Today , we had the distribution camp at the same place as before , Mhasa . This time only 3 people turned up ( Geetu , Ashish n Moi ) and it was a good thing as 3 were sufficient cause everything was so well organised we really didnt have to do mu…
Today , we had the distribution camp at the same place as before , Mhasa . This time only 3 people turned up ( Geetu , Ashish n Moi ) and it was a good thing as 3 were sufficient cause everything was so well organised we really didnt have to do much 
This was basically a follow up from the last camp whereby according to patients profile they recieved hand n leg callipers , walking helpers , wheel chairs and tricycles all made by NASEOH students for which they were paid which is great .
Today , the bigwigs of rotaract were there and we ended up talking with them the kind of projects they are doing and there might be potential for us pagals to look into that , they have a lot of things going on currently and in the future .
As for the camp , we helped around with distribution of the above mentioned things and helped the people by explaining them how to use the wheel chairs and tricycles and to see them and their families smile and happy was priceless :smile:
And lot of discussion and praise was given by the rotaract and naseoh heads to pagalguy.com and allwin and all of us for taking such kind of inititatives and doing something on the ground here and other places in India which came as a shock to them as they considered Indian youth not doing enough CS and then to hear n meet us which raised their hopes . All in all another succesful camp
PS : To our surprise , we got felicitated with flowers n bouquets 😲 by the villagers and the mhasa people and made to feel very special on the occasion and told us to continue with such camps in the future , geetu thankfully took the bouquets home as us carrying it in the train would be difficult , thanks geetu
This was basically a follow up from the last camp whereby according to patients profile they recieved hand n leg callipers , walking helpers , wheel chairs and tricycles all made by NASEOH students for which they were paid which is great
.Today , the bigwigs of rotaract were there and we ended up talking with them the kind of projects they are doing and there might be potential for us pagals to look into that , they have a lot of things going on currently and in the future .
As for the camp , we helped around with distribution of the above mentioned things and helped the people by explaining them how to use the wheel chairs and tricycles and to see them and their families smile and happy was priceless :smile:
And lot of discussion and praise was given by the rotaract and naseoh heads to pagalguy.com and allwin and all of us for taking such kind of inititatives and doing something on the ground here and other places in India which came as a shock to them as they considered Indian youth not doing enough CS and then to hear n meet us which raised their hopes
. All in all another succesful camp PS : To our surprise , we got felicitated with flowers n bouquets 😲 by the villagers and the mhasa people and made to feel very special on the occasion and told us to continue with such camps in the future , geetu thankfully took the bouquets home as us carrying it in the train would be difficult
, thanks geetu Awesome work you folks. Its so nice that all of you followed up with the distribution! Its always surprising to see how well they treat us. I am sure all us make so much more difference in our own ways.
I hope more people join us in our activities so that we can sensitize more people to the cause and 'touch' more lives through our activities :)
Today , the bigwigs of rotaract were there and we ended up talking with them the kind of projects they are doing and there might be potential for us pagals to look into that , they have a lot of things going on currently and in the future
Allrighty! Lets discuss it at NASEOH tommorrow then.. err.... you're all coming right ?
Great Work Guys!! and Great Update too :)
Hope I can make it to the next one
Cheers,
Wayne
hmm.. puneet has covered most of the stuff..! thank u puneet..:smile: this was my first camp.. so this is a kinda first impressions post...
i left home really early...! cos puneet had given me dhamki if i am not on time they wud leave me in Kalyan!!! ..(thanks Simba n Tabrez.. for the directions n tips..) i reached on time.!! only puneet was there.. NASEOH ppl were missin n so was r very own sleepy head.. ashish!! in a lil while evryone was there... n we were ready to leave.. in a MaXX!! (not a trax..accd to ashish!) (oh lets not forget the cutting chai n stone cold pav vadas !!! :whatthat: )
the drive was really good .. took us an hour or lil less to reach Mhasa.. we went to d skool.. i was seeing the skool for the first time.. cos ashish n puneet hv been here b4.. it was a pleasant surprise.. a good buiilding.. very well painted!! (better than my skool!! ) classes brimmin wid students.. since it was a workin day.. n a really cool princi.. he tried to make us all comfortable.. we noticed the girl to boy ratio was HIGH!! (way to go girls! ) it wasnt like how i wud perceive a village skool to be.. the girls had purple salwar kameezes as uniforms.. !! nice color for a uniform.. amazingly bright!
all three of us.. sat n chatted for a while cos we were early.. n the program was supposed to begin at 11:30.. around 11:30 sudha mam n the rotary hotshots arrived.. sudha mam introduced us all.. n they were very pleased .. n a lil surprised to meet all of us PAGALGUYS!! 
jus like puneet said.. they found the idea of youth takin active part in community service all on their own very surprisin.. n commendable.. ALL THANKS TO U PG!!!!
the skool committee had made a stage n evrything.. wid sudha mam n the rotarians liting the diya.. n makin small speeches.. the students sang two marathi songs.. one i think was a welcome song.. the second one i am not sure of!! then they started the distribution event.. they told us to distribute the tri wheelers n the wheel chairs..
it was an amzin experience.. wont call it fun.. cos it wasnt fun watching them come n take the wheel chairs.. or callipers.. but the smiles were heartening.. after the distribution was over.. we were felicitated.. that was the part i found highly embarrassin.. cos i hadnt done anything at all n these ppl were thanking me.. ! there is soo much i can do.. so much we can all do.. ! one of the rotarians told us.. the handicaps were mainly due to mishandling at birth.. it was a helpless feelin to see them... but i guess it jus strengthens my resolve to do something .. something which in a small way can make a difference..
then jus like that it was time to go back.. we were tired... but there were ppl who had walks 10- 20 kms jus to rcv there crutchs or wheel chair.. ! n they were gonna walk bac home .. i jus hope they all use the stuff they rcvd today properly.. n it helps them..
oh n bac to us THREE MUSKETEERS as sudha mam called us.. we were bac in the Maxx.. discussing inane stuff.. n how i had damaged the seat by jus sittin.. !!! imagine that!! ultimately wen i reached home.. i had six bouquets wid me.. (3 from the skool committee plus 3 from NASEOH) n it seemed like i was comin from a college rose day!! ppl stared at me..
all in all dis camp was an unforgettable experience... n i hope i can attend many more of them.. n last but not the least.. let me thank ashish n puneet for bearing wid me.. u guys were great company!!!!
P.S : this post is gonna seem disjointed.. thats bcos typin it the second time.. ! the first one got deleted!!
What a post :D
PG, yeah, thank you da, CS is something some of us might not have launched into at this stage had it not for the example set by you, simba, subbu and the likes. For all the work/resources you have put into the forum, this might be a small source of satisfaction to you. :)
Coming tomorrow of course
Geetu Sayswe noticed the girl to boy ratio was HIGH!! (way to go girls! )
Way to go guys I'd say
Well, events have already been put up very nicely by puneet & geetu...
Probably i can add some observations to it...
1. Uncle didn't appear this time...
2. Met rotarians & they were really happy to c our initiative. They also talked abt some of the upcoming initiatives like installation of boring pumps in palghar area (27th feb), upgradation of PC lab at NASEOH (by 31st Mar) to P-IV's & a new comp lab wud b opened in a village with the PCs currently in NASEOH.
3. Felicitation by NASEOH & the school, & all 3 of us were really embarassed.
4. journey was fun & i got to know puneet (the entrepreneur:whatthat: ) n geetu more... Had a lot of masti during the MaXX ride with discussion varying from rel infocom (remem last time ), puneet's MICA call, MY SPJ int, our office environ, PG's picnic plan... aur bhi bahut kuch... (like who's goin to carry the flowers & why the same seat did not crack whn puneet was sitting on it )
in the end, geetu helped us all by taking the flowers ... carrying those in the train wud have been very difficult... Sincere txs to geetu for this...:whatthat:
Sorry for being late... But great to see so much enthusiasm!! Geets, I am sure u felt embarrased for receiving the flowers, but then again, as I told ya, assume that u accepted the flowers for all of us, the PG junta!! Also, it need not be only for what u guys did on that day, it could be for the efforts u have put in for NASEOH through out. See, thats a better way to look at things!! :)
Puneet, Geetu & Ashish, great reports :)... Next camp, we sure will do better seva & end up feeling even more better!!
Cheers
Simba
junta here the photos... 😃 sudha mam sent them today...
Since the file limit is only 32k..n the photo size is 60-100k... ... Uploading the snaps here Mhasa Distribution Camp2 ....
Mods increease the file size to atleast 100k ....
(PG will surely kill me for this... 'server space kya ped pe ugta hai')
Guys, there is a camp coming up this Sunday?? Pls let us know, how many volunteers are there??
As of now,
PG & Simba
As of now,
PG & Simba
hey simba..
i wont be coming.. CET !! 
:huh:
u guys hv a good time.. they told us its a beautiful place.. umm a hospital i think...
take care
g
hey simba..
i wont be coming.. CET !!
u guys hv a good time.. they told us its a beautiful place.. umm a hospital i think...
take care
g
Oh thats sad.. anyway have fun with CET
Guys, just spoke with Javed. Confirmed attendees for Sunday's camp are:
PG
Ashish &
Me.
I think Ashish will directly join the volunteers in Thane.Me will catch up with another set of volunteers in Chembur. And PG will come directly head towards Palgar (not sure whether I got the name right!) from Borivli. 😃
Note - Nikhil i spoke to Javed about you but he was sorry that he might not be able to accomodate u in the Sumo they have already planned on. He wondered if you could directly catch up with Allwin & head to that place. Confirm on that pls. 😃
Cheers
Confirmed and there has also been a plot hatched to kidnap kid mod too
Camp report requested 
camp report requested twice
The wait is over & requests granted....
There was not much to do this time... hence not much to write..
Allwin, Nikhil & I made it to the camp. Unfortunately, sowmya had to cancel her plans due to ill health.
The camp was organised in a Dr M.L. Dawale Charitable Trust Hospital & it was very well organised.
I, alongwith NASEOH staff & one intern, reached there at 9:30 AM . We were lucky as NAEOH has arranged one Qualis each from thane & chembur for the long-trip to palghar & the journey was very comfortable, which included a mini-breakfast session at a highway hotel at manor. :)
Hospital staff had already started the registration work & they had ample staf to direct people to the relevant rooms.
After having breakfast & visiting few of the hospital facilities, the doctors (2 orthopaedic surgeons & 3 interns) started examining the patients at 11:00 AM.
It was past 11:00 AM & many have asked about Allwin (Mr Kishore from rotract & NASEOH people) & i was also feeling out of place... no work to do & no PG junta to gossip with...i was missing the PG junta & was cursing my cell for showing 'limited service'.
And than from the back someone called my name,,, it was PG & nikhil... ... Neway, they too were in the hospital since 9:30 & were strolling outside when i was enjoying the breakfast n adrak-tea alongwith the doctors & NASEOH people :)
Since there was not much to do , the 3 of us sat together & started talking about what other things can we do... a very nice idea about explorin non-conventional resources of energy for rural areas was fwded to us by Mr Balasubhranayam. Also, i shared a msg from one of the persons Mr Palani Thyagarajan in my company who is working with 'VINIMAY' - an NGO which educates under privileged children. Mr Thyagu was very impressed with the work we do & want to share their experience as well as talk about 'vinimay' to us. Earliest sunday when he could give 2 hrs to us is 27th Mar... :huh: or 2nd mar (wednesday)
Well, as there was not much to do in the camp, PG & nikhil decided to say good bye.
Finally the camp finished at 3:00 & we left palghar at 4:00 after a mast-mast lunch ...
Regards,
Ashish
psst: still wondering what the 2 were doing outside when they cud have very well asked any hospital staff abt NASEOH/Mr Shetty. Any guesses... PG/Nikhil post in ur exps... Nikhil. what happened to the kidnapping plot... lights plz
& puneet.. how was MICA int buddy?? & geetu/wayne how was CET ... Simba/PG.... ISB?? seems a lot of treats to come in the coming weeks...
damn !! God knows wat happens to the post when u type and then use the wrong mouse gesture to go back to a previous page . Anyways, like ashish said not much work there - those guys had got about people to do abt everything. I guess it would've been a pretty much a waste of time + us getting in everyone's way if talks about solar panels and all that hadn;t started. Overall, all three of us were too busy picking each other's brains about two or three topic some of which ashish has mentioned. Anyways first the trip to the place. me and PG were to meet at Borivili by 8 ish and both of us reached there by 7:40 ( This is a SPECIFIC mention to prove that not me but two of our esteemed moderators were responsible for arriving late for the Murbad camp) Pg told me to meet him on platform 5 so i was under the impression that he had both the tickets to Palghar. Needless to say, I travelled from Borivili to Palghar ticketless We got this really old-fashioned cute looking train from Virar to Palghar. decently comfy. Caught a rick from there to the hospital . then went to the canteen (first stop there) - a joint effort by me and Allwyn to hammer down a two-egg omlette and two misal pav's followed. We actually kept coming back to the place set up for the camp but didn't see anyone so we wud go back somewhere else for a place to sit . Secondly, due to an absolute lack of conn to ashish's or javed sir's phone, we weren't able to contact them - anyways, the rest of it is as ashish put it. However, we me and PG decided to skip lunch and make a move. Bad mistake ! that place was so deserted and the sun shone so brightly, we were like huffing and puffing like 5 minutes into the walk. No autos anywhere in the vicinity, even a few cool-looking three wheeler mini0-buses were packed. So i guess we walked like 15 mins ( felt like 15 hours ) before we managed to hail an auto - then we downed a massive lunch included 3 or 4 lassis. then back on a hell-hole train to andheri and then home sweet hostel - anyways, an eventful day but i honestly believe much more could have been accomplished(in terms of actual community service) if we were at Naseoh tho' - but then again pretty nice experience and lotsa and lotsa gyaan
That's it from my side
hi ppl,
nice to c u ppl doing such work. r such camps not conducted in bangalore??????
so that the PGites in bangalore can join the camps..........
hi ppl,
nice to c u ppl doing such work. r such camps not conducted in bangalore??????
so that the PGites in bangalore can join the camps..........
Hi Netravathi,
This camp was conducted by NASEOH the NGO the Mumbai gang work with :)
Probably not camps.........but you yould sure join the Bangalore gang in their Community Service Initiatives. Check the following thread for details
http://www.pagalguy.com/cat/showthread.php?p=153426#post153426
Cheers,
Wayne