Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Hud Hud Cyclone Relief Activity: FA4C donated 400 KG's of Rice and 200 Liters of Cooking Oil to the villagers of Jagannadhapuram and Pandalapaka Villages at Visakhapatnam Ditrict on 18th Oct, 2014

Dear Friends,

Mee Nestham:

On 17th Oct, 2014, our friend Mohana Rao Vanumu approached MRO office and gathered the information on the villages that are affected due to Hud Hud cyclone in Visakhapatnam District. On 18th Oct, 2014, after completing the cleaning program in the morning session in Visakhapatnam city, we purchased 400 kg's of rice and 200 liters of sunflower oil from Poona market. We decided to distribute 2 kg's of rice and 1 liter of sunflower oil to each family in the Hud Hud cyclone affected villages. The luggage of 400 KG's of rice and 200 liters of oil is transported to the villages on the car provided by our friend Shaik Abdul Rehman. All our friends traveled on their own bikes (with their own expenses) to the villages.

Our friends who volunteered for this event:

Mohana Rao Vanumu, Shaik Abdul Rehman, Shaik Abdul Shukur, G.Rama Narasimha Raju, Matta Seeta Rama Murthy, Demudu Naidu, Naga Sekhar Darla, Nagarjuna, Vasu Namala, Chandu and Ravi Babu Routhu.


Villages visited by our friends:

1.    Anandapuram (Suburb and Mandal, Visakhapatnam District)

  We found that the situations are good at Anandapuram. So we didn't donate even a single rice packet or oil packet to the people of   Anandapuram Mandal.

2.   Jagannadhapuram Village (Located in Anandapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District)

 We visited Jagannadhapuram Village, where we donated 2 KG's of rice and 1 liter of sunflower oil to each family of this village. A    total of 150 families are benefited in this village.

3.   Pandalapaka Village (Located in Anandapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District)

 Finally, we visited Pandalapaka Village, where we donated 2 KG's of rice and 1 liter of sunflower oil to each family of this village. A  total of 50 families are benefited in this village.


A total of 200 families got benefited with this rice and oil distribution.

The most miserable situation is found in Pandalapaka Village of Visakhapatnam District. All the 50 families lost their huts in the heavy winds of the cyclone. The 50 families are living in a government school from the day of cyclone. There is no proper road facility to this village. So we stopped the car with the luggage at a walk able distance and requested the villagers to approach the car. People of Pandalapaka Village approached the car and received rice and oil. They informed us on the problems in their village as they lost their houses and the aged people conveyed their blessings to our team as we are the only people who cared about them.


A total of 21,188 rupees had been spent on this event. The food and transport charges are bared by our friends on their own.

We would like to specially thank our friends for contributing amount for this cyclone relief activity:
1.      P. Pradeep Kumar and his friends contributed 13,500 rupees.
2.      Raghavendra Baswa contributed 6,000 rupees.
3.      Pallavi Gandhe contributed 1,000 rupees.


Here are a few photographs of the event:

Jagannadhapuram Village:











Pandalapaka Village:









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

Hud Hud Cyclone Relief Activitiy: FA4C participated in cleaning the roads of Visakhapatnam City on 18th Oct, 2014

Dear Friends,

Mee Nestham:

Friends Association for a Change participated in cleaning the roads of Visakhapatnam City on 18th Oct, 2014 from 9 AM to 12 Noon at Chaitanya Nagar, Maddilapalem, Visakhapatnam.

This event is planned especially for the sake of the damage created by Hud Hud Cyclone.

Our friend Mohana Rao Vanumu reached GVMC office on 17th Oct, 2014 and inquired on the areas and roads which are blocked by fallen trees and are still pending to be cleaned. Again on 18th Oct,2014, he reached GVMC office early in the morning at 6 AM (GVMC office is currently running 24*7) and got the confirmation on the GVMC vehicles facility and timings.

GVMC provided vehicles for cleaning the roads at 9 AM on 18th Oct, 2014 at Chaitanya Nagar, Maddilapalem, Visakhapatnam.

Here are the list of our friends who volunteered in cleaning the roads:

1)     Mohana Rao Vanumu

2)     Shaik Abdul Rehman

3)     Matta Seeta Rama Murthy

4)     Demudu Naidu

5)     Naga Sekhar Darla

6)     Nagarjuna

7)     Vasu Namala

8)     Chandu Nalleboyina

9)     G.Rama Narasimha Raju

10)  Shaik Abdul Shukur


We worked as a common man who had the responsibility in lending a hand for cleaning our own city during the crisis situations.

A few photographs of the event:
















Sincere thanks to our friends for participating so actively in this event.

This is not the end of the activities done by our team on 18th Oct, 2014:

On the same day (18th Oct, 2014), from afternoon session, our friends visited 3 villages and distributed 400 KG’s of rice and 200 liters of Sunflower Oil to poor and cyclone effected people in the villages of Visakhapatnam District.We will share the photographs and details of the rice and oil distribution in a separate post.

The work done by our friends on 18th Oct, 2014 is outstanding. They have spent their entire day in social service. Though they are physically strained by cleaning the roads in the morning session itself, they never withdrew their intention on visiting the villages on the same day. We will share the complete details to you on a separate post.

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

FA4C started preparing paper bags using old news papers

Dear Friends,

Pragathi:

Friends Association for a Change decided to utilize old news papers towards the preparation of paper bags. Our intention is to avoid the usage of plastic and to replace it using paper bags. Let us implement it to our extent and remove the rest of questions from our mind. We tried our first attempt to prepare the paper bags from our end on 12th Oct, 2014.

Our friends Mr.Venu Gopal Rao Meesala, Mr.Ramu Singampalli and Mr.Muktheshwar Patnam gathered together on 12th Oct, 2014 at Hydernagar, Hyderabad. They gathered some old news papers from their houses and prepared paper bags using a few of those old news papers. Special thanks to our friends, for implementing this idea in a good way in the first attempt itself.



Though we prepared only 15 paper bags, we are happy that we are able to prepare the bags in the first attempt itself within 2 hours of time. After preparing some good number of paper bags, we shall donate them at free of cost to the public at Hyderabad.

With improvements in paper bag preparation, we shall plan for more events in the future as per the public requirements on behalf of Friends Association for a Change.

Please go through the below video links:

1)      Hand Made Paper bag Tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTJAS4emg54

2)      How to make a paper bag: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFZ4HOPo-k0

To volunteer in the preparation of paper bags, please contact Mr.Vinod: +91-8008969992.

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

Sunday, 28 September 2014

FA4C: MoM of Annual General Body Meeting held on 27th September, 2014 at Visakhapatnam


Dear Friends,

Minutes of Meeting of the Annual General Body Meeting held on 27th September, 2014:

Date: 27th September, 2014

Time: 9 AM - 10 AM

Venue: D.No. 58-14-91, Prakash Residency (Ground Floor), Marripalem VUDA Layout, Visakhapatnam. PIN: 530009.

1) As the society 'Friends Association for a Change' is showing good progress in terms of social service, all the existing board members of the society decided to continue in the board within the same designations for the year 2014-2015 with the acceptance of majority of the members of the society as well as the board members of the organization.

2) We discussed on the annual financial report of the year 2013-2014 which were audited by Mr.K.Surya Chandra (The Chartered Accountant, Kanna & Co., M.No. 229692, Guntur).

3) We appointed Mr.K.Surya Chandra (The Chartered Accountant, Kanna & Co., M.No. 229692, Guntur) as an auditor to the society 'Friends Association for a Change' for the financial year 2014-2015, with the acceptance of the majority of the members of the society as well as the board members of the organization.

Board Members of 'Friends Association for a Change' for the year 2014-2015:


The filing of the society 'Friends Association for a Change' (Society No. 587 of 2012) will be done in the first week of October, 2014 by submitting all the required documents along with the audit report to the sub registrar at Visakhapatnam.

Regards,
Friends Association for a Change

(Society No. 587 of 2012)

Sunday, 21 September 2014

FA4Change donated 20 new blankets to the identified aged and poor people of the 4 villages at East Godavari District on 21st September, 2014


Dear Friends,

Mee Nestham:

Friends Association for a Change donated 20 new blankets to the identified aged and poor people of the 4 villages at East Godavari District on 21st September, 2014:

1) Agraharam – 5 persons

2) Kothur – 5 persons

3) Narasapurapu Peta – 5 persons

4) Oduru – 5 persons



There are a few old people among them who are suffering from paralysis and couldn’t even stand on their own.

Our friend Mr. Satish Kumar Pidim and his family lives in Agaraharam Village, Near Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari District.

We would like to specially thank our friend Mr.Satish Kumar Pidim and his mother Sri K. Satyavathi who took the responsibility in identifying the old people who are poor enough from their surrounding villages upon the request from our organization and even for taking the complete responsibility on behalf of Friends Association for a Change in donating the blankets to the aged and poor on 21st September, 2014.

Please find the attached few photographs of the blankets distribution:








Regards,
Friends Association for a Change

(Society No. 587/2012)

Sunday, 31 August 2014

FA4Change published on CITY ROUNDUP (A Telugu Daily News Paper) at Visakhapatnam on 31st Aug, 2014


Dear Friends,

Please find the attached copies of CITY ROUNDUP news paper published on 31st Aug, 2014. The news related to Friends Association for a Change is published on the 1st page (front page) and the 2nd page of CITY ROUNDUP news paper.




Friends Association for a Change represents 447 members and this appreciation is dedicated to all the 447 members of the organization.

You can even view the news paper on the URL: http://cityroundup.in/aug/31/1.pdf

For your information:

We never invited neither media nor press to any of our activities / events for the sake of publicity nor promotion.

During the plants donation drive conducted by us on 23rd Aug, 2014 at Visakhapatnam, a senior journalist: Mr.Chandra Mouli from CITY ROUNDUP (Telugu Daily News Papers) at Visakhapatnam identified our team and approached us for news. And they had even published the news of our plant donation drive on CITY ROUNDUP news paper on 24th Aug, 2014 at Visakhapatnam.

Here is the URL: http://www.cityroundup.in/aug/24/1.pdf

Mr.Chandra Mouli (A senior journalist from CITY ROUNDUP) called us repeatedly to gather all the information related to our organization. He not only gathered the information but also inquired the people who received the benefits from 'Friends Association for a Change' to know the reality behind our services. After inquiry, as they are happy with the services provided by us, the matter was published on the front page of their news paper on 31st Aug, 2014.

We would like to thank Mr.Chandra Mouli and the entire team of CITY ROUNDUP news paper for publishing the news of Friends Association for a Change. This news would definitely encourage us and also would inspire many more people towards social service.

Regards,
Friends Association for a Change
(Society No. 587/2012)
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Monday, 25 August 2014

FA4Change donated 600 CD’s to Mr.Jagadeesh at Padmanabham Village, Visakhapatnam District on 23rd August, 2014

Dear Friends,

Vidyabhyasam:

‘Friends Association for a Change’ donated 600 CD’s to Mr.Jagadeesh at Padmanabham Village, Visakhapatnam District on 23rd August, 2014.


The 600 Sony CD's are donated by us to Mr.Jagadeesh to utilize them in the preparation of study materials in audio format towards the education of the visually challenged students.

About Mr.Jagadeesh:
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Mr.Jagadeesh is visually challenged person by birth. But he struggled hard in completing his education and finally settled as a teacher in a government school at Mandal Parishad Primary School, Sunkarapeta, Visakhapatnam District.

As he had undergone many hard situations in life during his education, he decided to help the visually challenged students towards their education. So, he registered a society with the name: AASARA SWACHANDA SEVA SANGHAM in the year 2008 (Society Registration Number: 11/2008).

Mr.Jagadeesh is currently serving the visually challenged students across the state by providing braille books (from 1st standard to 10th standard) and study materials in audio format (for intermediate and above education) at free of cost. He is even preparing various kinds of braille books (Vivekananda Literature etc) which are useful to the visually challenged people.

The Mandal Education Officer at Padmanabham village appreciated his efforts and provided a room in the government office premises, to utilize it for the sake of the organization which he started. Mr.Jagadeesh is running the organization on his entire own with his entire monthly salary. As he is staying out of city and as it is a village, it has become quite difficult for him in funding the organization which he started.

His friends, relatives and a few private companies helped him in arranging 3 computers and 2 braille printers (cost in Lakhs). But the need for braille papers and CD's is a regular process to purchase, for the preparation of books and study materials in audio format.

Mr.Vinod from our organization personally met Mr.Jagadeesh a few months back by approaching him at Padmanabham Village, Visakhapatnam District. We would like to thank Mr.Suresh who informed us about Mr.Jagadeesh and Mr.Ravi (Head Master of Mandal Parishad Primary School,Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District) for helping us in meeting Mr.Jagadeesh.

For any more queries and for your contributions to Mr.Jagadeesh, you can directly contact him on his mobile: +91-9949926496.
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Our friend: Mr.Ramesh Thurubilli took the responsibility and traveled to Padmanabham Village from Visakhapatnam on 23rd Aug,2014. He donated the 600 Sony CD’s to Mr.Jagadeesh on behalf of Friends Association for a Change at MEO Office, Padmanabham Village, Visakhapatnam District.

Special thanks to Mr.Ramesh Thurubilli for representing on behalf of 'Friends Association for a Change'.

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