Visit to Old Age Home on 7th Aug 2011

First time since Aashayein Foundation Mysore started its Sunday Breakfast Service in Jan '10, its volunteers visited an old age home as part of the activity. The place called "Home for the aged" was situated near Gandhinagar, Mysore and houses more than 140 inmates in a vast building that catered to most of the needs of the aged. Started in 1971 by The Bishop of Mysore, the institution looks after aged people of both the sexes, irrespective of their caste and creed. It depends completely on public charity for all kinds of monetary help.The place is well managed by many volunteers who have divided themselves into various departments like kitchen department, etc. It has a huge kitchen, many dining halls, well maintained rooms for staying, a drama hall and a very beautiful church. The residents here make various items out of wood, straw etc. which is put for sale at the entrance of the building. Every month they even celebrate birthdays of all inmates.

It was a completely new and different experience for AF volunteers to visit such a place and they couldn't help admiring the good work done by all the volunteers who stayed there and looked after the aged people. AF wishes to visit many more such places in future and support their cause. The volunteers also planned to initiate a new activity separately for old age homes where they could visit them on a regular basis and entertain them by performing various activities like singing, drama etc as AF has always believed in spending time with people for whom it matter the most. Many more good deeds to be done, smiles to be brought on many more faces, as always said, the Aashayein caravan shall go on.

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Summer Camp 2011

 

About the Camp:

Aashayein Foundation is organizing a summer camp for the children of class 9 and 10 at Guru Malleshwara High School, Doora Village, Mysore District. The camp will be held on eight days spread across four weeks. A total of about 50 children will be benefited from this initiative.

The objectives of the summer camp,

·         To generate an interest towards science and inculcate scientific reasoning among the children.

·         To demonstrate that the process of learning can be fun and interesting in an attempt to improve the retention rate at the school.

·         Focused career counseling and personality development to motivate children to pursue higher education.

·         To inculcate the habits of hygiene, cleanliness and social responsibility among the children

Activities:

Some of the key activities planned for the Summer Camp 2011iinclude,

·         Science Experiments: Children will perform interesting experiments that will help them understand the basic concepts of science and promote scientific reasoning

·         Craft and painting: An opportunity to pick up or hone the creative talent.

·         Career guidance: The interactive session will give explore the interests of children and share information on the exciting career opportunities in various fields.

·         Cultural activities: These sessions will bring out the hidden talent within the children and will culminate with a grand closing ceremony featuring stage performances by them. 

·         Games: An innovative approach to promote working in teams.

·         Natural History Museum: A field trip to the Regional Museum of Natural History, Mysore.

·         First Aid: A session on understanding the basic first aid procedures for common injuries/emergencies.

·         Fun with Maths: This session will aim to simplify and generate interest towards one of the most dreaded subjects.

·         Computers: An interactive session about understanding the wonder machine and its applications.

The children will be served with lunch & snacks on all the days of the summer camp. About 30 volunteers are working closely to make this project a grand success. A similar camp was successfully organized by Aashayein Foundation during 2010 at Govt. High School, Hadinaaru Village, Mysore that benefited about 60 children. 

How can you help:

You can play a vital role in creating special moments for children which have a positive and long lasting impact in their lives. Help us reach out to children who have never had an opportunity to be a part of any Summer Camp.

• Volunteer to help making the project a success
• Monetary Contribution towards the project

All contributions are tax exempted under section 80G of the Indian Income Tax Act, 1961

To make a contribution, please contact:

·         Akhilesh M: +91 9986890140

·         Ankit Gupta: +91 9886707428

·         Anil Raj: +91 9686863574 

Kaamanabillu marks AF-Mysore's first year anniversary

A Novel painting competition to bring together the children from various backgrounds of the city

A novel painting competition was organized on January 30, 2011 in the city at the Open Air Theatre by the Aashayein Foundation. ‘Kaamanabillu 2011 – Fill colours to life’ brought the kids from mainstream schools and those from NGOs, anathashramas and other special learning centres on a common platform to showcase their talent. About 160 children participated from over 12 institutions.

Some of the participating institutions include, St. Philomena’s Little Boys Home, Chamundi Children's Home, Sri Chayadevi Anathashrama, Sri Jain Education Society, Makkala Mane (FORHD), Govt. Juvenile Home (Boys), Sneha Kiran (Mysore Spastic Society) and Puttaveeramma Residential School For Hearing Impaired.

The event also provided a platform for the NGOs and special schools to showcase their efforts in promoting education among the orphans, physically challenged and the not-so-privileged sections of the society. Separate stalls were set up portraying the vision and efforts by each of these institutions.

Sri. Nagendra Kumar, Deputy Director of Public Instruction (DDPI), Mysore was the chief guest. Hon. H.P. Sandesh, Principal District and Sessions Judge, Mysore presided over the event. Speaking at the occasion, Hon. H.P Sandesh emphasized the need to co ordinate efforts from the youth to secure the future of the children. Mrs. Juliana Lobo, Head Mistress, Bastipur Govt Higher Primary School was also present at the occasion. She expressed happiness over the progress of Shikshana Abhiyana at her school. Aashayein Foundation teaches English to 50 students at the Bastipur Govt. Higher Primary School.

Megha M (St. Joseph's Central School) won the first place in the competition while Priyanka BV (Nirmala Convent) and Abijana N (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan) bagged the second and third place respectively.

A medical checkup and blood donation camp was also organized on the sidelines of the event. A total of 37 visitors of the event donated their blood at the occasion.

The event also marked one year of operations of the Aashayein foundation in Mysore. The foundation works towards raising the aspiration levels kids especially among those from the not-so-privileged sections of the society. The foundation has operations in Bangalore, Mysore and Hyderabad and reaches out to the children through innovative programs such as Shikshana Abhiyana, Sunday Breakfast Serving, Bachche Mann Ke Sachche and Pustaka Abhiyana. 

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