26th October 2009

We have new three new friends who shall be working/partnering with us. Suresh (Chennai), Satish and Maheswari Uma (both from US) - thank you for your commitment. Working on community development in partnership will be an enriching experience and every single effort shall help

Flood Relief Update

• The contact person who had visited the flood affected places in Kurnool (in Andhra Pradesh) has the following feedback – currently the villages they visited are receiving basic immediate relief like food materials, water etc.. The plan is to look at rehabilitation efforts. At the same time, we spoke to another contact who is carrying out relief work in Gulbarga (in Karnataka). From here the input is that people here are still in need of basic immediate relief like food materials, water, blankets etc…. Talks are on with both the contacts for relief efforts and shall route resource and funds to the place where the need is more

Government Lower Primary School, Bangalore

• Parents Meeting – On Saturday 24th October 2009, parents meeting was held. The forum was to discuss the progress of the students, complaints (by parents and students), hear inputs/feedback from parents etc… The meeting was monitored by a Head Teacher from another Government School. There were complaints from the parents that the Teachers were using corporal punishments and the Teachers decided to minimize this
• Yoga classes – The Yoga classes for the children in the age group of 8 to 10 years started on 26th October 2009. The plan is to conduct Yoga sessions for 5 straight days. Thanks to Arun for initiating this

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19th October 2009

Flood Relief Update

On 17th and 18th (Saturday and Sunday) couple of friends visited the flood affected villages ( in Kurnool ) to understand and study the situation. This weekend 24th and 25th Oct 2009, we will be visiting the shortlisted places where relief efforts can be channelized. if anyone is interested to join the relief effort in person, kindly let us know.

Government Lower Primary School, Bangalore

An interaction with parents is planned on 24th Oct 2009.The Head Teacher, Sheela madam, has invited us for this event. This is an opportunity for us to hear and communicate with the parents directly. Please feel free to join.

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For Flood Relief

In one of the worst disasters ever, floods ravaged many parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Estimates say that more than 250 lives are lost, many missing, property losses at more than Rs 32000 crores, 1.5 million people homeless. We can do our bit in whatever way we can. From Saktyavesh side the plan is to contribute Rs 25,000 (keeping aside the commitments we have made to our two Schools that we are supporting)

Where is the contribution directed?

There is a team in Chennai who are going in person and distributing the donations to the needy directly. We have planned to channel the contributions through them

If there is any other severely affected place which any of you are aware of, kindly let know and we can choose the most needed & neglected place and channel our contribution

How to contribute?

You can contribute either in cash or in kind

Cash

For cash, kindly transfer your contributions to Saktyavesh current account

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

For convenience you may also prefer to transfer to any of the below account

Account Name: Vinay Srinivasan K

Account number: 5612015807

Bank: CITI Bank BANGALORE

Branch: BANGALORE

Account Name: Anantha Krishnan N

Account number: 004801540373

Bank: ICICI

Branch: SD Road, Secunderabad

Note: (1) Do mention a note that this is for flood relief victims when you are transferring

(2) Please send a mail to Saktyavesh@gmail.com once a transaction is made

(3) You can also hand over the cash to any of the below mentioned friends

Material

You may also contribute materially. You can hand over the donations to any of the below friends

Bangalore

(1) Vinay Kumaraswamy (+919845096177), No.5/1 Lalbagh Road, Subbaiah circle, Orient Power Press, Bangalore – 560027

(2) Aneesh Kumar (+919740866115)

Chennai

(1) Prakash Kolandaivelu (+919940082765), A 15/ 240 LIG Flats, 7th Avenue, Ashok Nagar, Chennai – 83

(2) S. RAMESH, 1/64 Bharathi nagar, 4th street, 1st Floor, Palavakkam, Chennai - 600 041

Hyderabad

(1) Ananthakrishnan (+919949053944), Flat no 502, Satyanarayana enclave, block A, Madinaguda, Hyderabad – 500050

Please send in your donations by Tuesday, 13th October 2009. Do spread this message

If there are any suggestions/questions, please put it across

Let us help our brethren in this hour of crisis

12th October 2009

We are happy to have Saranya (from Chennai) among us, who shall be working with on impacting positive social change through Education and Healthcare. Thank you Saranya for your commitment and support

Flood Relief

As said in the communication sent on Saturday we are collecting material and money for flood relief to be directly handed over to the affected population. Further information shall be shared as and when its available

Government Lower Primary School, Bangalore

The Dussehra camp came to an end on Friday, 09th October 2009. The students were taught dance, yoga, drawing, paper cutting etc.. Certificates were distributed to the students at the end. The craft work created by the students are exhibited at the School for another week. This is to help us have a look at the work done by the students. The Head Teacher, Sheela Madam, has invited us to the School to have a look at the work done by the students

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05th October 2009

Government Lower Primary School, Bangalore

• 02nd October 2009, Gandhi Jayanthi celebration – a small function was organized at the School to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Chocolates and biscuits were distributed at the end of the event
• Dussehra Camp – The camp started on 03rd October 2009 (Saturday) with students from 3rd, 4th & 5th standard (around 50 students). This shall continue till 08th October 2009, this Thursday. The children are taught different skills, apart from the syllabus. Thanks to Senthil, Saishri, Jeya for volunteering with their skills, time and teaching dance. The students are showing good interest in learning. If any of you would like to volunteer with their time & skills, please feel free to do so
• We are sponsoring refreshments during the Dussehra camp (as there is no mid day meal). Costing Rs 14 per child, refreshments are taken care for all the students attending the camp (approx 50) for the whole 6 days. We have paid Rs 3000 as advance towards this
• “Thank you” – The Head Teacher Sheela Madam has thanked us for sponsoring uniforms for all the School Children. The students surely look a lot smarter
• Teachers salary – We have contributed Rs 2000 towards the Teachers salary for the month of September 2009. This is for the Teacher, Mrs. Rajeshwari, whom we are sponsoring
• Uniform stitching - Rs 3000 was paid for the remaining dress (40) stitching charges

Financial information/Balance Sheet

We had been to the bank on Saturday, 3rd October 2009 to get the online account up and running. There are still certain procedures before we get the online account operational. So we will not be able to acknowledge monetary transactions to Saktyavesh account. Sorry for the delay caused

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