Saturday, 31 May 2014

FA4Change donated new sewing machine to Miss K.Madhavi at Pathikonda Village, Chittoor District on 29th May, 2014

Dear Friends,

As a part of 'Sankalpam' Programme:

'Friends Association for a Change' donated a new sewing machine to Miss. K. Madhavi, who is from a very poor financial background and is interested in tailoring. She already got trained on tailoring work from a trainer and expected our help to start working on her own in her village.

Madhavi is 17 years old and she discontinued her intermediate education (2 years back) due to financial problems. Her father is expired and her mother is a daily wages worker.

Jayamma (madhavi mother) is not interested to continue with madhavi education, as they are in need of money to have some food on daily basis. So even Madhavi decided to work on daily basis along with her mother by leaving behind her education.

As we are all educated, we suggested Madhavi to continue her education. Madhavi had to travel 15 to 20 kms from her village to continue her education. But her mother rejected to send her daughter to college due to security problems. Finally, we convinced Madhavi to continue her education through distance education. Our friend: Mr. Sreenivalusu Thumsi is the one who identified this family and gathered the complete details and also came forward voluntarily to bear the education expenses of Madhavi.

After the colleges are reopened, our friend: Mr.Sreenivasulu will take care of her complete education expenses.

As Madhavi and her mother need to lead their life to have some food by earning money, 'Friends Association for a Change' donated a new sewing machine to Madhavi on 29th May, 2014. So that she can work on tailoring on her own sewing machine in her village as well as she can continue with her distance education. As informed above, Madhavi already got trained on tailoring work with her own expenses and is interested in tailoring. Whereas, her mother: Jayamma is habituated to daily wages labor and is not interested in tailoring.

Photograph of Miss K. Madhavi with the new sewing machine:


The sewing machine is donated to Miss K.Madhavi at the house of our friend: Mr. Sreenivasulu Thumsi located at Pathikonda Village, Chittoor District.

Madhavi Details:
Name                                             : Madhavi K
Father Name                                 : Venkatramana K (Expired)
Mother Name                                : Jayamma K      
Mother Occupation                       : Daily wages labor
Madhavi education                        : Intermediate (discontinued 2 years back)
Do they have any own house?   : No. Currently Madhavi is staying in her aunt house and her mother is staying in her brother house.
Interested in tailoring?              : Yes.Madhavi got trained on tailoring from a lady with her own expenses.
Permanent address                  : Deyalagadda Village,
                                                        Appinapalli Post,
                                                        Pedhapanjani Mandal ,
                                                        Chittoor District,
                                                        Andhra Pradesh , Pin: 517408.
Current address                      : c/o Bhagyamma , Pathikonda (Village), Gangavaram Mandal , Chittoor District , AP , 517432.
Contact Number                     : 9963870715  (Bhagyamma – Madhavi’s Aunt)

Special thanks to Mr. Sreenivasulu Thumsi and Mr. Bala Krishna (brother of Sreenivalusu Thumsi) , who took the complete responsibility in identifying the family, gathering the details, purchasing the sewing machine and in donating the machine to Miss K. Madhavi on behalf of ‘Friends Association for a Change’.

Child labor is an offence. Employment to children below the age of 14 years is considered as child labor.

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

Sunday, 25 May 2014

Mr.Vijay Kiran volunteered as a scribe to a visually challenged student on 25th May, 2014 at Hyderabad


Dear Friends,

On behalf of 443 members of our organization, we would like to specially thank our friend: Mr.Vijay Kiran Chappidi for volunteering as a scribe, for an teacher's training entrance examination to a visually challenged student at Hyderabad.

Examination was held on 25th May, 2014 from 10 AM to 1 PM.

Name of the Candidate: Miss.Saraswathi

The examination was held on Mathematics, Reasoning and General Knowledge.
Medium of instruction on paper is in English.

Examination Center:
Training center for teachers of visually handicapped,
Door Number: 10-03-60,
Government Institute of Electronics campus,
Behind Andhra Bank, East Marredpally,
Secunderabad.
Ph: 040-2773597.

We would like to specially thank even those who expressed their interest to volunteer as a scribe to the examination: Muraki Krishna, Himabindu.G, Naga Surekha, Sukeerthi.M.

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

Sunday, 27 April 2014

FA4C donated slippers,water bottles and hard tennis balls along with lunch to the 53 children of Generation Yuvaa on 27th April,2014 at Visakhapatnam

Dear Friends,

As a part of ‘Mee Nestham’ programme, the team of 'Friends Association for a Change' visited 'Generation Yuvaa' on 27th April, 2014:

Generation Yuvaa: http://www.genyuvaa.com/
It is an organization taking care of street children as well as working for the eradication of child beggar’s.

We provided lunch to the 53 children of Generation Yuvaa (Orphanage Home) on 27th April, 2014 at Visakhapatnam. Along with the lunch, we provided 53 pairs of slippers, 54 water bottles and 8 hard tennis balls to the children of this home.
Our team had a good time with the children of the Orphan home.
As per the request from the orphanage, we haven’t taken any of the photographs of the children of this home.
Special thanks to our friends who participated in this event: Mr. Shaik Abdul Rehman, Mr. Pavan.V, Mr. Chiranjeevi and Mr.Ganesh.

Regards,
Friends Association for a Change
(Society No. 587/2012)
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Wednesday, 9 April 2014

FA4Change - Cricket Tournament 2014 held on 5th & 6th of April, 2014 at Visakhapatnam

Dear Friends,

As a part of 'Mee Nestham' Programme:

To encourage sports among public, 'Friends Association for a Change'  conducted cricket tournament on 5th and 6th of April,2014 at Visakhapatnam.

The 8 teams who participated in the tournament are:

1. iCentris                  : Software Engineers from iCentris.
2. Rising Stars           : Software Engineers from Tech Mahindra Ltd.
3. Vizag Warriors       :  Team from Public.
4. Spartans                : Software Engineers from Tech Mahindra Ltd.
5. Knight Riders         : Software Engineers from Wipro.
6. Amzur Amazers     : Software Engineers from Amzur Technologies.
7. GE Gladiators        : Software Engineers from Tech Mahindra Ltd.
8. Survey Rockers      : Software Engineers from IBM.

We would like to thank each and every player who had been a part of this tournament.

GE Gladiators - Winners of the Tournament:

                         

Knight Riders - Runners of the Tournament:




Picasa of the tournament:


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

Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Sphoorthi: FA4C - Blood Donors in March, 2014

Dear Friends,

As a part of ‘Sphoorthi’ Program:

Below are our friends who donated blood in the month of March, 2014:

a)      Replacement Donors:

On 06th March, 2014: Mr. Praneet Dora Akkapatruni

Our friend donated his blood during medical emergency for blood requirement to Mr.P.Sanyasi Rao (Patient Name) at Basavatarakam Hospital, Hyderabad.

On 18th March, 2014: Mr. Raghav Annavarapu Dv

Our friend donated his blood during medical emergency for blood requirement to a 7 yrs old child named: Vyshanavi (Patient Name) at Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad.


b)      Voluntary Blood Donors:

On 08th March, 2014: Mr. Valarpuram Ravi Gopi

Our friend donated his blood voluntarily at A.S.Raja Voluntary Blood Bank at Visakhapatnam. We will utilize this unit when we receive a medical emergency call, as the blood donated by him had a validity of one year to receive from the blood bank.

Special thanks to the blood donors on behalf of our entire team.

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

Sunday, 16 March 2014

Volunteered as scribes to the students of Devnar School for the Blind, Hyderabad from 24th Feb, 2014 to 10th Mar, 2014

Dear Friends,

a) Time spent by our friends can never be returned back. 

b) Traveling around 40 kilometers per day for the sake of attending the exams by bearing their own expenses.

c) Planning and adjusting their office timings as per the examination timings.

d) Working collectively as a team.

This is the dedication by our team of 22 members who volunteered as scribes to the examinations of the 10th standard students at Devnar School for the Blind, Hyderabad.

Our team of 401 members would like to appreciate the scribes personally.

Below are our friends who volunteered as Scribes to the students of Devnar School for the Blind, Hyderabad from 24th Feb, 2014 to 10th Mar, 2014:

1. Mr. Anil Kumar Bharani
2. Mrs. Naveena Marouthu
3. Mr. Peyyala Syam Kiran
4. Mrs. Patnam Bhuvaneswari
5. Mr. Vamsi Vardhan Tripurana
6. Mr. Srinivasa Rao Ravuri
7. Mr. Lenka Pardhasaradhi
8. Mr. Ramu Singampalli
9. Mr. Sandeep Nellipudi
10. Miss. G Gayatri Soumya
11. Mr. Arasavelli Suneel Kumar
12. Mr. D V Nagendra
13. Mr. Tesma Rao
14. Miss. Ascharya
15. Mr. M.Rajesh
16. Mrs. Binny
17. Mrs. Mounica
18. Mr. Venkata Avinash
19. Mr. Jagan
20. Miss. Pratyusha
21. Miss. Satyasree
22. Mr. Raghu Perubandi









Specially thanks:

1. As per the request from the Devnar School staff, we have withdrawn some of our friends on 1st March, 2014 due to excess of volunteers participation on that particular day. We would like to thank all of our friends who understood the situation and supported us, even after postponing their plans to attend the examination during the weekend.

2. Mrs. Naveena Marouthu for coordinating this event by following up with our friends during the examinations.

3. Mr. Durga Rakesh Sunkara, Mr. Addala Siva Rama Krishna, Mr. Hemanth Reddy, Mr. Sandeep Nellipudi and many of our friends for your support in spreading the message through emails and Facebook.


Meeting with Scribes:



On 23rd March, 2014, we invited the 22 volunteers to gather for a meeting (in which only a very few attended) so as to reward them with a small memento as a ‘Token of Appreciation’ for volunteering to the examinations of the students at Devnar School for the Blind, Hyderabad. Below are the photographs of this meeting.

Special thanks to Sri Nannapaneni Krishna Chaitanya for accommodating this meeting in his own restaurant: ‘Prakruthi & Red Handi’ located at Gachibowli, Hyderabad.

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

Friday, 28 February 2014

Sphoorthi: FA4C - Blood Donors in February, 2014

Dear Friends,

As a part of ‘Sphoorthi’ Program:

Below are our friends who donated blood in the month of February, 2014:

a) Replacement Donors:

On 10th Feb, 2014: Mr. Jagan 

On 10th Feb, 2014: Mr. Chakrapani

Our friends donated their blood during medical emergency for blood requirement to Mr.Vijay Krishna (Patient Name) at Chennai.

b) Voluntary Blood Donors:

On 26th Feb, 2014: Mr. Syam Srinu Dondaparthi

On 27th Feb, 2014: Mr. Vinod Sravanam

Our friends donated their blood voluntarily at A.S.Raja Voluntary Blood Bank at Visakhapatnam. We will utilize these units when we receive the medical emergency calls, as the blood donated by them had a validity of one year to receive from the blood bank.

Special thanks to the blood donors on behalf of our entire team.

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