Vol 5, No 9 | September 2009       »www.vibha.org » info@vibha.org  

From the Editor’s Desk

Dear Patrons,

We welcome you to join us for the first ever Vibha Projects’ Conference to be held in October, 2009 at Bengaluru, India. While Vibha volunteers in United States are actively planning, executing and organizing fundraisers across all Action Centers, Vibha volunteers in India are busy planning for this conference that will bring together numerous stakeholders to collaborate, discuss and share new ideas. Read more about the Conference’s mission in this edition. Also read how Vibha Houston successfully replicated the Vibha Vibe cultural extravaganza, after its huge success at Milwaukee.

Find out more about a unique way in which you can support Vibha. We hope that this edition will encourage you to partner with us and continuously support our mission.


Ashish Rastogi

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Pragati 2009 TOP
– Ron Victor and Venkatesh Subramaniam

Vibha brings to you Pragati 2009 – The first Annual Vibha Projects’ Conference, where Vibha’s Project Partners from all over India will come together to discuss, learn and contribute to the goal of bettering the lives of millions of underprivileged children in India.

Who are these Project Partners? -- They are independent Non-Governmental Organizations who do grass-roots work in all areas of child development. Vibha funds many of their programs and also partners with them in various non-financial ways.

Who are the Participants?– There are going to be over 65 participants from all over India and they come from varied backgrounds. These are participants who have direct and hands-on experience in their areas of work. Teachers, Social Workers, Project Coordinators, Project Directors, Field Coordinators and Vibha Volunteers – you will see them all at the conference.

Format of the Conference: There will be 8 Panel Discussions on various topics from Quality of Education to Use of IT, from leveraging government initiatives to using best accounting practices etcetera. The panelists for these 8 sessions will be the participants themselves.

Experts: Many experts in the fields of Accounting, Quality of education, Inclusive education, and IT - to name a few, will be participating in these panel discussions.

The mission of Pragati 2009 is to “Connect‚ Share & Leverage”:

  1. CONNECT
      –With all project peers from other similar as well as diverse projects from across the country
      –With Experts and Advisors from industry and government.
      –Projects with Vibha volunteers, Administrators and Project Owners who are the core of Vibha
  2. SHARE
      –All Project Best Practices that have worked in Vibha projects for project peers, industry, volunteers and government to learn from
      –All Project Worst Practices that did not work in Vibha projects for project peers, industry, volunteers and government to learn from
      –All the problems and issues our projects face in day-to-day functioning as they relate to ground level Project work, Administration, Finance, Accounting, IT and more
  3. LEVERAGE
      –Best practices from our Project peers and see how our other Project Coordinators can implement the same at their projects
      –Vibha volunteers, Administrators and Staff for additional co-operation and assistance in accomplishing project goals
      –Administrative knowledge and know-how shared (in areas such as IT, Finance, Accounting, Government related issues and more) towards enhancing projects.

Dates: October 1, 2009 (5pm onwards) to October 4, 2009 (Till 6 PM)
Venue: CSI Vishranthi Nilayam, Infantry Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Vibha Vibe Rocks Houston TOP
– Vishal Bang

A roaring applause could be heard every 10 minutes at Stafford Civic Center on the evening of August 29th, 2009. It was not a rock star performance; it was much more than that! Houston’s very own professional artists delivered a mind blowing performance for a charity concert – Vibha Vibe.



The festivities featured professional dance routines from Vedic Chants to Belly Dancing, from Indian Classical to Bollywood Dancing, from Folk to Fusion and from Latin to European. Vibha Vibe was hosted for the first time by the Houston chapter of Vibha. The audience was overjoyed.

“I did not expect the event to be so diverse – it was truly amazing” ‚ some said. About 550 dance and music lovers attended the festival. The entertaining emcee‚ Sandeep Srinivasan‚ engaged the audience in between the performances. All performances were well synchronized, delivering an entertaining diaspora of dances from various cultures to the audience. The performers were thrilled. “My students and parents were raving about the show’s excellent organization and capacity turnout” said Rathna Kumar from Anjali Arts center.


“Hats off to you and your team of hard working volunteers”‚ continues Rathna‚ “for the tremendous success of Vibha”. Right from handling the lights‚ camera‚ backstage coordination‚ to ticketing and ushering was undertaken by the volunteers. As they wrapped up the show‚ one could see the sparkle in their eyes for having made a difference in the lives of thousands of children Vibha supports.
Are you a Vibha Fan? TOP
– Sreekanth Bhaskaran

I support Vibha. So what is the big deal about becoming a fan?

The internet has significantly changed the way we do things, especially when it comes to accessing and sharing information. Information sharing is now only a few mouse clicks away for all of us. But are we making the best use of this great medium for sharing information?

With over 300 million users worldwide, Facebook has become one such consistent medium to create awareness and promote social causes. We invite you to join Vibha on Facebook, and help us in reaching our goal of 2000 fans for Vibha by the end of this year. 

With the support of hundreds of Vibha volunteers and thousands of Vibha patrons, it is definitely possible. We solicit your support to create more awareness for Vibha in this simple manner. Here is what you can do:

  1. Log into your Facebook account (If you do not have one yet, creating one is very simple)
  2. Click here to become a Vibha fan.
  3. Click on the hyperlink ‘Become a Fan’ that appears on the Vibha page.
Write To Us... TOP

Your feedback is important to us. Vibha welcomes any comments, suggestions or questions you may have about our projects, programs, products, monitoring etc. If you are particularly interested in a topic and would like to see Vibha showcase it please let us know.

Together, we can do much more!

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