Congrats.. Good idea.. go ahed.. Ram
On 6/10/08, ulprasanthi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Friends, > > Greetings. > > This is thinking aloud on we, TMAD members, taking up a serious > project. The proposal is not for this year. If you all like the idea > and are willing to volunteer to do the ground work and preparing a > detailed project report, then we will pursue. > > Most of us wanted to set up a school and we did discuss about it for > some time and decided that the time is not ripe. > > How this idea gained voice again!! > > 1. My cousin, Venu, who attended our June Month's Meeting expressed > that with our current strength (on Yahoo Group) and given number of > volunteers, we should have started the Orphanage sort of thing long > before and we wasted a lot of time. > > On Yahoo Group, we have 184 members. Assume it to be 185. > > If we can expect Rs. 500 from 185 members, it would be Rs. 92, 500. > If we get Tax Exemption, most of our friends will chip in. If we can > keep a target of Rs. 75000 a month, we can easily run an orphanage. > (NagaChandrika Devi garu of PremaNilayam told that the average > monthly expenses for the home is Rs. 80000 per month). > > 2. Srivyal > > Srivyal and I were chatting for few minutes occasionally and the > discussion came. He showed interest to know the ideas and is ready to > implement the practical ideas on experimental basis. > > 3. Suresh Ediga > > Suresh is now associated with TeluguPeople Foundation also. They took > over an Orphan Home for Girls in Cuddapah and he has suggested about > identifying opportunities that can help generate income for the > organization such as sewing & tailoring ; buy 2 or 3 cows for > producing milks; weaving; basket making or any other option based on > the local conditions. > > 4. Dr. Bala Sreenivas > > On one occasion, Dr. Bala also suggested that we should set up an > Orphanage and work on it. > > Based on all these influences, I wanted to give it a serious thought. > At least I want to share them. Now that we have many experienced > people in our group, we can get lot of suggestions. > > This is my Utopia: > > Goal: > > Financial Sustenance: > We should run an ideal Children-Old Age Home which sustains on its > own and does not depend on outside contributions except for the > initial two years. Whatever we spent on the initial two years we > should be able to get back in the next three years. This is something > like we are lending the money and taking it back without any interest. > > Education: > Enough with the current system of education. We should think of > progressive system which makes them confident human beings and their > courage and hope of life shouldn't depend on the money they earn. > > Also the livelihoods should be traditional and our own. We should not > teach them to be employed in BPOs. They shouldn't get affected by the > IT/BPO tides. > > More Details > > Place: > > 1. There should be a plenty of space for them to play. > > 2. Preferably with trees and also open space. > > 3. The place should be with good ventilation and scope for free flow > of air. > > 4. Should have good conveyance to the city > > Education > > 1. We will not join them in any schools. > > 2. We employ in-house teachers. > > What do we teach? > > 1. We will teach them different languages, a minimum of 5. > (Telugu, Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Urdu and a foreign language) > > 2. Coming to Mathematics, Science and Social, we should have a novel > approach. > (We should take the advice of trained teachers and we also should > analyse the syllabus (both State and Central)) > > Basically what I feel is that we shouldn't rub them with unnecessary > and unwanted load. What is useful to them in regular life is what we > teach. > > See now the Govts. are planning for Integrated Intermediate that > enables them to join PG without Graduation. We are wasting lot of > time. > > Extracurricular > > We will teach them > > 1. Yoga > > 2. Martial Arts > > 3. Sports (Traditional Indian Sports - Not Cricket) > > 4. Gardening, Milking Cows, Buffaloes > > 5. Handicrafts > > 4. New age professions: Tourism, Anchoring, Reporting, Banking > We do not encourage the BPO Professions (sustenance of which is not > known) > > Maintenance > > We should generate income from the Orphanage itself. > > For Milk, Vegetables and Fruits (some varieties), we should depend on > our own place. > -- We will maintain Cows, grow plants (vegetables, leafy > vegetables and fruits) > > We invest in a Micro Unit (a small scale industry) and tie up with > Corporates for sale. > > We will provide employment to women and few old couple. > > A simultaneous old age home is also run but not in the sense of > regular homes again. Old couple or old people who are alone and who > wants to spend their twilight years by doing something concrete, we > will house them. > > We will provide them with clothes, food and shelter. In turn they > should take care of the children and other activities. > > They should treat the children as their own grands. They should teach > them stories and all. > > Friends, > > Please give it a serious thought. If majority of you agrees to this > idea, we will work on it and hopefully start the Home in next year, > on our Official Second Anniversary (in reality, fourth anniversary). > > Please keep in mind, when there is a will, there is a way. When you > aspire something, the whole universe conspires in helping you to > achieve it. > > Thank you. > > with regards, > Prasanthi. > > >
