In February 2017, I volunteered at Jan Madhyam, a non-profit organization that aims to improve the lives of economically challenged children and those with special needs. At Jan Madhyam, therapies, music, dance, yoga and life skills training are carried out by teachers and volunteers in order to prepare such children to go out into the…
On the morning of 14th June 2017, our party of 5 headed for Motaganahalli Government Higher Primary school in Magadi village on the outskirts of Bangalore. The party consisted of Kannan Udayarajan, Ashwini Kumar and myself from Vibha USA and Venkatesh Reddy and Sunil Nanjundappa from Sikshana Foundation, Bangalore.IMG_3485 In a case of sheer and…
Throughout the year, various Vibha Action Centers along with local volunteers conduct fundraisers to raise money. These volunteers and the patrons of such events are all dedicated to helping students in India receive help and education they deserve, but few understand the specific use of these funds. Vibha is a catalyst charity. That means it…
To organize and energize a group towards an agreed upon goal is a task that sometimes takes more than one individual. The Vibha NJ/NY Action Center did just that through ‘Game Day 2017’ on June 3rd at Johnson Park, Piscataway, NJ. A core group of volunteers, under the leadership of Dimple Kapoor, organized this event,…
Bhagvatulya Charitable Trust (BCT) is a non-profit organization in the villages of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh; since 1976 actively working towards transfiguration of these villages by employing its highly participatory approach to teaching and learning. Its aim is to promote continuous self-improvement in the quality of lives of the villagers by creating insights for their…
Have we ever imagined how a fisherman’s life can be? What kind of lives families in fishery business would be leading? What kind of challenges they would be facing to earn bread and butter? Most importantly, how much would they be earning after working so hard-day and night, risking their lives in sea waters and…
While Vibha Atlanta has various fundraisers planned year-round, this year, the Action Center came up with a singular concept -“Vibe“. Vibe was a cultural fundraising event that involved the local leaders, with an intent to create more visibility for Vibha and having the patrons form a personal connection with the cause and celebrate the joy…
Gandhian Organization for Rural Development foundation (GORD) was first established in the year 1990 and since then has been working towards improving the state of rural villages through agriculture, school and community development activities. Vibha joined hands in this great cause with GORD foundation in 2009 and introduced Sikshana model in over 45 primary schools…
