Suspended coffee

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"We enter a little coffeehouse with a friend of mine and give our order. While we're approaching our table two people come in and they go to the counter.

'Five coffees, please. Two of them for us and three suspended'

They pay for their order, take the two and leave. I ask my friend:

'What are those 'suspended' coffees?'

'Wait for it and you will see'

Some more people enter. Two girls ask for one coffee each, pay and go. The next order was for seven coffees and it was made by three lawyers - three for them and four 'suspended'.

While I still wonder what's the deal with those 'suspended' coffees I enjoy the sunny weather and the beautiful view towards the square in front of the café. Suddenly a man dressed in shabby clothes who looks like a beggar comes in through the door and kindly asks
'Do you have a suspended coffee ?'

It's simple - people pay in advance for a coffee meant for someone who can not afford a warm beverage. The tradition with the suspended coffees started in Naples, but it has spread all over the world and in some places you can order not only a suspended coffee, but also a sandwich or a whole meal."

More taare zameen par-May 2013

Zaruri nahi ki sajde hon har waqt aur khuda ka naam aaye!
Zindagi to khud ibaadat hai !
Shart ye hai ki ye kisi ke kaam aaye!


Continuing my passion of contributing towards children's education as a Volunteer for a better India as well...
With few more Taare zameen par..
Education is the right of every child..
Primary education in India its suffering due to non availability of dedicated teachers...
we-the-helping-hands
Very grateful! Please keep writing in (on blog, inbox, fb group... Your appreciation, any help, any inputs are motivating, and helpful...)

Yes am Crazy If being kind to strangers seems crazy!

Han Han mai crazy hoon... If being kind to strangers seems crazy!
Yes am crazy!!
Found this video AD very cute!

and this is so well said:
Just because a group of people do not accept you as you are, there is no necessity for you to strip yourself of your originality. You need to think good of yourself, for the world takes you at your own estimate. Never stoop down in order to gain recognition. Never let go of your true self to win a relationship. In the long run, you will regret that you traded your greatest Glory - your uniqueness, for momentary validation. Even Gandhi was not accepted by many people. The group that does not accept you as YOU is not Your world. There is a world for each one of you, where you shall reign as king /queen by just being yourself. Find that world... In fact, that world will find You. What water can do, gasoline cannot and what copper can, gold cannot. The fragility of the ant enables it to move and the rigidity of the tree enables it to stay rooted. Everything and everybody has been designed with a Proportion of uniqueness to serve a purpose that we can fulfil only by being our unique self. You as you alone can serve your purpose and I as I alone can serve my purpose. You are here to be you... Just YOU. Let us be the best we can be. In the history of the universe, there has been nobody like you and to the infinity of time to come, there will be no one like you. Existence should have loved you so much that it broke the mould after making you, so that another of your kind will never get repeated. You are original. You are rare. You are unique. You are a wonder. You are a masterpiece. .. Your Master's piece. Celebrate your Uniqueness.
- H.H.Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
 

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

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...

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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!

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

pups- Dalmation, Doberman, Pomeranian, lab pups

We have 3 dogs, which we would like to give away for adoption, as there is a sudden and urgent need for us to move out of Gurgaon to other city.

1. Doberman- 3yrs old

2. Pomeranian- 3 yrs old

3. Dalmatian- 10 months old.

All THREE ARE SPAYED

Contact,

Rachna_Mohan@


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Request you to circulate attached snaps of 4 adorable male mixed lab pups.
They are real Cutie Pies as you would see from snaps below and attached.
They are from same mother whose previous pups have been accommodated in different families.
On demand i can provide reference of Rajiv & Erin who adopted their elder sister
6 months back and highly been impressed with her and so are other residents of their apartment complex.

Anyone interested can call me at 9811799816.
regards // Sharad

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Also We had raided a breeder and confiscated 9 puppies all pedigreed. Ask Pragya ( 25448062 ) or Mr Suri what the breeds are. Try and find homes for them.

busy hands kids workshop

Ah! well this one is not -non-profit - just posting for the kids ....in case you are interested....

Kids Workshops at Epicentre May - June'09


For registration and more information,
contact Epicentre at 91 124 2715000
Epicentre at Apparel House, Sector 44, Gurgaon
www.epicentre.co.in

May 25 - 29	11:30am – 1:00pm	Busy Hands workshop which includes art craft, public speaking, storytelling, file making, glass painting, no fire cooking, science experiments etc. by Ritu Verma & Anita Dhawan. For 5 – 8 yr olds. Registration fee Rs.1200
May 30 - 31	10:00am – 11:30am	Calligraphy Workshop by Ritu Grover. For 8 – 15yr olds. Registration fee Rs. 700
May 13 - June 13	4:00pm - 5:30pm	Theatre Workshop by Khel Khel Mein, Natak. Includes Improvisation, Story Making and Storytelling, Basic of Mask and Puppets etc. For 7 - 15 yr olds. Registration fee: Rs. 3000
June 1 - 5	9:30am- 11:00am	Hands On presents Building Logic & Reasoning The workshop uses game-playing to build children's logic and reasoning skills. For 8 – 12 yr olds. Registration fee Rs. 2000
June 1 - 5	11:30am – 1:00pm	Science Experiments Workshop by Ritu Verma & Anita Dhawan. For 6yrs & above. Registration fee Rs.2000
June 8 - 12	9:30am- 11:00am	Palettes Workshop with Ritu Verma & Anita Dhawan.Different techniques of painting such as sand blasting, charcoal, glass ceramic. Age group 8-12yrs. Registration fee Rs.2200
June 8 - 12	11:30am – 1:00pm	Contemporary Puppet making by Varun Narain. Making puppets out of waste materials and learning to communicate with fresh ideas. For 5yr olds & above. Registration fee Rs 1500
June 13 - 14	10:00am – 11:30am	Basic Charcoal Painting Workshop by Ritu Grover For 8 – 16yr olds. Registration fee Rs. 700
June 15 - 19	9:30am- 11:00am	Learn To Play Chess with Chess master K.C.Joshi. For 6- 12yr olds. Registration fee Rs.2000
June 15 - 19	11:30am – 1:00pm	Fairytale & Folktale Workshop by Nupur Gaur For 5 – 8yr olds. Registration fee Rs. 1700
June 20 - 21	10:00am – 11:30am	Advanced Charcoal Painting Workshop by Ritu Grover For 8 – 16yr olds. Registration fee Rs. 700
June 22 - 26	9:30am- 11:00am	Hands On presents Math Gym. 'Play' with numbers through a host of games and activities. Get familiar with numbers and concepts. For 9 to 12yr olds. Registration fee Rs. 2000
June 22 - 28	12:00noon - 1:30pm	Crafts From Across The World by Poorva Musale. For 8 - 12 yr olds. Registration fee: Rs. 2500
June 27 - 28	10:00am – 11:30am	T.Shirt Painting workshop by Vinnie Mathur For 7 – 15 yr olds. Registration fee Rs. 600

Nai Disha

Reposting for reference

Nai Disha

Nai Disha is a school providing free education to under privileged children. Located in Noida, UP, the school was founded in 1992 by L.S. Jaswal.

NaiDisha currently has about 400 children studying till Class 5. The school is recognized by the National Open School, an autonomous organization of the
Deptartment of Education, HRD, Government of India

Nai disha- update July 14, 2008

Ao baccho tumhe dikhaein jhanki hindustan ki :)

The girls .....

Reading some stories....

The studious lot.....

And here goes the almirah.....
with the books we recently bought

The racks

If you'd like to contribute, please get in touch....

Nai Disha update - July 10, 2008

Okies, so here are some books which have been bought, thanks to the contribution from wonderful members.
and here's a partial book list

Heal the world

I relate to this song so much! Each and every thing that's said n sung

Stop existing, start living :)