Vibha recently got an invitation from Manjula Gupta who runs the TV show “Chai with Manjula”, to talk about our mission and vision, our fundraising, and the projects we focus on. On behalf of the Bay Area, I accepted her invitation, and recorded the session with her on Oct 15th. The show is available at this [...]
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The Bay Area recently held their 5K/10K Dream Mile on June 28 2009, and it turned out to be the most successful Dream Mile ever. Do you want to know how it happened, what the volunteers did, how they felt after? These are some voices from the Bay Area Dream Mile 2009 team – they [...]
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If you think you can, you can! This is what comes to mind when Vibha volunteers, along with organizations Rachana & Door Step School (DSS), conducted two successful Health Check-Up camps on 18th & 26th of April, 2009 for 300 kids from various slums and villages in and around Pune. Watch a video capturing the experience below. A [...]
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Underprivileged kids….the cause…the challenge…the satisfaction…the friends we made…or just plain old simple conscience? Reasons aplenty, I thought I’ll go down the path of soul searching and put down on paper why I volunteer for Vibha. About 4 years ago, I moved to the Bay Area and at that time my wife was (and still is) [...]
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