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Archive for March, 2009

120 volunteers attend training program at Koramangala
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 | admin | No comment |

-Ashok   One of the things that YFS takes particular pride in, has been its role in trying to give quality education to children from the slums, by enlisting the help of ordinary citizens who take up the role of teachers. To achieve this, a lot of induction programs have been held all over Bangalore [...]

Volunteers provide support to patients and Kidwai hospital
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 | admin | No comment |

-Varun   YFS has been successfully conducting programs and events at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology. Volunteers along with the Social Welfare Department have been helping the hospital’s administration, assisting patients and conducting various events. The volunteers strive to bring smiles to the patients’ faces, since smiles hold the power to brighten the darkest of [...]

Planning for next academic year – School Adoption Program and Sponsor a child
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 | admin | No comment |

  From the Coordinator’s desk     The teaching activity at schools and slums will come to an end in March. It has been a very fulfilling experience for all the volunteers so far. Even though most of ‘Teach India’  volunteers got less than 3 months to work with schools this year, it was sufficient [...]

Updates on the Fellowship Program (volunteering full time for 6 months)
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 | admin | No comment |

-Bharath Youth for Seva’s novel initiative of offering fellowship has generated quite a bit of interest among students and professionals. The program currently has 13 individuals from varied backgrounds. A few are students who have recently graduated from college while others are professionals on a sabbatical from work or those planning to do higher studies. [...]

The Monkey and the Crocodile
Sunday, March 1st, 2009 | admin | No comment |

Once upon a time, a clever monkey lived in a tree that bore juicy, red rose apples. He was very happy. One fine day, a crocodile swam up to that tree and told the monkey that he had traveled a long distance and was in search of food as he was very hungry. The kind [...]

Kubera's Feast
Sunday, March 1st, 2009 | admin | No comment |

Kubera, god of wealth, had become arrogant. One day he decided to host an extravagant feast for the gods, such a feast as never had been hosted before. It would increase his prestige and show all men and gods the extent of his wealth and influence. Accordingly, he went to Mount Kailash to invite Lord [...]

Unity is Strength
Sunday, March 1st, 2009 | admin | No comment |

Once upon a time, there was a flock of doves that flew in search of food led by their king. One day, they had flown a long distance and were very tired. The dove king encouraged them to fly a little further. The smallest dove picked up speed and found some rice scattered beneath a [...]

The Musical Donkey
Sunday, March 1st, 2009 | admin | No comment |

Once upon a time, there was an old thin donkey that worked for a washer man by day. At night he was free to wander as he liked. One night, he made friends with a jackal and they both went out in search of food. They found a garden filled with cucumbers and helped them [...]