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Spectacles Distribution Events at Jakkur and Basaveshwaranagar schools
Thursday, December 30th, 2010 | admin | No comment |
Spectacles Distribution Events at Jakkur and Basaveshwaranagar schools

…. Following the Eye camps conducted at 10 schools across Bangalore since July 2010, we have been able to get follow-up checks and treatments done for the children through Narayana Nethralaya (Rajajinagar and Bommasandra) and Sankara Nethralaya (Hebbal), as Doctors for Seva. A lot of these children required spectacles, and through contributions from donors, we [...]

Blood Donation Camp at Banashankari- 25th Dec. 2010
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010 | admin | No comment |
Blood Donation Camp at Banashankari- 25th Dec. 2010

25th December, 2010 (Saturday): On our former Prime Minister Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s 86th Birthday, Youth for Seva in association with Kittur Rani Youth Association conducted a Blood Donation Camp at Kuvempu National Indoor stadium, Banashankari Stage-I. After a melodious invocation by YFS volunteer Asha, we had our local Basvangudi MLA, Mr.Subramanya address the donors’ gathering. [...]

Health Team Report: November 2010
Saturday, December 11th, 2010 | admin | 1 comment |
Health Team Report: November 2010

CONTENTS: 1. Overview 2. Medical Camps in November (4) 3. Referrals in November (285) 4. Sponsor a Patient 5. Doctors for Seva 6. Other Events 7. December 2010 plans 8. Appendix I – Overall status of referrals (June – Nov 2010) To view reports of previous months and each camp conducted so far, please click [...]

Medical and Surgical camp at Chunchaghatta (Nov 14th)
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 | admin | No comment |

On 14th November, 2010, a Medical camp was conducted by Mahaveer Jain Hospital at Chunchaghatta, near Konanakunte cross. Date: 14th November, 2010 Time: 9:30 A.M to 3:30 P.M Venue: Maruti High School, Chunchaghatta-Kothnur Main road, near Konanakunte cross Camp conducted by: Mahaveer Jain Hospital, Vasanthnagar .. .. Team from Mahaveer Jain Hospital (21): Doctors (9): Dr.Sapna, Dr.Srinivas, Dr.Srividya, Dr.Akshita, Dr.Diwakar, Dr.Shivakumar, Dr.Supreeth, Dr.Rashmi, [...]

Report: PURADALU Free Health Camp on 05/12/10 (Shimoga)
Monday, December 6th, 2010 | admin | 1 comment |

In association with Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd,Hyderabad, Project-Shimoga and Keshawa Free Hospital, Vikasa Trust, Shimoga successfully organized a Free Health & Medical Camp for the people of four villages in Puradalu on 5th Dec 2010. Six doctors and eight nurses from both Vatsalya & Nanjappa Hospitals were present and provided good treatment to the needy. About [...]

YFS Hyderabad and Oracle Corp conduct Sports Day for Girls
Sunday, December 5th, 2010 | admin | 1 comment |
YFS Hyderabad and Oracle Corp conduct Sports Day for Girls

In the largest single day event YFS has conducted so far, 35 YFS volunteers from Oracle conducted a sports day and story telling event for 400 slum girls from across the city on 24th Oct 2010. It was conducted as a part of Oracle Global Volunteers Day. The organizing capability of YFS volunteers was put [...]

Chiguru2010 – Cultural fest for children held at Banashankari
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 | admin | 1 comment |
Chiguru2010 – Cultural fest for children held at Banashankari

CHIGURU -2010 “Chiguru” a cultural event was organized by Youth For Seva at Jayaram Seva Mandali, Jayanagar to bring out the hidden talents of the kids. The participating school were sri Krishna ashram boys, Sri Krishna ashram girls, Tejasvini trust, MES school, Kumaraswamy layout Govt. school, and the informal school from PP layout. A bus [...]

YFS Hyderabad Conducts Eye Camp at Vatsalya Sindhu
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 | admin | No comment |
YFS Hyderabad Conducts Eye Camp at Vatsalya Sindhu

A team of 3 YFS volunteers conducted a basic eye screening camp at Vatsalya Sindhu (destitute center for boys) to identify students who need eye treatment. The camp started around 4:30PM and all  30 students were screened.  Students ranging from age 5 to 14 stay in the hostel. During the screening volunteers identified that most [...]

YFS Hyderabad team 10K run
Monday, November 29th, 2010 | admin | 4 comments |
YFS Hyderabad team 10K run

25 volunteers participated as a YFS Team in the  Hyderabad 10K run on 28th Nov. We raised awareness about the Kashmir issue and expressed our feelings that Kashmir was and will always be an integral part of India. Our feelings resonated well with the youth audience. Here is a report by Sagar from Infosys, followed by [...]

YFS Hyderabad Launches Seva Fellowships!
Thursday, November 25th, 2010 | admin | 7 comments |
YFS Hyderabad Launches Seva Fellowships!

Ever felt you would want to spend more time volunteering? Want to work in rural and remote areas? Be a YFS Seva Fellow! YFS promises to match you to a project of your choice anywhere in the country. Here are the salient points of the Seva Fellowship program: – Choose any location within the country and [...]