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YFS Chennai : New Volunteer Orientation on Aug 21, 2011
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 | yfschennai | 1 comment |
YFS Chennai : New Volunteer Orientation on Aug 21, 2011

YFS Chennai organised the new volunteer orientation programme on Sunday, Aug 21, 2011 at the Sevabharathi office in Chetpet.  Due to the untimely rains that morning, the session started only by 10.30 AM so that participants coming from far off places do not miss out on the topics discussed. There were about 20 participants to [...]

School Bag Distribution, Bhopal
Sunday, August 28th, 2011 | admin | No comment |
School Bag Distribution, Bhopal

School bag distribution in Mandideep slum area by YFS volunteers and FPAI (Family Planning Association of India) on 12th August 2011. Free tuition will be conducted by our volunteers at the place. A few moments!!              

YFS Hyderabad – Experiences of Sevathon 2011
Thursday, August 25th, 2011 | Swathi Ram | No comment |
YFS Hyderabad – Experiences of Sevathon 2011

India got its Independence 64 years ago. Since then, many Unsung Heroes of our country are working tirelessly for social upliftment and national regeneration. During Independence Day weekend this year, YFS had organized a unique 3-day Seva Marathon, to visit Seva projects run by these Unsung Heroes in Hyderabad and Warangal. It was an opportunity [...]

YFS Hyderabad – Parisara Ganapati and Sapling Plantation Marathon
Thursday, August 18th, 2011 | Swathi Ram | No comment |
YFS Hyderabad – Parisara Ganapati and Sapling Plantation Marathon

Parisara Ganapati – Eco-friendly Ganesh Pooja Namaste, Lord Ganapati, the lord of wisdom will be visiting us on September 1st, this year. Let us celebrate his annual visit in a wise manner. In an unique event of it’s own kind, Youth for Seva is getting clay idols made by children in government schools and orphanages [...]

English Grammar (Audio)
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 | admin | No comment |

Audio files on English Grammar recorded by Volunteers of Vikalaang Team of Yfs Hydearabad *TET -  Teachers Entrance Test Parts Of Speech.mp3 Types of Sentences.mp3 Nouns.mp3 Tenses.mp3 Pronouns.mp3 PREPOSITIONS.mp3 Interjection.mp3 Direct and Indirect Speech.mp3 Degrees of Comparison.mp3 Conjunction.mp3 Articles.mp3 Adverb.mp3 Adjective.mp3

TET – Environmental Studies (Telugu Audio)
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 | admin | No comment |

Audio files on Environment recorded by volunteers of Vikalaang Team, YFS Hyderabad. *TET -  Teachers Entrance Test

Eye pre-screening: 10,700 children screened as on Aug 14, 2011 (Bangalore)
Sunday, August 14th, 2011 | admin | No comment |
Eye pre-screening: 10,700 children screened as on Aug 14, 2011 (Bangalore)

                In the end of June 2011, we initiated the Eye pre-screening program to address vision defects amongst children at Govt. and Govt.-aided schools across Bangalore South zone-I in association with the “Nanna Kannu” program of Sankara Eye Hospital and Sri Ramana trust. The target we’d set ourselves [...]

Techie, now a teacher of needy: Indian Express Aug 9, 2011
Thursday, August 11th, 2011 | admin | 1 comment |

Swami Vivekananda used to say that if children don’t come to schools, the schools should go to the children. Inspired by this, a volunteer of the Youth For Seva runs a non-formal school for children of construction workers. Techie, now a teacher of needy http://expressbuzz.com/cities/bangalore/techie-now-a-teacher-of-needy/302531.html Garima Prasher Last Updated : 09 Aug 2011 09:33:56 AM [...]

YFS Hyderabad – Experiences of a Summer Intern
Friday, August 5th, 2011 | Swathi Ram | 2 comments |
YFS Hyderabad – Experiences of a Summer Intern

YFS Hyderabad provided opportunities for college students to do their bit for the society during their summer vacation. Many students across the city interned at projects both within Hyderabad and in the surrounding rural areas. Here is a report by Jyothi Priya Angiya who interned at Vatsalya Sindhu, destitute home for boys in Moula Ali, [...]