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan) office. Expecting the kit to be delivered very shortly (hopefully tomorrow). Also, we had donated three mats, each costing Rs 800. The mats were brought by the staff as per the needs
- We are still on the look out for a place to have meetings between friends from Chennai. If there is any appropriate place, please feel free to say so
On July 15th 2009, we met an auditor in Bangalore (as we are registered in Bangalore) to discuss filing our Income Tax returns and getting to know of the legalities involved in running a Non Profit Organization. The auditor’s name is Suresh. His firm’s name is Kurli Reddy & Company. They should be of good help as they are also the auditors for Bangalore Red Cross. The cost charged will be Rs 3000 (for auditing this year). The important outcome of the meeting was - we have to file our returns before September 2009. We are working on this with top priority
G. L. P. S. Vibhuthipura – Bangalore
- On Saturday, 18th July 2009, we went to the School to prepare the Children for the inter School competition to be held on 23rd July 2009 (this Thursday). Senthil, Sai Shree, Jayalakshmi, Ashwin and Dinesh were helping the students with Sanskrit sloka’s, clay modeling, Fancy dress, drawing and story telling competition. As said earlier this is an inter School competition involving close to 20 School and the students winning here will get opportunities at the taluk level and further at the district level
- 2 students are prepared for Sanskrit sloka’s, another 2 students are prepared for fancy dress, another 2 students for clay modeling, another 2 students for story telling competition. In Fancy dress competition the representation is nature, having a Student dressed as a tree thus emphasizing the importance of nature. Please feel welcome to attend this competition
- New dresses delivered – The dresses which we had sponsored are being delivered. The tailor had finished 30 dresses as of last week – for 15 boys and 15 girls. Rs 2200 has been paid as advance till date
- Back to School drive – The campaign which was conducted to attract more students to School from the near by localities seems to be bearing fruit. 10 to 12 new students have joined after the drive was conducted
14th July 2009
G. L. P. S. Vibhuthipura - Bangalore School
On Monday (13th July 1009), we visited the School and had discussion with the School staff for the activities for the inter School competition. The School Children needs volunteers to help them prepare for the competitions. Below are the list of competitions and there is need for more volunteers. If any of you are interested, please let know
| Competitions | Volunteer(s) |
|---|---|
| Reciting Sanskrit slokas | Sai Sree |
| Fancy dress competition | Jayalakshmi, Sai Sree |
| Clay making | |
| Dance (Kannada songs) | |
| Drawing | |
| Story telling |
On Saturday (11th July 2009), we accompanied the Head Teacher Shri Sheela to buy Belts and Ties. The money was sponsored by another donor.
There is a drama being held by Tent School (another form of School) Children at Ravindra Kalaakshetra (J.C. Road). Tuesday, 14th July 2009 is the last day. Feel free to attend. This information was shared by the Head Teacher Shri Sheela
National Primary School, Chennai – New requirements
We have a new set of requirements from the Chennai School. They are as below - SLM (Self Learning Material) Kit for the Students for Mathematics (cost around Rs 7000) for all classes. This School being a Government aided School, this kit will not be provided for free, but the School management has to buy it. This has to be got from SSA (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan) office. This aides Activity Based Learning. For more information please visit http://www.ssa.tn.nic.in/CurrActivities-A.htm
- Microscope (1 qty)
- Thick floor sheets (3 qty)
- Shelves for the School
- Uniform to the students who are deserving
- Sports equipments (like caroms, chess, shuttle etc…)
- Benches to Students (8 Benches for each class. Totally there are 8 classes)
Saktyavesh PAN Card
On Thursday July 09th 2009, we received our PAN card. PAN allotted to us is AAITS4537J Do let know your feedbacks, ideas and suggestions Feel free to spread the message of Saktyavesh in letter and in spirit with interested individuals and organizations
06th July 2009
We are happy to have Sowmya G, from Bangalore, who will be working with us on our common vision - bringing about positive social change by empowering community through Education and Healthcare. Thank you Sowmya for your trust, confidence and support on us. Together, we can make this world a truly better place for each and every one of us
"Enabler" - an addition to the Vision Statement:
Our current vision statement states - To be a platform for positive social change by focusing on two critical areas of community development namely Education and Healthcare. This states that Saktyavesh is only a platform but it does not say that we also act. Our vision should also say that we are an actor and not just a platform for positive social change. Hence a proposal that we add one extra word “Enabler”, so the new vision statement states - To be a platform and an enabler for positive social change by focusing on two critical areas of community development namely Education and Healthcare
There was a good discussion on this and if there are any comments/better suggestions, do let know. This is our vision and it should be the best, it will be our guiding light, our goal and the purpose of our existence. So, do give a deep thought to it and come up with suggestions or better proposals, if you feel so
Bangalore School Visit:
On 01st July 2009, Wednesday, we had purchased uniform for the School Children as said earlier. It cost Rs 13,790 in total. 140 meters of skirt/pant material with each meter costing Rs 58. 210 meters of shirt material and each meter costing Rs 27. Also, we paid Rs 1400 as advance for stitching charges for the Tailor on Saturday, 04 July 2009. For stitching, Rs 75 is the charge per pair of uniform
Saturday, 04 July 2009, we had visited the School to pay the fees for the Teacher whom we are sponsoring. Rs 2000 was paid to Teacher Shri Rajeshwary as salary for the month of June. During the visit, we interacted with the staff members and also checked the newly set up Computer lab and Library
There was a visit by two Government officials from the Educational department to the School. Mr. Kantaraju and Mr. Satish. We had a detailed discussion with them, asking to employ more Teachers at the Schools. The plans they have to improve the quality of Teaching, to improve success of students, better facilities for the Children. If there are any questions that you would like to seek answers for, please send them to us so that this can be taken up with the concerned people. We shall try our best here
Back to School Drive
On Sunday, 05th July 2009, there was a procession taken by the students, staff and couple of our volunteers. The purpose of this was to encourage Children from the near by areas who were not attending Schools to come to School. Teachers and our volunteers visited the homes of prospective students and talked about the facilities provided by the School to the Family members. The names of the prospective Students were noted down. A few snaps were taken during the procession
http://picasaweb.google.co.in/saktyavesh/Back_to_School_Drive_Bangalore#slideshow/5355012804155103506
We had also handed to the Teacher, over a few good old clothes donated by a friend, Rahul Pant, for the School
New requirements from Bangalore School
The Bangalore School Head Teacher had asked the Students to plant saplings at the School and the Students are loving this idea. So the Teacher has asked us, if we could provide 40 pots to plant more saplings
During the last week of July/August first week there is a inter School competition and the Bangalore Head Teacher has if we could help the Children prepare for the competition. The volunteers would need to help the students with the following
- Prepare the Children for Fancy dress, story telling, group dance, drawing competitions
- Prepare the Children for GITA Vachana competition
- Train the students on Folk songs, patriotic songs and Bharatanatyam
This is a cluster level competition and would involve around 30 Schools
Balance Sheet:
Attached is the latest Balance Sheet. Thank you all for the contributions. People who have contributed are encouraged to check this and let know if there are any clarifications/comments
Below are the credentials for monetary contribution
Vinay Srinivasan K CITI BANK BANGALORE BANGALORE BRANCH BANGALORE 5612015807
Please send a mail once done, so that this can be tracked
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