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 Field Trip to Rachana’s Hostel Facility in Panshet

“Put a girl on the path to education and she’ll teach the entire community,” quotes Rani, a 13 year old, when asked about the importance of education. The statement has a profound impact when coming from a teenage girl in a remote village of India. At this tender age, she’s already been hardened by the [...]

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 [...]

Why volunteer? A child’s perspective

VIBHA DALLAS FORT WORTH This entire text is written by a team of two enthusiastic nine-year olds, with only minor grammatical corrections made by tyrannical adults. My mouth let out a satisfying burp. Boy! I just had a scrumptious dinner at the 5 Star Taj hotel in India. My tummy was all happy and the doorman [...]

2nd DC Spelling Bee 2012: Outstanding participation in a unique event

VIBHA WASHINGTON, D.C. Vibha (meaning effulgence or radiance in Sanskrit), is a volunteer driven organization dedicated to uplifting the lives of underprivileged children in India and the US.  The DC Action Center organized the Spelling Bee 2012 event on March 4th at Nysmith School, VA for the second time. Vibha DC commends Nysmith School for [...]

Bowl for a Child: The takeoff of the Boston Action Center

VIBHA BOSTON Our first fundraiser, Bowl for a Child, was to take place at Boston Bowl on March 10th, 2012. Even though the Boston Action Center was in its infancy, Arvind, Prabhu, and I seized to opportunity to have our first fundraiser. With only one week to pull it off, we sent out emails in [...]

Vibhasana

by Ansy Mathews Reminiscing back to what we did over the past weekend (Nov 5-6), volunteers here in Bayarea did a phenomenal job managing Vibha’s 1st ever Vibhasana Yoga Conference. During the conference we got to experience first hand the meaning of Yoga which is ‘to join’, ‘to unite’ or ‘to attach’. This spirit of [...]

Pragati ’11 – Day Zero – Breaking the ice

This series of posts brings live action from Pragati ’11 – a two day project wide conference being organized by Vibha in Pune, India.  Friday, 30th Sep 2011 – “This is a stage for you to speak, and everyone else to listen and learn” stated Ron Victor (President, Vibha India), as he welcomed over 50 [...]