Hm...sounds good Prasanthi. Day to day life to baaga upayogapade vasthvulu evaina konisthe bavuntundi. It will be a good start. Books sounds good. Ask Mr. Babu what the kids like to do more or spend more time on..and based on that we can c wht we can help with.
For a minute I was thinking...how different their world is from ours. Things that we might enjoy most might not make any difference to them..like music n songs! -Divya --- In [email protected], "Lakshmi Prasanthi Uppalapati" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, Diva. We can't help those kids in any other way as we are not used to > talk with hearing - impaired children. Ofcourse these children can > understand our lip movement. > > So I thought it would be good if we can donate some useful stuff to them. I > haven't asked Mr. Babu whether they have a library or not. If so donating > books is the best way. I think it is good if we can buy them autobiographies > and Encyclopaedia CDs as they have computers. > > What do you say? > > I await the reply of all the members. Please do respond. > > Thank you. > > On 8/14/06, suresh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Indeed a very well described activity. We could actually visualize what > > you guys have seen and done during your visit. > > > > As always keep up the spirits and the good work ... > > > > cheers > > > > > > *Lakshmi Prasanthi Uppalapati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > > > Hi Phani, > > > > Thank you for the detailed explanation of our visit. I am sure every > > member visits Ashray-Akruti virtually while reading your rendition. > > > > Murali and Jayaram, explain your feelings as well. > > > > Coming to his expansion plans, there is some international organization > > which shortlisted few NGOs who are functioning in a novel manner. They test > > him, train him and then release funds to him to scale his organization. > > > > Thank you. > > > > On 8/14/06, phanindra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Friends, > > > > > > I wanted to share my feelings on Ashray-Akruti but completely forgot > > > about it. May be its a bit late now to share but they said - "Better late > > > than never" and so I start! > > > > > > We visited both the school and the hostel of Ashray-Akruti. Mr.Babu(the head of Ashray-Akruti) led us and showed both these places. The school > > > is small but is well maintained. It has several tiny class-rooms and caters > > > to students upto 10th Class. The needs of the deaf students are well thought > > > of as is evident from the big mirror that is placed on the wall at the > > > location where there is a turn in the stairs. "Children will be in a rush to > > > leave home in the evening and since they are deaf they can't sense if > > > somebody is ascending the stairs by the sound. This poses a problem at the > > > turning where there is a possibility that they may hit a person ascending > > > the stairs. Placing a mirror helps to see whether somebody is ascending the > > > stairs and hence avoids a possible collison" explained Mr.Babu. > > > > > > Mr.Babu next took us to the hostel in his van. The hostel has around 37 > > > students including some 7-10 girls. What immediately impressed us is > > > the orderliness and neatness of things. Be it the shoe stand or study tables > > > or cots or bathrooms, everthing is neatly arranged. "Even we don't keep our > > > homes with such neatness" commented Murali. "Well this is good! but how do > > > you accomodate new students here, as this place looks already full?" asked > > > one of us. "Simple! We don't take new students unless a old student leaves, > > > thus creating a vacancy" came the reply from Mr. Babu. "This hostel has all > > > the most needed facilities. We have 2 computers where children play games, > > > there is a rest room if someone falls sick, we have a cook, we provide > > > homely food and we have "aayaas" to take care of children" > > > explainedMr.Babu while taking us through the hostel. > > > > > > The students in the hostel are very lively. When we reached there they > > > were eating lunch sitting on the floor and on seeing us there is a glow in > > > their face. They looked curious and one girl even put her thumb up and made > > > a moving gesture to ask us who we are! Prasanthi looked very impressed and > > > remarked "How sweet!" Remarkably, these students can understand what we say > > > by seeing our lip movement. Mr.Babu called a boy, gave a bag and said > > > "stove". The boy replied "stove" as if to ask Mr.Babu if thats what he > > > meant. Mr.Babu nodded and said "Put it in the store room". The boy > > > nodded and said "Store room" to confirm thats where he has to keep it. > > > Mr.Babu nodded again and the boy left. "My goal is to make these > > > students mix with the normal world. With proper training for 1-2 years, they > > > can pick up what we say and can communicate back to us, although bit slowly" > > > > > > "What motivated you to start this school?" I asked Mr.Babu while we were > > > returning back to the hostel. "My brother is deaf and he could not get > > > proper training to assist him. Its then I decided to start a school like > > > this." He gave us his visiting card while leaving and said "Its great to see > > > you guys. Thanks for coming. Plz attend the independence day celebrations > > > being organized by CSC exclusively for our school students". We said > > > good-bye and left with memories of this visit. > > > > > > Overall, I have a good impression on this school. Seems that the school > > > caters to both orphans and slum students but the hostel has only slum > > > students (Mr.Babu mentioned that parents and relatives come to the > > > hostel once in a while). Mr.Babu has big expansion plans and he told us > > > he needs a lot of money for that. He even mentioned that he is shortlisted > > > for funding by one US based voluntary service organization. Though he did > > > not say it explicitly, it appeared to me that Ashray - Akruti would get > > > a good amount of money if that organization finalizes his school. I am not > > > sure what he is expecting of us, but I think we can contribute small amount > > > to his school by donating some objects necessary for them. > > > > > > Phani. > > > > > > > > > *Lakshmi Prasanthi Uppalapati <prasanthi.uppalapat [EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > > > > > Hello Friends, > > > > > > As we discussed on various important topics, Suresh and Kalpana can't > > > visit AA. Ratan ji, though interested, couldn't attend the meeting due to > > > meetings in his apartment. > > > > > > Sowmya came to the school but as yesterday is sunday it is closed. As > > > she gets only time on sundays to visit home, she didn't accompany us to the > > > hostel. > > > > > > Myself, Murali, Jairam, Phanindra visited the hostel. I request three of > > > them to write their opinions/feelings whatever about their visit to AA. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > -- > > > with regards, > > > PRASANTHI. > > > ---- > > > When you want something, the whole universe conspires in helping you to > > > achieve it. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! 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