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The very name "Hastadharan" connote what we insinuate to comprehend. To aid the orphanages fiscally, with the intention that they have enough funds to afford victuals and haven for the vagrants. The plain yet imperative

Obligations - food and shelter.

We came into existence, with the nativity of deliberation in our hearts and moreover entrenched deep in our soul, to lend a hand. A hand in the offing to hold the one in need, to support the less fortunate's, and to embrace the insolvent, wherever, whatever, however and whenever, it is possible.

Hastadharan originated back on May 20th 2009, with measly participation of twelve people, and an eternal motive of supporting the orphanages which are struggling to run their homes due to lack of funds. The initiative we took was a minute step towards the colossal goal, we had in our minds. And this minuscule steps have cemented a potent trail to reach our aspiration.

In the company of our troop, we onset the voyage of visiting the orphanages and evaluating them on the scales of need of fiscal assistance, with that the first stopover of Hastadharan was marked by the trip to Balgurukulam.Our first stride in the line of attack of reaching out to the orphans.

That was our instigation and from then we are never on rest.

We now have approximately forty to forty five members since our onset, and the number keeps going up. The membership of this group is wholly volunteered. The people who have the immense compassion and huge zeal to serve the deprived are the element of the set. They all have the same revere, "Lending a Helping Hand".

To reach out to the mob, which has the identical fervor, we came up with our Blog, a spot where we share our stances and also ventures made so far. This Blog spot facilitate us by providing a middling for extending our horizons, also creating a great deal of societal consciousness and errands towards our fellow beings.

We amass the contributions of all the members and the volunteers who join hands with us and bequeath it to the orphanage we visit.

Hastadharan, with its vision and mission has completed a few expeditions through the manifold helping hands. The idea at the rear of all these visits is the assortment of the solitary orphanage amongst all, which is found scuffling financially, to keep up the motive of cherishing the destitute, and supporting them on chronic basis with unremitting funds.

Our mission is immense and hands are few, but the voyage we commenced will never recede…..since we believe that; As Hastadharan unfolds, indubitably our hands will proliferate……

Join your hands with our hands…….. We embrace more willingly than holding……!!

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

All work and no play makes jack a dull boy

This article of mine is about a topic which is very close to my heart. Through this Hastadharan blog, I would like to share it with you people. I am a left hander by birth and, have heard people saying that left hander's are in nature inclined to sports. I don't know whether it is a universal truth, but it is true that I am a great sport enthusiast. I love watching all kind of sports and, do try playing it whenever I get chance.

I am writing this to awaken the dead to the world mob, to apprehend the worth of sports and furthermore the worth of a kids reverie to be an athlete. There are scores of reasons why our people have not been competent to achieve or exhibit their sporting talents and, awfully the worst is that they fail to identify the apt position "Sports" deserves.

Ever since our independence, the government which comes in existence; gives step motherly treatment to sports. This is very much perceptible from the budgetary allocation done every year. There never had been a single 5 year plan or 1 year plan to perk up the sports infrastructure in our country. Government do give away awards and cash to the players and teams who have managed to won accolades for our country. We people too have rejoiced these rare feats. Stare at the word RARE; pause and consider if the government supported the sports fraternity more, we would have had ample chances to applaud.

But the Government alone is not liable. The sports associations which run sports are the real culprits for the dire situation of sports today. The majority of associations are run by politicians who are interested in eating these meagre too. We have outdated policies, hampering the growth of sports and sports person in India. The recent incident being that of Koneru Humpy case. Due to the age old policy of the chess federation she is not able to take along her coach who is her father too.

These Associations in such state of affairs should pull up their socks and act in the meticulous way to promote sports. They need to change policy as and when required. They should build infrastructure like grounds, training facility, sports speciality hospital, colleges offering degree in sports, conduct national and international level tournaments to identify and nurture prospective talents.

Even the people who are pursuing sports professionally also need to act conscientiously. Many sportspersons get contented once they get job through sports quota .Even worse is the attitude of cheating and indulging in unlawful activities to attain fame and money. They are the icons for the upcoming generation and they must keep the sprits high.

Besides all these the most appalling reason for lack of sporting culture in India is that the hefty majority of people are not fascinated by sports. Our Parents have this frame of mind that pursuing sports professionally will ruin the future of their kids. Despite having loads of booming stories before them, parents are reluctant. Parents ought to value sports and support their children in presenting his/her sporting flairs.

Finally I call every single to promote sports in our country in all the probable ways. Unearth the talents in children's and encourage them .Let the children's bring glory to our nation.

* Adarsh *

adarshv@maveric-systems.com


Posted by HASTADHARAN at 10:07 PM

1 comment:

Sankar Mohan said...

Hi Guys,

Its nice to know that all of you started doing a responsible job by trying to level the playing field for those under privileged.

I wish to prescribe some more events for you to make it more impactful.

1. Try to involve more people in any way either through the contribution of time, skill or money. You can try following things

a) Make some logo to the team and the same should be produced as a pocket badges at a low cost. Keep them in the office reception with a contirbution box along with a poster of plans of your charity works. Thos people who wanted to contribute to the charity can put the moeny in the box and can take a badge to clip in their dress. Try this for only one day per week. The collections may be small, but the impact would be more as I am watching this in places like UK. I guess there wont be any objections from the company side. Even we can try and keep this donation boxes in different offices through contacts. Provide your collections details in the web site.

b) Companies are ready to give away their bench strength's working time for these kind of purposes. You can talk to HR and get those people who are interested and in bench to work for the activities.

c) Try to give a skill for these young kids. Like arrange computer classes for atleast 3 week ends. Teach them MS-Office, then basic programming languages. Conduct tests and Give away them certificates. If you need Lab and teaching spaces, we can talk to companies or HRs. (to use the office facilities to conduct classes). Only thing we need to arrange transports for the kids. It wont be a difficult. We can get volunteers with cars to pick them up.

d) Try to show them the different kinds of job opportunities available in the world. Just make a presentation about various studies, the apprenticeships & loans available for the studies etc should be in the presentation. Get thise kids out of the small homes and show them the corporate offices.

e) Be a bridge between the volunteers in the offices and those who need volunteers. Collect information on which of those Homes need volunteers and what types of volunteering they need. Collect details about the people who want to volunteer and present them with the volunteering opportunities available for them to participate. Those volunteers can choose depends on their interests, timings and the area. Publish all these opportunities in the website.

These things will be more effective and continue this initiative for a long time. Try to find more people to take the responsibilities in the future.

If you need help in any of these activities above, i can get more people / fund to support.

Cheers,
Sankar

Wednesday, 04 November, 2009

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Event 2- Udhavum Ullangal illam

Event 2- Udhavum Ullangal illam
Udhavum Ullangal Illam- an orphanage home started in the year 2001 is situated near St Thomas Railway station. As on date, it houses 125 children who are between the ages 3 ½ years to 15 years.

The children here strictly follow the daily routine of waking up every day at 5:30 am in the morning and doing meditation for half an hour. They are given 45 minutes as study time, after which they have their breakfast and go to their schools. In the evening after coming from their schools they are given time for playing and watching TV. They again have study time allocated, which is around 2 hour, after which they dine and sleep by 9 pm.

The people around the locality of this home sponsor the food for these children on special occasions like wedding anniversary and birthday’s. They get sponsorship for approximately 15 days in a month. For the remaining days of the month they are providing food from the revenue that they gather. On the sponsored day they are provided special meal which consists of a sweet and more than one dish and on normal days their meals have only one dish.

These children are educated in two schools namely Rosily school and A G S Nidhi school, the former being a primary school and the latter higher secondary school. This academic year 10 of these children are going to write their High school board exams. The children who had suffered psychologically need extra help for continuing their studies which is being provided by volunteers. The children of age more than 12 are given basic computer training by Apollo computer centre free of cost. The tailoring class is especially organized for all the girls above the age of 13 years.

The children here are forced to play only indoor games as the home has space constraints.

The home is raising funds by conducting Musical concert every year. It is also getting sponsorship like philanthropists.

The home requires help in purchasing groceries as they are not able to manage it. They also require help in stitching uniform for these children.

Event 1 - Balagurukulam

Event 1 - Balagurukulam
Balagurukulam, a place which houses 45 orphans of various ages, is located in a village called Kalikuppam near Pudur. This home is surrounded by vast water body which gives it a scenic view.

The first impression that we got on seeing the children is that they were much matured for their age; the elder ones were parenting the younger ones. The caretakers are doing a good job, like training them in yoga and meditation. The children here are also taught to paint, make handicraft items and swim. The care takers carry out all the daily activities with the assistance of the children and with the support of another volunteer.

One of the caretakers is an ayurvedic doctor by profession who does research on ayurvedic herbs. He is also a counselor of personality development who takes classes in some colleges in the city. The other caretaker works in a private company as an HR. The Organisation is run partially by the caretaker’s monthly income and through loan that have been raised from banks and donation that they get from various philanthropists.

The Organisation wants to bring into their fold minimum of 100 orphans who would be educated and brought into the main stream of society, who in turn could help other orphans to come up in life.

In Line with this motto, 22 of these children are being educated in top schools of that area, namely Vivekananda vidyalaya and Velammal School. These schools charge an amount of Rs.15000 per annum per child without any concession. This academic year the organization has to pay an amount of Rs.1.2 lakh which has not been yet arranged. The daily expenses for feeding these children with milk and food amounts to Rs.2000.

Every year on January 26th, a christening ceremony is held for all the children who have completed one year in age.