Vibha Bay Area had their annual Dream Mile 2010 event on June 27 2010 in Shoreline Park, Mountain View, CA. This is the 12th year that Vibha has organized this 5k/10k run event. Having started on a small scale in 1998, this event has become hugely popular with its numbers growing each year. With 427…
Can you believe it’s July already? It seems like just yesterday that I attended my very first Vibha meeting which was also the first meeting this year for the Atlanta ACC. Well, half the year just flew by in a blink of an eye but not without an impact. We at Vibha have a lot to…
Eight year old Rekha and her brother Mahadeva, aged ten are children of quarry workers. Both children spent their days playing at the dangerous quarry completely disregarding school. Ms. Chandrakala, a teacher talked to their parents about Chiguru and appealed to the young children that school was not only about learning, but could be fun…
“From hope to reality one child at a time.” This line really struck me when I first heard and learned about Vibha. What is it that Vibha is doing? What should we say to someone who does not know what Vibha is? I thought about it long and hard when I first got involved with…
I have been a volunteer with Vibha for almost three years. I just recently signed on to be the Event Lead for this year’s Dream Mile 5K in Washington, DC. I’m ashamed to admit that I hesitated when I was initially asked to serve as the event lead. Did I have what it takes to…
– By Prashanth Ganapathy, Vibha Bay Area As I was listening to leads of Dream Mile(DM) 2010 churning out ideas and action items to push the publicity into high gear for the last three weeks of the campaign, my thoughts went back to Dream Mile 2009. The first thing that came rushing back to me…
The right of children to free and compulsory education act (RTE) was passed by the Indian Parliament on August 27, 2009 and came into effect on April 1, 2010. As per the act, every child from the age 6 to 14 years has a right to free and compulsory education in a neighborhood school till…
The advent of summer brought on a flurry of graduation and school year end activities. All around me I saw parents and children equally occupied with College graduations, High school graduations, proms and what not. We even celebrated our daughter’s pre-K graduation! As these kids look towards the next phase of their lives with pleasant…
