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abhaya HUNT THE WINTER 2013 The winter is knocking on our doors & soon everyone is going to be cocooned in their woolens. Do you know how some of our fellow citizens spend their winter? Want to know how much it takes to give them Dignity? Its less than a dinner out or a movie or an ice-cream time!. Hunt the winter - Coordinators AP: Sunil Shankar-9966401013 Siva Krishna -9959220450 KK: CS Thirupal -9448384064 MR: Kishore.P -7709054434 Others: Siva -9959220450 By Donating Rs. 150/-, you can give a warm Blanket to some one who is suffering from nail biting chilly weather. We urge you to join us this winter in contributing and distributing free blankets to destitute (Not Beggars) as we scour every nook and corner of the country for them. abhayans throughout the country spend their nights with absolute care to ensure the material reaches the Right People. abhaya started hunt the winter in 2006, without knowing that we are sowing a seed for a giant tree which will eventually shelter humanity. abhaya inaugurated HOH, last month which is going to be home to 500 destitute of this country and all this started from a humble beginning called Hunt The Winter. Hence every abhayan conducts this annual event with a religious fervor and ceremony. The Religion is Humanity and the Ceremony is spreading warmth with love. Started in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh. On Demand we will send them to any transportable part of IndiaTo contribute, Please email to abhayafoundation@y ahoo.com Join us at www.facebook.com/a bhayafoundation- Home of Happiness

abhaya Home of Happiness Loving Hearts & Helping Hands abhaya FOUNDATION Ahobila Anna Sathram declared Rs. 1,00,000/- Salutes to Sri N Prasad: abhaya salute Sri N Prasad & Family for their kind contribution of Rs. 75,116/- to HoH. We thank our Chairman Sri Meda Narasimhulu & Sri N Janardhana Rao for connecting to such kindhearted people. abhaya expresses its sincere gratitude to the office bearers of Ahobila Anna Sathram for lending an ear to abhayas cause and declaring Rs. 1,00,000/- to support us in the divine venture. The team (KSV Sivakrishna & CA BV Prasad, Trustees) lead by the President, CS PS Rao were present during the meeting and appealed to the members. abhaya team expressed their heartfelt gratitude to the Chairman of Ahobila Anna Sathram, Sri Meda Narasimhulu for such a kind support.abhaya expresses its gratitude to Sri Srinivas, Vasavi Niraman, Hyderabad for his empathy in listening out and considering to lend Rs. 1,00,000/- as his personal contribution to HoH project. abhaya Home of Happiness...the way forward Now, that the entire campus is ready for occupation, abhaya team is considering to appoint a good Administrator who can stay there at abhaya Home and implement the programs as per the vision document. We request all the abhayans to please be at look out for a suitable candidate for the same. He and his family will be given Quarters, Food and suitable honorarium.

Chairman visit to abhaya Home The Chairman & Founder visited abhaya Home and reviewed the civil works, which are in final leg. They recommended some corrections to be carried out before finally taking over the campus. abhaya appeals everyone to lend hands of support in clearing the pending bills. The First 5 @ abhaya Home The temple finally got its first Gods and the ecclesiastics who would take care of them. Rama Rao (Caretaker), Jilanee (Watchman) and Chandbi Jilanee (House Keeping) joined us in serving our first inmates Smt Kusuma and her Mother Smt Padma. Our heartfelt gratitude's to all of them for accomplishing the reason and meaning of abhaya HoH. With renewed resolve to serving Humanity we hope to see more and more people joining us in this Divine Endeavor. Chairman s visit to Kusuma Founder visited and spoke to Ms Kusuma and her mother and empathized with them and advised them to be the first inmates of abhaya HoH, which they have consented for. Kusuma who has been disabled and lived on bed all these days has taken her first step towards reprogramming her own life at abhaya Home. Lets cheer her on in true abhaya style. Anyone wishing to know more can see her story in previous posts/ news updates.

COMMITTMENT abhayans feel blessed to be lead by Sri Meda Narasimhulu. At his age he has every right to lead a calm retired life cherishing his innumerable achievements in life. But he is a man of ceaseless action. His efforts to promote the cause of HoH have been relentless. His efforts were instrumental in pooling a huge chunk of the resources we have today for HoH. After the inauguration of HoH, he has not kept idle even for a moment and recently made Founder to move along with him for propagating and promoting this Godly cause. For abhayans he is commitment personified an institution in himself and patriarch of the family. We seek his blessings for all our endeavors. VISION Miryalaguda When like minded people meet positive vibes match and spread. That s what happened at Miryalaguda Avanti Kshetram when founder and Secretary, CS G. Raghu Babu met Dr Sharath Babu, Sri Ramamurthy and Team. The Team decided to work on a proposal for utilizing the land available for skill building in consultation with abhaya Home. We welcome their thoughts and admire their spirit to serve.

INSPIRATION ACTION When you meet Dr Sharath Babu you understand the meaning of Karma Yogi. His energy and passion to serve at a ripe age of 75 is unbelievable. We have seldom seen someone so diligent in work, matchless in devotion, incomparable in attitude to serve with kindness. abhaya feels pride in meeting such a personality and aspire to emulate what he has achieved in life. Sincere appreciation for him. Shri G Srinvas is a simple man with a golden heart. He got connected through CS G Raghu Babu and attended dedication event. So inspired he was with the event that he promised a long term support to abhaya Home by supplying rice bags. He was later inducted into abhaya committee as well. He wished that Founder visit Miryalaguda, where he organized special meetings with VIPs of his town. He became our host on Sunday 29th Sept 13, inspite having a busy schedule which includes being the secretary of Miryalaguda Rice Millers Association. He pooled Rs. 3.5 Lacs from friends and promised further support for abhaya HoH. He donated one bag of rice for serving at abhaya Home and assured his best possible support for getting Akshaya Prasadam. We salute this magnanimous gesture of a simple man with a golden heart.

abhaya congratulates Sri G Rajender Reddy on he receiving award

abhaya Home of Happiness Donations/ Promises in September 13 abhaya FOUNDATION Name of the Doner Rs. Name of the Doner Rs. Ahobilam Anna Sathram 1,00,000 CHANDRA BHANU NIYOGI, HYDERABAD 5,000 Srinivas, Vasavi Nirman Constructions 1,00,000 CHANDRA MOULI, HYDERABAD 3,006 N.PRASAD, RAMANTAPUR, HYDERABAD 75,116 V.PADMAJA, HYDERABAD 3,000 B.SIRISHA DEVI, HYDERABAD 50,000 Ms BHARGAVI GIRIREDDY REDDY, HYDERABAD 3,000 G.V.R.CONSTRUCTIONS, HYDERABAD 50,000 SATYA VENKATA TATARAO DADI, HYDERABAD 2,000 ABHAYA FOUNDATION 50,000 BALA KARTIK K 1,116 SMT.A.SUDHALAKSHMI, BANGALORE 25,000 SMT.APARNA, W/O.SRI SANJEEVA REDDY, ANANTAPUR 1,116 CA S N RANGAIAH, BANGALORE 25,000 C ROHITA, HYDERABAD 1,000 YELLAPANTULA SURYANARAYANA, HYDERABAD 25,000 PRASHANTHI, HYDERABAD 1,000 T MURALEEDHAR, HYDERABAD 20,000 MANOJ KUMAR KOYALKAR, HYDERABAD 1,000 PRANAVI NARA, HYDERABAD 20,000 MS.MADHURI CHERUKUPALLI, HYDERABAD 1,000 K.RANGA RAO, HYDERABAD 10,116 ARUN MEDA, OMT, BANGALORE 1,000 OTHERS 10,001 MASTER NAMAN, HYDERABAD 1,000 B.V.KRISHNA MURTHY, BANGALORE 10,000 PRATEEP, INFOSYS, BANGALORE 1,000 K.MEHAPATHI LAL, HYDERABAD 10,000 MS.SHAILAJA REDDY, HYDERABAD 1,000 RAMESH CHANDOLU, ANANTAPUR 10,000 MS.NEHA BAJPAL, HYDERABAD 1,000 U.RADHA KRISHNA, HYDERABAD 10,000 KISHORE, INFOSYS, PUNE 700 SUNEEL KUMAR V, S.Er., TATA Elxsi 10,000 U VENKATA RAMANA, HYDERABAD 501 T SRINIVASA RAO 10,000 MURALI KRISHAN (PRL), HYDERABD 500 DR. SARATH BABU, KHAMAMM 10,000 B KIRAN KUMAR GUPTA, HYDERABAD 500 AHALADA RAO & CO., HYDERABAD 8,000 KIRAN KUMAR GUNDA, HYDERABAD 500 NARENDRA SINGH, HYDERABAD 8,000 CS B SIREESHA, CHENNAI 500 T.MURALEEDHAR 6,000 SWATHI G, INFOSYS, HYDERABAD 500 T.SRICHAKRI, HYDERABAD 6,000 SUSHMA B, HYDERABAD 500 ATUL KUMAR AGARWAL, HYDERABAD 5,000 PHANI, HYDERABAD 500 B.RAGHUVEER, HYDERABAD 5,000 P.KEERTI, INFOSYS, HYDERABAD 300 MANOJ MADAAN, HYDERABAD 5,000 KISHORE POLE, HYDERABAD 200 A G R REDDY & CO., HYDERABAD 5,000 SRIKANTH P, INFOSYS, CHENNAI 200 G.S.V.N.PRAVEEN, HYDERABAD 5,000 K.SEKHAR 100 AHALADA RAO & CO., HYDERABAD 5,000 R.SARASWATHI 100 ROUHINI JASWAL, HYDERABAD 5,000 PRAMOD T, INFOSYS, BANGALORE 100 CA A V SATISH KUMAR, BANGALORE 5,000 TOTAL 731,172

abhaya opened Account with SBI, Jubilee Hills Our sincere gratitude's to the Chief Manager Sri Prasad, SBI, Jubilee Hills for lending an ear to the cause of abhaya. abhaya with the support CS G Narender Gandhari, Practicing Company Secretary, Hyderabad and his friends could successfully open the new Current Account at SBI. Narender provided Rs.10,000/- as his contribution to abhaya home by depositng in the newly opened account. Plan is to move proposal form, seeking the support of SBI CSR Division. Hoping to have a positive result sooner than expected. Now, abhayans can may please make use of the said account for donations: A/c: abhaya FOUNDATION A/c No.: 33292038898 Bank: State Bank of India Add: SPL PBB, Jubilee Hills IFSC: SBIN0004155 abhaya is proud to know CS Surya Narayana, in its journey of service :

abhaya FOUNDATION HEART Healthcare Update abhaya FOUNDATION Before Surgery Post Surgery Mission Sai Priya Sai Priya (12) was born into a typical BPL family who survives by selling Mirchi Bajjis on the roadside. She had a unique medical condition where her backbone kept bending over years till it made her bed ridden for more than a year. Doctors were hesitant to do a surgery due to its complications and huge cost. Out of love, her grandfather started pooling funds from wherever he could for a year and Doctors from Kamineni Hospital Abids came forward to do the surgery. Many kind-hearted people lent their hands and pooled over Rs. 8 lacs. After a marathon 14 hour surgery by a group of specialist Doctors and by Gods blessings she survived and is straight and right now. The family has been in touch with abhaya since a year now, but due to a number of high priority cases we were unable to lend them support. Finally committing Rs. 5000 towards her food and medicine expenses for the next 6 months. We appeal to all abhayans to rally around this case and do whatever they can to spread the cause.

Mission Syed Saleem Syed Altaf is the eldest son of Mr. Syed Saleem, who is the only bread winner of family and working as a daily laborer. Altaf is suffering from a life threatening disease called aplastic anemia and this disease is a chronic one and needs immediate medical intervention in the form of replacement bone marrow. This is a herculean task for his father to the whole burden on his shoulders with his meager income. So he is seeking financial aid from the kind hearted persons who would help him to save the child. Altaf is undergoing blood transfusion thrice a month and the expenditure for transfusion is 6,000/- (p.m.). Day by day the health problem of Altaf is becoming severe and he needs immediate cure for disease. The cost of the transplantation would be about Rs. 30,00,000/-. This is an approximate amount and may increase in case of a life threatening fungal infection as the fungal agent may be expensive. They have approached all the corners for help, and pooled to most extent of the estimation in cash and promise. abhaya keeping their situation in mind, promised to extent its hand for post operation expenses. The same has been agreed by his father. Mission Nagarjuna He has come clear in treatment at Vellore and in post-operation check ups.it's been nearly one year since abhaya took up Mission Nagarjuna. He has been successfully transplanted at Vellore and in post-operation check up. They had a scheduled visit to CMC on last Monday. This time a complete re-assessment was planned for Nagarjuna to know the improvement. Because of some health complications, they postponed the schedule and both Nagarjuna and his father are back to Hyderabad.

Mission Malakondaiah I, M. Malakondaiah on whom kidney transplantation was done with your support on 10-08-13. I am fine and safe with the help of all of you. Your help is unforgettable in my life. After recovering I would like to join you to help others, the way you are doing currently. I further request you to help me with my monthly expenses, medicines and test for post operative care. I would need to take rest for 6 months on bed. If possible please try to help me. - M Manikondaiah. Mission Mukesh abhaya appeals to well wishers to lend hands of support to Mukesh: Mukesh is recovering well after two and half months of treatment in the rehabilitation center. He is able to lift and put forward left leg with help of walker but not able to lift right leg. I discussed with doctor and he told that muscle power in right leg is less, which also will come in the process. Now Mukesh is able to stand for 2 to 3 minutes even leaving aside the walker. Both Mechanical and Manual Physiotherapy are being given to him. The positive assurance of Doctor and response of the treatment has made the child and his parents happy and child is wishing to continue his studies from next academic session. Abhaya arranged to send Rs. 8,000/- in child's account in SBI, HAL to meet the expenditure for August'13 in rehabilitation Centre at Bhadrak towards room rent Rs.3000/-, physiotherapy charges Rs.5000/- and other misc exp. Rs.2000/-. He really needs to have all our support. abhaya appeals to everyone to contribute as small as Rs.100/- PM for the cause. Mission Sofiya: She reached GOD's fold With immense grief we inform all abhayans that Sofia Glory the Divine kid whom abhaya supported for Kidney Transplantation surgery about 5 years back, left for heavenly abode on 24th Sept. 5 years back when we wished her a long and health life post successful surgery we dint expect in our worst nightmare to find her fighting for life for past 3 days at a Hospital. It's heartbreaking to revisit the video where she spoke about her plans for future. We express our heartfelt condolence for the entire family of Glory in this hour of grief. We pray for her Glory when she meets God. Moments like these only harden our resolve to live for those who are in need, no matter what it takes.!!!

Mission Santhosh At BBR Hospitals. Massive internal brain hemorrhage to Santhosh at same place where he suffered couple of years back. Presently he is in high risk state and unconscious. Emergency operation is being done. Need your help this time. I have already given advance to ICU of 20k. Kindly see if any help can come. Dr. TN Rao is treating him and patient is readied for surgery. I am a bit scared this time sir, he did not look good as his bleeds are bigger and deeper. I am praying with all my might to give him hope and health. Your prayers always work wonders... Subsequent update: Santosh got discharged last week post surgery and recovering. Overall we had a bill of 85K at BBR this time, friends pooled in about 35K and between me and Ravi we had to pool together 25K each to get him out. Tough but did not have options/choice. Thanks for the prayers and offer to help, we will need it, always, but will reserve it for a later date. Srikanth Natarajan, WIPRO, Hyderabad abhaya special children Sirisha and Divya are back to their regular physiotherapy at Sweekar Rehabilitation center. Sirisha is back to her former selfpost treatment for fits at Prime Hospital. But Divya would still need lot of efforts to become normal. We pray to God to give them strength to stand and walk on their own. Mission Sirisha & Divya

abhaya FOUNDATION HEART Educare Update abhaya FOUNDATION I am fine here and hope all abhayans are well and in pink of health. Due to the ongoing Bandh only 2 to 3 classes are conducted each day. I want to share few things about my college. The classrooms are so big. Our professors use some equipment while teaching us lessons such as projector, mike and others. HOD's come daily to hostel & enquire with us if there are any problems with seniors and they will take care of us nicely. Apart from this I went to Inegendla village as part of village service I participated in medical camp and balavikas. For developing my English I am reading Swamis speeches that are in English. So every thing is fine here with me, except that I have to concentrate a lot.k.sailatha, I year MBBS, Annanthapur Medical College. Haritha (Group I): All my classes are coming to an end in a few days. I am performing good in the exams. I got 72 marks out of 80 marks in history subject test. I have attended inauguration function of abhaya home of Happiness and coming to abhaya on weekends to learn new things. Before connecting to ABHAYA FOUNDATION I don't know how to behave in the society. But now I am learning every small thing in behavior.i am Speaking with my friends almost every thing in English and Reading more number of English books and explaining to friends in English. I am also reading English news papers and collecting meanings to the words which I don't know and using that words for more number of times. G o v i n d a r a j a n (B.Tech):I've cleared my 4TH semester without any arrears with G.P of 7.03.Totally there are only 5 students who cleared all subject in my class. I won a kaleidoscope as prize for Adds-up contest held on Independence-day. I had attended the Educare meeting last month and got some guideline for my future from Sunil sir and learnt how to make an effective presentation from Ankita madam. As I'm working I rely on my savings for my basic financial requirement. I have got rid of stage fear now and I am able to present any topic even if don't know much about it without any fear. Last week I presented a topic on ENTREPRENEURSHIP in my class. I intend to participate in S.S.N College IT symposium and will try my best to win the prize in DEBUGGING. Srinivas Reddy (CS) : I have attended the inaugural function of abhaya home of happiness at Ibrahimpatnam along with my friends and colleagues from my office. I am preparing well for the CS Professional exam in December month. I am going for coaching in Digvijay. As I am working and earning Rs.5000/- a month, I don't need any monitory help for now. I have attended the briefing meet for SEVA Mela along with o t h e r abhayanscs Kiran Kumar Gupta and EJP Prasad uncle.

abhaya Vignan School Update Samaikandhra bandh partly affected the activities of abhaya Vignan School. But the management took care to run the school with available resources. There were a couple of things suggested by the team which visited two months ago and they are still pending due to the Bandh. During the month of September, Teachers' Day has been celebrated at School, Head Mistress Smt Padmavathi and other teachers taught the importance of the day and stressed on the importance of a teacher in ones life. School management also celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi and distributed prasadam to all the students. The pending tasks to be attended immediately are 1. Paint Classrooms with cartoons2. Repairing and Coloring the playing equipment's (Swings, See-Saw).Hopefully, these can be attended post bandh at their place. abhaya is satisfied with management of the school and noted that extra charts were brought for classrooms. All the teachers have assumed their individual responsibilities and they are doing their job satisfactorily. Padmavathi, HM Girijan Vikas Kendra School Update abhaya thanks all its supporters with whose help we could pool in a lot of material for GVSK. The students were shining in uniforms with ties and belts provided by abhaya (Laxmi Sai Study Aids, Hyderabad). Words cant express their joy on receiving clothes which they are so fondly wearing. A big thanks to Dell/ DQ Entertainment teams who lent their helping hands in pooling kids wear. However the work doesn't end there and we need to pool in much more. We need food grains, computers, blankets and financial help to support and sustain the school. We appeal to everyone for lending their support for this Godly cause. Lets not allow those smiles to diminish one bit. It's abhayas pledge that Each and every thing given to abhaya reaches the most needy in the society. We request well wishers to come forward for Girijan Vikas Kendra School. They have a need for rice, note books, stationery, computers etc., abhaya TEAM

abhaya FOUNDATION HEART abhaya FOUNDATION THE BACK GROUND: KGBV Kids calling!!!! A well-wisher of abhaya met project officer of KGBV (Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayams), and was moved by her anguish and Concern about the incidents happening in the schools lately. She expressed subsequently the morale of the inmates was so low that it made her feel helpless and wished that God must send someone to lift their spirits. They somehow got to know about abhaya and approached us with this unique request. And in typical abhaya style, the schedule was drawn and put into action in no time.trip was planned for 2 days spread across 7 KGBV Schools to address the issues raised by the officers. The Primary Agenda was to create awareness on Self confidence, Personal Health and Hygiene, Life skills, Communication Skills,Career awareness. What we didn t know was what we are going to learn from them in the process. Undeterred by Chaotic traffic and incessant rains we embarked on our journey, that would be to become unforgettable moments in our lives.our work started from Madhanapally-Mulkalachervu where we reached the first school in the itenary, i.e., PTM KGBV We started work by 6.30 am with nearly 200 girls aged between 11 to 16 waiting anxiously for us. They resided in hostel and were pursuing classes from 6th unto 10th in KGBV. Somewhat amused children gathered for a seemingly unsounded assembly for a teeth brushing & bathing session. This was followed by the Bathing session where a little friend came forward for demonstration. Importance of personal health & hygiene was explained in a very novel way to them, which the children enjoyed thoroughly. Post breakfast the children sat for meditation and then thoughts on positive thinking. This was followed by 15 minutes entertainment by CS Santhosh, Ventriloquist, wherein he connected teachers, students and volunteers with humour. Awareness Update Little Stars @ KGVB... Who added colours to the LIFE What happened there after:

Thereafter founder interacted directly with the kids, and the little angels started connecting their mind & heart with him. They expressed a myriad of emotions they were going through which was at time difficult to comprehend for them. There was an underpinning of feeling of being wronged by life, almost questioning the fairness of it. At times they felt singled out, and at others they fought a constant struggle to overcome crippling thoughts of self-doubt, self-blame and pity. At this moment founder started writing these thoughts on the black board and started explaining them ways to overcome such despair. They were oriented towards life skills, proper attitude towards career. Children started opening up more and shared that they were unable to focus on studies because of negative thoughts about parents, poor memory, lack of focus etc. and a over feeling of helplessness. The list soon swelled to 30 problems that the girls brought forward in less than 10 minutes. But the little ones finally saw some light at the end of the session when they started realizing how lucky they are in spite of all this odds that they are able to get a chance to study and someone is there to take care of them. They started making effort to think positively and turn the negatives into positives. The Session concluded with CS. Kamala talking about career planning and distributed leaflets about career prospects for children who passed 10th class. We asked them for feedback and this is what they had to say, Sir s we are so lucky that you have come all the way from Hyderabad to spend time with us. This really made us to tune our minds to be focused on our goals. Our minds were clogged with negative thoughts and we could clear all that today with your positive words. Thank you so much. It was an emotional moment when amid ardent requests for staying back for more time, we bid them farewell and marched towards our next destination. These somber moments kept repeating over next two days while we visited another 5schools. School after School we came across similar stories, similar issues. It was heartbreaking to hear their stories and it was heart swelling to see their bright faces post sessions. It egged us on to be more passionate towards this cause creating more energy at the subsequent venues. It was difficult to express the kind of energy flowing through us during the trip.

The journey had its quirky We were reminded of what moments too, like when we boundless energy means reached KGBV, Kurabalakota to when even at 10:30 children a rousing reception replete with were not ready to end our school band, welcome songs and session or go to sleep. We flowers, which not only took us by showed girls at KGBV surprise but also made us admire Kalakada few clippings the discipline and preparedness of about team spirit, positive the children. It was amazing to see thinking and life skills. the children unmindful of the power cut and so charged that they did So absorbed were the not move from their places c h i l d r e n t h a t t h e i r maintaining pin drop silence in the expressions varied from mild class till the very end of the contentment to ecstatic session. It was a moment of joy for euphoria. They relented only us to see the proficiency of these after we promised them kids when they demonstrated their another session in the early physical strength by performing morning before we left. exercises like pyramids etc., dances choreographed by their It was4:30 am the next teachers, songs written by them. morning and all the children All this left us awestruck forcing us were ready with their to observe that they were as good toothbrushes, paste and mug as any corporate school. of water. This time the session was a bit different abhaya honored the PET Teacher because for the first time it Ms. Swathi with abhaya Silver Coin w a s c o n ducted under and expressed our appreciation. torchlights.

Sometimes the children left us whom this trip would not have been a thinking, like it happened at KGBV, grand success that it was. K.V. Palle Where the girls started pouring out their issues expecting Ms. Ramadevi, GCDO. She was with readymade solutions for their us giving, throughout the journey, in problems. Founder helped them in spite of running a fever giving us all finding solutions to their issues. It inputs required to make our program a was again little friend talking doll that success. started answering some of their questions. Finally it was heartening to Ms. Laxmi, the Project Officer who see them coming out motivated and joined us on day 2. She took the cheerful. initiative and connected the KGBV s to abhaya with intent to weed out the We learnt what eagerness to learn negatives plaguing the lives of these means when children at KGBV, girls. Rompicherla were so engrossed in the sessions that they even ignored Above all we thank all the Little Angels the lunch for a long time, not wanting of KGBV for blessing our days with their to miss even a moment of it. energy, vitality and innocence and providing us with an opportunity to At times the children bowled us over transform ourselves in the process. with their intelligence, like at Yerravaripalem the little ones were Such initiatives surely could have so well prepared that their connection spread love and care among 2000 girls to the program was seamless Each and every individual can do such integration, more akin to direct things in life. All that is needed is a downloading in real time. small team of passionate lovers of this country. We urge everyone to look out We would like to make special for such opportunities to join abhaya - mention of a few people without Reported By CS Kamala Kumar Visiting Chittore KGBV s was most memorable and divine experience. 2 days of physically being there with abhaya s founder and working for KGBV children was most unforgettable thing in life. It helped us to refine and further strengthened us mentally. It was always tough for me to convince My wife CS Kamala, but this time she realized the advantage of being with good work. She enjoyed as it was great learning experience for both of us. Whenever I saw abhaya newsletter, it was a guilty feeling in my mind thinking that why I am not getting connected to good work. Finally god heard my prayers and gave me double opportunity. I got a chance to reconnect to abhaya with family. See how kind is god to me. My sincere prayers are answered. Thanks to ABHAYA and founder CS.S.Balachandra...also to President CS PS Rao, who is my inspiration and answers all my SMS with in no time. Cheers, CS M.Santhosh Kumar & CS M Kamala Kumar, Hyderabad Who is the true beneficiary?

Seva Mela, a two day event is being organized at Hyderabad on 5th & 6th of October 2013 at HITEX Exhibition Centre, Hitech City. This mela provides an interface between Non Profit Organizations (NPOs) and Public. The event gives an opportunity for NPOs to share information about several activities taken up by them to serve the under privileged. It also gives an opportunity for people to see the good work being done by NPOs, appreciate their work and support their work by making charitable contributions and also tie up with them for volunteer activities. Nearly 100 NPOs, working for Education, Health, Environment, Old Age, Disabled and Shelterless, Women and Child Welfare, and Social Work Enablers and Resource Providers are expected to participate in Seva Mela 2013, taking place on 5th and 6th of October, 2013. Volunteers and Donors visiting the Seva Mela are welcome to look up the links of the participating NPOs listed at http://www.yousee.in/events/1/seva-mela and commit and contribute to the volunteer opportunities and in-kind donation requests posted by them. abhayans (PSR/AGR/R&A) joined hands for SEVA MELA Team abhaya consisting of M/S Kirankumar, Kishorekumar, Sachin, Seshu, Subrahmanyam, Srinivas, E.J.P.Prasad, attended the meeting conveyed by the NGO-- "you see", to brief about SEVA MELA",arranged by them on 5th and 6th of October, 2013 at Hitex, Hyderabad. These are the representatives from AGR & Associates, PS Rao & Associates, Y.V.Rao& Associates, etc., who are closely associated with abhaya foundation. There will be about 95 stalls at Hitex, wherein NGOs / NPOs will be putting up their stalls during the 2 day period. The location is at the ENTRANCE PLAZA,at Hitex, The stalls will be numbered and the allotted stall has to be taken by the NGO. Each stall will have dimension of 2.5mts by 2mts and will be given 1 table, 2 chairs, power point. drinking water will be provided for the visitors, volunteers. It is informed that on 5th October, by 10 am, Many corporate heads, celebrities, socialites etc are expected to visit and hence all the Organizations have to keep their stall ready by 9.30 am so that it gives an opportunity for them to show, explain their works/ activities to them. EJP Prasasd, Volunteer abhaya to set up a stall at SEVA MELA organized by United Way Hyderabad U can Volunteer @ Seva Mela Read, Like, Share, Volunteer: Seva Mela is a unique event of connecting NGOs with people. Many NGOs will showcase their services and also sell their products. It is scheduled to be held on October 5th and 6th, 2013 from 10 AM to 8...PM at Hitex, Hyderabad. abhaya FOUNDATION is being given space to put up their stall by United Way OF Hyderabad. You See is Coordinating and supporting the event. abhaya needs to have couple of volunteers to who can inspire the visitors for 2 days. Interested friends can express their willingness. Abhaya has been registered on UC's Website (http://www.yousee.in/npo.php?city=hyderabad) for the event and it also appears on the events page for the event Seva Mela ( http://www.yousee.in/events.php

Founder and President Honored by Dr ANR Founder & President were honored by Legend of Telugu Cinema Dr ANR at his residence while GEMS Foundation kick started his 90th Birthday Celebrations. Dr ANR felt happy to know the good work being done by abhaya and spent close 2 hours talking about his community work, early years of his life, Annapurna Foundation, Scholarships etc., Everyone felt immensely happy and inspired. Abhaya wishes him many more years of health and life. Ramireddy to on his MISSION to spread the cause in the Corporate Schools with Team of Visually Challenged Musicians: With the completion of construction, abhaya has started actively pooling funds for its operational expenses. The plan is to conduct charity music shows at schools in and around Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy District and collect donations for abhaya home. Mr. Rami Reddy came forward to coordinate this effort. Keeping his experience in mind, abhaya appealed District Education Officers of Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts to grant permission for approaching schools. Once we get approval, the team will start their work and visit various schools for their permission to conduct the show. Abhaya is planning for medals, awards and certificates of appreciation to the students, who would collect highest donation in the school. If everything goes as per plan, the shows will start post dasara vacation in the schools. We appeal all well wishers to connect with any school/college for conducting such events in their known circles.

B Aparna, Mother of Sushma puts in her HEART in cards to wish abhayans who support good work. abhaya thank Ms. Aparna for her kind hearted work Founder addressed WOULDBE Company Secretaries at MSOP organised by ICSI, Hyderabad Chapter

Founder infused confidence in to Unemployed MBA Graduates at Soft Skills workshop organized by Sai Youth at Hyderabad. Birthday Wishes to Dr. AGR Abhaya wishes its heartfelt wishes on Dr. AGRs Birthday. We wish him health, wealth and heart in a long cherished life. A constant companion, a well wisher and a guide to abhaya, we wish the likes of him grow and prosper.- a b h a y a Team Ortin Labs support to abhaya: Team abhaya lead by Sri.E.J.P.Prasad, Coordiantor abhaya RPL, met Sri.S.Muralikrishna, M.D, ORTIN LABS, Barkatpura, Hyderabad at his office. He has been a supporter of abhaya Foundation and today, he has given some medicines for free distribution among the needy. These are used to control BP and protect the heart. Team abhaya profusely thanked him for his kind gesture. May God bless him, his family and his firm!! Founder hosted a dinner for abhayans who are qualified as CS

The venue was Mamata Medical College Auditorium and the audience was a gathering of 1000 engineering, degree, postgraduate and medical students. It was nothing short of euphoria. This was the reaction to Founders address to the Vivekananda youth convention held under the aegis of Sri Ramakrishna Math organized by Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence, Khammam on Monday 30th Sept 13. He spoke about the relevance and applicability of Swamy Vivekananda even after 150 years of his existence. He explained how his values can transform the youth of this country. He also talked about the 5 negative Cs... Cell phone, Cinema, Cable TV, Cricket and Chatting which the youth should avoid and the 5 positive Cs... Confidence, Communication Skills, Career, Community and Country on which the youth should concentrate. Such was the impact of the speech that the students could feel as if the seedling of Vivekananda s thoughts inside them just got watered and it bloomed. The energy reverberating through the premise created immense positivity among the youth. We wish they would build on the insight they all gathered on this momentous occasion. Vivekananda Youth Convention held under the aegis of Sri Ramakrishna Math organized by Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence, Khammam

Founder Visited KGBV @ Enkur On Request of members of Vivekananda institute of human excellence, Khammam Founder visited KGBV, Enkurr and spent some time with the children there. The memories of recent visit KGBV Chitoor district came rushing back and were re-lived among those Little Angels. The girls included 16 special kids (dead and dumb) who just warmed our hearts with their affection. The love and affection that all the children showered on the Founder was unexplainably pious and serene. Yet again Founder had a field day with them playing, cracking jokes, enjoying and finally speaking about their fears, issues etc. He explained them about positive attitude in life and how to face obstacles, about values and valuing what they have. He spoke on health and hygiene and importance of maintaining it. It was yet another memorable trip and learning experience for abhayans at large. We plan to conduct such events more frequently in future and appeal to like-minded individuals to come forward with helping hands. - abhaya Team

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abhaya FOUNDATION HEAR T Transformation Update abhaya FOUNDATION He wish to DONATE Venkatesh called and very happily informed us that he wish to contribute Rs.500/- every month from his small savings from Auto provided by abhaya an year back. He collected the Bank details from abhaya. He said he would deposit the amount in the Axis Bank account every month from October 2013 - EJP Prasad, Coordinator, abhaya RPL. I would like to introduce Mr. Krishna Sharma from USA. He is the founder of Grihastha Institute of Family Management, perhaps, is first of its kind in the world with exclusive and comprehensive focus on managing family life. I recommend each of the abhayans to attend these workshops and share the information about these highly valuable workshops with all your friends /relatives also. They are targeted for the age group of 25 to 45. The workshops are being conducted by Sri Krishna Sharma, a philosopher and social worker, whom I know personally. He has been conducting these workshops since 2009, in USA and India. He comes once every year to India. So please don't miss the opportunity. See the schedule and pick the dates suitable for you. Information about the workshops, testimonials and other details are in www.grihastha.org. Ch Srinivas, MD, Graylogic Technologies Ltd., Hyderabad Grihastha connected to abhaya

My hearty congratulations to you and CONGRATULATIONS. We are happy to learn the successful Abhayans on completion of 'Abhaya Home completion of HOME OF HAPPINESS. We wish the function a of Happiness'. It is a pleasure to get a reply grand Success. We miss attending the dedication ceremony from you. Hope every one of our Abhayans as we are away in Victoria Canada." - Murthy are doing well and happy. I am sure under your leadership all our programs going smooth and well. As i have to take care of This is all due to relentless efforts of Trustees." -J.K. Somani, Director (Operations), HSIL, Hyderabad my grand son,for many months, i couldn't attend Abhaya or Loksatta. Present i am working for Loksatta. Convey my regards to Siva and Sushma. Would like to meet you all soon Lavanya G, Hyderabad From the depths of our hearts, our salutations to you for the LOVE you have for Madhava Seva, the very breath of our Beloved Swami Vaaru. May Swami bless all your projects with Congratulations for the wonderful achievement of abhaya home and wishing many more successes in future." -Boina Rajesh, Company Secretory, ICOMM, Hyderabad "Thanks for the Invite! I feel very happy to note the HIS speed and protection. 'May all have unconditional love and progress and see dreams come true. I wish abhaya all the compassion for each other. May Sai Baba protect you and your best and good luck with the project. God bless. Jai Hind!" - sweet family always' Ch Rommel, Former Indian Sushma Bhonagiri, Infosys, Hyderabad Diplomat.