DEAR FRIENDS,
WE ARE HAPPY TO TELL U THAT TWO GROUPS NAMELY:
1) UDDESHYA - http://www.facebook.com/In.Uddeshya
ARE A GROUP WHICH IS REALLY DOING A HATS OFF JOB ON HIV/AIDS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
THEIR STATEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS :
We , as a group of people are now embarking on a journey - a journey which will ensure that the knowledge that we have , does not remain within us, but is imparted to everyone - to everyone in need of it-just like Margaret Fuller rightly said - 'if you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it' Impartingknowledge in the context of 'Uddeshya' means making youngsters aware about the harms of substance abuse , making them aware about HIV/AIDS , telling them how to deal with peer pressure and bullying and addressing all the queries that these youngsters have . In essence , we are equipping them with life skills to deal with such issues. We,therefore , shall be conducting workshops in schools about the issues that are mentioned above to ensure that the youth today do not not fall into the trap of deadly infections like HIV and deadly obsessions like doing drugs and consuming alcohol and subsequently indulging in risky behaviour. Through our organization we aim not just to ensure that we guide the youth today in the right direction but to also ensure that the knowledge imparted to them does not stay confined to them- they too share it with others- either by joining hands with us or doing it at their own personal level ( it may even be as simple as telling the kids of your servants, drivers about what you learn) We shall not keep our work boundary defined to just schools and colleges but to orphanages and rural areas as well. All workshops conducted by'Uddeshya' will be absolutely free of cost. We are doing this because we feel that it is our duty as the youth and as citizens of our nation to ensure that lives of people are not ruined because of lack of awareness and those who fall prey to infections like HIV are not discriminated against. How can we enjoy our lives when those of others are getting ruined ? Since we today have resources which can be used for making the youth aware and since we are dedicated to our cause , why should we not go ahead improving the lives of others ? After all , its good to know that we are helping making better the lives of other people perhaps saving lives as well and sensitizing others towards how those who were unfortunate enough to fall prey to killers like HIV should be treated. We hope for your dedicated and enthusiastic involvement as well. You are welcome to join hands with us and help make a difference in the lives of others ! Come lets make a difference !
2 ) MAD - Make A Difference http://makeadiff.in/
A GROUP WHO ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED AND ARE GIVING GREAT EDUCATION TO A FEW HOMES AND ORPHANAGES IN INDIA :
THEIR STATEMENT IS :
WE ARE HAPPY TO TELL U THAT TWO GROUPS NAMELY:
1) UDDESHYA - http://www.facebook.com/In.Uddeshya
ARE A GROUP WHICH IS REALLY DOING A HATS OFF JOB ON HIV/AIDS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
THEIR STATEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS :
We , as a group of people are now embarking on a journey - a journey which will ensure that the knowledge that we have , does not remain within us, but is imparted to everyone - to everyone in need of it-just like Margaret Fuller rightly said - 'if you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it' Impartingknowledge in the context of 'Uddeshya' means making youngsters aware about the harms of substance abuse , making them aware about HIV/AIDS , telling them how to deal with peer pressure and bullying and addressing all the queries that these youngsters have . In essence , we are equipping them with life skills to deal with such issues. We,therefore , shall be conducting workshops in schools about the issues that are mentioned above to ensure that the youth today do not not fall into the trap of deadly infections like HIV and deadly obsessions like doing drugs and consuming alcohol and subsequently indulging in risky behaviour. Through our organization we aim not just to ensure that we guide the youth today in the right direction but to also ensure that the knowledge imparted to them does not stay confined to them- they too share it with others- either by joining hands with us or doing it at their own personal level ( it may even be as simple as telling the kids of your servants, drivers about what you learn) We shall not keep our work boundary defined to just schools and colleges but to orphanages and rural areas as well. All workshops conducted by'Uddeshya' will be absolutely free of cost. We are doing this because we feel that it is our duty as the youth and as citizens of our nation to ensure that lives of people are not ruined because of lack of awareness and those who fall prey to infections like HIV are not discriminated against. How can we enjoy our lives when those of others are getting ruined ? Since we today have resources which can be used for making the youth aware and since we are dedicated to our cause , why should we not go ahead improving the lives of others ? After all , its good to know that we are helping making better the lives of other people perhaps saving lives as well and sensitizing others towards how those who were unfortunate enough to fall prey to killers like HIV should be treated. We hope for your dedicated and enthusiastic involvement as well. You are welcome to join hands with us and help make a difference in the lives of others ! Come lets make a difference !
2 ) MAD - Make A Difference http://makeadiff.in/
A GROUP WHO ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED AND ARE GIVING GREAT EDUCATION TO A FEW HOMES AND ORPHANAGES IN INDIA :
THEIR STATEMENT IS :
The Make A Difference project was initiated by a few of us in our second year of college when we saw a large disparity in the way rich and the poor learned. We realized that the system created a gap from the very early years of a child’s life and as time passed by, the gap only increased. We saw a huge untapped resource amongst us youngsters who if provided the right platform were capable of bridging the gap. Hence 20 of us in the city of cochin founded Make a Difference with a vision “To bridge the inequality in society through education.”
India has one of the highest drop out rates in the world. Even though over 70% of our children enroll for primary education, 72% of them would have dropped out by the time they reach standard 10. But being first generation learners, education is most critical for this 72%.
In Make a Difference, we currently focus on India’s urban underprivileged, particularly children in street shelters, orphanages, and poor homes. Our children are street smart, intelligent and mature. Yet hardly any of them get the opportunity to continue their education after 10th. This is primarily due to two reasons.
First is the lack of financial support. Most children are taken care of only till the age of 15, after which they are on their own. The education they receive till then is very generic and provides them with no specific skills, which forces them into doing menial jobs for a living.
Second, and more important reason why even the children who are sponsored cant cope up is the lack of quality education. Our children go to schools where the medium of instruction is in the vernacular language till 10th. But after 10th, the medium is compulsorily in English and most jobs have English language proficiency as one of its basic requirement. Hence even if we are able to sponsor students with good scores for higher education they are unable to cope. The bridge here is the English language.
Our aim is to ensure the underprivileged children are brought into the main stream so they can chose their careers based on their potential and interests and not their financial constraints.
Our English course is a five level program of 100 hours each. Every year our children go through 56 interactive classes of two hour duration. By the end of the 5th level the child’s communication skills will be at par with a private school student. We have an active placements program that runs side by side to keep the children aware of their career options and keep them motivated to study harder. We have initiated our computer program in Cochin where we have computers in the ratio 6:1 installed in every centre which means every child will get half an hour of computer class every day.
Our aim is to ensure a 100% retention rate in Indian schools. Currently we work in 11 districts in India with over 800 volunteers, teaching 2500 children. We plan to reach out to 10,000 children in the coming year.
BOTH ARE PRESENTLY WORKING IN OUR COLLEGE HAVE EXTENDED THEIR SUPPORT FOR US ALSO I SINCERELY THANK THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING US AND AGREEING TO HELP US IN OUR QUEST TO MAKE A BETTER INDIA.......
- SIDDHARTH SINHA AND OTHER MEMBERS OF UDDESHYA
- DEEPTI AND HER GROUP OF MAD
THANKING U
TO MAKE A BETTER INDIA AND A BETTER WORLD
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