Kaamanabillu 2012

"Kaamanabillu" is back again with new vigor and enthusiasm like never before. The Mysore chapter of Aashayein Foundation celebrates its 2nd year anniversary on this occasion. 

"Kaamanabillu-Celebrating the spirit of childhood"

This time, AF plans for a bigger event to showcase the talents of kids. The objective of this event is to provide children from underprivileged institutions, a platform to showcase their talent in dance and drama. The activities that have been included in this year's event are Cultural Extravagance and an Exhibition.

Cultural event- The orphanages and other special institutions have been provided with professional trainers with expertise in dance and drama and they will be given an opportunity to stage their talents. More than 100 kids from different institutions in and around Mysore are expected to participate in this event.

Exhibition- An exhibition will be organized and space will be provided for NGO’s to exhibit their initiatives through display medium. The objective of this exhibition is to provide information to the general public of Mysore regarding the different institutions serving the underprivileged children so that they can directly or through AF, provide necessary support if interested. This event is open to all and AF is expecting a huge support from the volunteers as well as the general public for its success. 

Date of Event: 29th January 2012

Venue: Rotary High School Auditorium, Beside Mandovi Motors, Near Railway Station, Mysore.

Time: 4:30 P.M to 8:00 P.M

All are welcome!

For any further details please contact:

Akhilesh - 9986890140 - akhi92@gmail.com

Ankit : 9886707428 - ankit220810@gmail.com

Vinay: 9739461624 - vinaysbrao@gmail.com

“Kaamanabillu 2011 - Fill colours to life” (Event Report) marked the 1st anniversary of AF Mysore chapter.

-- Posted by Ashrith

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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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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SBS Details for June-July

It's been more than 6 months since AF Mysore started its "Sunday Breakfast Serving" campaign and it's one activity that AF plans to continue for a long long time on a regular basis. But since most of the orphanages in Mysore are covered once, the volunteers have decided to start visiting them again. Given below are the details of all the places visited during June-July '10.

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HALLI SUMMER CAMP- A Report

It's more than a month now since the Summer Camp came to an end but it is still fresh in the minds of all AF volunteers. To further enhance their memories and for the benefit of non AF volunteers, one of our members, Akhilesh writes a detailed report of the camp, starting from Day 1 till the Closing Ceremony.

Click here to read the first part of the story and then keep clicking on "Newer posts" to find the subsequent parts.

PS: Don't miss the link for the pics of Closing Ceremony.

Halli Summer Camp - Detailed Programme Schedule

The major part of the halli summer camp concluded on 9th of May 2010. Over 60 children attended the six day long summer camp spread over 3 weekends. The kids were drawn from 4th to 10th Standard of BNSS High school of Hadinaaru Village, Nanjangud Taluk. 

The program schedule was as given below. 

 

However, all is not over yet. A colorful closing ceremony will be held on 15th May 2010. The event will feature Dance numbers, Group Songs and Skits by the children among other activities. To know more write to info.mys@aashayeinfoundation.org

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Pics of 2nd Weekend 

HALLI-SUMMER-CAMP (Weekend 1)

AF-Mysore launched the much awaited HALLI SUMMER CAMP on 24th April 2010 at the BNSS High School, Hadinaaru Village, Nanjangud taluk, Mysore. The Principal and the staff of the school were highly supportive and helped the volunteers. It was learnt during one of the pre-camp interactions that the children had never attended a summer camp before. This set the expectations high. The children were informed of the activities that would be conducted as a part of the camp and the tentative schedule. 

The camp kick started with an introductory speech from Mr. B. Mahadevappa, principal of the school. He welcomes the volunteers and appreciated their intentions and efforts in sharing knowledge and spreading joy amongst the children of their school. 

The programme schedule for the first weekend was as given below,

A total of 54 children attended the camp on the first two days. Going by the response and the enthusiasm, one was sure that more would be joining in the coming weeks. 

The AF-Mysore team is in need of monetary funds to keep the Summer Camp going for the subsequent weeks. Please write to info.mys@aashayeinfoundation.org to know how you can contribute.

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12th SBS @ Aashadayaka Seva Trust

The volunteers of AF-Mysore visited 'Ashadayaka Trust' as a part of their '12th Sunday Breakfast Serving' activity on 18th April 2010. It was the second visit to the place from the team (Earlier Visit).

The volunteers reached the venue at 8.30AM and the children were taking up poems and singing lessons from a teacher who visits the facility every Sunday mornings. After the singing classes, it was time for the breakast. the kids were served with Idli-vada and sambhar. They were also given badam milk to drink.

After the breakfast session the group resorted to the 'paint the balloon' game. The challenge was to dip a needle-tip in water paint and paint a face on the a balloon. The children took turns to paint the balloon. Every bursted balloon was cheered by the group.

Those who managed to paint the balloon withou bursting it were declared winners and given chocolates as prizes. While the game was in progress, some of the voluteers made some time to discuss and finalize the plans for the upcoming ambitious "Halli Summer Camp" from AF-Mysore at Hadinaaru Village, Nanjangud Taluk, Mysore.

The Team AF-Mysore with the kids

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