The level of commitment in terms of time, money, planning & implementation, field work and all the structural/day to day things this project will demand is my thought as of now. Can we depends on all of us meeting these together - all thru??
Well, thr is this other end aswell - we keep pushing it away saying tomorrow or a bit later and so on, and that tomorrow never really happns. At some point, we have to decide - yes. Adopting a school/orphanage is one thing - but running it all by ourselves is a whole diff picture. I am not trying to discourage any here, just writing down my immediate thoughts aloud. I luv the idea that we can start something such from our own group. Just making sure thr is so much commitment in us - in all directions. Also - adding couple more things apart from what Prasanthi mentioned - that we might come across working on this project : Who will actually run the orphanage - all of hyd team are full time employees. Some ppl need to be thr 24/7 - so we are talking of staff here which is followed by salaries - even if its not a big no. I personally wudn't depend on volunteers totally - since 'volunteering' always has that window whr one can just quit anytime. Unless by luck u find someone who is that committed to it. Not to send any negative vibes - but I have read so many scandals involved with orphanages - some that might purely be media myth - but many a time noticed that media/govt interventions are a big headache. This is just a thought here though - like how easy or how hard is it to deal with such situations?? And do many orphanages go thru this ?? If so, do we have to restrict ourselves to a certain age group of kids and seniors ?? I might just be thinking overboard here aswell - unsure. One of our biggest assumptions on financial end here is that every volunteer commits to his monthly donation. what if a certain % just dont' respond for some reason - will we be able to manage amongst the rest?? I do have to say though that I myself wud give the last preference to money issues - since we have managed raising money many a time beyond our own expectations. But, we perhaps have to quickly just make sure that we are within our budget/number limits. Also - this is a monthly recurring thing. Might be a silly thought - but to my self assurance - just so I (as in TMAD group) get that push I need on deciding - I wud perhaps add a file in our group page whr all the members who are ready to commit to this giving their best in all ups and downs - go in and say 'YES'. Will give us a no we can look forward to working with - a team that we can pick from. As always - we the overseas teams are always thr to do all we can - but it is usually limited to certain areas. We can provide the fuel - but field teams are life of the project. We will need a good balanced no between both here - an admin team & a working team. I will sleep on this for couple of days - before I give a yes or no on the project - from my end. I will undoubtedly be encouraged to be a part of it - seeing more positive thoughts - members who feel we can do this - and are willing to give it a good shot. Divya US team has been a bit dormant lately owing to our own personal priorities. I hope to be actively back into the group soon - atmost 2 months. Thnks on the support all the volunteers extended our way - thru this dormant phase. On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 1:01 PM, santhosh & lavanya < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > It is too ideal to have this kind of school but I believe it is possible to > make this into reailty by being together and commit ourselves to it. A short > term vision and long term vision are always better for our group. > > Hope to hear more from others. > > Regards, > Santhosh > > > On 6/10/08, Vani M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Read the mail... >> will reply tonight.. >> >> Vani. >> >> >> On 6/10/08, ulprasanthi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> We might think that how the children get Degrees? >>> >>> As SSC is necessary, we will train them to attend SSC. We will >>> encourage them to join courses through Distance Mode. >>> >>> When it comes to their employment, let us not think that they should >>> get into the regular bandwagon. >>> >>> We should encourage them to enter into Civils or similar exams or mould >>> them to be Entrepreneurs. We should imbibe such a confidence that they >>> should be able to make their living. We should prepare them for the >>> future. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> "The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The >> paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes >> both the maker and their destination." >> -- John Schaar >> >> > >
