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School Kit Drive, 2012
Sunday, May 13th, 2012 | admin | No comment |
School Kit Drive, 2012

Youth For Seva volunteers had visited few financially limited schools, where the students lack the infrastructure to study. As per the survey conducted, most of the students can’t afford the basic things needed for their education. The reasons were many; parents being away from the children, absence of caretakers for the children, single parents with [...]

YFS Hyderabad – Awareness and Hands-on Session on RTI
Saturday, May 12th, 2012 | Swathi Ram | No comment |
YFS Hyderabad – Awareness and Hands-on Session on RTI

May 6th, 2012 Namaste, In an initiative to spread awareness about RTI and empower volunteers to file RTIs about issues concerning their areas of work and for social good, a hands-on session was conducted in conjunction with ITMD India. A 4-hour long captivating session shed light on where RTI can be used and on various [...]

YFS Chennai – Health & Hygiene Awareness training
Friday, May 11th, 2012 | priya | No comment |
YFS Chennai – Health & Hygiene Awareness training

YFS Chennai conducted it’s first Health & Hygiene awareness training on 6th May. This session was attended by 15 volunteers and marked the beginning of our journey towards spreading Health and Hygiene practices for a better living. Write up about the Health & Hygiene training session by volunteer Booma- I reached YFS – Seva Bharathi [...]

YFS Hyderabad – Family Picnic at an Organic Farm
Sunday, May 6th, 2012 | Swathi Ram | No comment |
YFS Hyderabad – Family Picnic at an Organic Farm

April 21-22, 2012 Namaste, A group of 105 volunteers and families had a wonderful time in the lap of Mother Nature at a picnic arranged at an organic farm in Velimineedu in Nalgonda district, about 60 kms from Hyderabad. Along with the chance to interact with each other, know volunteers you have not met and [...]

Story of Change: “Are they out of their mind?”
Saturday, May 5th, 2012 | vvmurthy | No comment |
Story of Change: “Are they out of their mind?”

Gangadhar, a 23 year old lad from Mandya had to discontinue his PU to take care of the family after his father’s death. He worked as a garment worker along with his mother. His heart pains started from past one year. He was diagnosed with septal defect in his heart (hole in heart) and was [...]

Volunteer Spotlight: I want to become an Engineer!
Saturday, May 5th, 2012 | vvmurthy | 4 comments |
Volunteer Spotlight: I want to become an Engineer!

“I want to become an engineer, so I really need to learn to speak English” said the 10 year old girl in broken words at her first English Speaking Class. Constant reminders of her plans provide enough motivation to her to learn the daunting Grammar Rules and Spellings. And sometimes, it’s the appreciation and encouragement [...]

Bangalore- Sports for Seva 2012
Monday, April 30th, 2012 | vvmurthy | 7 comments |
Bangalore- Sports for Seva 2012

Report by Pavan Melukote View more pictures at facebook album Over 400 people participated with full enthusiasm in ‘Sports for Seva’, an inter-corporate/community sports event organised by Youth for Seva to raise funds for School Kit drive. The event was organised at Bosch grounds, Adugodi, Bangalore. Sports for Seva had 2 championship titles to be [...]

YFS Hyderabad – Gift a Tree on a Birthday
Saturday, April 28th, 2012 | Swathi Ram | 2 comments |
YFS Hyderabad – Gift a Tree on a Birthday

Namaste, Volunteer Amarnath from Wells Fargo, who co-ordinates Green Clubs in schools, started gifting saplings to children on their birthdays, to promote the green cause. He shares his experiences: While I was interacting with kids as part of environment classes a thought came into my mind that why can’t we take environment to their daily [...]

An year of Sanjeevini free clinic, Bangalore
Sunday, April 15th, 2012 | admin | No comment |
An year of Sanjeevini free clinic, Bangalore

Thanks to all the doctors and volunteers who helped to make this happen. Report of Sanjeevini Clinic (2011-12)

DFS Starts Service in Gulbarga
Sunday, April 15th, 2012 | admin | No comment |
DFS Starts Service in Gulbarga

Gulbarga Updates (Apr 5 –