Cricket and Service: A Perfect Duo

It was a beautiful day for cricket on April 21st, the day of the pitch-off for Vibha’s flagship event : the FutureTech Cricket Cup 2012. In what started out to be a day with variable weather and slight drizzles was very rapidly converted to an afternoon filled with intensity and cheers for the respective teams [...]

A symphonic spectacle: A night with the Madras Chamber Orchestra

On the evening of the performance of the Madras Chamber Orchestra, an unforgettable spectacle could be seen at Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Hall, Chennai, India.  Each musician was reputed, and all (but one: myself) had performed Oscar winning “Jai Ho.”  With an eclectic medley of musical masterpieces ranging from Indian Carnatic to Western Classical resonated [...]

A competitive communion: Atlanta Dream Play 2012

Well organized. Excellently planned.  Top competition.  These were just some of the words buzzing around the stands and ground on the 24th of March, 2012, when Vibha Dream Play was hosted at South Forsyth Middle School.   The Vibha Dream Play is one of the annual flagship charity chess and table tennis tournament hosted by [...]

Walk for a Cause: Bay Area Dream Mile 2012

The first time a mother holds her bundle of joy in her arms she starts dreaming for him the best in life.  He would wear the best clothes, eat quality food, get the best education and have a healthy life.  This is what every mother wishes for her child but many simply cannot realize this [...]

AURED conducts pilot test for Mobile Screening among pre-school and school going children

Started in 1986, in Mumbai, AURED focuses on habilitation of children with hearing impairment, through therapy sessions. This broadly involves the following steps: a. Evaluation of each child to confirm and determine the extent of hearing loss, assess residual hearing and parental counseling. b. Fitting of hearing aids or cochlear implants based on extensive scientific [...]

HEARDS (Health Education Adoption Rehabilitation Development Society) successfully eradicates child labour from a Chittor Slum!

“India Shining” seems like a distant reality as it continues to host one of the highest numbers of child laborers in the world. Our country sadly has not been able to tackle child labor in spite of all the globalization policies which is supposed to be branding our country as a progressive and developed economy. [...]

“When Endeavor (Prayas) furthers opportunities…..”

Kasim and Arbaz in October, 2011, transitioned from their special class (exclusively taught by a special educator) to Preparatory (taught by regular educators). These children now sit with the normal children and slow learners in that class and study the syllabus designed for Preparatory by Prayas. Both these children are now considered as Slow Learners [...]

A Humbling Experience

This publicity leaflet may appear strange to many, especially if one  can read Telugu. This one was brought out by a Sikshana school months back- even I did not know about its existence till yesterday. It is from the Government (ZP) High school in Mukalacheruvu ( Madanapalle Cluster), in which GORD and Sikshana worked together [...]

2011, the year so far..

It has been a busy year so far for Vibha with a number of exciting activities.  Here are the highlights. 1) Launch of Adopt-a-Project: With this new program, a patron can donate his or her money to particular projects pre-selected by Vibha that focus on child development initiatives. This is great news for patrons who [...]

Countdown to Pragati’11 – Vibha Pune Action Center’s Initiatives

This series of posts is leading to Pragati ’11 – a two day project wide conference to be organized by Vibha in Pune, India. This particular post is written by Alija Sule, a volunteer with Vibha Pune.  Alija is currently a third year Graphic Design student at the MIT Institute of Design. It is rightly [...]