Hello Prasanthi garu, Its seems you are thinking very much in deapth. What I feel is we can only help those who are really interested in pursuing further studies by financial support to some extent and moral support now and then.
Here I have summarized my views and openions regarding educational support. 1.What we expect from them? Just a good citizen who in turn may be capable of supporting others in future. That is enough for our satisfaction. Ofcourse being in constant touch with them we can advise them and mould their career to some extent. We can never expect what she/he would be in future. Only thing we can do is we have to choose such a person, who have genuine interest to pursue studies but unable to do because of several reasons. 2.What if they develop bad habits? This too, at this stage, we cant predict. But a responsible person will never do that. Whome ever we help they are going to be our members. Then why to worry? we should not give them any extra money which they never want. We just make them to ask us for the their needs just like our brothers or sisters do. Only after evaluation we can sanction them. We should be in touch with them, Just like a brother or sister we should encourage them at all points. This kind of care will never allow them to do some thing bad. 3. Funding. I think It will be nice if we have a seperate fund for educational supports. A portion of monthly funds or special amounts which people would like to provide for the same. By having that we can plan how far we can support them depending on their necessities. Finally, Supporting kids - its doesnt rise any such questions. In the case of this girl, we can support her financially but can you enquire about her family situation, what I feel is her parents too should be interested otherwise it will be very problematic. please check this. With Regards Gopi Krishna --- ulprasanthi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Karthik and others, > > Thank you for the response and interest. > > Today Sai garu (Nokia's site manager)spoke with me. > > He explained me various scenarios that can happen > and their past > experiences. Also he emphasized the necessity of > doing lot of ground > work. > > What he opines is, if at all we take up a case, we > should take full > responsibility and we should talk to the family: > 1. Do they do her marriage or do they allow her to > study and get > employment > > Also we should be able to guide her, groom her, > motivate her etc., It > is just like taking a responsibility as such that we > do it for our > own family member, a sort of adoption. > > He has given few examples: > 1. A guy who cleared IAS exam > 2. A girl who got many offer letters for a pay of > more than 50k and > who is opting for US University Scholorship for MS > program > > If we wish to commit, we should talk to the girl/any > student in > detail, analyse her and then if we feel she is worth > of all our > efforts, then we should groom her. > > He has also given the examples of a boy who ran away > from the hostel > and also a girl who developed all sorts of bad > habits. > > So it is not so easy. > > After listening to him, I felt very discouraged. So > I think we need > very good discussion on it and we need people who > can commit and also > be good enough in guiding and counselling. We all > should do it > collectively. > > It is not the case of medical help or running > medical camps or just > providing financial support. > > Ofcourse Sai garu and other members of Satya Sai > Seva Dal helps us, > but we should be very committed and dedicated. > > Lot need to be done here. Are we fit enough to take > up? Please > advice. Personally I am doing very serious > introspection and to be > frank a bit negative of our competency in dealing > with/working for > this cause. > > Thank you. > > > --- In [email protected], Karthik > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > This is a good cause. I want to contribute to this > girl's > education. Please let me know how I can. > > > > Cheers! > > Karthik > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Lakshmi Prasanthi Uppalapati > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 10:30:31 PM > > Subject: Re: [tomakeadifference] <Important: New > Case> Need for > educational support. > > > > > > Thank you Raghu and Suresh. > > > > Suresh from We Will Help You group came forward > to help her > initial fee requirement. > > > > ------------------------------ > > From: We Will Help You > > "Suresh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I propose that we go ahead with the idea of > sponsoring this girl's > education. We can formalize how to raise the funds a > little later. I > am willing to put up the initial fee requirement so > that she does not > miss the opportunity to start on time. > > Education will always have my support. > > Suresh A > > > > -------------------------------- > > > > I will give the contact details of the girl to 3 > of you off-line > later. If you want to ring to her and talk, you can. > > > > Thank you. > > > > On 6/14/06, suresh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Prasanthi and team, > > > > Since the college has already begun, lets go > ahead with sponsoring > her. In the meanwhile we can work on finding a third > party to sponsor > her education. > > > > My initial contribution to this is $55. This > money was raised from > a penny drive. My friends who participated in this , > had collected > pennies worth $55 and even they would be happy to > know, what they > thought was inconsequential , has turned out to be a > significant > amount. > > > > anyways, thats my 2 cents :-) > > > > > > ulprasanthi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello Friends, > > > > Good Morning/Evening. > > > > This is the case of a girl that I mentioned in few > of my previous > mails. > > > > Name: Swati > > > > Family Details: > > Father: An Agricultural worker who earns Rs. 70 > per day > > Mother: Works in a Seed company who earns Rs. 45 > per day > > She is the youngest among the four children. All > her elder sisters > got > > married. She is interested to pursue her > education. > > > > Address: Flat No: 37, B. N. Reddy Nagar, > Vanasthalipuram Mandal. 2 > kms > > from Vanasthalipuram it seems. > > > > Marks she secured in SSC: 507 > > > > She told me that there is a college by name Naveen > College near by > her > > house and she doesn't mind studying in any other > college that we > > sponsor for her. She is ready to even join in a > hostel. (We don't > know > > her parents' opinion. This is just her personal > interest). > > > > I requested her to go to Naveena College tomorrow > and get the fee > > details and the contact details of the principal. > > > > > Meanwhile we should try to know about any college. > One of my > > relatives' husband works in Narayana College. I > will find out if > there > > is any scope of concession and is it possible to > talk to the > > management here. or else we can try in any other > college that we > know. > > > > Friends, what do you feel about this case? 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