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Ms Shilpa Reddy felicitates the kids for their awe-inspiring initiative & desires their jest for life, compassion, empathy continues to aid millions of people

Hyderabad, March 26^th 2017: Fashion Designer and Model Ms Shilpa Reddy, felicitated a bunch of school going kids,Soumya Peri, Samyuktha Kolluru, Adviteeya Vojjala, Anusha V Kumar and Sathvika Kolluru, for their awe-inspiring initiative to raise Rs 5.5 Lakhs, to provide succor to poor cancer patients, at a program organised by Grace Cancer Foundation, on Sunday at The Plaza Hotel, Begumpet. Mr Prasad Garapati, Chairman, Electronics & Computers Software Export Promotion Council; Dr Chinnababu Sunkavalli, Founder Grace Foundation, Smt. Sasikala Swamy of Lakshmanachary Memorial College of Music and Mr B L Sujatha Rao, Retd. IGP & Founder, Grace Foundation, were present on the occasion.

A volunteer of Grace Cancer Foundation, Soumya Peri, a tenth class student from Delhi Public School, Khajaguda, Hyderabad and a disciple of Smt. Sasikala Swamy at Lakshmanachary Memorial College of Music, worked tirelessly to organize a musical concert on Feb 5, 2017 to raise funds for poor cancer patients, who otherwise can’t afford cancer detection and subsequent treatment. Soumya and her friends – Samyuktha Kolluru, Adviteeya Vojjala, Anusha V Kumar and Sathvika Kolluru, all of whom are students of Smt. Sasikala Swamy have enthralled an audience of almost 350+ people with songs in Telugu and Hindi for over 3 hours. The musical evening saw the young singers render a variety of songs – devotional, romantic and inspirational and touched many a heart with their meticulous preparation, commitment and devotion towards the noble cause. In the process, they raised more than Rs 5.5 Lakhs for Grace Cancer Foundation.

Speaking on the occasion Ms Shilpa Reddy applauding the initiative of the kids said, I have been to very many cancer awareness camps and programs but I must admit the noble act of these wonderful young girls touched my heart. As a mother I know what it is to bring up the next generation of the society being a mother myself, they are the future of our country and what you instill in them, what you help them understand is important, what you nurture with the kind of thoughts in them, it is not easy. So first of all I want to thank the parents of these beautiful girls who encouraged, supported and stood behind them to make this happen. I am really touched with this gesture. Music is something which is boundless, it’s a universal language. These kids didn’t really wait for to become grownups or adults, find a job, settle in life and then think of doing some social service or welfare, within what they have, with the resources they have at their age if they can dig out an opportunity and make such a huge difference, I think everyone of us has something to dig deep and see and within our limited resources we can make a difference. So this is a huge eye opener, it’s actually a huge life lesson for us to kind of examine and take it forward. As Dr Chinnababu said this initiative should become a pink revolution, now that you are official Band for Grace Foundation, I hope you have many such concerts and please invite me to the next one. Wish you all the best and let this jest for life, the compassion, the empathy continue, so that millions of people can benefit in the near future. I also thank their teacher Smt. Sasikala Swamy, who is an inspiration, having a right guru is also important, she added.

Smt. Sasikala Swamy played the role of the band leader by directing her students throughout the concert and fondly acknowledged her students’ contribution for the cause. She appreciated the contribution of the parents and families in letting the students pursue their passion.

Dr. Chinnababu Sunkavalli, Dr. Suresh Attili and Sri Kiran Vakkalanka – Founders and Board members of Grace Cancer Foundation have collectively acknowledged the selfless act of the young girls to spare so much time for the cause. Speaking during the event, all of them have said that the act of youngsters has inspired them beyond words and that the funds will be helping hundreds of poor families with early detection of cancer and possibly even treatment. This selfless act of dedicating so much time to practice the songs and present them with such dedication and professionalism is beyond all their expectations – the founders said. In addition, Grace Cancer Foundation is pleased to appoint this music band – SAASS as their official music group for all future concerts.

Soumya Peri, the brain behind this entire idea is thrilled to see that her efforts together with her friends can potentially save lives. Post her board exams, she is keen to start the study on Cancer under the guidance of Dr. Attili and also join the cancer camps in April and May. An aspiring oncologist herself, she was extremely grateful to the opportunity provided by Grace Cancer Foundation to conduct this event and also for providing all the logistics and support. The fact that we could potentially touch lives is truly a humbling experience, she said.

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KASA – Walk for a Cause fashion show being presented by Pride india builders to be held on 26^th  at The Westin, Mind space. Show effort is in bringing joy & uplifting awareness for NGOS Snehalaya  and Helping 2 Hands for treating chidren suffering from Thalassemia and Educating poor children. Bollywood Actor Rahul Roy, Tollywood Star Comedian Ali Organizers and Super model Sadhana Singh, kavitha Jain Unveiled the KASA – Walk for a Cause fashion show poster at Hotel Avasa, Madhapur.

 “We at KASA have made a conscious effort in bringing fashion, bollywood and social  cause to reality, by well known designers  Himmat singh(Jaipur), Libas (Mumbai) Riyaz Gangji, Jade blue, Kashish, Preetham Jukalker (Hyd) showcasing their collection”said Sadhana and Kavitha Jain.

 Bollywood Elites and Stars Pooja bhat, Deepak Tijori, Rajesh Khattar ,  Vandana Sajnani KhaKar ,  Harshvardhan Rane , Jackie Shroff ,  Sunil Shetty and Tollywood stars gracing the occasion”they added.

Kasa walk for a cause Fashion show being presented by Pride India builders as it is taking a giant leap forward by giving their support for this charitable cause. In association with Kashish, Great India Entertainment, Technical partner Sansui, Mr Sarib raool khan, Avasa, kingfisher,Bacardi, RedFM. Holiday Bazaar, Allure. Wizertom . Shining Star Entertainment .

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Hyderabad, December, 2016: Members of the Hindustan Royals Bullet Club (HRBC) – a Club of ‘Bullet’ Bike Owners, set out on their iconic bikes on a trip which turned out to be exciting, heartwarming and above all truly rewarding. Around 30 HRBC members visited the home for Children, orphaned & made vulnerable by AIDS – Desire Society, at Bachupally on Sunday.

The cherubic kids aged between 5 and 18 numbering around 75, dressed in their very best were eagerly awaiting, a day of fun and frolic. They went ecstatic on sighting the fleet of Bullet bikes moving towards their Home. The members quickly parked their bikes and joined the kids in creating an ambience of a carnival, at the Home. The merriment started with zig to popular music tunes and continued with skits, mimicry, fun games etc. The visitors were awestruck and left to appreciate the enormous talent displayed by the kids. The inmates were presented with goodies, story & note books, stationary, eatables like fruits, biscuits, chocolates, cakes etc., and provisions were supplied to the Society. The kids were thoroughly thrilled with the experience of a short pillion ride on the Bullets.

It was a day well spent for us, by sharing love and presenting a sense of belonging, the kids were yearning for. With a heavy heart we bade goodbye to the children, before setting out on our return ride, says Sadashiv Reddy

It was the generous contributions by Club members towards the expenses, which ensured we were able to share joy with the kids in the season of Santa Claus, it has given us further impetus to undertake more such trips in future too, says Navin Bhogi.

Speaking about the trip, Ali Asghar, a member of the club said, we undertake regular group rides to inculcate a habit of safe riding amongst the members and strengthen brotherhood in the group. This trip is a pleasant and amazing experience for all of us; it gave us an opportunity to bring smiles in the faces of the innocent kids, who are deprived of a normal childhood. It also helped in instilling amongst our members, most of whom are youth, a sense of charity and the rich experience and pleasure they reap from it.

About Hindustan Royals Bullet Club

Hindustan Royals Bullet Club is a group of Bullet Bike Owners; it currently has 700 members in the city. The Club undertakes two rides every month, a short and a long trip.
The group was initiated by Deepak Sivan & K. Srinivasa Rao, three years ago, with the sole motto of inculcating safe driving habit. HRBC has done many social rides, including Helmet & Traffic Awareness Ride, Save a Girl Child Ride, LV Prasad Eye Institute Glaucoma Awareness Ride; visited Cancer patients at SPARSH HOSPICE, a Palliative Care Centre, and many more. The Group recently undertook solo ride to Rann of Kutch and in the past went on expeditions to Bhutan, Leh & Ladakh, Goa, Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru. The Club believes in bonding of brotherhood and that’s how the team is growing from strength to strength by the day.

About Desire Society

Desire Society, started by Mr Ravi Babu at Bollaram Village, Medak District, is providing shelter to HIV affected kids from the neighboring areas. It has now spread its services to metro cities like Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi. The Home has 75 children (whose parents were infected by the deadly disease and are no more in this world) between the ages of 5-18 years, in Hyderabad. They are being imparted education in different schools in the neighborhood area.

www.desiresociety.org

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Atreya, a thought provoking movie directed and produced by Mr. Shanthi Kumar Chilumula is a wonderful picturization about the bond between children . This movie was a major CSR initiative undertaken by ‘Mitr’ team of Alliance Global Services, a US based software company through START ( Services Through ART) Help Foundation some time back. In a event this Saturday Mr Shanthi Kumar Chilumula, the direct and producer of Atreya donated an amount of five lakhs which was raised from the screenings of this movie to LVPEI. This event was  presided by chief guest Madhusudhan Acharya, Honorable Speaker,  Telangana State Assembly along with Mr. Nageshwar Rao, CEO, LVPEI and Ramesh Prasad, MD, Prasad Labs. 

Madhusudhan Acharya, honourable speaker commended the efforts and thoughts of Mr.Shanthi Kumar in directing such a movie and donating the earnings to LVPEI. He reiterated the need to have more such message oriented humble movies.

A simple movie depicting the common problems all parents and kids could relate to, Atreya enthralled the audience.The movie screening was attended by IT employees along with the actors of the movie Aditya and Anuhya. This event was also attended by Infosys Global HR, Venka Reddy along with EPAM Senior Manager Emmanuel Gosula. In a thanking note Mr. Shanthi Kumar expressed happiness and satisfaction in able to contribute to LVPEI through his movie.

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Education is the most valuable tool which leads one from ignorance into the light of knowledge and wisdom.

Who

Run for Rural Education (RRE)  is the brainchild of Smita(pop singer) and Kiran.

ALAI is founded by Smita who is the first and the only pop singer from southern India with more than ten albums and 150 playback songs to her credit. Being a serial entrepreneur and a social activist, she understands the positive impact that an educated and skilled rural society can have in the country. Smita is also supporting challenged children in Khammam since the last 12 years and is associated with Isha Foundation since eight years.

A member of ALAI- Kiran, who works with Philips Lighting, is trying to make things better. Kiran who is very passionate about this cause and who finds RUNNING close to heart has come up with this initiative to run.

ALAI in collaboration with Isha Vidya is conducting the Event – Run for Rural Education(RRE) along with the people, who find the need of improving the rural education close to their hearts, to support this noble cause.

How

Kiran would start on October 11th, which happens to be an auspicious day of Vijayadashami, from Vijayawada and would reach Vizag by foot. Along with him, a few enthusiastic celebrities from Tollywood viz., Nikhil, Sharwanand and a few more would be flagging off at different locations. Smita would also be running along with Kiran on the first day and the last day of the series. Also, volunteers, friends and the students of Sri Chaitanya Educational Institutions would be joining him at various locations through the run.

Media is going to cover the run at major milestones like the start point which is Vijayawada, the mid-point which is Rajahmundry and the end-point which is Vishakhapatnam.

What

Unfortunately, children in rural areas have been denied access to a proper education, with most Govt. schools (which cater to 95% of rural children) lacking basic facilities. Even those children who eventually make it through twelve years of schooling require core competencies, making it impossible to pursue gainful employment or higher education.

ALAI, along with Isha Vidhya aims to provide the following significant inputs for the Govt. schools:

• hiring teachers to reduce the student-teacher ratio

• hiring teachers for individual instruction to integrate slow learners into the regular classes

• adoption of an English language program for the whole school

• adding hitherto neglected aspects of sports, yoga, arts & crafts and healthcare

• necessary training for teachers to adopt child-friendly teaching methods: maintaining discipline without physical punishment, motivating children, lesson planning, access and use of classroom educational aids and digital content

To facilitate quick development of the slow-learners, several educational aids developed and used at Isha Vidhya schools are made available to the remedial teachers in the Govt. schools. Teachers are also provided with clear skill-based outcomes to be monitored and test papers to be administered every term, to assess the progress of the children. Also, worksheets developed in-house have been provided to the students, both for classwork as well as homework, to reinforce conceptual learning and for practice assignments.

Why

This event is to spread awareness about this new and improved format of education in Telugu speaking states. It aims to provide high-quality education to rural children, thru Government School Adoption Program

Run for Rural Education(RRE) is to open the door for providing underprivileged rural children access to high quality education and the holistic, activity-based approach similar to that of Isha Vidhya’s educational system, which nurtures children’s development beyond just academics, ensuring that students realize their full potential and learn in a joyful manner. Hence, RRE is to increase the awareness of the importance of rural education and also to enable like-minded people to contribute to the cause. Run for Rural Education is amongst the first of its kind to happen in AP and would spread awareness at all prominent locations en-route.

Apart from direct donations for the cause, funds would be raised through a crowd-funding portal www.ketto.org

Where

Kiran would start on October 11th from Vijayawada and would reach Vizag on 18th covering 350km by foot on the National Highway-16 passing thru Hanuman Junction, Rajamundry, Yalamanchili, Tuni and  Ankapalli covering an average of 50km per day. TFL (The Food Lounge), Vijayawada would be handling the nutrition, hydration, and logistics for the complete program.

Route-map for the Run: 350kms
Route: Vijayawada to Vishakhapatnam covering Total of 366kms