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Our kids’ favorite

Christmas joke:

AnnapurnaHelp people to help themselves

“The true republic: men, their rights and nothing

more; women, their rights and nothing less."Franklin P. Adams

Recent events

• Lal Bazaar Update

Remedial Coaching Center

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Calendar of EventsFeb 8 2009 – Lal Bazaar – English discussion

Feb 14, 2009 – Mother India Orphanage

Feb 20, 2008 – Lal Bazaar – English mock exam

Annapurna Committee CongratulatesAnnapurna Secretary, Sai Prasanth Nandagiri,

for winning the Asia Pacific Japan region’s 2008 Employee of the Year

by Teradata Cares Committeefor his valuable contribution to society.

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A couple of new projects have been kicked off for Lal Bazaar students.

Annapurna volunteers have worked to create the identity cards for the children at Lal Bazaar. Using these ID cards, the students can get free medical services from Dr. Ganesh Madhavan whose clinic is across the street from the hostel. In addition, Annapurna has also opened a credit account with the nearby pharmacy to provide medicines to the children as prescribed.

Secondly, a new Annapurna volunteer named Madhusudhan Reddy, has started teaching Mathematics to the 10th grade students at Lal Bazaar and has conducted 4 sessions already. Evidently, there is magic in his teaching that makes the

Place: Lal Bazaar Government Social Welfare HostelLocation: Lal Bazaar, Secunderabad

teaching sessions highly interactive.

In addition, Annapurna volunteers conducted 2 Hindi sessions with the 10th grade students. Hindi grammar was discussed from about 6 previous exam question papers. In the process, the volunteers also learned a few new Hindi words.

Mr. Madhusudhan Reddy

Lal Bazaar Update

Remedial Coaching CenterA Kite Decoration competition was held at Remedial Coaching Center on Jan 10th 2009. All the children participated by forming pairs.Kites, decorative material and snacks were sponsored by Annapurna.

All the children did a wonderful job decorating kites. Decorating kites was a new concept for them and they soaked it up. Colorful ribbons, color papers, laces, silver paper cuttings, stickers, and color pens were used for decoration. The kites were decked with hearts and beautiful borders. Flowers were made out of ribbons to adorn the kites. And beautiful messages were written for Pongal wishes.

Kalyani (our bold student) and Balraj from 10th grade won the first prize. Their kite had a message of equality amongst all religions. Priyanka and Rajeshwari from 9th grade won second prize for the neatly created message of pongal and flowers using ribbons. Sai Priya and Shehnaz from first year degree won the third prize for beautiful roses created from ribbons and a lovely border. In addition, two consolation prizes were also declared.

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Welcome

New members

Madhusudhan Reddy

"Nothing can

withstand the power

of the human will if it

is willing to stake its

very existence to the

extent of its

purpose."

- Benjamin Disraeli

Happy Republic Day!

Caption describing picture or graphic.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you feed a stray cat, and I thought it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you make my favorite cake just for me, and I knew that little things are special things.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I heard you say a prayer, and I believed there is a God I could always talk to.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it’s all right to cry.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted to be everything that I could be.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I looked… and wanted to say thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn’t looking.

Author unknown.

When you Thought I Wasn’t Looking

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