YFS 2nd Annual Report - 2011

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Namaste,

It gives me immense pleasure to bring this Annual Report of our activities to you.This will throw light on the work done by YFS volunteers in various spheres, in its

second year of existence. Time-commitment and whole-hearted dedication of our

volunteers, support, inspiration and encouragement from our network of NGOs,

doctors, hospitals and well-wishers, coupled with financial support from our donors,

has brought about considerable change personally and in the lives of the

underprivileged as a whole.

The YFS team has now grown to 7 full-time coordinators, including 5 ex-

professionals, and 2 students who joined us as soon as they passed out of college,

2000+ people on our mailing list and about 350 regular volunteers spanning

across 45 companies and 10 colleges.

YFS focuses on volunteering as a means of self-transformation. It is a process of

creating individuals with strong personal and national character, through doing

their bit for the society. It is a very informal and fun-filled volunteering platform,

new ideas and volunteers being its driving forces.

The animating force behind YFS has been, is and will be Swami Vivekananda.

2012-13 being the 150th year of his ever-inspiring personality, we aspire to

give more in terms of time and commitment. We invite all of you to join hands

with us and and tread the path shown by Swamiji who said Let us all work hard,

my brethren; this is no time for sleep. On our work depends the coming of theIndia of the future. Arise and awake and see her seated here on her eternal throne,

rejuvenated, more glorious than she ever was this motherland of ours.

Together we can, we will make a difference. Vande Mataram!

Thank You,

Swathi RamYFS Hyderabad Coordinator

FROM THE COORDINATORS DESK

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January

First Annual day of YFS

First Teens For Seva event Prerana

School visited Govt. School, Balamrai

Collection of Job Profiles from Visually

Challenged

Narayana Patra (Cloth-bag distributionand rice collection drive) started

Surya Namaskar Marathon

February

Launch of Vidya Daan scholarship

scheme for children

Vana Yatra to Model Villages inMaharastra Hiware Bazaar, Ralegaon

Siddhi and Baripada

Lay Counselling started

March

Environment Week Facebook campaign

with participants from world over Presence at SAKSHAMs national

convention for Visually Challenged,

Nagpur

Promoted Eco-friendly Holi through

Organic Colors

April

School Kit Drive 2011 launched

Narayana Patra First time rice

distribution at Pallavi Ashram for mentally

deranged

May

Personality Development Camp forCollege Students

Seva Vacation by 2 volunteers at

Buruguputtu village, Araku Valley Village

adopted by YFS

June

School Kit Packing 3000 school-kits,

200 volunteers

YFS volunteers taught at summer camps

across the city

School Kit Distribution - 3000 school kits

29 schools, destitute homes and tuition

centers in and around Hyderabad, 300+volunteers 50 companies/colleges

July

Trip to Adilabad district to select tribal

students for further studies

Seva Vacation by 2 volunteers at

Deendayal Research Institute, Chitrakoot

OUR JOURNEY THIS YEAR

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5 college students interned in variousprojects

Launch of recycled books distribution at

Govt. School, Kothaguda

Ekta Yatra and presence at Kargil Vijay

Diwas

August Sevathon 3-day Seva projects visit

Marathon

September

Parisara Ganapati - Clay Ganesha idol-

making and Sapling Plantation Marathon

Akshar Bharati library initiative launched

October

Be the Change volunteer training

workshop

First rural eye-screening camp conducted

at Devarkadra, Mahbubnagar district

Free Clinic and Tuition-Center started at

Seva Bharati-YFS Office, Kacheguda

Health camp for maids and office staff,

and Braille Chess at L&T Serene County

Seva Mela Promotion of rural artefacts

in several companies

International Day of Climate ActionAwareness Campaign at Hi-tec city

junction

Vidya Daan donor-child video conference

November

Hyderabad 10K Run Participation in

support of the cause of Artificial Limbs Akshar Bharati Libraries Inaugurated

Launch of Sensitizing Disability initiative

in schools on World Disability Day

Chess competition at Wipro Visually

challenged students vs Employees

Presence at Sakshams NationalConvention for Visually Challenged,

Nagpur

December

Workshop on Story Telling Akshar

Bharati Library Initiative

Seminar on Door to Entrepreneurship From an Idea to a Venture

Seva Vacation at Gokavaram Tribal

Village, Kurnool District

OUR JOURNEY THIS YEAR

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YFS SHIKSHA

YFS volunteers teach in many Govt. schools, destitute

homes and tribal hostels across the city mostly Spoken

English, Computers and Mathematics and make

learning a fun-filled activity

These programs are aimed at supplementing the

teacher and nurturing the students intellectual as well

as co-curricular abilities, in turn increasing the urge to

study further. 11 projects are currently running and

about 50 volunteers are involved in teaching on a

regular basis.

As part of the Vidya Daan scholarship program, 490

students have been sponsored. Regular reports are

sent to donors and donor-child meetings are arranged

periodically.

School Kit Drive was conducted at the start of the

academic year and 3000 school kits were distributed

to the most needy students in 29 schools across the city

and in the surrounding rural areas.

SPECTRUM OF WORK

Funds for 15 libraries have been raised and are

being set up as part of the Akshar Bharati initiative

to inculcate good reading habits in underprivileged

children from a very young age.

The team has actively conducted Eye Camps in 17

Schools around the city, covering more than 5000

school children and distributed 400 spectacles.

Awareness talks and follow-up sessions have also

been conducted in 7 schools, dental camps in 3

schools. ENT camps have also been startedrecently.

The YFS Aarogya team works towards bridging the gap

between importance of good health, and lack of the

same by organizing basic health, dental, ENT and eyecheck-up camps. Awareness camps about hygiene and

nutrition, and on menstrual hygiene for girls are also

conducted.

YFS AAROGYA

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YFS PRAKRITI

The Prakriti team at YFS works towardsmaintaining a clean-and-green environment and

has been actively involved in spreading

awareness about eco-friendly practices in

schools, offices, residential complexes, shops

and other commercial establishments.

Various activities include:

1) Green Clubs to inculcate green practices in

children from an young age - Currently runningin 4 schools.

2) Narayana Patra - A door-to-door cloth bag

distribution and food grains collection initiative.

About 4000 cloth bags have been distributed

and 2200+ kilos of rice and pulses have been

collected till now and donated to variousorphanages, old age homes etc

For Holi, the team promoted the use of about

220kg of eco-friendly colours made of floral and

fruit extracts.Parisara Ganapati initiative involved

training children in 19 government schools/

destitute homes, 6 apartment complexes and

a few private schools in the city to make their

own clay idols. 1000 saplings were also planted

along with this activity and recycled note books

were distributed to all the children.

In view of International Day of Climate Actionon Oct 24th, the volunteers conducted an

awareness drive at the busy Hi-tec city

junction by distributing pamphlets and stickers

outlining the importance of switching off engines

when idle.

SPECTRUM OF WORK

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YFS GRAM VIKAS

YFS is now expanding its work to rural areastoo. A local teacher has been sponsored by YFS

in Burugguputtu village, in Araku Valley near

Vizag.

Regular health activities, including eye-screening

and spectacle distribution, and awareness talks

on various topics of interest are being carried

out in Devarakadra, Mahbubnagar district.

YFS VIKLAANG

Supporting differently-abled people in whateverways they require is another prime focus area ofYFS. Currently, 12 volunteers have been trainedand are involved in recording audio lessonsfor the blind. Spoken English and motivationalstory-telling sessions, Computer trainingincluding use of Skype et..al, Yoga classes aresome of our other initiatives. We also help themas scribes for writing their exams, and providecareer guidance and assist them in finding jobs.

Sessions on Sensitizing Disability to make

sure that students are confident and do not feeluneasy, or simply be uncertain, about how bestto deal with disabled persons were also launchedon World Disability Day on 3rd December. As partof the same, and to expose the hidden talents ofthe blind, Braille Chess competitions are beingconducted in apartment complexes and

companies between the blind and the residents/employees.

SPECTRUM OF WORK

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YFS promotes Seva Vacations and Internships for

volunteers who wish to give more than few

hours over the weekend.

Pradeep, a fresh MCA graduate volunteered full-

time for 6 months in Chitrakoot to develop a

website for Deendayal Research Institute.

Many volunteers also spent time ranging from 1week-3 weeks studying Seva projects in various

locations across the country.

5 college students interned with YFS working in

different projects of their interest, during their

semester breaks.

SEVA VACATIONS AND INTERNSHIPS SPECIAL EVENTS

VanaYatra to villages in Maharastra

18 Volunteers from YFS Hyderabad set out to studyvillage development projects in Maharashtra. It

included a visit to the famous Ralegaon Siddhi,

village developed by Sri Anna Hazare , Dr

Hedgewar Hospital and its projects in Aurangabad,

Hiware Bazaar (another model village) and a tribal

village Baripada at the Gujarat border. After a busy

3 days and 2000 Kms of travelling, volunteers were

left spellbound by the monumental achievements

and steadfast dedication of the people behind by

the projects.

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Ekta Yatra - Trip to Kargil

In honour of all our Jawans, YFS Hyderabadvolunteers collected 4383 messages from Indians

all over the world, to present it to the Jawans on

Kargil Vijay Diwas, 26th July 2011 [one message

for each day since we won the war on 26th July 99].

14 volunteers attended the Vijay Diwas

celebrations at the Dras war memorial and

presented the Ekta Sandesh - the collection of

messages to the Jawans. The army men werepleased to receive such love and respect from

Indians all over.

YFS volunteers also visited many Seva projects in

Leh and in remote villages around Srinagar, and a

rehabilitation home for boys in Katra as part of the

Yatra.

TESTIMONIALS

Being a part of the YFS Vidya Daan initiative, I have

realized the importance of sustaining a planned

grass-roots level education programme that not onlyprovides the finances but also creates awareness

among these communities that education is a sure

shot way out of poverty. I and my fellow team of

volunteers, felt more stronger than ever before to

pursue our mission further and to empower the

tribal community. Im glad to have been part of the

Youth For Seva Vidyadaan initiative and I hope youllbe inspired too! -Ravichandra, YFS-USA

Coordinator

It was really a wonderful experience working at a

YFS eye-screening camp. At the end of day I felt

satisfied and happy, As I had worked for some good

cause; apart from that all the team members are

very supportive and zealous. Even in near future, Iwould like to be a part of such kind of projects.

My sincere thanks to YFS which gives me such a good

platform to serve the needful children. -Sumit, Polaris

SPECIAL EVENTS

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CURRENT LIST OF REGULAR PROJECTS

1.Govt School, Kothaguda

2. Govt School, Rickshaw Pullers Colony, Jagatgirigutta, Kukatpally

3. Govt School, Sanathnagar

4. Govt School, Miyapur

5. Govt School, Osmania University

6. Mandal Primary School, Ramachandra Puram, BHEL Lingampally

7. Urdu Primary School, Dargah, Tolichowki

8. Govt Primary School, Izzatnagar, HiTex

9. Vatsalya Sindhu (destitute shelter for boys), Moula Ali, Secunderabad

10. Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram for Tribal Boys, Deendayal Nagar, Secunderabad

11. Sivananda Rehab Center, Kukatpally

12. Abhyasika (Tuition Center) Sewa Bharathi-YFS Office, Nimboliadda, Kacheguda

13. Chavadi Ashram, Telecom Nagar, Gachibowli

14. Free Homeopathic and Diabetic Clinic Sewa Bharathi-YFS Office, Kacheguda

If India has to become a developed nation by 2020,we cannot afford to neglect the 8-scrore Vanavasis-APJ Abdul Kalam

Youth For Seva is expanding its work to rural areassurrounding Hyderabad. Current focus is on Kurnool,Mahbubnagar, Mancherial, Medak and Nalgondadistricts.

Ways you can volunteer:

1) 1 month Seva Fellowship for field survey.

2) 2-day weekend volunteering.

3) Provide references to schools, colleges, doctors ,NGOs and others.

Expanding Our Horizons

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