AIM for Seva tag:www.aimforseva.org,2008-09-26://1 2010-02-17T10:29:24Z All India Movement for Seva (aimforseva.org) | Non-profit organization carrying out education and healthcare projects throughout India Movable Type Pro 4.21-en Member of Kalaimagal SHG, Anaikatti Win I Prize in Rangoli tag:www.aimforseva.org,2010://1.272 2010-02-17T10:27:28Z 2010-02-17T10:29:24Z Ms.G. Indrani member of Kalaimagal Self Help Group Kanuvai and Coordinator of Pannimadai Panchayat, won the first prize in the Rangoli competition conducted by Central Bank Of India, Nanjundapuram branch, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, as a part of the Pongal... Ramesh Nair Ms.G. Indrani member of Kalaimagal Self Help Group Kanuvai and Coordinator of Pannimadai Panchayat, won the first prize in the Rangoli competition conducted by Central Bank Of India, Nanjundapuram branch, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, as a part of the Pongal celebrations, on 7th Jan. 2010, for the members of the Self Help Groups.

The second and third places were bagged by Ms. Sri Devi and Ms. R. Indrani , of Sanjeevi SHG Somayanur and India SHG Nanjundapuram.

All the three Self Help Groups are facilitated by AIM for Seva – under Women Empowerment Program.

Congratulations Ladies !! Keep it up.
 

]]> RUN FOR AIM FOR SEVA - Help to Educate a child tag:www.aimforseva.org,2010://1.271 2010-02-17T05:33:06Z 2010-02-17T05:52:21Z AIM for Seva in partnership with Runners for Life, who have an initiative Feet on the Street once a month to give NGO's a platform, organised a run on Sunday the 14th February, 2010, at the Cubbon Park, Bangalore. Running... Ramesh Nair AIM for Seva in partnership with Runners for Life, who have an initiative Feet on the Street once a month to give NGO's a platform, organised a run on Sunday the 14th February, 2010, at the Cubbon Park, Bangalore.

Running and charity - if you didn't think of them in the same breath; think again. A whole lot of runners and running groups combining their passion for running with raising money for a cause close to their hearts, wearing their hearts on their sleeves ran for AIM for Seva, on a bright sunny morning.

The run started sharp as per schedule at 7 am. About 50 runners participated in the run. Yashuhiro Hondo - Toyota, Sunil Rao - Planter, Ravi Mirchandany of Oracle, Vinod Sharma of Accenture, Ananth Iyer from Thomas Cook were some of the dignitaries, who participated in the Run for AIM for Seva.

The huge support given by supporters and well wishers of AIM for Seva was overwhelming.

AIM for Seva thanks all of them, for joining hands with us to help to educate the children in the rural India.

To donate click here for details http://www.aimforseva.org/donate/

The next run is planned about 6 months later, so please do participate in large numbers and support a noble cause – Educate a child in rural India.

 

]]> Overview:Dayasagar AIM for Seva Student Home, Ronapal, Sawantwadi, Maharashtra tag:www.aimforseva.org,2010://1.270 2010-02-12T12:33:44Z 2010-02-12T12:37:30Z Ronapal is a small village near Sawantwadi town in Sindudurg District. The village is surrounded by mountains and has a huge tribal population. In the first quarter of 2007, AIM for Seva surveyed 25 villages in Sawantwadi District, to identify... Ramesh Nair
Ronapal is a small village near Sawantwadi town in Sindudurg District. The village is surrounded by mountains and has a huge tribal population. In the first quarter of 2007, AIM for Seva surveyed 25 villages in Sawantwadi District, to identify prospective students for the upcoming student home in Ronapal. Numerous rural and tribal families were identified and the parents were called and interviewed at Madura.

Out of the final 100 applications received, AIM for Seva selected 52 children based on the criteria of: (i) Economic condition of the family (ii) Distance to any available school (iii) Regularity of children attending school due to the environment at home.

Many of these children come from families belonging to the Dhangar Samaj which is a nomadic pastoral community living in around 20 villages around Sawantwadi. The children belong to families either with single parents, no parents or parents where the fathers are alcoholic and have no consistent income. The parents either work as labourers in mines or as farmers. Most of the families are below the poverty line.

At the Student Home, the children are studying in the 5th, 6th and 7th standard in school.In the first year of its operation, almost all the students have passed in their exams with flying colors. Three children have secured 74% in their 7th standard exams one girl has secured 73% in the 9th standard and many others have passed with I Class.

The children also take part in various extra curricular activities such as sports, elocution and theatre. The Student Home plans to start training the students in computer science, and is looking for donors who can fund the infrastructure for the same. From June of 2009 the children will also be given special coaching in all subjects by college staff from the nearby institutions and also from a retired school headmaster, who has come forward to help these children. Plans are also in the offing to start music classes soon.

The children follow a disciplined daily routine of morning yoga, prayers, wash, breakfast and going to school. After school hours, they are given an hour of play time followed by prayers and study time. The children also carry out all the daily routine maintenance work like cleaning the premises, making their beds, washing the utensils and even helping in the kitchen with enthusiasm. The parents, who visit the Chatralaya every month, are more than satisfied with the improvement shown, not only in academics but also in their health.

The student home has seen a marked difference in the health of the children as most of them were under nourished when they joined the Chatralaya and are now healthy and fit under the loving care of the caretakers. Dr. Khanolkar, a child specialist who has his own nursing home in Sawantwadi town has been regularly visiting the student home and treating the children completely free of cost. His son and daughter in law - Dr. Arvind and Dr. Ashwini Khanolkar also conduct regular health check ups for the children.

Mr. Padharpod, a generous builder from Mumbai, recently donated Rs. 15,000 for an inverter for the Student Home. Other local supporters include Mr. Pushkaraj Kole who donated school stationeries along with bedding essentials for the children. Mr.Kamath and several other generous donors have also donated towards various needs of the student home like a water purifier and other kitchen essentials.

The student home has one head cook, two assistants, two servants, a watchman and a full time accountant, who assist in the running of the student home.

The entire Student Home is run under the administration of Swamini Swatmanishtananda, under whose influence the children are encouraged and guided to a great extent.
 

]]> Overview:Kumari Deepa Devi AIM for Seva Student Home for Girls, Ronapal, Sawantwadi, Maharashtra tag:www.aimforseva.org,2010://1.269 2010-02-12T12:17:43Z 2010-02-12T12:27:02Z The Kumari Deepa Devi Singh AIM for Seva Student Home, for Girls , at Ronapal, Sawantwadi, Maharashtra new building was inaugurated by Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati on 25th Jan. 2010 . The villagers in and around the place gathered in... Ramesh Nair
The Kumari Deepa Devi Singh AIM for Seva Student Home, for Girls , at Ronapal, Sawantwadi, Maharashtra new building was inaugurated by Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati on 25th Jan. 2010 .

The villagers in and around the place gathered in large numbers on the happy occasion. They were only too happy that one more student home of AIM for Seva in their village.

The new building was donated by Mr. Suresh Prabhu, Ex MP, Local Area Development Funds and Dr. Naresh Singh and family , Canada.

The cultural program put up by the children was a feast to the eyes of the audience.

Swamini Swatmanishtananda Saraswati is the Regional Coordinator for this Student Home.
 

]]> Sixth Convocation of Swami Dayanada College of Arts & Science, Manjakkudi, Tamil Nadu tag:www.aimforseva.org,2010://1.268 2010-02-11T12:14:29Z 2010-02-12T09:36:55Z Ramesh Nair
The sixth Convocation of Swami Dayananda College of Arts & Science, Manjakkudi was held on Sunday the 24th January, 2010, in the college premises. Ms. Sheela Balaji, Manging Trustee and Secretary, AIM for Seva and SDET welcomed the gathering. The Principal, Dr.B. Sekar presented the Annual Report of the college.

The Under graduates, Post Graduates and Research students , 318 in all, were really blessed to receive their graduation certificates from Pujya Sri Swami Dayananda Saraswati.

T. Lavanya, M.Sc.( Computer Science ) bagged the 7th rank in the Bharathidasan University, while T. Sangeetha, M.Com., stood 14th in the university

The Chief Guest, Mr. Srinivasan  K. Swamy, Chairman, RK Swamy, BBDO Ltd.,Chennai, in his address stressed students to visualise India as a powerful country,in the near future, by way of increase in the percentage of literates, thus paving the way for the rapid growth and development of our country.

Dr.V.Rajagopalan, Principal, Sri Venkateswara College, Peravurani and Syndicate member, Bharathidasan University felicitated the graduates.

Prof.J. Parasuraman, Principal, J.J.College of Arts & Science, Pudukottai and Senate member, Bharathidasan University appreciated the innovative intelligence of the graduates.

Dr.Terry Papneja, our long standing donor vividly recalled his college days.

Thiru. Subramaniam Iyer was overwhelmed by the attitude of the students, for it indicates the proficiency of the teachers.

The vote of thanks was proposed by the Correspondent of the college Shri.G. Ramachandran.
 

]]> Annual Celebrations At The Indore Student Home tag:www.aimforseva.org,2010://1.267 2010-02-11T12:09:42Z 2010-02-12T13:06:45Z Ramesh Nair The Annual celebrations of the Bapu- Budh AIM for Seva Student Home, Indore , was celebrated on Sunday the 24th January 2010, with much gaiety and joy.

The chief guest was the Hon’ble Minister for Health, Madhya Pradesh Government, Shri Mahendra Hardia. On witnessing the cultural program by the children, he exclaimed it as one of the best programs he has witnessed.

The guests were gathered in large numbers, all well wishers of AIM for Seva.

The patriotic song sung by student Prakash Achale , and the play on National integration , where all students participated, was stunning.

The fluency and mastery over the Sanskrit language of the children was very evident from the Sanskrit play titled “Karna”.

The audience appreciated the confidence, originality and the simplicity with which the students put forth their ideas in each of the program.

Amit Bhargav of Std. VIII, and other students narrated in a very  interesting way their experiences before and after joining the student home.

Swami ParamanandaTirthaji of Shivoham Ashram, blessed the children and asked them to follow Swami Aishwaryanandaji’s principle of “Talk less and work more”.

Shri. Jamboo Bhandari, associated with AIM for Seva, from day one, wished the children success in all their endeavours.

Dr. K. C. Khare, has been closely monitoring the health care of the students, praised the high competent level of all round performances by them.

The other guest Shri Lakshman Singh Choulan, Sriram Panod village, promised to donate wheat requirements of the Student Home as in the previous year. Thank You Sir.

The vote of thanks was proposed by Shri. Keval Juneja, committee member, Indore Student Home.
 

]]> Girls of Nandyal Student Home Go on Educational Tour tag:www.aimforseva.org,2010://1.266 2010-02-09T06:44:58Z 2010-02-09T12:18:40Z The students of the Nandyal Student Home went on a tour to Shiridi and Nasik. The tour gave the girls an opportunity to mingle and develop an harmonious relationship with each other.Our donor of the Nandyal Student Home, Dr. Prathikanti... Ramesh Nair The students of the Nandyal Student Home went on a tour to Shiridi and Nasik. The tour gave the girls an opportunity to mingle and develop an harmonious relationship with each other.

Our donor of the Nandyal Student Home, Dr. Prathikanti and family sponsored the whole tour and also accompanied the girls. Thank You.

 

]]> Inauguration of Girls Student Home at Ronapal, Sawantwadi, Maharashtra tag:www.aimforseva.org,2010://1.265 2010-02-06T05:28:35Z 2010-02-09T06:33:16Z Ramesh Nair The Kumari Deepa Devi Singh AIM for Seva Student Home, for Girls , at Ronapal, Sawantwadi, Maharashtra was inaugurated by Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati on 25th Jan. 2010 .

 The villagers in and around the place gathered in large numbers on the happy occasion. They were only too happy that one more student home of AIM for Seva in their village.

The new building was donated by Mr. Suresh Prabhu, Ex MP, Local Area Development Funds and Dr. Naresh Singh and family , Canada.

The cultural program put up by the children was a feast to the eyes of the audience.

Swamini Swatmanishtananda Saraswati is the Regional Coordinator for this Student Home.

 

]]> "Commendable Work At Anaikatti" - Commissioner of Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation tag:www.aimforseva.org,2010://1.264 2010-02-03T12:45:10Z 2010-02-03T12:48:14Z Mr. K. Rajaram, I.A.S., Commissioner of Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation during his visit to Anaikatti, seeing the activities carried on at the Student Homes of boys and girls, was full of praise. He went round seeing the extraction process... Ramesh Nair Mr. K. Rajaram, I.A.S., Commissioner of Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation during his visit to Anaikatti, seeing the activities carried on at the Student Homes of boys and girls, was full of praise.
He went round seeing the extraction process of the Green Kovai project too.

His remarks in the visitor’s book bears evidence to the laudable work of AIM for Seva at Anaikatti, Tamil Nadu.
 

]]> New Classrooms for Swami Dayananda College of Arts & Science tag:www.aimforseva.org,2010://1.263 2010-02-02T07:34:50Z 2010-02-02T07:52:40Z Ramesh Nair The new classrooms under construction for Swami Dayananda College of Arts & Science at Manjakkudi is nearing completion.

]]> District Collector Hails Dharmapuri Students Cultural Program on Republic Day tag:www.aimforseva.org,2010://1.262 2010-02-01T06:16:52Z 2010-02-01T06:32:52Z Ramesh Nair The students of the KGBV participated in the cultural program held in connection with the celebration of 61st Republic Day at Dharmapuri.

The students excelled in their tableau display and ‘Kargattam’, ‘Oyilattam’ - Folk dances. It was well appreciated by one and all present there.
The District Collector , Dharmapuri, Ms. P. Amutha, I.A.S., and the Superident of Police , Mr. Sudhakar, I.P.S., gave away certificates of merit and prizes for the dynamic performance of the students.

Congratulations !! Keep it up.
 

]]> Thank You Donors - Dubai tag:www.aimforseva.org,2010://1.261 2010-01-22T11:36:18Z 2010-01-25T05:07:55Z AIM for Seva takes this opportunity to thank all its generous donors of Dubai , who have helped us to light the future of 33 students for 1 year in our Manjakkudi Chatralaya. We look forward to receive their continuous... Ramesh Nair
AIM for Seva takes this opportunity to thank all its generous donors of Dubai , who have helped us to light the future of 33 students for 1 year in our Manjakkudi Chatralaya. We look forward to receive their continuous support and encouragement in this noble endeavour- the upliftment of the under privileged children in the remote part of our Motherland.

Mr. Parasuram, representing the donors of Dubai handed over the donations at AIMS office in Chennai on 20th Jan 2010.

We are indeed very grateful to our well wishers in Dubai.
 

]]> "Finding One's Identity"- Swami Dayananda Saraswati's Talks in Bangalore tag:www.aimforseva.org,2010://1.260 2010-01-20T05:42:45Z 2010-01-22T11:03:47Z Ramesh Nair
The garden city of Bangalore extended a very warm, gracious & respectful welcome to Swami Dayananda Saraswati on the 20th of December 2009.

Banners and festoons informing one and all of Swamiji’s talks in Bangalore were seen at all strategic places in the city.

Swamiji delivered a series of lectures in “Finding One’s Identity”. His lectures unfolded the vision of Vedic scriptures - that all that is here is the manifestation of Ishwara, the Lord. Finding one’s identity is to understand one’s culture and the vedic vision.

The cold weather did not prove a deterrent to the many, who eagerly participated in the morning meditation session. The guided mediation session helped one to discover many roles that they play in their life, and to be able to understand that they were not the roles.

The first 6 chapters of the Bhagavad Gita, translated by Swamini Sadavi Varada Chaitanya in Kannada, was released by Swamiji on the 20th of December 2009.

A special counter displayed books written by Swami Dayananda Saraswati. It was well received - infact another stock had to be brought from Chennai !!

Swamiji,s meeting with YPO on 19th of December. It was an eye opener to the younger generation - a meeting with a true friend, philosopher and guide

The need of the hour is for every young boy and girl to be a useful member of society; to extend a caring hand to those in need. SEVA - should be a way of life

AIM for Seva is an all India movement which aims to transform and unite the society with seva-meaning service. AIM for seva is a bridge connecting the mainstream of the society with the people living in remote areas. 

Karnataka Doordarshan coverage on Aim for Seva in December 2009

]]> Bhoomi Pooja - Atmalayam , Aim for Seva Students Home, Udumalpet, Tamil Nadu tag:www.aimforseva.org,2010://1.259 2010-01-11T11:30:51Z 2010-01-11T12:22:47Z The Bhoomi pooja Function For the proposed AIM for SEVA Students Home, Atmalayam, at Kuruchikottai was preformed on 7th December 2009, by Pujya Sw2ami Dayananda Saraswati Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswathi was received with purana kumbam. The public function which followed... Ramesh Nair The Bhoomi pooja Function For the proposed AIM for SEVA Students Home, Atmalayam, at Kuruchikottai was preformed on 7th December 2009, by Pujya Sw2ami Dayananda Saraswati

Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswathi was received with purana kumbam.

The public function which followed was attended by around 500 people.

Swamini. Gurupriya Mataji welcomed the gathering and Brni. Poogothai spoke on the AIM for Seva's Vision and activities carried out in the student homes.

The cultural event that followed was performed by Daya Gramiya Kalai kuzhu students of Emirates - Aim for SEVA students home, Dharmapuri,, with welcome songs, traditional dances..

The greetings message from Hon'ble Minister, Thiru. M.P.Saminathan, Minister for Highways and minor port was read out on stage by Sri.C.Velusamy, Chairman, Municipality, Udumalpet.

Pujya Swamiji in benedictory address said " Bharata Desham is called Puniya Bhoomi, people always want to do good to the society in which they live - planting trees, doing seva to the needy and under privileged section of our society in all earnest and goodwill" He added that his vision is to open a student home in all the 600 + districts in India.

The donors for the student home were facilitated and honored with mementos. Dr.Palanisamy, Janani Nursing Home, Udumalpet, proposed the vote of thanks, after which Yagna Prasad was distributed to all.

]]> Dharmapuri students revive ancient art form - Tharai & Thambattai tag:www.aimforseva.org,2010://1.258 2010-01-02T07:55:13Z 2010-01-02T07:58:31Z Ramesh Nair The students of the Emirates AIM for Seva Student Home, Dharmapuri have reviverd the ancient art form of Tharai & Thabhatai .

Their performance of rhythmn kept all astonished. The local news papers hailed them.

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