31st May 2010

National Middle School (Chennai)

• The School re-opens tomorrow 01st June 2010, Tuesday
• As said earlier there is a rally planned. The Staff and the children of the School shall participate in a rally which shall walk through the nearby streets, thus attracting and encouraging students who are not attending School’s to attend one. This is planned on 02nd or 03rd of June 2010 during the morning hours. Friends who are interested, kindly contact Prakash for more details

Government Lower Primary School (Bangalore)

• On 29th May 2010, Sakthivel, Arun and I visited the School. The School had re-opened on 28th May 2010. A water tank has been constructed at the School. One part of the tank is to store municipal water and the other part is for rain water harvesting
• Sakthivel had donated 140 pencil to the School. This was handed over to the Head Teacher and shall be distributed along with the new pair of uniform and text books to all the children
• The results for the last academic year is as below (long absent means they never returned to School – probably children of migrant workers)
  
  

  Class	Number of Students	Promoted	Long Absent
  First standard	21	16	5
  Second standard	31	28	3
  Third standard	31	28	3
  Fourth standard	21	21	NIL
  Fifth standard	12	9	3

24 May 2010

Government lower primary school

• School reopens on 28th may 2010 after vacation
• Regarding the request for multipurpose hall, at the terrace of the existing school building – We had a person visiting the school to examine infrastructure and possibility of construction. Quotation from this person is expected shortly

National Middle school

• The school is organising a rally to encourage the students from the surrounding community to attend school. The rally would be around first or second week of June 2010. The plan is to cover the households from the nearby streets along with signboards and placards. We will be joining this rally. People who are interested kindly come forward.

Do put forward your ideas and suggestions. Feel free to spread the message of Saktyavesh in letter and in spirit with interested individuals and organizations

17 May 2010

Government Lower Primary School (Bangalore)

• Text books and one pair of uniform for each student has been collected by the staff from the Block Education Office last week. These shall be distributed to all the students on the School re-opening day, the 28th of May 2010
• Teachers salary for the extra Teacher (Shri. S. H. Rajeshwary) we are sponsoring has been given for the month of May 2010. Thanks to Rajesh Narendar for partly sponsoring this donation

Project in Hyderabad

• As said already, we are looking for a suitable/needy School with which we can work in Hyderabad. There are few suggestions already. If there are any institutions (most preferably a Government School) with whom we can work, kindly let know. Any lead in this regard is most welcome. Once we shortlist a few institutes/Schools, we can partner with the institute/School which is most needy

10 May 2010

Gentle reminder – Feedback needed

• Each of us must have received an email from Ananthakrishnan asking how we would like to be participate. Thank you all, those who have responded. To all those who yet to respond - request your honest feedback. Though we are working voluntarily, our work is very significant and important. Each of our feedback shall help know what our capabilities are and how much we can contribute and work (All personal information will be kept confidential)

Appreciation received

• We have received appreciation from Shri B. Jemima Viola, the HM of National Middle School, Chennai. It’s heartwarming to know that we are making a good positive difference. View the letter in the below link
• http://saktyavesh.blogspot.com/2010/05/saktyavesh-in-national-middle-school.html

Do put forward your ideas and suggestions. Feel free to spread the message of Saktyavesh in letter and in spirit with interested individuals and organizations

03 May 2010

Participation – Feedback needed

• Each one of us would have received an email from Ananthakrishnan, individually, seeking information on how we would like to participate, work etc…. This information shall be collected, stored and will help when we organize activities or whenever there is a need for a resource person etc…. If any of you have not received such an email, kindly let know. This is to better organize the way we work. Based on each of your inputs you will be contacted further, if needed

National Middle School,(Chennai)

• Exams are over and the summer vacations have started. The School is scheduled to re-open during the first week of June 2010
• There is a plan to organize a rally in the nearby areas of the School. The purpose of the rally/campaign is to encourage students who are not attending schools to attend Schools. Armed with pamphlets, the plan is to have the Staff and volunteers visit as many household as possible and motivate those who are not attending Schools to take up Schooling. This is planned in the month of June 2010

Hyderabad Meeting

• Project look out - We had a meeting in Hyderabad. 5 friends (Ananth, Srinivas G, Srinivas A, Krishna Chaitanya & Sreekanth) met and discussed on the plan/strategy to find a project in Hyderabad. Since Schools are closed for summer holidays we may not be able to visit Schools for evaluation for our project. But everyone agreed to look out for some leads for our project

Balance sheet

• The latest balance sheet has been uploaded on our website . Request you to check (the below link) and let know if any of your contribution is not captured
• http://saktyavesh.org/Finance.html
• You can make a donation using the below credentials
  
  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
  
  
• Request you to kindly communicate your contributions via email or just add a note (saying "from xxxxxxxxx") when making a transfer. This shall help us track the donor
• All monetary contributions shall be confirmed/acknowledged within a week’s time by email

Saktyavesh in National Middle School

It all started with when a group of people all young and energetic came together to work and sponsor for our National Middle School by doing the following

Needs of the School

1. They sponsored SLM kit (Self Learning Material for Math’s) for ABL students for easy learning methodology
2. Also they bought the storing material for the ABL cards and mat for the children to sit
3. A small library is created by buying books for the library and a steel almirah to keep the library books safe
4. For the children’s extracurricular activities they bought carom board, chess and skipping rope
5. They provided Basic necessities like lights
6. Last but not the least they gifted TV for the children to view educational CD’s

Activities

The entire group involve very much in al the school functions like Independence day, Christmas day celebration and Childrens day. During the celebration time they conducted quizzes and games and encouraged the children to participate by giving useful gifts. During Christmas day celebration they distributed gifts to every child in the School

The Leader of the team(Prakash) used to get the updates of all the School activities. During the Childrens day celebration Mr. Aneesh visited us, interacted with the children and staffs for the upkeeping and improvement of the School. Finally their motto was to develop and make the School as the Model School

As a Head Mistress of the School, I would like to express my sincere thanks to “Saktyavesh” for their generous contribution for their time and their kinds