By Neelu Khanna | Secretary
August- September 2014
THE DOON PROMISE
News letter from the Aasraa Trust
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OPEN SCHOOLING (NIOS)
Our 1st batch of 40 children will appear for the NIOS exam in March 2015, at our very own NIOS exam centre!
To facilitate our NIOS candidates, a teacher training workshop was organized by State Resource Centre, under the aegis of RLEK.
DEEPAK LEARNS TO SAY ‘HELLO”!
Our abandoned, mute dynamite, Deepak is undergoing speech therapy after acquiring a hearing aid. And for the 1st time ever he can now say ‘Hello’ and ‘How are you’ !!
Immensely intelligent, with an innate ability to think on his feet, Deepak is a blessing and we are very lucky we have him!
GLOBAL GIVING CHALLENGE
We wish to thank all our wonderful friends for the tremendous support you gave us that earned us the 3rd highest ranking among 342 NGOs worldwide.
We were invited as speakers to the 1st Summit organized by Global Giving. This helped Aasraa to come out of the woods, so to speak, to interact with NGOs from all over India & Nepal.
The icing on the cake was when a photograph (taken by Erin Steigerwalt) submitted by us was shortlisted for the photo competition.
SHYAM UNDERGOES SURGERY
Shyam, 22, physically challenged, begging till 3 years ago, has evolved as a master block printer under the nurturing guidance of JOYN.
JOYN has sponsored surgery on Shyam’s right leg and foot to enable him to walk normally.
IMMUNIZATION DRIVE
For the 1st time in Dehradun and probably in the whole of Uttarakhand , the immunization of street and slum children was carried out. 550 children were vaccinated for Typhoid, Tetanus & Hepatitis B. The blood grouping of the children was also done.
The drive was sponsored by AshaJyothi USA, an organization of concerned Indians living in the US. The immunization was conducted at Sakya Hospital and the pathology work done by Ahuja Pathology.
Our grateful thanks to Ravi Kantamsetty, Sailaja Ganty and the empathetic team of AshaJyothi USA; to the Director & Ms.Tsering for conducting the drive at Sakya Hospital so efficiently; to Alok & Alka Ahuja for the blood work that was carried out.
Airtel Delhi Half Marathon (ADHM)
We have registered for the ADHM 2014, to be held in Delhi on November 23rd.
We would greatly appreciate corporate sponsors for our runners . Details available at :
http://icfn.in/adhm/aasraatrust/
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