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When YFS was launched in March 2007, it was more of an experiment – an exploration to validate the idea of making youth volunteering a movement. Nine months later, we are more than convinced about the idea and it surely is one whose time has come. On January 6th, 2008 over 50 YFS volunteers met [...]
“Sewa dina” was celebrated on 22nd December, 2007 which happens to be the death anniversary of Sri.Ajith Kumar, the founder of Hindu Seva Prathisthana. YFS volunteers had a great time doing Rangoli, packing fruit baskets and helping with other arrangements. We had opened counters for selling books & cassettes as well.
Adamya Chetana is a Bangalore based NGO working in the field of social development. A particular project of this voluntary organization by name Aata-Paatha was quite intriguing. Recently, they had organized several competitions and cultural shows in a ceremony called "Hattara Habba" and YFS volunteers provided a helping hand in all possible ways.
Aruna Chetana is a school for children with special needs. The school aims to provide comprehensive support to children with multiple disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, Hearing Impairment, Partially Visually Impaired, Spina Bi Fida, Autism, Dyslexia, and Behaviour and Emotional Disorders. The children here prepare files, candles and learning aids which are sold. [...]
It was the first coverage for YFS on air when Venkatesh Murthy and Soumya from YFS were interviewed for an hour on Gyanavani (FM 107.2) on Dec 6th 2007. The interview spanned various aspects of youth volunteering, vision of YFS and details of ongoing projects. The response from the audiences was very encouraging with many [...]
When Administrative Management College organized a management fest(Colossus 2007), they decided to provide a different exposure to the 400 MBA students by inviting Sri Venkatesh Murthy, coordinator of YFS, as the chief guest at the inauguration.
December was a month of energetic activity in Sheshadripuram English speaking class. The current batch is nearing its end and it was time for fervent revising in the classes. Small scale English tests were conducted in the class, which proved that the students were indeed getting better.
Two students from California, USA volunteer their vacation with YFS Abhiram and Tara, undergrad students from University of California, Berkely, spent 3 weeks of their winter break volunteering with NGOs in Bangalore. This is the first such project for Youth for Seva to engage students from foreign countries. Here is a report written by them. [...]
{mosimage} In the previous newsletter we had mentioned about the spoken English workshop being conducted for students in Government schools at various areas in Bangalore. This article is about a specific project undertaken at Gowdanpalya. The classes commenced on 22 September, 2007 and were completed on 22 December, 2007.
The volunteers at AshaKirana Nele have shown awe-inspiring enthusiasm this past month. Their focused effort in imparting education to students of 6th standard includes lessons in English and Math. A few children who find Math challenging are brought up to speed at AshaKirana Nele so as to stay at par with the rest of the [...]
