FA4C donated 100 KG's of rice bags to Bangaruthalli Old Age Home at Visakhapatnam on 11th May, 2016

Dear Friends,

Friends Association for a Change donated 100 KG's of rice bags (Kurnool Sona Masoori Rice) to Bangaruthalli Old Age Home on 11th May, 2016 at Visakhapatnam. 

Our Sincere thanks to:

1) Mr. Pavan Kumar K V and Ms. Praveena Pannu for identifying the old age home at Visakhapatnam and for gathering their requirements.

2) Mr. Ramanjaneyulu K S for visiting the old age home twice to verify the details and to donate the rice bags on behalf of Friends Association for a Change.

Our Sincere thanks to the Financial Contributors:

1) Ms. Kanaka Durga Munukutla for sponsoring an amount of 990 Rupees for rice bags donation.

2) Mr. Bhaskara Rao Doppalapudi for donating an amount of 1,250 Rupees to purchase 25kgs of rice bag. 

3) Ms. Praveena Pannu for sponsoring an amount of 2,000 rupees to purchase the rice bags.

Few Photographs: 

Mr.Ramanjaneyulu K S with the staff and workers of Bangaruthalli Old Age Home at Visakhapatnam.

About Bangaruthalli Old Age Home:

Bangaruthalli Old Age Home is located near Srinivasa Nagar Bus Stop, Simhachalam Road, Visakhapatnam-28.

The old age home was registered as a charitable trust with 6 trust members. It was started 10 years back by Mr.Durga Prasad M V S (Mobile: 9391655548).

There are 18 old age people of age above 60.

There is no funding by government or any other sources to this old age home. So they collect certain amount on monthly basis to take care of the aged from the people who joined them.

Every Sunday, a medical camp will be conducted by Satya Sai Trust and basic medicines are provided for free of cost. Rest of the medicines are purchased by old age home on monthly basis.

TV, Radio had been arranged to old people in the trust.

Outside food / left food in functions is not allowed. Old clothes are not accepted.

1) Fruits are allowed to donate.
2) Blankets are allowed to donate.
3) Birthdays can be celebrated with them.

If interested to arrange lunch:  Veg Lunch 3000 rs / Non-Veg Lunch  4000 rs

Requirements: 
Ration items: Rice, Dhal, Oil, Tea, Milk etc. 30k is the amount spent on monthly basis.

We donated 100 KG's of rice bags to Bangaruthalli Old Age Home on 11th May, 2016 at Visakhapatnam. 

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FA4C - Cricket Tournament held at Visakhapatnam on 9th April, 2016

Dear Friends,

‘Friends Association for a Change’ encourages sports as a part of the program ‘Mee Nestham’.

We conducted a cricket tournament at Armed Reserve Police Grounds located at Visalakshi Nagar, Visakhapatnam on 9th April, 2016.

Our Sincere Thanks to:

1) Superintendent of Police (Visakhapatnam Rural) Sri Koya Praveen for providing the approval to utilize Armed Reserve Police Grounds at Visakhapatnam at free of cost to conduct FA4C cricket tournament on 9th April, 2016.

2) Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration) Sri K Satyanarayana for accepting our request and for attending the presentation ceremony of FA4C cricket tournament on 9th April, 2016.

3) Our friends who worked for organizing the cricket tournament: Mr.Ramanjaneyulu K S, Mr.Vikram James, Mr. S.Naveen Kumar, Mr.Lakshman Reddy D, Mr.Rajeswaran Srinivasan, Mr.Yella Venkat Krishna, Mr.Ajay, Mr.Saran, Mr.Venkatesh Rachakonda and Mr.Dhasaradharam Gorusu.

Tournament Summary:

Four Teams participated in the Tournament:

Vensai XI : Employees from Vensai Technologies.

iCentris Kings : Employees from iCentris

KBC Slayers : Employees working in private offices.

Royal Strikers : Employees working in private offices.

Group A

iCentris Kings
Vensai XI

Group B
Royal Strikers
KBC Slayers

Match 1:    iCentris Kings Vs Royal Strikers

Winners:                 iCentris Kings

Man of the Match:  Sandeep (RS)

Match 2:           Vensai XI Vs KBC Slayers

Winners:                   KBC Slayers

Man of the Match:    Kumar (KBC)

Match 3:    iCentris Kings Vs KBC Slayers

Winners:                   KBC Slayers

Man of the Match:    Gouse (KBC)

Match 4:          Vensai XI Vs Royal Strikers

Winners:                  Royal Strikers

Man of the Match:   Sandeep (RS)

Super Over: iCentris Kings Vs Royal Strikers

Winners:                    Royal Strikers

Final Match:
Match 5:      KBC Slayers Vs Royal Strikers

Winners:                  Royal Strikers

Man of the Match:      Tinku (RS)

Best Batsman of the Tournament: Gouse M from KBC Slayers

Best Bowler of the Tournament : Sandeep from Royal Strikers

Few Photographs of the Tournament:

                                                              iCentris Kings Team

                                                                 KBC Slayers Team

                                                                   Vensai XI Team                                                             

                                                               Royal Strikers Team

                              Toss for the match between Vensai XI Vs KBC Slayers Match

                                               Players of KBC Slayers having a Selfie

Presentation was done by Sri K Satyanarayana, Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration)

                       Mr.Gouse M from KBC Slayers receiving the Man of the Match Award

                       Mr. Tinku from Royal Strikers receiving the Man of the Match Award 

       Mr.Gouse M from KBC Slayers receiving the Best Batsman of the Tournament Award

       Mr.Sandeep from Royal Strikers receiving the Best Bowler of the Tournament Award

        Mr.Dhasaradharam Gorusu receiving the Memento for standing as Tournament Umpire

        Mr.Lakshman Reddy D receiving the Memento for standing as Tournament Umpire

  Mr.Vikram James (Captain of KBC Slayers) receiving the Runners Trophy of the Tournament

                             Individual Mementos to the 14 Winners of Royal Strikers Team

Mr.Venkatesh Rachakonda (Captain of Royal Strikers) receiving the Winners Trophy of the Tournament

                                        Royal Strikers Team with the Winners Trophy

Picasa of the Tournament: Click Here

Regards,

Friends Association for a Change
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FA4C volunteered as scribes to the public examinations of an Inter 2nd yr student at Secunderabad from 3rd March, 2016 to 16th March, 2016

Dear Friends,

Vidyabhyasam:

Friends Association for a Change volunteered as scribes to the public examinations of Mr.Akhil Reddy (Intermediate Second Year Student) at Secunderabad.

Examination Center:

Government Junior College,

Behind Bolarum Police Station,

Bolarum, Secunderabad,

Telangana 500011.

Contact Number of Mr.Sanjeev Reddy (father of Mr.Akhil Reddy): +91-8790018666.

Here are our friends who volunteered to examinations as scribes to Mr.Akhil Reddy:

Examinations Schedule:

3rd March, 2016   : Hindi             :  Ms.Pooja Agarwal

5th March, 2016   : English          :  Ms.Pooja Agarwal

9th March, 2016   : Civics            :  Ms.Pooja Agarwal

14th March, 2016 : Economics    :  Ms.Pooja Agarwal

16th March, 2016 : Commerce    :  Mr.Sitanshu Agarwal 

We convey our sincere thanks to Ms.Pooja Agarwal and her brother Mr.Sitanshu Agarwal for their valuable time and efforts in helping the visually challenged student Mr. Akhil Reddy.

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Friends Association for a Change

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FA4C volunteered as scribes to the 10th std students of Devnar School for the Blind, Hyderabad from 22nd Feb, 2016 to 05th March, 2016

Dear Friends,

Our friends volunteered as scribes during the Pre-Final examinations to the 10th standard students of Devnar School for the Blind, Begumpet, Hyderabad from 22nd February,2016 to 5th March,2016.

32 volunteers per each exam (total 11 exams) participated on behalf of Friends Association for a Change. 

Our sincere thanks:

1) To the coordinators:

a. Miss Priyanka Kulkarni,
b. Mr.Siva Teja K N V and
c. Miss Sandhya Billam

for your excellent work in following up with the volunteers on daily basis, arranging backup and for guiding all the volunteers. The coordinators worked more than our expectations and their dedication towards social service motivated everyone among us. They have overcome all the hurdles which we faced during the examinations and supported well in guiding the volunteers.

2) To the friends who gathered the volunteers:

a. Mr.D.V.Nagendra Manohar
b. Ms.Swetha
c. Mr.Santhosh Challa
d. Mr. Bala Kishore M
e. Ms. Priyanka Kulkarni
f. Mr. Manohar Meesala
g. Ms. Niveditha
h. Ms. Tejaswini
i. Mr. Yeswanth and
j. Mr. Vivek Sharma

3) To all the volunteers who had spent their valuable time to volunteer as scribe and even for travelling all the way to the school on your own charges to attend the examinations. We have a volunteer who even traveled from Vijayawada to Hyderabad to scribe the examinations. All your efforts to do social service were unforgettable and we hope you would continue your support to the society in the same way.

4) Finally our sincere thanks to the Management and faculty of Devnar School for the Blind for your support to our society ‘Friends Association for a Change‘ and for providing us an opportunity to volunteer as scribes.

Few Photographs:

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FA4C is monitoring the training on tailoring to the students of 'Madarsa Islamia Arabia Faizul Quran' at Hyderabad (as on 26th Jan, 2016)

Dear Friends,

Sankalpam:

FA4C appointed a part time sewing faculty Ms.Akther Begum (for a period of 6 months) to the girl students and faculty of 'Madarsa Islamia Arabia Faizul Quran' at Hyderabad effective from 17th Oct, 2015.

We paid 2,000 rupees per month from past 3 months to the trainer Ms.Akther Begum.

Our friend Mr. T.Hemanth Kumar visited ‘Madarsa Islamia Arabia Faizul Quran’ at Hyderabad on 19th December, 2015 and on 26th January, 2016. He verified the progress on training to the students as per the curriculum.

1. The tailoring classes were taken in the afternoon session (from 2 pm to 4 pm) - 6 days a week (Friday Holiday)

2. Out of 19 students only 12 of them are attending the training (due to various reasons). 2 of the faculty members of Madarsa are even attending the tailoring.

3. More than half of the syllabus is completed as per the curriculum.

4. The students started working on sewing machines. We verified the records of the students.

5. We informed them to maintain the attendance register for students as well as the trainer.

Regards,
Friends Association for a Change
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FA4C donated marker boards to Saptha Rushi Veda Paatashala located at Sabbavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam on 26th January, 2016

Dear Friends,

Vidyabhyasam:

Friends Association for a Change donated 2 white marker boards along with one stand, 2 markers and 2 dusters (total products worth 4883 rs) to Saptha Rushi Veda Paatashala located at Peda Gollalapalem, Sabbavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam on 26th January, 2016.

Our sincere thanks to our friend Mr.Ramanjaneyulu who traveled to Peda gollalapalem, Sabbavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam on 26th January, 2016 and donated the boards to Veda Paatashala on behalf of FA4C.

Few Photgraphs:

About Saptha Rushi Veda Paatashala:

Saptha Rushi Veda Paatashala was started by Sri Madhava Sharma in 2009 at Visakhapatnam to teach Vedas to students (irrespective of caste and religion).Even then, only Brahmins from poor community are only joining to learn Vedas.

Saptha Rushi Veda Paatashala teaches Vedas and they provide food and accommodation to the children who are interested in learning Vedas.Teaching, Food and Accommodation are provided at free of cost.

Currently there are 22 children learning Vedas in their accommodation.
--They follow a 5 year course and 12 year course to the students who are interested in learning Vedas.
--Students wake up daily at 3 AM. They do Yoga and spell Vedas early in the Morning.
--There are 3 teachers who teach Vedas and one teacher who teaches Yoga to students.

They are even running a Goshala along with Veda Paatashala.

Saptha Rushi Veda Paatashala is located at Sriram Nagar, Near ZPTC High School, Peda gollalapalem, Sabbavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam.

Contact Number of Sri Madhava Sharma: +91-9492341294.

Our Sincere thanks to our friend Mr.K.V.Pavan Kumar for introducing Saptha Rushi Veda Paatashala to us.

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FA4C - Rangoli Competition 2016 held at Sai Model Village, Ramavarapadu, Vijayawada on 14th January, 2016

Dear Friends,

As a part of 'Mee Nestham' program, Friends Association for a Change encourages sports, arts, skills and cultural activities.

Friends Association for a Change conducted Rangoli Competition to the residents of Sai Model Village, Ramavarappadu, Vijayawada on 14th January, 2016.

A total of 20 participants participated in the Rangoli Competition on 14th January, 2016.

Prizes:

1st Prize : Mixer cum Grinder (Winner Name: Miss Aswini A )

2nd Prize: Electric Rice Cooker (Winner Name:Miss Jyothirmai M)

3rd Prize: Rice Cooker (Winner Name: Miss Manasa A)

And Participant Prizes to rest of the 17 participants.

Few photographs of the Rangoli Competition:

Rangoli of First Prize Winner Miss Aswini A:

Miss Aswini A receiving the First Prize:

Rangoli of Second Prize Winner Miss Jyothirmai M:

Miss Jyothirmai M receiving the Second Prize:

Rangoli of Third Prize Winner Miss Manasa A:

Miss Manasa A receiving the Third Prize:

 Participation Prizes:

Our sincere thanks to Sri Siva Prasad K and Mrs.Jyothsna K for organizing the Rangoli Competition on behalf of Friends Association for a Change.

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Friends Association for a Change
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