Independence Day Celebrations - 2010

The program was successfull. Please find the link for the some pics

The program started with the Essay Writing Competition. The voulenteers we very aggressive enough without whom the program would not be executable. I thank Srisailam, Kalyan, Krathik, Ramakrishna and Abhi(Karthik's Bro) for thier efforts in executing the program. I specially thank Kalyan and invite him to our group on behalf of the entire BSG team.

The speech by Mr. Narsimlu (MEO, Vikarabad) was amazingly inspiring. I also thank him on behalf of the entire BSG team for accepting the invitation and came to participate in the event. Hostel Warden Mallapa Sir was very much moved with this even and requested us to continue the same support for creating awareness in the Children.

The highlight for the program was Appreciating the Old students who topped in their Final Exams.We had appriciated with the cash prizes for the students who topped in X and IX last year. Also distributed prizes who won the competiton in Essay Writing. Had some fun activities along with dabate.

The program ended with BSG Oath and National Anthem followed by counselling a few students.

Event @ ZPHS Ahmadhipur

BSG's 'School Adoption Program'. Event went like this.

BSG Members Putchakayala Raja, Anil Dhubakunta, Brahma Reddy and Madhusudhan reached ZPHS Ahmadhipur at around 10.45am and interacted with staff. Later we presented small demo to School Staff about what we are and what is our motto regarding this program and requested for cooperation regarding taking up the school under School Adoption Program. The response from staff is positive and we also explained that our School adoption program comprises of 5 to 6 major activities in an complete academic year as follows:

1. Career Guidance Program
2. Mentorship Program
3. Scholarship Awareness program
4. Personality Development
5. Extra Curricular Activities Program (like conducting Essay writing/Group discussion or some other activities).
6. Follow up call after Final exams to know status of passouts from school.

Career Guidance Program

Some Background information:
Sanghika Sankshema hostel Number 1 is a hostel for poor students where students from all over the Vikarabad mandal, come to have boarding and lodging, from where they attend classes in different government schools. The hostel currently harbors 167 students. This hostel is for students from 8-10th and there is also a hostel for 1-7th standard and is called No 2 hostel. Students from No-2 hostel are admitted into this. The food provided here is better than several government hostels. Class 10th students are provided with classmates [monthly book], workbooks and All–in-One during exams. A blanket and trunk box for keeping books, notebooks and text books are also facilitated for free, apart from which an amount of Rs 30 is given to students for cosmetics. The warden of the hostel has not taken leave for past 15 years which shows his commitment to the hostel. Despite a good playground, rooms and a vidhya volunteer to teach the subjects for 10th class, the students have not shown interest towards education, instances of which are like, books given to them are sold outside, the trunk box is taken home and only very few students turn up to the tuition in the hostel.

The pass percentages too indicate the fact that students are not keen in pursuing higher studies or have a greater concern towards future. Please find the snapshot of the pass percentages of the students for the respective years.
With this background, it would be better to show them a path that can reach and inculcate interest towards studies and career for the students. As a part of which, we have come up with the career guidance plan for the hostel covering

• Higher educational opportunities
• Job opportunities
• Scholarship opportunities

61st Republic Day Celebrations

Srisailam was coordinating the events at N0:1 Hostel, more than 25 Volunteers have turned up to conduct the events, they include students from Technical Society,Vikarabad, earlier BSBC students, Murali & Co(who conducted eye camp on Jan3rd ).

The program started with Flag hoisting, Hostel Warden Mallapa Sir took unfurled the national flag. After which Chief guest for the event, Vijaya Laksmi Garu gave her note,-her speech touched the importance of the day, formation of constitution and efforts put by Dr. Ambedkar in designing the constitution by meticulous study of all the other constitutions and tailoring it to suite to the Indian system and to fulfill its needs.

Report on Mentorship Program

There are no bounds for the joy that you get when you get the fruits for the work that you have been doing. At the outset I wish all of you 63RD Independence Day. On this special day we made it very very special by starting the mentorship program (Project3)

The event started with patriotic song Vandematram, and then everybody took the born to serve oath
“In the name of my nation I dedicate myself to serve the backward communities; we have only one passion the rise of great nation”

After which it was all Vikram’s show. Vikram is the chief guest for the event he is currently Team Lead in Computer Associates, prior to joining CA he worked in US and has an experience of 15 years in the software industry, and is one of the Teacher in taking Art of Living, despite all this he is down to earth person. It was a great privilege to have such an esteemed guest and great human for Kick starting the mentorship program and also to celebrate the Independence Day.

Village knowledge library – A report

The village “Gatepalli” is 87 Kms from and 17 Kms from vikarabad town. The village is sidelined as you have a distance of 4 kms to travel from the Vikarabad – Tandur main road.

The village has a primary school untill 5th class, and for high school - students go to the nearby village “kerelli” which is 5 kms. There are large number of youth and children but have to travel significantly larger distances of 17 Kms for any information, which most of the times is skipped.

With a deep understanding of the problems that are encountered in the village, and with the blend of experience that the seva samthi has got by having adopted several villages they identified gatepalli as a village for development and have taken the adoption of the village.

In the process setting up a village library was the crux of it. We as a group were also looking to help the unemployed youth and the children by what we know the best that is in field of education. We had the oppurtunity - we clinged on to it.