Prasanthi is on a short time off from mails. I will leave Jairam to reply to this mail..since he is one of the key guys involved with this Project.
-Divya (Pryga-for PRAYAGA) ********************************************************************** --- In [email protected], "raul." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi raghu, prasanthi, divyapriya and group members, > > So, its already in process. :-) All I need is to join jayaram. > I would like to know more about anikepally priject...may in the next month's meeting... > > Ok...let me put some of my thoughts that I had and some that I came to know, so that it can help us in someway... > > This is a reply from Sachin and Co., who has been teaching the slum children and succeed doing so... > > "Hi Rahul, > > Sorry for the delay in reply. I would briefly explain to you how Prarambh started. > > Prarambh was begun with an idea. Me and my few friends (4 of us) wanted to help the slum kids in our vicinity. We had no idea, how we wanted to do this...so one fine day we just walked into the slums and spoke to a few people... > > We explained to them, that we wanted to teach their kids in our spare time (i.e. on weekends). > > As far as space was concerned we had some open make do rooms in the Basti, once we had a classroom, we just went in there and collected as many kids as possible and got them in!... > > This is how it started :) ... Gradually we had more students coming in. All volunteers activey promote Prarambh on their company forums, this way we got in more teachers and things got flowing... > > After few months we met a lady, who runs a NGO named Ashray, Ashray is also handling kids from the same area, the only difference being, it is handling kids from class 8 upwards. > > We primarily handle smaller kids (2nd to class 7) > > We combined our efforts and now we both work independenly on mutual benefits... > > Now coming to how you could be a part of this.... > > 1 : Collect some like minded friends > 2.: Select an area > 3.: Go and speak to the people there, explain them how Prarambh has been a success in Pune > 4: Spread the word... get more people... getting interested, committed people, who will not quit mid-way will be your most challenging task... > 5: You will need to win the trust of the people, because if you stop in a month or two, any further projects will be met with resistance... > > Finally, if you need ANY help... pls email me... I will try my best to help you... > > I hope you are successful doing this in Hyderabad! > > All the best! > > Thank you > Regards > Shachin B" > > > Coming to me, I can be part of this as a volunteer or may be as a teacher, and I can contribute in little amount as I am still a dependent... > > > I hope we will be successful dong this in hyderabad! > > > And prasanthi you got me in the right sense(no misunderstanding) except that I wrote Raul intentionally...call me raul in the mails and rahul at the meeting....:-) > > Regards, > Raul. > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new Click here > Catch all the FIFA World Cup 2006 action on Yahoo! India Click here >
