Sports fest, Republic Day and the Smiling Cherubs…Yes! It’s fun Time!

 SAHAYA decided to celebrate Republic Day with the kids.we started off with the competition by around 22nd of this month. Done with various competition's .Sreeram, me Dharani,Raj and almost all the volunteers joined us well ahead before sports fest started to plan and implement. 

Controlling a bunch of hyper-excited kids is not so easy but it is my baae haath ka khel

 We viewed some really amazing Players and perfect team play. The competition was just a spoof and in the end, everyone deserved the appriciation for the efforts they put in. We even had Quiz competition in one or other schools. Organizing competition was simply Awesomeness 1.0.






There were many spot games conducted and found kids enjoyed a lot.... more than them volunteers enjoyed organizing those games...

This time Sahaya covered all the schools for these competitions, We core team members splits(interms of work ;-) ) and with the help of volunteers we successfully conducted the events...The dedication of our volunteers is invaluable, the sun is burning out all the day but they never drop their energy levels till the end of the day..

Volunteer's did very well to conduct different games to kids, Probably these are the standout batch of the day , coz they are out in the sun through out the day.

There are many Dramatic change on the days of the play... with each and every volunteer' s support we have done every thing well..


Somewhere in my mind all these techies are capable of conducting sports competition? or not?
Yeah we got the answer

They proved us wrong coz we conducted "lemon and spoon" to our volunteers all did well and at last there is only one winner i.e., "Navya" tough fight with our sports co-Ordinator(which he drops his spoon in the last moment)


Players: Volunteers and core team.
Refree :Sreeram(these guys made us video and photographer as well)

Winner : Navya...

 

Huh we are done with sports fest and ow its time for republic day celebrations...

“Event won’t be a event without any presents.”  On the day 26th Jan '10 we as group of members went to various schools of SAHAYA by 8.00am... with mostly every one in white costumes....:-)

Now its presentation time...

 

         Last but not the least I would sincerely like to thank each and every volunteer, and even off site contributes for the generous contributions that they have made for the Republic Day event.

   
        It is here that invaluable contributions we got,  played a very important role in encouraging the children to perform better. Thanks to contributions,  we provided accessories required by them or just incentives. our patrons also help our organization progress in touching more lives of the students in giving them a more fruitful and successful life. 

         These small incentives help reduce dropouts and increase the number of children having a better future ahead. It is every ones generous contribution that helps us increase the number of such activities and make it successful. With our help we can reach out to many more needy children and hence build a better future for the future generation of India.

  

New Year New Ideas ..... A New Revolution

HEY viewers,
Happy New Year n a very happy solar eclipse day!!!
its been a year n a month since i joined "SAHAYA".unbelievable as it is for me "SAHAYA" from a handful members has extended to about hundreds of people...amazing how a handful of people can touch the lives of thousands... enough of philosophy for now ;-) well anyway back to the actual reason as to why I'm here... Republic Day(u guys know na when that is!!!)..just to make sure its 26Th JAN comes on a Tuesday... "SAHAYA" is planning to conduct fests in different schools i.e; we'll be covering about 1500 students,conducting sports fest and quiz competitions on(general sciences,numerical aptitude, current affairs etc etc) before the Republic Day...n then the prize distributions is on Jan 26th along with some patriotic speeches after that, Flag Hosting by School Authorities...all this takes a lot of planning, organizing n calculations,not an easy task...so plz people make yourself more useful...put on Ur thinking caps, contribute new creative ideas or just contribute some of Ur time ... every little thing is valued in "SAHAYA"... spread joy its the best way to achieve happiness.. so people gear up n make it the most eventful day in those children's lives.... k then that's all for now ...take care n have a wonderful day ahead... cya :-D

Thank u all
Navya N"

A Year Gone by... '09

As we are about to step into new year, we would like to thank you for your support and look forward to working more closely with you in the days ahead.

What started off as a small Endeavor to help the children by providing them with basic English and computer knowledge, has now grown into a network of volunteers who help about 600 children across 7 schools in and around Hyderabad. Our greatest strength lies in the fact that we’ve registered a tremendous growth in the number of man-hours we spend with every child. The number of volunteers associated with us has increased to 100. The response of the schools has been very encouraging.Our intention aimed to allay the fears of englis language. We have setup and updated our syllabus based on our experience over the past years.
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The past year…

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SAHAYA is a youth volunteer network, which began with the lucid aim of making a difference in the society. This crusade against the unjust plight of underprivileged tots was fueled with the zeal to make it a reality. To many, this was a wake-up call; the concept begot a whole new genre of people working selflessly for one aim. The response we got after our first Anniversary Celebrations ever session on March 18, 2009 was both overwhelming and humbling at the same time. More than 100 ppl joined as volunteers, dedicated to the motto of “bridging inequality through education”. From then, SAHAYA was on a continual hike in the success-graph;

The events of the past year, right from the first session of SAHAYA, has played a very important role in bringing to the forefront our vision and ideology.

January & February : Sahaya sessions in NEW GOVT HIGH
SCHOOL with 8 members.

March: Sahaya celebrates its first anniversary on 18th at "Shivananda rehabilitation orphan home for children" .

May: ZPHS kukatpally (HYDERABAD)
Thanks to MR.Shankarayya sir (HEAD MASTER, ZPTS) for given us opportunity help kids.
Sahaya Team Size : 40

August: Essay Writing & drawing Comp ---- 15 Aug Celebrations.
Sahaya Team Size: 60

November: Children 's day Celebs.
Sahaya Team Size: 80

 

December: Sahaya In Media. An article about sahaya in EENADU daily.

 

Apart from all this, our accomplishment lies in the fact that we are now proud teachers to some very smart minds. It especially makes us swell with pride to say that we have covered over 7 Schools spent meaningfully in imparting quality education to the children! With figures looking very bright and the growth moving upwards steadily, SAHAYA dreams of soaring to greater heights in the near future.

We do not believe this to be a charity; we feel this is our duty, our obligation.

Wishing you a very happy, healthy & successful 2010

Warm New Year Wishes
From SAHAYA TEAM

The Tour (30-11-2009 to 4-12-2009)

Around 250kms away from the Hyderabad , its a small village , excellent atmosphere , one big ground, this is about a small introduction to ZPHS veldurty (guntur dist), Its always a great feeling when we do something good to our mother land,  Some NRI’s decides to do the same thing and starts doing projects in that school providing infrastructure,sanitation,computer education, conducting sports and cultural fest and they named these one week celebrations as ZPHS community “mahostavalu”(celebrations), veldurty. Luckily i got invitation from Mr.Ravinder reddy (Main member in community  and Sahaya 

HR’s uncle as well) to take some classes to the ZPHS veldurty students.
As I started with my pals Mr.Dharani Kumar and Mr.Srinivas, According to the schedule we suppose to take classes on 30^th onwards... We enjoyed the nature,nativity and some traditional spicy food of “Palnadu”.... six days six different experiences to me... here we go...
Day 1,2,3 : Computer class to 8^th, 9^th, 10^th students respectively

Myself went to {8^th A sec,9^th B sec, 10^th B sec} , Dharani and Srinivas went to{ 8^th B sec,9^th A sec, 10^th sec } while we entering into the every class students starts singing like “ goooood morninggggg sirrrrr” ,I started the proceedings with a little smile on my face. Personally this is first time to take up one class for whole day with one subject. It was very difficult but I judged it well to conduct some competitions, discussions, dictation along with practical and theoretical class. Students of ZPHS veldurthy are hyperactive and proactive.




Day 4,5 : Sports Fest

Mr. Chanukya joined me the last couple of days, Me and chanukya(Asst HR of sahaya) gave some training to the students, We actively participated in most of the gamesJ as a referee, scorer but not as a players , sun burning out all the day but we never drop our energy levels and encouraging all the talents, I impressed with senior kabaddi team from ZPHS veldurty, plenty of talent but lack of resources which makes me hurt a bit.  These two days are the most awaiting days for the students in every year.
Day 6 : Annual Day Celebrations

Well, Everything goes according to the plan as per the invitation many of the Village officials ,Panchayiti Heads arrived into the school @2pm , Sorry to say I didn’t remember anyone of the names but I observed one person who got the “BEST TEACHER AWARD” from Guntur dist, his words were adorable every child shows their attention towards his speech after some time suddenly crowd gets excited I turned back, One dynamic personality stepping towards us, its none another than fun star “shiva reddy” children gets excited they stopped listening to the speeches and everyone shouting shiva reddy, afterwards he steals the complete show with his awesome talent, his gestures, art of mimicry everything was fantastic to watch… some stubborn dance performances by the students which makes  mesmerizing. At the end of the day every student came to me and they took my phone number which makes me happy....

Best time : I got positive feedbacks from every Student of ZPHS veldurty
Worst time : I hurting my right index and thumb fingers while im playin volley ball…
Special thanks : Mr.Ravinder Reddy, Mr. Laxma Reddy for giving me the opportunity to participating in this memorable event.
2)Mr .Rajshekhar, He suggests my name to his uncle
3)Mr.Dharani and Mr. Srinivas for thier company in first three days, they helped me alot in all aspects.
4)Mr.Chanukya , He is very handy in last few days especially in sports and cultural fests.
Personally, this is the event which makes me little bit consicious about few things and we got some sort of experience in
1)How to organise an event?
2)What are protocols that we have to follow before doing an event?
3) Cost estimation
If possible and things gone well then sahaya will adopt this school and runs with Engg students from Newton college of Engg(macharla)
Thanks to all ZPHS veldurty community members, students and villagers...
Sreeram

SAHAYA in MEDIA

Sahaya Guru's - An article in eenadu local Hyderabad edition