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 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 [...]

Pragati 2011 – Connect, Share and Leverage

In October 2009, Vibha organized the first ever Pragati Conference in Bangalore for all project partners and it was a tremendous and exciting opportunity to meet everyone from across India to learn about the inspiring and path breaking work being done. We believe that the conference was a first step towards forging strong relationships between [...]

Cops ‘N Kids – Aasheeta

The Milwaukee Vibha action center is going to support a local non-profit organization called Cops’N Kids!  We will be doing so as a member of WCAIO (Wisconsin Coalition of Asian-Indian Organizations) in partnership with the police officers of Milwaukee City and Julia Burney-Witherspoon, the founder of Cops’N Kids.  CNK is a unique program with a strong impact on local communities.  It has a Reading [...]

Gram Vikas Trust-Sikshana in Gujurat

- Ramesh Kasondra and Vijay Vemulapalli Vibha-Sikshana partnership has crossed another milestone. Vibha approved a new project with GVT (Gram Vikas Trust) in Gujarat implementing Sikshana model in 15 schools, starting October 2010. This is the direct result of the 4-day workshop Vibha jointly conducted with Sikshana in July 2010. This is the second time [...]

Update on Gram Vikas Trust-Sikshana joint venture – Letter from Zankhana Patel

Dear All Friends, This is to share with you all on how the joint venture of GVT – Sikshana is shaping up:  The GVT – Sikshana venture took off with a simple inauguration function on 22nd December. Mr. Ramamurthy had an in-depth interaction and discussion with the GVT and the govt school staff on the [...]

Vibha Highlights for 2010

– Ron Victor Given that its been a tough year for most of America, and we’re all still recovering from the recent economic melt-down, it’s a fabulous achievement and we, the volunteers of Vibha along with our fellow 39 social entrepreneurs sincerely thank you! You made this possible and this is what gives us the energy [...]

Educating and empowering children of fishing community

Ever imagined what type of lives the fishermen community in India lead? Due to economic difficulties that fishermen and fisherwomen face, they send their children at an early age to earn a living. There have been difficult times like the tsumani that struck Tamil Nadu in December 2004 resulting in fishing opportunities being affected but [...]