Followup-Journey to eliminate education inequity in India-Teach for India

#IGC2011 
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to our Fellows who have raised more than Rs. 70,000 for their classrooms in the India Giving Challenge!

Srinivasan Swaminathan Rs.1,24,068
Tarang Jatkar Rs. 96,843
Saurav Ghosh Roy Rs. 79,777
Let’s keep the momentum going until 20th October.


http://www.giveindia.org/iGive-teachforindia2011


Post Link: http://we-the-helping-hands.blogspot.com/2011/09/journey-to-eliminate-education-inequity.html

Journey to eliminate education inequity in India-Teach for India

‎'Education is the most powerful weapon with which we can change the world' said Nelson Mandela. 
While we work relentlessly toward eliminating educational inequity, we need your help too. 

Teach For India has pledged to raise 5 lakhs this year in the India GIving challenge.


Help us in our journey to eliminate education inequity in India. 


http://www.giveindia.org/iGive-teachforindia2011

Parry deserves better! Dog Adoption

Dog Adoption - 


(from a message sent by a friend)-


7 year old Parry, a Spitz is in need of a home..his owner passed away..
and the rest of the family members say they are unable to take care of him. 


Parry has never been walked...has been chained for long hours all his life..


and totally deserves better! 


Pls pass on the word generously to help find him a new family...




No. to contact 9810560230.


[Pic arriving soon]

Auction - Doing good for Japan

The posters (courtesy: Pandesign) as shown below are the 4 posters for 

fund raising for earthquake -struck Japan.

The collected money could be directly sent to UNICEF or some relief agency that's working in Japan. 

As the designer, Utpal Pande mentions

"Dear Friends, The money collected shall be handed over to charitable trusts working in Japan for relief work. The winning bidder shall be given all commercial print rights for the posters."

He may also choose to send the donation to a Relief agency of his/her choice (i.e.American Red Cross). The winning/bidder can chose to do that himself / herself and there isn't need to send money to Utpal Pande directly.

Once he gets a confirmation from an agency such as UNICEF, he shall send you the posters and also transfer copy rights to them.The winning bidder shall be given all commercial print rights for the posters.

You may view the posters at Pandesign

Please do feel free to write in...

Swasth Foundation - Call for support for Healthcare for the poor

Dear Friends,

Thanks for dropping by :)

I'll request you to support our effort in favour of Swasth Foundation which is working relentlessly towards providing Healthcare for the poor- you can do so by contributing at 

unitedwaymumbai_Contribute

To know more about the cause, please read ahead...

~~~~~
In the founder's own words:  

 

"Dear Friends,

Back in June 2008, we started Swasth India - a social business with a vision to provide for healthcare for the poor of India. The last 2 ½ yrs have been challenging, humbling and rewarding. When we started, we had, caught in our overconfidence, assumed that we could provide healthcare to a lot of poor lives very soon. We have moved forward, from idea to implementation, trying everything we first listed in powerpoints & excel sheets, and fixing details in the implementation - and now cover about 13,000 lives in our comprehensive health cover schemes.

However, we have been humbled by the challenges of offering product to the poor - keeping costs low that they can afford, and even when they can afford, convincing them on parting with their hard earned money. We have realized the the effort and learning that has to go into creating awareness about health insurance or preventive care. That led us to form Swasth Foundation in Feb 2009 - with the goal of providing for healthcare for the poor, by building some viable health systems model -

but also involving community & people at large to make it viable. Our motto is "All for Health".

Swasth Foundation currently runs a pilot health insurance scheme in Latur (called "Arogya Suraksha") where we do the last mile community reach directly, supports community health workers in Washim district (as part of a comprehensive health product offering to people), provided health care services to construction workers in Haryana, and now works with Delhi government to improve access to primary healthcare services in 2 slums. Learnings from these projects have started showing up in

Swasth India Services' comprehensive health scheme pilots. I've attached an introductory presentation to Swasth Foundation and a brochure soft copy.

These activities by Swasth Foundation need your support to continue - and I'll request you to support these. Swasth Foundation team (a team of 6 runners) will participate in Standard Charted Mumbai Marathon on Jan 16th 2011 to raise funds for Swasth Foundation.  I'll be running the half marathon (21 km) to raise support for the organization.

You can find out more about our marathon fund raising effort at:

UnitedMumbai_SwasthFoundation_MoreInfo

We'll request you to support our effort - you can do so by contributing at

unitedwaymumbai_Contribute

The site supports fundraising only for a week only. You can also mail in

checks directly in the name of "Swasth Foundation" to the following address:

  Swasth Foundation

  615 Palms 2, Royal Palms Estate

  Aarey colony, Goregaon E

  Mumbai - 400 065

Please do contact for bank account details, if you'll like to make an direct bank account contribution. Your contribution will be income tax exempt under 80G.

If you have any questions about the organization or how can support us -

please do not hesitate to ask me.

Arvind can be reached on arvind@swasth.org,

or +91 96190 59634.

Looking forward to your support,

Helping Hands Team

God Bless!

Helping hands - 2011 calendar

We are coming up with our DESKTOP/ WALL HANGING Calendars for the yr 2011.

The calendar is full of puppies who have been adopted through Lets Live Together...whose lives have changed forever.

We are hoping you would support us by buying our Calendars for the New Year to come and help us spread the message of “Joy in Saving Lives” to the larger audience..

The price of each calendar would come up to Rs 200

The money raised would completely help us save many many more homeless puppies.

call/mail us, place an order...you could make an online payment (account transfer) the calendars would be couriered to any part of INDIA.

Friends send in a mail with the exact no of calendars you need, the address that it need to be couriered to,

MAIL US AT 

worthamention@gmail.com, and CC to letslivetogether.in@gmail.com 
Please put subject as "Helping hands - 2011 calendar / "

We shall calculate the courier charges and mail u back.you can make a bank transfer and the calendars will reach you.

 or YOU COULD PICK IT UP DIRECTLY, from our office.
call 9986413916 for any details.

ALSO AVAILBLE AT :
Lets Live Together's Office(near malleswaram) -9986413916

Joyline (NEAR CHITRAKALA PARISHAT)- 9880944362

Gangarams book store, MG ROAD.
PAWS The Pet store 

Achala (Bangalore) -09986413916

Niranjan (Chennai)-09840432530

Sadhwi (DELHI)-09958866067

Chandni(MUMBAI)-09930911271

revolutionizing education

Hey friends, here's another awesome link I found.. and am sharing it here...

http://www.khanacademy.org

I'll keep updating this...
If you have some more links for free online education, do share across....

SOS Ladakh

Uday Foundation Winter Internships Program 2010

The Uday Foundation ( Non Profit for Kids) invites young and motivated interns for Winter Internship Program 2010. The Key Result Area of Winter Internship Program 2010 is to work with the children afflicted with congenital defects, critical disorders, syndromes, and diseases that affect their health condition, education & growth.

The focus of your Winter Internship program / development project is determined by your skills, your interests, and the needs of the local environmental community. Experiential learning combines with weekly adventures, and productive volunteer work to form a comprehensive and unforgettable internship experience.

Program Duration : 4 to 6 Weeks.

For complete details, please visit at following link of our website:

http://www.udayfoundationindia.org/winter_internships_india.php

Minnie-Me from mumbai for adotopn

This is Minnie-Me from Mumbai. She was found on the road in terrible shape was very weak to even open her eyes and absolutely not in a position to stand. Her siblings were crushed under a car & she was the only survivor. She was taken in by Namitta and nursed her back to health. She's been in foster care for almost a month & a half and she has shown very good progress. Minnie-Me has a lovely temperament and is extremely loving and patient. She sleeps well at night without disturbing anyone & is completely vaccinated (rabies + 9-in-1) & de-wormed. She is extremely playful & naughty & loves cuddling up and sleeping at night. Her foster mother will be leaving the country soon and we need to find her a good and safe home. She is an excellent dog and would make a delightful addition to anyone's family. If anyone is interested to adopt her please contact Namitta on 9820830463.