Day 1 of the 'Joy of Giving Week'

As a part of my plans for the Joy of Giving Week, I went to an NGO on the first day of JGW to spend some time and donate something. As I was in a dilemma which NGO to choose for the donation, my friend Prateek sent me the details of an NGO called CHERISH(Commitment for Health,Education & Rehabilitation of the Impowerished and Struggling Humans).

My 1st gift was a donation of Rs.1700 ( My donation Rs. 500 + M Rajasekhar Rs. 500 + Avinesh Rs. 500 +  V Sreekanth Rs. 200 ) to CHERISH.

About CHERISH:
CHERISH interacts with street, slum and working children. It mainly concentrates on a comprehensive help for the children in all ways with Commitment for health, education and rehabilitation as a complete program for the homeless and unprotected children aged 4yrs to maturity (skill development stage). It offers shelter, medical assistance, nutritional supplement, education, vocational training and character re-building. The children are taught through non formal, formal and condensed methods to care for themselves in a normal way and given guidance. Older children are given responsibilities based up on their propensities and talent.

About the founder:
Mrs. Neelima Simhadri is an MBA graduate from Vijayawada. She used to work in a company in Vijayawada in the HR department. During this period she was associated with few NGOs. After her marriage, she relocated to Hyderabad and started CHERISH in 2007. She is a homemaker and has a daughter.

Expenditure(per month):
Rent and electricity: 10000
Provisions: 15,000
Miscellaneous 4,000

Current donors:

• Kingfisher sometimes provides them some provisions like dal and rice.
• People who do a onetime donations – during bithdays, anniversary, etc.
• A doctor named Pradeep Roy visits the place whenever the kids are sick. He works in Sri J.R. Clinic, Attapur.

Future Plans:
Mrs. Neelima is constructing a building near Budvel. She plans to re-locate Cherish to this place in April 2011. She hopes to cut down about 10k in her monthly expenditure by moving to this place. She desires to increase the number of children after moving there.

Concerns about the place:

• The expenses are currently met by Neelima’s husband who is employed and by adhoc donations. We couldn’t see a financial plan in place to sustain the home in the long run.
• Mrs. Neelima doesn’t have much support from family/friends and is running this more-or-less single-handedly. There is too much dependency on a single person here.
• The current place is in a very bad shape and has limitations in offering children an conducive environment for all round development. The neighbors also do not encourage the home.

Contact Details:
Mobile: 9866268700
Email: neel914@yahoo.co.in
Address: Tallagadda bus stop, opp dargha, Beside TV repair shop.

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Help Reduce Hunger with an Online Game

Yes, it is true. Now you can play an online game, improve your vocabulary and help reduce hunger because the more you play this oline game, the more rice are donated through the world food programme which is helping in ending hunger.

Free Rice is an innovative online gaming concept that has several benefits. You just have to answer english (vocabulary) questions on the Free Rice website and with every answer you give correct, the sponsors of this initiative will donate rice grains to the UN World Food Program. For 1 correct answer, 10 rice grains are donated for 5 correct answers 50 grains of rice are donated.

This website has been there for the past three years and it is getting popular by day and has raised enough rice to feed around 4 million people.

It's a commendable initiative.


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My Plans for "Joy Of Giving Week"

'Joy Of Giving' is a volunteer driven initiative hosted in GiveIndia and it aims at bringing together people from all walks of life to engage in acts of giving in the form of money, time, skills or just simple acts of kindness. It is a platform for all across the country to celebrate the joy of giving.

The goal is to convert it into a fully publicly owned festival, just like Diwali, Holi or Thanksgiving, none of which are owned by anyone. The Week was launched in 2009 and will be held every year starting on a Sunday and ending on a Saturday, containing October 2 within. Joy of Giving Week(JGW) 2009 saw 300+ events in over 40 cities, with nearly 20 lakh people reached and over Rs. 10 crore raised for philanthropy. This year, JGW takes place from September 26th to October 2nd.

My Plans for JGW:

Well, I liked the part '7 days 7 gifts' of JGW. The idea behind 7 days 7 gifts is to take the focus away from 'ME' and on to others. The only real condition in this challenge that all 7 gifts would be meaningful and some thought would have gone into them. The idea is that by giving gifts and thinking really hard about making meaningful gifts will take the focus away from us. This can make us happier, healthier and full of life. And it will touch the receiver of the gifts.

This is how I want to do it.

Day 1: Toys/notebooks to kids at any orphanage.
Day 2: Take my friend to a restaurant and offer him a biriyani(He is very fond of Biriyani).
Day 3: A donation to one of my friends so that they can choose which cause they want to support.
Day 4: Food to someone who is really hungry.
Day 5: Spend my time at any orphanage or old-age home.
Day 6: Buy medicines for some one.
Day 7: Donate my shoes(they don't fit me anymore).

It's been really hard thinking and finalizing these ideas. If I get any other good ideas, I may change the list. But, I would like to keep the first 4 as they are.

Come, lets get together to make this campaign bigger and better and help change the lives of many, starting ours !!

What are your plans for the 'Joy Of Giving Week'?





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List of NGOs in and around Vijayawada

NAME: Adarsh Rural Development Social Service Society
ADDRESS: #14-8-11, Kota Nagabhushanam Street,Hanumanpet,Vijayawada - 520 003
PHONE: 91-866-575795
EMAIL: adarshrdsss@sify.com

NAME:  Al-Madina Muslim Education and Cultural Association
ADDRESS: Karlapalem ,Guntur – 522111,Andhara Pradesh
PHONE: 91- 8643-272094, 91-098492 53376
EMAIL: ammeca92@yahoomail.com


NAME: SKCV Children’s Trust
ADDRESS: Opp Press Club, Gandhinagar, Vijayawada - 52003, Andhra Pradesh.
PHONE: 91(0) 866 57 1371
EMAIL: skcv@skcvtrust.com
WEBSITE: www.skcv.com


NAME: Grace Impact Ministries
ADDRESS: Sundar Nagar,Durgapuram, #24-28/3-21.Near to Market. Vijayawada-520003.
PHONE: 91(0) 866-5571879
EMAIL: krupakendram@yahoo.com


NAME: National Educational Minorities Society
ADDRESS: D.No.12-15-53, Surya Hanuma Apartments, Kothapet, Guntur-522001, Andhra Pradesh.
PHONE: 91 863 356107


NAME: Community And Rural Development Society (CARDS)
ADDRESS: Santosh Nagar, POB. 309, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, 522004
PHONE: (0863) 231942 , Fax - 240667
EMAIL: dalit@cards.xexvga.xeemail.ems.vsnl.net.in


NAME: Advancing The Ministries Of The Gospel (AMG)
ADDRESS: AMG India International, Chilakaluri Pet, Main G.T. Road, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, 522616.
PHONE: (08648) 4215, 4190 , Fax - 2417


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Global Warming Effects Map

Global Warming is one of the biggest problems the world is facing. There is a visual map on National Geographic website that shows all the effects global warming on this earth such as rising sea levels,threatened cultures, reductions in sea ice, loss of biodiversity and so much more. If you click on each icon, it will give you a brief synopsis of what its about.


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Too Many Days At A Time

There are two days in every week about which we should not worry. Two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.

One of these days is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed. We cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone!!

The other day we should not worry about is tomorrow, with its possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise and poor performance. Tomorrow is beyond our immediate control. Tomorrow's sun will rise, whether in splendor or behind a mask of clouds. But it will rise. Until it does we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is yet unborn.

This leaves only one day: today.

Any man can fight the battles of just one day. It is when you and I add the burdens of two awful eternities - yesterday and tomorrow, that we break down.

It is not necessarily the experience of today that disturbs one's peace of mind. It is oftentime the bitterness for something which happened yesterday and the dread of what tomorrow may bring. 

Let us therefore live one day at a time.

Source: Motivateus

I encourage you to do something different this day, this week and this month. Maybe it is something that you have been wanting to do for a long time, but never made the time to do it. Call a friend that you have not spoken to in a while. Go out with family. Celebrate your kid's birthday at an orphanage. Do something that you have not done before so that you may enjoy today. I believe by doing so you will be bringing the Joy and Happiness into your life.


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