YFS volunteer Amarnath, who works with Wells Fargo took a week off and spent his time in the slums trying to understand their way of life. He shares his experiences: When I decided to spend 1 week in slums I had no idea what I was trying to do & I went with open mind [...]
Namaste, As a part of environmental awareness activities of YFS, we are promoting the use of eco-friendly Ganesh idols every year, to impart ethical values and make known the significance and importance of using clay idols instead of those made with Plaster of Paris. We conducted this event in 20 govt schools, 6 private schools, [...]
Namaste, YFS along with partner NGO Akshara Paathashala organised special celebrations of Independence Day in AmruNagar and KarmikaNagar slums of Balanagar. 60 YFS volunteers participated in the same. Volunteers also celebrated “Raksha Bandhan” in the slums. They went around to every home in the slum tying rakshas and saying “Nenu meeku Raksha, meeru naku Raksha, [...]
Chaitanya, YFS Education full-timer co-ordinator embarked on a Seva Vacation to study projects in rural Khammam. His experiences ranged from seeing “the most amazing discipline levels and teachers giving utmost importance to instilling values and morals” to “women working on the while men drink and laze around, hence leading to students passing out from schools take to [...]
Gayatri Mehta is a third year student at University of California, San Diego. She was interested in offering her services towards the teaching initiatives at YFS this term. She teaches Spoken English at a local government school as well as mentors visually challenged girls at a blind hostel. Gayatri shares her experiences thus far: For [...]
YFS Summer intern John Blaise speaks about his overall experience of volunteering with Youth For Seva Hyderabad in India. My experiences during my internship have been extremely meaningful and insightful. I can say with sincerity that my perceptions of the world have changed and have been broadened during my two months stay here in India. [...]
Namaste, In honour of all our Jawans, YFS Hyderabad volunteers collected 4383 messages from Indians all over the world, to present it to the Jawans on Kargil Vijay Diwas, 26th July 2011 [one message for each day since we won the war on 26th July '99]. 14 YFS volunteers attended the Vijay Diwas celebrations at the Dras [...]
Sriteja from Virginia, is one of those students – an young 16-year old who has decided to spend her term break volunteering in India. She is mainly working with the visually challenged – documenting their daily lives, their needs, talents and so on, and also teaching at a government school for the blind girls. How [...]
Namaste, Children in rural Nizamabad posing with the school kits gifted by YFS Vidya Daan scholarship scheme was launched by YFS Hyderabad in 2011-12. Idea was to reach out to the poorest of the poor in Andhra Pradesh, in partnership with like-minded NGOs. Overall 490 students were sponsored in the first year. Each student receives [...]
Namaste, Jyothirmaie Boggavarapu, pursuing her BTech from Bhojreddy college of engineering, is one among the many well-meaning students dedicating their summer vacation for a cause. She is volunteering at the Paediatric Oncology Ward at MNJ Hospital. She shares her experiences: It has been a wonderful experience spending time at MNJ with kids.Its an eye opener [...]