Fw: Your help require-

[Gram Vikas]

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Gram Vikas <gvt_...@yahoo.co.in>
To: Somesh <sma...@gmail.com>; tarun tiwari <tarun....@gmail.com>
Cc: "talktos...@gmail.com" <talktos...@gmail.com>; Nupur Gupta <p10n...@iimahd.ernet.in>
Sent: Saturday, 3 March 2012 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: Your help require-

Dear somesh and all ,

Please forward this mail for collection of funds.

From

Ramesh Kasondra.

Dear Friend 

I'm proud to tell you that I have decided to raise money for Gram Vikas Trust . The reason that I'm doing this is that I feel that fortunate people like us need to do our bit for those with less.
          I am hoping to raise at least Rs. 2,00,000/-  to help this cause. Gram Vikas Trust  will use this money to Chage a life of Needy girl to Provide a bicycle for going to School for  Higer Education.

In the hands of a girl, this bicycle is independence, education and economic self-sufficiency. In the hands of 400 Indian school children, this bicycle is the promise of a better life for entire communities and generations to come.

In costal villages of Vagra and Bharuch block  as in much of rural Gujarat, fewer girls attend school than boys. Long commutes expose vulnerable girls to personal risks; household obligations, poverty and early marriages also contribute to high drop-out rates. The resulting lack of education- and opportunity - is then passed along to their children, perpetuating the cycle.

According to the World Bank, "there is no investment more effective for achieving development goals than educating girls." UNICEF speaks of the beneficial 'multiplier effect' that comes from making sure girls are educated.

A bicycle changes everything.

With a bicycle, girls can safely travel four times the distance they do on foot. Education and opportunity now within reach.

Thanks to you last year, Gram Vikas Trust distributed more than 300 specially engineered, locally assembled, rugged bicycles to impoverished schoolchildren in rural area of Vagra block - 90% of them girls. With your help, this year we'll distribute more.
I'm counting on those near and dear to me to help me achieve my target. 

Please support me by clicking on the link below: 

http://www.giveindia.org/iGive-GIRLCHILDEDUCATIONTHROUGHBICYCLE">

You will be taken to my iGive page where you can make a secure online donation. You will get a receipt via email that you can use for tax deduction purposes.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with me.
Thank you in advance for your support!

Regards,

Ramesh Kasondra

Trustee 

Gram Vikas Trust

---

From: Somesh <sma...@gmail.com>
To: tarun tiwari <tarun....@gmail.com>
Cc: Gram Vikas <gvt_...@yahoo.co.in>; talktos...@gmail.com; Nupur Gupta <p10n...@iimahd.ernet.in>
Sent: Thursday, 1 March 2012 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: Your help require

Q3 Ans

When a family faces a financially tough time, education is always considered of least priority. Being born and brought up in an impoverished family, Ramesh faced a rough time taking his education to completion. Gauging Ramesh’s interest & talent, the village society leaders decided to help him and fund his education. Despite the funding, Ramesh could not afford to purchase books and tried saving as much as possible. For example, he managed the payment of hostel fee by giving tuitions to his room partners and skipped lunch most of the times to reduce living costs.

A major turning point came when Ramesh completed his diploma in civil engineering. Achieving distinction meant that he had the opportunity to work full-time with any of the established firms in India and go forward with a settled life. He went back to the village society leaders to show his appreciation and gratitude. When he arrived at his village, he felt disheartened to see his childhood friends, though extremely talented, but working for very low wages as they could not get the financial support from the village leaders and hence remained illiterate. Ramesh pro-actively shared his feelings with the village society leaders and realised that his village is still facing problems related to hygiene, suppression of women & specially lack of focus on education because of lack of financial assistance.

Though starting a career as a civil engineer was a dream turning into reality for Ramesh, he took a step further and decided to help his village and other poor families by empowering them with education. He has dedicated his life towards a single goal of ensuring dignity to all these villages.

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Somesh <sma...@gmail.com> wrote:

When a family faces a financially tough time, education is always considered of least priority. Being born and brought up in an impoverished family, Ramesh faced a rough time taking his education to completion. Gauging Ramesh’s interest & talent, the village society leaders decided to help him and fund his education. Despite the funding, Ramesh could not afford to purchase books and tried saving as much as possible. For example, he managed the payment of hostel fee by giving tuitions to his room partners and skipped lunch most of the times to reduce living costs.

A major turning point came when Ramesh completed his diploma in civil engineering. Achieving distinction meant that he had the opportunity to work full-time with any of the established firms in India and go forward with a settled life. He went back to the village society leaders to show his appreciation and gratitude. When he arrived at his village, he felt disheartened to see his childhood friends, though extremely talented, but working for very low wages as they could not get the financial support from the village leaders and hence remained illiterate. Ramesh pro-actively shared his feelings with the village society leaders and realised that his village is still facing problems related to hygiene, suppression of women & specially lack of focus on education because of lack of financial assistance.

Though starting a career as a civil engineer was a dream turning into reality for Ramesh, he took a step further and decided to help his village and other poor families by empowering them with education. He has dedicated his life towards a single goal of ensuring dignity to all these villages.

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:12 PM, tarun tiwari <tarun....@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Ramesh Jee,

We r working on the remaining questions and in next 3-4 days we'll mail you the answers.

Regarding my visit to Bharuch, ryt now  I am a bit busy with my job but the visit is definitely on my mind. I'll try to take some time off from my job and would like to come there. I'll inform you beforehand. It will be a nice experience for me as well.

Wishing you good health and a good time.





Thanks & regards,

Tarun Tiwari

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:35 PM, Gram Vikas <gvt_...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:

Dear Somesh and all,

 

Thank you very much for all your support.

 

Now still there are two question answer is pending and i am sure you people are working on that.

 

I think rather than nominating my self  i feel better if some one else nominate me for the award which looks better. What is yourth  thought about this?

 

Tarun want to come at our place what is plan?

 

With regards,

 

Ramesh Kasondra

 
 

From: Somesh <sma...@gmail.com>
To: Gram Vikas <gvt_...@yahoo.co.in>
Cc: "tarun....@gmail.com" <tarun....@gmail.com>; Sumit Jha PG <talktos...@gmail.com>; Nupur Gupta <p10n...@iimahd.ernet.in>

Sent: Sunday, 26 February 2012 2:11 PM

Subject: Re: Your help require

Ramesh ji,

Answer to the 2nd question

Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. In 2001, when Ramesh started

the Gram Vikas trust his vision was simple – to cover the education of a large set of

poor children in rural and tribal regions. What started with the community sponsored

education programme for the poor children is now a mission with higher goals of

achieving sustained development of underprivileged sections of the society.

In the past ten years, under the aegis of GVT, more than 27,000 children have been

directly supported in 174 villages of Bharuch and Narmada districts. More than 100

children completed their education and got employment, more than 1100 children were

freed from labour and enrolled in schools, and more than 1000 girls were enrolled in

high school through bicycle distribution projects.

GVT has also helped in imparting professional and vocational training to the poor

families. It has helped more than 1100 school dropout children to get vocational

training. More than 350 eligible children were helped in pursuing ITI (Industrial Training Institutes)

and apprenticeship training and more than 250 of them were employed.

Primary and pre-primary education have also been given a boost through enrolling

more than 1200 children for ‘Balwadi’ and ‘Anganbadi’ programs and more than 1400

children for primary schools. More than 6000 children have received constant help in

the form of education materials and learning guidance.

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Gram Vikas <gvt_...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:

Dear Tarun,

 

Thanks for your call and support us.

 

As you discussed on phone that you want to come our place and want to stay one month or two and provide guidance to us. We will make your arragenment of staying and food expenses. As you know i am working with Aditya Birla Group and we have a small guest house in Bharuch where we have three AC rooms. I cam make the staying arrangement at there and for food expense i will bear the cost. Please give your timining when you want to come and stay.

 

For the award details i have worked out on children point of view and as discussed with you i am sending you as under:

Beneficiaries Details :

 

Total Children supported  27919 directly

 

The examples are as under  

Started with adoption of 2 needy children for education in 2001.

145 needy poor children completed their study and get employment.

1145 child labour free from labour and enrolled in school.

1031 child motivate and members in children group (6 to 12 yrs aged) at village level

858 child motivate and members in children group (13 to 18 yrs age) at village level

Two block level core group of children active for child rights

One core group of children active at District level for child rights

1239 drop out children enrolled in STP for school enrollment.

1032 school drop out children got vocational training.

345 children pursue ITI and apprentice training and 285 got employment

941 eligible children of age group 3 to 5 yrs enrolled in Aganwadi

1484 Eligible children of age group 5 to 14 enrolled in primary schools.

1000 girls child enrolled in high school through bicycle projects.

345 children of age group 3 to 5 years get pre primary education through balwadi

52 migrate children track record for their education

2330 children get quality education benefit through sikshana project

6830 needy and poor children get educational material

4560 children got life skill training.

 

For Future plan :

 

·               200 villages make child labour free villages.

·               0 % drop out of children of age group 5 to 14 and 100 % enrollment in 200 villages.

·               Promote higher education for the girl child and reduce drop out from 80 % to 20 %

·               Vocational training to drop out  or non school going children of age group 16 to 18 yrs.

·               Promote BaLa (Building and Aid Learning) concept in Balwadi and Primary Schools.

·               improve the academic standards in the government higher primary schools specifically in the areas of ability to read and write, basic computation and expression as per the minimum learning levels defined by the department of education.

·               Focus on urban slum children

·               School management Committee at village level and implement RTE Act.

·               Block and District level core group play active role on child rights issues.

 

With regards,

 

Ramesh Kasondra

  

From: Somesh <sma...@gmail.com>
To: Gram Vikas <gvt_...@yahoo.co.in>

Cc: "tarun....@gmail.com" <tarun....@gmail.com>; Sumit Jha PG <talktos...@gmail.com>; Nupur Gupta <p10n...@iimahd.ernet.in>

Sent: Tuesday, 21 February 2012 10:12 AM

Subject: Re: Your help require

Ramesh ji,

Please look at this answer for the first question, we are working on the rest of the answers too. Let us know if it needs any changes

1.In your own words, why does your Nominee deserve recognition? 

“The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.”

                                                                                                                      -Albert Einstein

Mr. Ramesh Kasondra has dedicated his efforts to make a positive impact on the lives of

underprivileged. From a small beginning, and in a span of just ten eventful years he has managed to

empower the underprivileged community, especially children and women.

Ramesh was born in a poor farmer family. Early in his life, the sad demise of his father pushed his

family further into the economic hardships. Receiving help from village elders, he completed his

studies. The childhood struggle for education and lack of resources instilled a feeling of community

empowerment in him. In 1985, he was appointed as site supervisor with a well-known NGO Aga Khan rural support

programme. There, his one of the notable achievements was a successful implementation of

co-operative irrigation scheme for poor farmers. His stints in tribal and rural areas further 

intensified his desire to help needy children.

In June 2001, he founded Gram Vikas Trust in Bharuch district in Gujarat. He started with sponsoring

education of poor children himself. Gradually local village council and rural bank staff helped with

small funds. Over the time, the trust received recognition from local government and corporate

associates enabling it to take large-scale projects.

Today the trust covers more than 170 villages in Bharuch and Narmada districts and runs projects for

education, health and livelihood support in these villages. His contribution to the people of these districts 

is unparalleled and he rightly deserves recognition for his efforts in the upliftment of humanity.

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Gram Vikas <gvt_...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:

Dear Somesh and all,

 

As desired by you i am giving some hits for point no.3 as under :

 

I grew up in dire circumstances. “My mother inspirations in my life, She gave me all my values”. "My family wasn't very well to do, materially," but I recalls. My education was on a help of village society leaders. I have never purchased books and other educational item throughout my education tenure. i wouldn't take lunch at college tenure to save one time cost;  Somehow I managed to earn hostel fees through the tuition of my room partners. I am live in hostels because my room partner bear the cost of my share against their term work and tuition charges.

In the year 1984, I passed out with a distinction and a Diploma in Civil Engineering.

“I was very happy the day I received the diploma certificate in hand. I went to village society leaders to thank them for all their support without which I would not be a literate.”

After civil engineering, while I sought full-time employment with established firms, I came to realize what my childhood friends had missed. My friends, who were as talented as  Me, worked at very low wages. Unfortunately, they did not or could not seek the help of society leaders for assistance.

Soon, I began discussing the problems with social leaders. The social leaders involved me in discussions regarding the hygiene problems, suppression of the women folk, children education, and support for livelihood.

“Though I was desperate to start my career as a  civil engineer, my association with the social leaders and with the realization of how lucky I was to get support from the society, my resolve to give something back to the needy grew stronger day by day. I came to realize that giving something back to the needy, voluntarily, is being bigger than oneself.”

“I grew up in poverty, and today my life is all about the poor again. I want them to live in dignity.

I myself realized  Education is increasingly recognized to be at the heart of the development process.

 

i will send you other point details in due course of time.

withe regards,

 

Ramesh Kasondra

 

From: Someshwar Marepalli <sma...@gmail.com>
To: Gram Vikas <gvt_...@yahoo.co.in>
Cc: "tarun....@gmail.com" <tarun....@gmail.com>; Sumit Jha PG <talktos...@gmail.com>; Nupur Gupta <p10n...@iimahd.ernet.in>

Sent: Sunday, 12 February 2012 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: Your help require

Hi ramesh,

Can you put in some sentrnces for each question, I will build up on that. Especially in question 3.

Thanks !!

Sent from my HTC

----- Reply message -----
From: "Gram Vikas" <gvt_...@yahoo.co.in>
To: "Someshwar Marepalli" <sma...@gmail.com>
Cc: "tarun....@gmail.com" <tarun....@gmail.com>, "Sumit Jha PG" <talktos...@gmail.com>, "Nupur Gupta" <p10n...@iimahd.ernet.in>
Subject: Your help require
Date: Sun, Feb 12, 2012 10:49 am


Dear Somesh and All,

Recently World of children organisation announce Award for the individual who have made difference in children lives. The most of criteria is very much suitable for me and i want to nominate my self in this award. I have gone through the nomination form and i need you people help for drafting following question :

1.In
your own words, why does your Nominee deserve recognition?
2.How
have your Nominee's efforts made a difference for the better?
3.Please
describe a specific incident or turning point that motivated your Nominee to
take action.
4.What
makes your Nominee exceptional or unique?
5.What
are the Nominee's plans in regards to carrying his/her work in to the future?

As you people know that i am poor in English language and need your help to formulate these question better way.  If time permit to you people please visit the side www.worldofchildren.org and go through the award material. There is a option that person can be nominate by others also.

With regards,

Ramesh Kasondra



________________________________
From: Gram Vikas <gvt_...@yahoo.co.in>
To: Someshwar Marepalli <sma...@gmail.com>
Cc: "tarun....@gmail.com" <tarun....@gmail.com>; Sumit Jha PG <talktos...@gmail.com>; Nupur Gupta <p10n...@iimahd.ernet.in>
Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2012 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: Key Results edited


Dear Somesh and all
 
Any one have idea how to do facebook link and google map link to host in  our website. The website which is redesign require facebook link and google map link to incorporate with our website. I am trying but not success creating gmail account gvtbhar...@gmail.com and password gvtbhc2001. If any one have idea please help if time permit.
 
With regards,
 
Ramesh Kasondra

From: Someshwar Marepalli <sma...@gmail.com>
To: Gram Vikas <gvt_...@yahoo.co.in>
Cc: "tarun....@gmail.com" <tarun....@gmail.com>; Sumit Jha PG <talktos...@gmail.com>; Nupur Gupta <p10n...@iimahd.ernet.in>
Sent: Monday, 30 January 2012 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: Key Results edited


Hi ramesh,

Just got a bit busy with work, please give me a week time. I will get back to you on this.

Thanks !

Sent from my HTC

----- Reply message -----
From: "Gram Vikas" <gvt_...@yahoo.co.in>
To: "Somesh" <sma...@gmail.com>
Cc: "tarun....@gmail.com" <tarun....@gmail.com>, "Sumit Jha PG" <talktos...@gmail.com>, "Nupur Gupta" <p10n...@iimahd.ernet.in>
Subject: Key Results edited
Date: Mon, Jan 30, 2012 9:04 pm


Dear Somesh and all,

Is there any things happening regarding our organisation marketing plan and social media?

Please update if possible.

With regards,

Ramesh Kasondra


________________________________
From: Gram Vikas <gvt_...@yahoo.co.in>
To: Somesh <sma...@gmail.com>
Cc: "tarun....@gmail.com" <tarun....@gmail.com>; Sumit Jha PG
<talktos...@gmail.com>; Nupur Gupta <p10n...@iimahd.ernet.in>
Sent: Sunday, 22 January 2012 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: Key Results edited


Dear Somesh and all,
 
Thank you for your valuable guidance.
 
I will corporate changes and once final send you people also.
 
With regards,
 
Ramesh Kasondra

From: Somesh <sma...@gmail.com>
To: Gram Vikas <gvt_...@yahoo.co.in>
Cc: tarun....@gmail.com; Sumit Jha PG <talktos...@gmail.com>; Nupur Gupta <p10n...@iimahd.ernet.in>
Sent: Sunday, 22 January 2012 7:54 PM
Subject: Key Results edited

Hi Ramesh

Due to the large size of the file, we could not collaborate and edit
the
changes.
Tarun has edited the key results, please use these edited information
by incorporating in the earlier file I have sent.

Please let me know if you need any help.

Thanks
!


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: tarun tiwari <tarun....@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 7:40 PM
Subject: edited
To: Smarep <sma...@gmail.com>

--
Regards,
Someshwar Marepalli
+91 97699 77737

"Find something that you like so much that you'd doit for free, and
then get so good at it, that they'll pay you to do it."

--
Regards,
Someshwar Marepalli
+91 97699 77737

"Find something that you like so much that you'd do it for free, and then get so good at it, that they'll pay you to do it."

--
Regards,
Someshwar Marepalli
+91 97699 77737

"Find something that you like so much that you'd do it for free, and then get so good at it, that they'll pay you to do it."

--
Regards,
Someshwar Marepalli
+91 97699 77737

"Find something that you like so much that you'd do it for free, and then get so good at it, that they'll pay you to do it."

--
Regards,
Someshwar Marepalli
+91 97699 77737

"Find something that you like so much that you'd do it for free, and then get so good at it, that they'll pay you to do it."