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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