FA4C donated 8,000 Braille sheets to 'Aasara Swachanda Seva Sangham' located at Padmanabham Village, Visakhapatnam District, AP on 1st July, 2015

Dear Friends,

Vidyabhyasam:

Friends Association for a Change donated 8,000 Braille sheets to 'Aasara Swachanda Seva Sangham' located at Padmanabham Village, Visakhapatnam District, AP on 1st July, 2015.

These 8,000 Braille sheets are transported from Hyderabad to Vizianagaram (which is 15 kms from Padmanabham).

The 8,000 Braille sheets are received by Mr. R. Jagadeesh Babu on 1st July, 2015.

'Aasara Swachanda Seva Sangham' is started by Mr. Jagadeesh (who is visually challenged by birth) to help the visually challenged students in their education by preparing and providing Braille text books and audio CD's at free of cost.

16,000 rupees is the cost of 8,000 Braille sheets. To know the reasons behind the cost of Braille paper, Mr. Muktheshwar Patnam and Mr. Vinod Sravanam visited Lorven Industries located near Mahender Reddy Gardens, Bowenpally, Hyderabad on 20th June, 2015.

The Braille long roll purchased from Hyderabad paper house is cut into pieces of 8 rolls and then each roll is inserted into a machine to punch on either sides and to cut the roll into sheets of required size along with printing. This is a bit expensive process including transportation of rolls.

Few photographs of FA4C visit to Lorven Industries, Bowenpally, Hyderabad:

Braille roll which is cut into pieces: 

Mr.Somaraju from whom we purchased the 8,000 braille sheets with an amount of 16,000 rupees: 

Machinary upon which the Braille sheet is rolled to punch and cut into sheets as well as to print the logos: 

Braille sheets after punching and cutting:

Handed over the 8,000 braille sheets to Mr.Jagadeesh Babu at SLRT (Cargo) office at Vizianagaram:

Special thanks:

1) Mr. Patnam Muktheshwar for visiting Lorven Industries located at Bowenpally, Hyderabad on 20th June, 2015.

2) Mr. Ramanjaneyulu and his friend for handing over the 8,000 Braille sheets to Mr. Jagadeesh Babu at Vizianagaram.

3) Mr. Rajasekhar Pola and Mr. Chappa Jagan Mohan for sponsoring an amount of 3,000 rupees each for purchasing Braille sheets.

Regards,
Friends Association for a Change
(Society No. 587/2012)

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FA4C donated 955 note books & 25 packets of slate pencils to the students of GVMC Primary School, Maddilapalem, Visakhapatnam on 29th June, 2015

Dear Friends,

Vidyabhyasam:

Friends Association for a Change donated 955 note books and 25 packets of slate pencils to the students (1st standard to 5th standard) of GVMC Primary School, Maddilapalem, Visakhapatnam on 29th June, 2015.

We received this request from Mrs.Renuka Devi, Principal, GVMC Primary School, Maddilapalem, Visakhapatnam.

Special thanks to our friends Mr. Shaik Abdul Rehman, Mr. Ramanjaneyulu K S, Mr. Mansoor Ali, Mr. Vanumu Mohana Rao, Mr. Demudu Naidu who donated the books to the students on behalf of Friends Association for a Change.

The books distribution was done to each class - section wise (from 1st standard to 5th standard).

Few photographs of the books distribution:

Regards,
Friends Association for a Change
(Society No. 587/2012)

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FA4C visited ‘Universal Peace Centre’ and ‘Madarsa Islamia Arabia Faizul Quran’ at Hyderabad on 20th June, 2015

Dear Friends,

FA4C visited ‘Universal Peace Centre’ at Hyderabad on 20th June, 2015:

Mr. Afzal Muhammad is the president of ‘Universal Peace Centre’ (Regd No. 1662/2007) which is located at Ram Reddy Nagar, Near IDPL Petrol Pump, IDPL, Balanagar, Hyderabad.

Teachings of Islamic, Bible, Vedas and Upanishads are done by Mr. Afzal Muhammad through this organization.

Upon the invitation from Mr. Afzal Muhammad, Mr.Patnam Muktheshwar and Mr.Vinod Sravanam visited ‘Universal Peace Centre’ on behalf of ‘Friends Association for a Change’ on 20th June, 2015

Mr. Afzal Muhammad is happy for our visit to Universal Peace Centre and provided the Holy Quran as a symbol of brotherhood to us. We are very much thankful to Universal Peace Centre for providing the Holy Quran to us.

Mr. Afzal Muhammad: Mobile: 9247176629, 9032799453

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FA4C visited ‘Madarsa Islamia Arabia Faizul Quran’ at Hyderabad on 20th June, 2015:

Mr. Md. Mahmood Ali is the founder of ‘Madarsa Islamia Arabia Faizul Quran’ (Regd No. 1976/2007) which is located at Chandragiri Nagar, Ward Division No. 125, UMCC Hospital, Gajula ramaram Road, Qutubullapur Mandal, Hyderabad.

Mr. Patnam Muktheshwar and Mr. Vinod Sravanam visited the Madarsa on 20th June, 2015 on behalf of Friends Association for a Change.

· This Madarsa works for teaching Islamic and the subjects: Telugu, English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies to the students of this area. This Madarsa is only for teaching and doesn’t accommodate any of the students.

· There are 80 students (of different age groups from surrounding areas) studying in this Madarsa and there are 4 teachers working to educate them.

· The Madarsa had 3 sewing machines which are currently under repair and they do not have a faculty to teach sewing work to students.

We believe that teaching on sewing machines to students from their childhood will be really helpful to them after they grew up (especially to girls).

We accepted to provide salary to a faculty who can teach sewing work to the students for a period of 6 months. The faculty will be appointed in this Madarsa after Ramzan. We will convey further details to you after Ramzan.

Mr. Md. Mahmood Ali: Mobile: 9347831444, 9059006033

Here are a few photographs:

Left to Right: Mr. Md. Mahmood Ali (Founder of Madarsa Islamia Arabia Faizul Quran), Mr. Vinod Sravanam, Mr. Afzal Muhammad (President of Universal Peace Centre).

Special thanks to Mr.Patnam Muktheshwar for visiting ‘Universal Peace Centre’ and ‘Madarsa Islamia Arabia Faizul Quran’ on behalf of ‘Friends Association for a Change’.

Regards,
Friends Association for a Change
(Society No. 587/ 2012)

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