2015
School:
Classroom in Kasireddyguda inaugurated
Skits on social causes performed by students on Republic Day
Computer training completed for 15 students
Summer camp for computer literacy, spoken english classes, maths and storytelling
Students sent to interschool competition at Raikal village where our students won prizes
Orientation program done in Nerellacheruvu school
Tyagi education improvement program started with employment of a manager and developing new team under Mr Gunaranjan from You See
Visit of Dr Alok Agrawal, family and team, and orientation program on education, health and skill development programs for 3 weeks
Student Empowerment Training by Mr Surya Padala in Burgula high school and collaboration developed to improve education standards with new programs
Distributed 126 bicycles so far to students in Burgula high school
6 laptops given in School to enable speedy work
“Understanding Science Concepts” easy to do science experiments by Mr Srinivas at Burgula high school to make science more understandable and appealing
Science experiments based on school syllabus by Dr Reddy Labs in Burgula high school and village cleanup
Additional spoken english classes at Burgula high school
Beautification of School Premises in Kasireddyguda and Burgula started with cleanup, planting of trees, closure of open drainage outside school premises, new toilets
An awareness campaign on “Healthy and Hygiene practices” for school kids at Nerella Cheru and Burgula and for women in Kasireddyguda by Dr Renuka Basavarju a practising rheumatologist in US and Ms Anita a high school student from USA
Distribution of 1st and 2nd prizes for prior academic year performances for 6-10 classes on August 15
Hired two more volunteers for education improvement
We had a door grill built to protect the computer lab
Village:
40 Sewing Machines donated to women in Kasireddyguda and 32 in Nerella Cheruvu
School uniforms stitching project supported in the village
25 Sewing Machines setup at APBIRED to facilitate training in tailoring
Financial assistance given to four women to setup dairy, tent business and a general store
Construction of Mahila Mandal building
Water Treatment plant for 5000 people started in Burgula Village
Mahalingeshwara temple at Kasiredyguda renovated
Village clean up and segregated waste collection started in Kasireddyguda Village.
Developed partnership with Engineer without Borders, a nonprofit organization
Partnership developed with Wheels Global Foundation, a NPO
Partnership with YouSee, another NPO, developed
Introduced villagers to Cosmos for new farming techniques
Motivational visit by Dr Prakasam Tata from USA
Visits by Dr Ashok Agarwal, Mr Madhu Reddy and Mr Ruyintan Mehta
Increased employment to12 people in the village
Started Village Sarpanch Development Advance Fund
Training in driving given to 55 youth totally
Three youths sent for TOT (training of trainers) program on rural livelihoods
Two boys and eight girls sent to various skill training programs like tailoring, beautician and zardosi work.
Mahila Mandal building with a toilet inaugurated.
Asthma camp and free medicine distribution in Burgula by Dr Vishnun Rao of Swasa Foundation
Two more boys sent for training in APBIRED
Flag hoisting for driving School for 25 more youth - total 75 youth
Sewing machines distribution - 25 plus 47 in Burgula - total of 72 in July and August - now totalling 144 machines to empower women
Connect program between a textile unit in Hyderabad and village women after which 7 girls sent to work at the unit and 37 women signed up for employment in village
Connect program between a Jute bag stitching unit in Shadnagar to enable undertaking work at Shadnagar and the village
Visits by Drs Venkatshiva and Arti, experts in in preventive medicine to ensure proper implementation of preventive medicine projects.
Employment provided to two youth through clean drinking water project
Three days health and hygiene awareness program by Dr Basavaraju, a rheumatologist, and her daughter Ms Anita from Dallas, Texas, for Kashireddyguda women
Extra 5 gallons cans bought for water supply.
Monthly village cleanup program started in Kashireddyguda
In collaboration with Reddy Labs, village clean up activity in Burgula
Antismoking program done in Hyderabad city in several schools by Ms Shubhi Pathak from California, USA