Helping hand from DAIMSR

On 29th October 2010 at 5:30 pm a Hindi "Hassya Kavi Sammellan" was organized at Vasantrao Deshpande Hall, Civil Lines, Nagpur. This was a fund raising event planned and totally organized by Dr.Ambedkar Institute of Management Studies and Research, Nagpur. This Institute is associated with SSS since last 6 years. They have been helping us in many different ways. The donation coupons were of the denomination of Rs.365/-, 500/- and 1000/-. These were sold by the faculties and students. During this same period, MBA students sold the "Diwali Diyas" worth Rs.36000/-. A good job done indeed. The profit generated through this sale will go to the students of this Rehab unit. SSS does not use this money. The initiative and idea of having this event was of course of Dr.Sujit Metre, Director of the Institute. Dr. Metre is the key person and a great motivator for all students. Needless to say he is the most popular teacher in the Institute. He is not only favorite of the students but is popular amongst the alumnae also. He not only helps SSS in such fund raising activity but also brings every batch of MBA students to Sandnya Srushti for awareness purpose. This practice continues for last 6 years with out break. I call him a great champion of the noble cause of mental disability and loving supporter of "differently able" children.

By: Navin Deshpande, Secretary, SSS

Website: www.sandnya.org

e-mail: navindesh@gmail.com

Fund raising event for us by our supporter

Dr.Ambedar Institute for Management Studies and Research, Nagpur organised a Hindi Hasya Kavi Sammelan on 29th Oct.'2010 at Dr.Vasantrao Deshpande Hall, Nagpur at 5:30 pm. There were 6 Kavi's of Hasya Rus from different parts of the country. This was the fund raising event organized to support SSS and one more NGO from Nagpur. This was the initiative by the Institute of Management it self. Dr. Metre, the Director of the Institute is the man behind such ideas. And of course this is not the first time that they are helping us. It is more than six years now, that this Institute is supporting us in all possible ways. The whole credit of course for this goes to Dr.Metre him self.

The programme was ideally organized of course with our consent. It started with formal introduction of guests and then two beneficiaries i.e. SSS and the other NGO was given time to brief the audience about our activity. I was given the privilege of talking first. My talk was followed by a "bhangada" dance by our students. Then the students haded over rs.36000/- in cash wich they raised by selling "Diwali Diyas" made by our rehab unit. Apart from this, the funds raised through ticket selling will be distributed to these two NGOs.

After half an hour of these initial items, the actual "Hasya Kavi Sammelan" Started at 6:30 pm and was concluded at 9:00pm. The Deshpande hall was full and people fully enjoyed the "Hasya Kavita".

SSS- Annual Programme

Sandnya Sanwardhan Sanstha celebrated its annual programme on 24th Oct.2010. The date of this annual programme is decided six months in advance. The preparation of this event begins with booking of the venue. Since last year we have shifted this venue from IMA hall to Platinum Jubilee hall of Blind Relief Society's on South Ambazari Road, Nagpur. This hall has more sitting capacity then IMA hall. Here we have 800 + capacity and if need be we can add additional 50-70 chairs. Second advantage is, it is on first floor and the staircase is also quite wide like 5'. Thus it becomes user friendly. There is lot of open space apart from enough parking lot. In the open space we could arrange the sales stall and coffee stall as well. Further, it has bigger green room and with toilet attached and additional makeup room for our boys as well. Last and not the least, it is located on south Ambazari Road which has relatively low traffic density.

As usual, programme started at 5:30 pm sharp. The chief Guest was Dr.Sujit Metre, Director, Dr.Ambedkar Institute of Management Studies and Research, Nagpur. The programme was presided over by Rev. Swami Raghvendranand from Ramkrishna Math, Indore, MP. Dr. Ambedkar Institute is supporting us in many ways since last six years.Dr. Metre was a faculty then and the man behind all initiatives related to our association.

This programme started with " Swagat Geet" by our students and staff. There were 5 items presented by our students of different category. There were about 800 people in the audience which included parents of our mentally challenged students and our donors and well-wishers. This programme was concluded in one hour and fifty minutes as per schedule.

iGive challenge 2010

Give India is a charitable portal dedicated to support the NGOs like Sandnya who are registered with them, to raise funds on line. It not only helps to raise funds but insists for a minimum standard in respect of transparency and conduct of the registered NGO is concerned. It ensures before registering that the NGO is following these minimum standard. In fact it thus takes guarantee on behalf of the NGO that the money donated reaches to the beneficiary for whom it is intended. There are various ways through which Give India helps raise funds. During this time every year there is iGive challenge. Under this scheme any individual can form a iGive page for any NGO of his choice and any amount he decides to raise through this page. Of course NGO themselves can also do this themselves. But the idea of a individual is to encourage people in large to give for the less fortunate people. When a individual person choose a cause or a NGO, there can be more than on person for the same NGO. Like my daughter Riddhi has her own iGive page and she is appealing to her friends and professional contacts. It is a simple logic that her contacts will respond more positively to her appeal rather than me or Sandnya. Further, in todays world the younger generation does have a desire to help. But unfortunately they do not have time to move physically. On line donations for these younger generation come handy. They are already used to on line banking and credit card or debit card usage.

This is a unique opportunity for young people to help the less fortunate by not moving from the chair. Go to this link directly and make small donation like Rs.250 or 500 and make difference in some ones life.

http://www.giveindia.org/give/pledgepage/navindeshpande

By:Navin Deshpande,Secretary,SSS

email:navindesh@gmail.com

website:www.sandnya.org

Gen Set sponsored for SSS

Three four days back I received a mail from Mr. Jeetendra Nayak, it said that he is happy to announce that a 5KW gen set with canopy will be donated by him to Sandnya. It so happened that last month Mr.Jeetendra had brought his uncle to Sandnya Srushti. Coincidently it was Wednesday and there was no power in our campus. It was a hot and humid day. Our mentally challenged students also get irritated because of the heat. Jeetendra and his uncle were also feeling stuffy and uncomfortable. He said Sandnya needs a gen set since you have no power on each Wednesday from 6am to 10 pm. It must be very uncomfortable for the students. Dr.Uttarwar said though we need one but it is not a priority. Mr.Jeetendra commented that, you may say so but I feel it is priority at least for people like me. At that point only he phoned one of his contacts and asked him to visit Sandnya Srushti and estimate the energy need. In couple of days it was done and he in next two days he along with a specialist electrical engineer took me to a place where gen set was working. I thought he must be trying to locate a sponsor for this, but now I have received a mail where he says it is sponsored by him. I have no idea how much this gen set should cost, but must not be less than Rs.1.5 lacks. Anyway, that is how we are going to get a gen set and problem of power on Wednesday will be solved. GOD is great!!

By:Navin Deshpande, Secretary, SSS

email:navindesh@gmail.com

website: www.sandnya.org

Lift is sponsored - a good news indeed!!

About ten days back I received a official quotation from M/s Johnson Lifts. This was for a lift which we had asked for, that is which will accommodate two wheel chairs at a time. The price quoted was Rs.11.00 lacks all inclusive. I simply did not go through the whole quotation because I knew we can not afford such a high cost. I thought it is out of question to ask donation for this. I immediately convinced myself that probably we do not need this lift for our mentally challenged children and that is why I am getting this exorbitant figure in quotation. With this thought I got settled mentally and conveyed this fact to my friend and our chairman Dr.Uttarwar. Both of us agreed that, God has decided against the lift requirement. This was in the first half of the day. Around noon, I received a telephone call from our Principal, Mr.Alok. He inquired, weather I got the quotation file and have I gone through it. I said, there is nothing to read more since I have gone through the cost page. He said, a gentleman from M/s Jonhsons had come here and was inquiring in detail about the requirement of lift, its size, our disabled students etc. Alok said, on asking him why he is so inquisitive, the gentleman replied that he has received a message from his owner that this lift is to be fully sponsored by the company. It is in this regard he has come to ascertain the facts about the NGO and its need.

I simply could not believe this. Thus phoned immediately to Mr.Jeetendra Nayak, the one who had initiated this matter. He said he is not sure about this total sponsorship but the owner at Chennai had promised to do the best. However, Jeetendra said that he will confirm the fact and shall revert back to me. That is what he did in less then ten minutes. Jeetendra told me that the owner of M/s Jonhsons has confirmed that they are really sponsoring the whole lift equipment free of cost and we only have to provide civil works and power supply. Thus the thing came from the horses mouth directly.

Is it not a great NEWS? I think, it is! by all means!! And is it not true as we always say at Sandnya, that there are more number of good people in this world than otherwise. We at Sandnya genuinely believe that it is a Divine work, and "HE" takes care of all our needs. How else can we explain that a man sitting at 1100 km at Chennai, whom we have never met, who has not seen our work should sponsor a lift which was quoted at Rs.11 lacks?

People may call it a miracle. But for us, right from day one, at Sandnya such so called miracles occur every now and than.

I personally feel that our need for lift was genuine and GOD has responded through Mr. john K John and the mediator is of course Mr. Jeetendra Nayak.

By: Navin Deshpande, Secretary, SSS

email: navindesh@gmail.com

website: www.sandnya.org

Dahi Handi - Krishna Janma

On 4th September at Sandnya Srushti campus we celebrated Dahi Handi programme.This was celebrated after teachers day programme. Dahi handi is a earthenware pot in which there is butter. It is said that Krishna was fond of butter, which he used to steel from his own house with out the knowledge of his mother Yashoda ma. This dahi handi is hanged at a hight from the ground where it is not possible to reach with out making a human pyramid. There every time the group makes a attempt and fails, there is a loud laughter amongst the watchers who enjoy this so called Krishna lila. In our school also we celebrate this dahi handi. It is not only fun but it gives good opportunity to our mentally challenged children to get socialized and a chance to make a attempt physically also. This opportunity they can never get in their locality or neighborhood. After starting this event in our open ground, it started raining heavily. We all were forced to get in to the building. But our children got opportunity to get wet in to the rain water, this opportunity is also not available to them like their normal peers.
By: Navin Deshpande, Secretary,SSS

email:navindesh@gmail.com

website:www.sandnya.org