[uRmad]

Hey Pratyusha....Great to see you back.....Was just mailing Ketan to get in touch with you, kalyan and the others.....Sadly, me in chennai currently.....But yea, there seem to be a lotta ppl volunteering currently....So we need to get started on some program at the earliest....Drag kalyan/Uday back to this thread...Call him/pester him/spam him

Cheers

ps: All the best for those calls

[pratsy]

hi huys...

for those of u who r in for an HCS project...this is what has happened... enthu junta can ples post here if u guys have anything to say...
since we dont know the nature of the work... we have the freedom to choose something to wor on... so...go ahead n fill the thread


this is what happened in the past 2-3 days...

bottom's up!

Uday tekunmala wrote:
Pratsy!!!!!! Thanks a ton for the certs! U r the best!

Raring to meet all of u folks!


On 2/24/06, pratyusha wrote:

nxt weekend it is??? gr8!!

me feels a strong agenda is a must...
my sugestions'd b
a) decide how much time we r willing to spare
b) how many ppl can we rope in
c) can we look at other orgs too?
d) apart frm teaching...is there stg else we can do?
(well...apart frm organizing MUNGAs :P)

feel free to add to the list...

HCS is BACK!
------------------
pratsha aka dmitri


PS: uday... gr8 to c u back(read subbu's PS on HCS)...
certs r ready..yeah..finally..

--- Uday Prakash Tekumalla wrote:

Hey! Cool to c so much happening here! Was out of
town for a while...

So where r we meeting up?

Uday

On 2/24/06, shwetha peddireddi


oh next weekend wud be perfect..cya

Subject: Re: [mvf_hyd_vol] Hello
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:07:16 +0530

Hi all,

It seems we have good enough people to start
> with... Is it a good idea for all of us to meet at some
> place and discuss about
the kind of projects all are interested in and the
> work done previously by
some of you...

>How about next weekend? Any convinient place would do.....
Regards
Ketan


On 2/22/06, shwetha peddireddi wrote:

hey ppl!
too god to start a new project..count me
in...i can work only on
weekends
though..and some hours during weekdays...coz
am kinda busy wid myn semester now!
well some of us were wonderin abt taking up a
new project
> elsewhere..so
>if
it is mvf...damn good ..let me knw abt da
meet ..hoping to meet most

of
da
gang there...
till then..



ketan said:
ntly shifted to Hyderabad and
looking forward for
volunteer
work with MVF. Rather than going ahead as a
individual, I thought
that
it would be more effective and focussed
effort from me, if I join
people already working with MVF on various
projects. This yahoogroup
is not very active, so in case some of you
people are still in touch
with MVF (or know ppl who are working for
MVF), kindly introduce me
to them.

Thanks and Regards
Ketan



thanks n regards ...
------------------
pratsha aka dmitri

PS: 1 o'clk in the nite is NO TIME for PSes!!!!!!!!!

[ketanm]

For the uninitiated about how all this communication happened... please join the yahoogroup

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mvf_hyd_vol/

A new mail came from Ravi


What you are going to read is hard to believe but true.

Apparently from times in memorial, there has been a practice of Child Marriages on the holy day of Shivaratri in many parts of the country, at a
particular time during that day, when the holy bell rings to signify the birth of Lord Shiva. All Shiva Temples ring this bell at a specified time and it is
said that during the whole time the bell rings any man can tie a thread to any girl – under aged or otherwise and they will be pronounced man and wife. There is no need for any official to solemnize the wedding nor is
there a need for the consent of the girl. This practice has been prevalent for quite a while now and surprisingly has not got much attention. It might seem absolutely absurd in Metro’s and Cities but this practice is rampant in rural areas.

MVF has now taken up the issue of Child Marriages after the completion of its efforts to bring about a legislation to abolish Child Labour and at present
there are numerous teams in the field who will be present at temples on Shivaratri (Sunday) to prevent as many Child Marriages as they can.

In a lighter vein, it has also been suggested that most MVF Volunteers are being encouraged to steal the bells from Shiva Temples to completely put an end to this menace.

In this regard, MVF has once again sought the help of the team that assisted them in the past for the UN Mock General Assembly and also for the campaign to abolish Child Labour. In a chance meeting with the
Chief Coordinator of MVF, Mr. Naren spoke about various other upcoming activities that require special help and active participation from people from all walks of life who have the time and willingness to fight for a just cause.

For the last couple of days there have been discussions to organize a meet to gauge the pulse of the junta about an action plan to assist MVF in
whatever way we can and also to set an agenda for HCS start off again.

As there might be no chance for any of us to contribute to the events on Shivaratri, we could have a meet on Sunday to kick start HCS again. Also, there has been a general consensus among the mvf_hyd_vol group to organize a meet this weekened.

To start off, I propose:

Edited: Saturday 25th Feb @ 5pm at Café Coffee Day, Amrutha
Mall, Somajiguda.

The interested can come at anytime between 4pm – 6pm and will have an open discussion about the various ways in which we can contribute to MVF.



Ketan

[Hobbes]

Hi All,

On saturday about 10 of us met @ Coffeeday for over 2 hrs to discuss wat all projects we can take up.

Unanimously it was decided that we shud look @ other NGOs that offer us more oppurtunities in the city. I list a few proposals that we discussed:


1. Newsletter - Revive the NL project ASAP. We already have some info that we'd collected earlier for Edition 4.
2. Teaching - MVF had adopted a few govt run hostels. They need ppl to take classes in Science, Maths, Comp Sci etc over the weekends.
3. Working with Blind Children - we could record tapes etc for blind kids. Shwetha to chk with LV Prasad Eye Hosp and Ravi will follow up with Devnar.
4. Working with Slum Children - Nandi works with slum kids over weekends. Rohan to collect more info on this.
5. Offline Library - Collect books (story books, comics etc) and setup a library at one of MVF's bridge camps (or any other NGO's camp)
6. Child Marriage - a) Create publicity material to be used by MVF
b) Collect data to be used by MVF, say on the acceptability of child marriage in the city.


Current focus
1. Rebuild the HCS group.
2. Start work on the NL.


Next Meet
We plan to meet the next weekend, at 5 PM at Jalgam Vengal Rao park. Anybody who's interested in contributing is invited to attend the meet.

If I've missed out anything, plz feel free to add.

thanks,
Uday

[ketanm]

Just to add to Hobbes post above... next weekend means

Sunday 5th March 06.

edited:

Ketan

[catbitten]

hi guys...i'm new to this group..i want to volunteer in ur further initiatives....pls inform me about those..

[Hobbes]

Originally Posted by catbitten

hi guys...i'm new to this group..i want to volunteer in ur further initiatives....pls inform me about those..

hi plz chk my post, 2 posts before yours. That lists the activities we propose to do over the next few weeks.

Also, plz do join the Y! grp mentioned by ketan in a prev post...


And ya, do come for the meet next sunday...

Hope 2 c ya soon!

[vkris81]

Originally Posted by Hobbes

1. Newsletter - Revive the NL project ASAP. We already have some info that we'd collected earlier for Edition 4.
2. Teaching - MVF had adopted a few govt run hostels. They need ppl to take classes in Science, Maths, Comp Sci etc over the weekends.
3. Working with Blind Children - we could record tapes etc for blind kids. Shwetha to chk with LV Prasad Eye Hosp and Ravi will follow up with Devnar.
4. Working with Slum Children - Nandi works with slum kids over weekends. Rohan to collect more info on this.
5. Offline Library - Collect books (story books, comics etc) and setup a library at one of MVF's bridge camps (or any other NGO's camp)
6. Child Marriage - a) Create publicity material to be used by MVF
b) Collect data to be used by MVF, say on the acceptability of child marriage in the city.

Current focus
1. Rebuild the HCS group.
2. Start work on the NL.

Next Meet
We plan to meet the next weekend, at 5 PM at Jalgam Vengal Rao park. Anybody who's interested in contributing is invited to attend the meet.

Oh shit...no msgs for two weeks and then suddenly i see msgs flying all over the place...
and all that time I was key-board tapping in my office....it sucks!!!

anyway, sorry guys i couldn't make it for any event that happened in the past...

just been thru the posts. some real good things have happened...all my fault...miserere pls

I guess i've missed the 5th meeting too...OMG...

I need to get the updates from everybody and check if i could help someone in their tasks...personally i can take up teaching on weekends...or design/create material

can we have an update of the 5th (sunday) meeting?

[ketanm]

Originally Posted by vkris81

can we have an update of the 5th (sunday) meeting?

Here is the meeting update... forgot to post it here...

Till the time I was present, there were six people. The gist of the meeting was :

a) We will start the newsletter edition IV. I will re-filter the nletter@gmail account and try to see how many articles can be used. Then we might send a mail to people for getting more articles. Once we have the necessary content ready (for which I would be responsible), Ravi and Shwetha (along with other people who know telugu) would guide/assist/work-together for converting the newsletter to telugu. Then someone (not yet decided) will be responsible for compiling them into a proper PDF format (kinda editing/finishing touches etc etc). Once we have the PDF ready then we will talk to MVF about the newsletter and give them for printing. And we restart the process for next edition.

b) Shwetha talked with the peson (middleman) for the LV Prasad initiative. Now She will go directly to LV Prasad people and talk about the details of how/when/what we will be delivering the audio casettees (as per their needs). In case she thinks that more people needs to go along, probably few of us wil go along with her and finalise the details.

c) Ravi will talk to MVF guys again with the proposal that we currently have five-six dedicated people, so that we can surely restart the volunteer training program. As more and more people join in we can increase the projects, add in more projects, add in working with more NGOs.

d) Rohan will be in touch with Naandi people. He hasnt yet got any response. He will pursue that further.

The issue we were discussing is to get in more people. As per my view unless you start activities people wont come [and since i didnt got any counter-views I assume ppl agree with me :-) ]... so the idea now is to start the activities along with spreading the word. As we get more and more people we can expand our projects.

edited: Unfortunately I was the only PGite.

@vkris81: dont worry... you can surely be helpful in a lot of things. please join the yahoogroup mentioned in one of my previous post. That will provide you with more regular updates.

Ketan

[vkris81]

Ketan, Thanks for the update...

Originally Posted by ketanm

The issue we were discussing is to get in more people. As per my view unless you start activities people wont come [and since i didnt got any counter-views I assume ppl agree with me :-) ]... so the idea now is to start the activities along with spreading the word. As we get more and more people we can expand our projects.

Exactly the point I want to make, i guess we can contact you people who have some tasks in hand and then carry on with it rather than waiting for another meet...

Originally Posted by ketanm

edited: Unfortunately I was the only PGite.

there'll be more next time....

Originally Posted by ketanm

@vkris81: dont worry... you can surely be helpful in a lot of things. please join the yahoogroup mentioned in one of my previous post. That will provide you with more regular updates.
Ketan

Done with the registration...