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May this New Year be a STEP Forward in leading you to New Adventures, New Roads to EXPLORE & Greater Success to achieve..Happy New Year!!By the Grace of Almighty MESCO Education Society (MES) is managing Crescent English High School at Kausa Mumbra. The School is a result of collective efforts and support of many individuals and trusts, who believe that providing Quality Education to students of our society, is the need of the hour and a service to the society. As always said, A child without education is like a bird without wings.Crescent English High School has come to be reputed as one of the best schools in the area. All 9 batches of SSC (that appeared from 2006 to 2014) scored 100% result. For last 4 years, the school has been getting 'A' Grade Certificate from the Maharashtra State Secondary and Higher Secondary Board of Education, Pune.The demand for first level (Nursery Class) admission in our school increases every year, last year we received applications 4 times than the number of vacancies.The area of Kausa / Mumbra requires many such educational institutions that provide quality education and can cater to many more students.In the month of October 2014, we came across a Tender Notice by Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), inviting Educational Institutions to bid for a Reserved Plot for primary and secondary School at Kausa / Mumbra (near upcoming TMC Stadium and 100 beds Hospital).The total area of the said plot is 54,358 Sq. ft. As per the tender document, the Base Premium of the said plot was Rs. 66,66,000/- The said plot was available for 30 years lease (with a renewable option) on rent of Re.1/- per annum. The market value of the said plot is approximately Rs. 15 Crores.With an intention to establish another A+ quality Educational Institution, MES submitted the tender along with our Financial Bid of Rs. 1,75,00,000/- (Rupees One Crores Seventy Five Lacs) for the said plot on 31st October, 2014.On 16th December 2014, TMC opened the tenders and we were declared the second highest bidder with an offer of Rs.1.75 crores. The highest bidder won bid for another plot as well. TMC decided to allot only one plot for one bidder. Therefore the highest bidder opted for other plot. So the plot is now allotted to us, subject to match the highest bid of Rs. 3,10,00,111/-.We know that it is not within our reach to pay the said price (Rs. 3,10,00,111/-) but we are sure that if Trusts and individuals could help us, we could raise this amount, as there is a deadline to raise this amount within the next 3 to 5 years.

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MESCO NEWSVolume 14 - Issue 3 January 2015FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY

January 2015

FORTHCOMING EVENTSFORTHCOMING EVENTS

?Rs. 1,50,000/- a year, would help sponsor a Nursery School in a poor locality. (Nursery School)

?Rs. 50,000/- a year ensures professional education for a meritorious student. (HCES)

?Rs. 17,000/- provides dry ration to a widow and her family for a whole year. (Ration Support)

?Rs. 18,000/- per year helps a meritorious child continue his/her education. (Educational Adoption Scheme)

?Rs. 6,000/- enables us to provide a sewing machine to a destitute woman in order to make her self reliant.

?Rs. 6,000/- a year will cover a childs school / college fees. (Educational Aid)

?Rs. 500/- single dialysis cost for Chronic Renal Failure patient.

?You can help in any of these activities by setting up a Corpus (dedicated to the memory of a near one) and build it up over the years.

?You can send your Donations / Zakat.

Your Support, Our MotivationYour Support, Our Motivation

Ex-Students DirectoryThe work has been completed on our 3rd Edition of Ex-Students' Directory covering 790 students who have benefitted from MESCO's various Educational Schemes and now placed in reputed companies not only in India but all over the world.

At Crescent English High School a Science Exhibition will be held from 5th to 7th January 2015.

Information Technology Computer Training for Computer teachers of Crescent School will be held from 5th to 9th January, 2015.

Annual Day & Felicitation Programme of Crescent English High School is scheduled to be held on on 17th and 18th January, 2015.

Puppet-Show on Saturday, 24th January, 2015 at Govandi Nursery School.

Sports Day is scheduled on 14th February, 2015 at Kapadia Nagar, Kurla (W) Nursery School.

Fancy Dress Presentation is scheduled to be held on 17th & 28th February, 2015 at Govandi II & Dharavi Nursery Schools respectively.

Helping people live a better tomorrow

MESCO NEWS Januar 20 5y 1

Newspaper Donations:During last quarter, our Corporate Social Responsibility team had organized a huge event in many corporates on occasion of Christmas in which our newspaper team was actively involved. Newspapers collected during this quarter was 58,107 kg and were able to raise Rs. 6.13 lacs from the same.YOU TOO CAN CONTRIBUTE YOUR NEWSPAPERS TO MESCO AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO MANY LIVES.Corpus DonationWe received Rs. 60,000/- this quarter as donation towards the Corpus from Mr. Yusuf Ramali.MembershipWe received Life Membership from Mr. Nadeer Taraporewala during this quarter.SponsorshipsClinics & DispensariesWe received Rs. 50,000/- from Mr. Arif Khopekar towards rent and Rs.76,222/- from Mr. Tanweer Khalfay towards the deficit of Kurla Dispensary. Rs. 9,31,599/- from M/s. Lesta Packaging towards Malad Dispensary, Rs. 3,93,920/- from M/s. Valli Charitable Trust towards Thane Mobile Clinic during this quarter.Nursery SchoolsWe received Rs. 1.50 lacs from Mr. Adamji Jasdanwala towards Govandi II Nursery and Rs. 2.49 lacs from M/s. Tobaccowala Foundation towards Kurla and Jogeshwari Nursery Schools and another Rs. 1,25,000/- from Tanna & Mody Families towards Malad (East) Nursery School. Rs. 7,500/- received from Ms. Anupa Tanna Shah towards general donation for Nursery School.Educational Aid (annual sponsorship of Rs. 6,000/- per student)Rs. 6,29,094/- from various sponsors as donation towards Educational Aid. EAS (sponsorship amount of Rs. 18,000/- annually)We received Rs. 13.56 lacs towards EAS sponsorship from 28 donors for 70 students.HCES (annual sponsorship of Rs. 50,000/- per student)We received Rs. 2,00,000/- from Aishabai & Haji Abdul Latif Charitable Trust. Rs. 50,000/- received as an Annual sponsorship for one student from Mr. Salahuddin Sayed & Rs. 1.50 lacs from various sponsors through GiveIndia towards the scheme. Sewing Machines (sponsorship amount of Rs. 6,000/- per Singer sewing machine) We received Rs. 84,391/- as a sponsorship of Sewing Machines from 6 donors. Ration Support (ration for one family for one complete year, Rs. 17,000/-)We received Rs. 27.19 lacs from 13 donors towards ration support during this quarter, which includes contribution from M/s. Lesta Packaging & monthly contribution from Mr. Faisal Vahedna under the heading of Md. Ghazi Vahedna Foundation.GiveIndiaWe received a total of Rs. 92,036/- from M/s GiveIndia during this quarter under various donation options i.e. for Dialysis, General Medical Aid and Ration Support.Medical AssistanceDuring this quarter we have received Rs. 3.29 lacs towards Dialysis.Interest AmountWe received interest amount totaling to Rs. 27,676/- from 6 well wishers during last quarter.General ZakatZakat received in this quarter is Rs. 3,00,000/- from one donor.Disaster ReliefWe received Rs. 1,00,000/- from M/s. Lesta Packaging towards Kashmir Flood Relief.

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QUARTER FULL OF ACTIVITIESQUARTER FULL OF ACTIVITIES NEWS ROUND UPNEWS ROUND UP

EDUCATION:Total amount of sanctioned aid year to date is as under:Educational Aid (School Level) - Rs.1,15,39,889/- to 1,894 students.Educational Aid (College Level) - Rs.72,73,630/- to 1,188 students.Under STVC, 23 students were sanctioned a total of Rs.71,525/- while under Educational Aid (College Level) - Tech. Course an amount of Rs.4,36,500/- was sanctioned to 60 students.The two other schemes are both Merit cum Means Schemes, namely EAS (Educational Adoption Scheme) and HCES (High Cost Education Scheme), latter being a loan scheme for facilitating students pursuing Professional Courses.We received 187 applications under EAS (Educational Adoption Scheme) of which 140 have so far been inducted. Adding the 357 continuing students from last year, we are having a case load of around 497, which at an average of Rs. 18,000/- per student requires Rs. 89.46 lacs. We have 398 sponsors so far, and require 99 students to be sponsored.Under High Cost Education Scheme, we have sanctioned Rs.90.09 lacs to 202 cases (116 continuing and 86 fresh students). This quarter Education Dept. was involved in many activities as listed below:Orientation program was held for 93 newly inducted EAS students.2 EAS Milap Programmes were held in the month of October & November where 31 sponsors and their 81 wards came together.Graduating students Get Together was organized, which was attended by 69 students.Personality Development Camp was organized from 24th December to 27th December, 2014 at Girivihar Resort, Lonavala. 42 students attended the Camp.

Till 25th December, 2014 MESCOs Education Dept. has issued 492 Student Data Cards.During the quarter a total of 287 students (from all levels) were counseled by three of our Counselors.Loan repayment received in this quarter totaled to Rs. 18.21 lacs by 193 students, bringing up the total loan repayment from April, 2013 till December to Rs. 47.07 lacs.The repayment received monthwise is given below:

We are happy to inform you that 10 of our Ex-Students repaid their loan completely in this quarter.MEDICAL SERVICESFinancial Assistance for Medical CasesGeneral Medical Aid / GMA: (cases where cost of treatment is less than Rs. 30,000/-)A total of 166 cases have been sanctioned & serviced this year since April till December, 2014. A total of Rs.17,85,665/- was disbursed for these cases under this scheme.

High Cost Medical Aid / HCMA: (Cases where treatment is undertaken at Municipal / Govt. Hospitals & cost of treatment exceeds Rs. 30,000/-)A total of Rs. 36.68 lacs was sanctioned till December, 2014 under HCMA to 125 cases; 64 cases were operated during this period.

Month Total Repayment (Rs.) Total No. of StudentsOctober 5,51,900 119

November 5,18,100 125

December 7,51,196 135

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J nu r 20 5a a y 1

Oct-2014 5042 47 21Nov-2014 6416 93 11Dec-2014 7249 120 21

Total 18707 260 53Total Income Rs. 4,67,675/- Rs.10,950/- Rs.2,650/-

No. of visiting Month Patients Physiotherapy Orthopedic

NEWS ROUND UP (Contd.)NEWS ROUND UP (Contd.)

Mrs. Tanveer Maniar conducted a workshop on the topic Preparing a Magic Box at Bandra (W). Fun-N-Fair & Puppet Show was held at Sewri Nursery School. An amount of Rs. 4,682/- was collected.Admissions in all Nursery Schools for the academic year 2015-16 will start from 6th January 2015.CRESCENT ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL:After Diwali vacation, the school re-opened for the Second Term from 07/11/2014. Drawing Competition was held for the students of Std.V to VII under the activity Conserve My Planet in association with Sharp NGO & Schlender Electric India on 8th November 2014. Student of Std IV stood at 23rd rank in Thane Urban area at the Maharashtra State Scholarship Examination held last year and is selected for scholarship.5 students of Crescent English High School appeared for the Homi Bhabha Science Exam. One student was amongst the 350 winners from school level who got Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 at the Times NIE Think & Learn Challenge, which was held at Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, National Sports Club of India, Lala Lajpatrai Marg, Worli.Crescent English High School has received 6 awards, they are as follows :The Best School Award, The Best Campaigner Award, School Campaign Award, Green Artist Award, Energy Saving Award and Best Presentation Award.

6 months Dialysis Support Scheme: A total of 42 cases have been assisted till December, 2014 under 6 months dialysis cost and for which Rs 12.67 lacs have been disbursed.

Sustained Dialysis Support: Rs.15.76 lacs disbursed till December, 2014 to 26 cases under this scheme where patients receive support for ongoing dialysis.

DISTRIBUTION OF 6 MONTHS DIALYSIS FORMS6 months dialysis forms distribution programme was conducted on 1st December 2014, at Memon Hall, Mahim. Total 63 beneficiaries participated in the programme.ClinicsClinics patient's details during the quarter was as under:

Nursery students at Hotel The Grand HYATT

We received 105 cartons of medicines from Medley Pharmaceuticals & 2 jumbo bags of Anti Asthmatic medicines from Mr. Salim Sayed, one of our newspaper donor at Kurla. We are grateful to AmeriCares who donated medicines to be used at the Clinics. In addition we are also grateful to Dr. Azhar Ali Qureshi, Dr. Junaid Pokar of Pokar Hospital, Mr. Pinto, Dr. (Mrs.) Yasmeen Chataiwala.

New Fixed DispensaryMalad Fixed Dispensary was inaugurated on 19th October 2014 at the hands of Dr. Afshan Laheji, Professor and Head of the Dept., of Kota Dental College.Free Blood Sugar and Blood Pressure Checkup Camp was organized at Malad dispensary on 9th November 2014.

GENERAL AID:Ration Support: We have been able to provide Ration Support to 334 families under the scheme.

Sewing Machine Distribution: During this quarter 18 forms for grant of Sewing Machine were registered. Trade Test and Interviews will be conducted and the distribution to the selected applicants will be held in the month of March, 2015.

Old Clothes Distribution: We started selling the used Clothes received in donation. During this quarter we were able to collect Rs. 75,067/- from sale of 4,457 kgs of used clothes.

INSTITUTIONSANGELS' PARADISE NURSERY SCHOOLSWe have a total enrolment of 278 students in 12 Nursery Schools for the year 2014-15.Staff from Hilton Hotel visited Angels' Paradise Bharat-Nagar. Slates and some gifts were given to the students by them.Hotel The Grand HYATT arranged a Christmas Party for the students of MES Angels Paradise Nursery School Wadala on 20th December 2014. Out of 29 students 23 students alongwith the class teachers and staff of MESCO went for the same. Hotel The Grand HYATT provided pick up & drop services for the students. Games, gifts & lunch were organized for all the students. They also donated Rs.16,000/- cash for Nursery School Wadala. Students enjoyed the party.

Inauguration of New Fixed Dispensary

Left: Principal Mr.Azeem Durrani

receivingThe Best School

AwardRight: Ms.

Anjumara Sayed receiving cash

prizewith trophy and

certificate

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Students of Pre-Primary to Std. IV were taken for a school picnic to Royal Garden Resort. 188 students attended the Picnic along with the teachers.Students from Std. V to X were taken for a picnic to M/s. Adlabs Imagica. 191 students along with the teachers attended. General Medical Check-up & Dental Check-up was held for the students of Secondary and Primary Section by the doctor parents of MES Crescent English High School.Creatives Against Poverty, sponsor of our Nursery School had organized visitors Ms. Bennedata & Ms. Elena from Italy, and were with Crescent English High School from 14th November till 20th November, 2014. Both of them conducted activities on subjects like air pollution, preparing magazines, debates & how to conduct an interview session, painting, story telling, poetry recitation etc. at different levels of classes.

Januar 2015y

NEWS ROUND UP (Contd.)NEWS ROUND UP (Contd.)

VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES:By the end of the quarter a total of 218 students enrolled under 6 different courses namely Electrician & Beautician, Dress Making & Fashion Designing, Computer Hardware Networking (CHN) and Information Technology (IT) and Refrigeration & Air-conditioning. The couses started from 3rd October, 2014. 40 students were enrolled under 3 months duration course such as MS Office (21), DTP (4) & Web Designing (4) and MS CIT (11). Dharavi CentreA total of 70 students were enrolled out of which 48 for Dress Making & 22 for Beautician have been confirmed for 6 months duration courses at MES VTC Dharavi.

A gathering of Ex-students of overall Vocational Training Centre was organized by Father Agnel Technical College, Bandra, for announcing the Bright Career Path under National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) recognized by Centurion University of Technology & Management School of Vocational Education & Training, which was held at Kalyan (West) in December 2014. Around 1000 Ex- students participated in the function. Students of MES VTC also attended the same.

For me, MESCO stands for My Education's Saviour & Caring Organisaion I would love to help MESCO in whatever way I CAN. Proud to be a MESCOITE, says Mr. Mohammed Imran who has completed B.E. (EXTC), presently working with IGate Global Solutions Ltd.MESCO has played a very important role in my life by providing financial support towards my education., says Mr. Nadeer Taraporewala who is currently working with UPCEM Engineering & Consulting Pvt. Ltd.I am thankful to MESCO for supporting me financially and encouraging me to fulfill my dreams, says Mr. Mohsin Ali Shaikh who has completed B.E. (EXTC) & presently working with Tech Mahindra as an Associates Software Engineer.

STUDENTS SPEAKSTUDENTS SPEAK

EMPLOYMENT NEWSEMPLOYMENT NEWSStudents who completed their studies recently and are now into the world of work

Ms. Khan Almas J., completed her MMS & joined R.J. Capital Overseas Private Limited as Financial Analyst.

Mr. Patekar Suraj completed his B.E. (Mech.) has been recruited by Lodha Group as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.

Ms. Shaikh Nazia, PGDBM has been recruited by Hawa Valves India Pvt. Ltd. as HRD Officer.

Ms. Singh Pratima M. Completed her BE (EXTC) & joined Revamp Consulting Pvt. Ltd as Software Engineer.

Mr. Sufi Imam completed MBA & joined Aspirtek Technology Pvt. Ltd. as Business Development Manager.

OBITUARYOBITUARYWe the Management and Staff of MESCO and MESCO Education Society were saddened on the demise of our Patron Member and long time well-wisher Mr. Sami Khatib, the Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of M/s. Medley Pharmaceuticals Ltd. He has been associated with many social and educational organizations and was the recipient of the 'VIJAYA RATNA' award from Prime Minister of India on 6th March 1991 for his successful achievement in the industry. His contributions to social and educational institutions will be remembered for a long time.We pray to Almighty to place him in the highest eternal abode in Heaven and give his family members courage and patience to bear this tragic loss.

Ms. Elena and Ms. Bennedata our visitors from Italy at MES VTC Felicitation function awarding certificate to the students.

Ms. Bennedata & Ms. Elena from Creative Against Poverty (Italy) visited our Nursery School of Govandi & Wadala, Crescent English High School and MES VTC, during November, 2014.

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