I attended a 'Karmayog Seva Mela' Karmayog has organised a Seva Mela at Hyd by bringing in NGO's together on Oct1 and Oct2. The venue was Kowtha Kamakoti Kalyana Mandapam, Padmaraonagar, Secunderabad. The venue is being sponsored ny Kowtha Trust and stalls are being sponsored by Naamdhari Events.
I went there on Oct2 evening, I couldn't make it on the first day because 1st term exams are going for my students. Well, the hall seemed to be full of crowd with wide range of stalls and skits and dramas going on the stage. A mute drama by 4 children was simply awesome.
Next programme by students of SriVidhya's, performed a group dance. Interesting thing is they are mentally retarded children. Sri Vidhya's certre for the special children is at East Marredpally, Secunderabad. www.srividhya.org
They involves a range of activities aimed at developing:
- Motor skills like walking, running and climbing stairs.
- Fine motor skills like atta kneading and threading
- Skills for daily living such as brushing teeth, combing hair and other activities contributing to personal hygiene and grooming.
- Academic skills like reading, writing, simple arithemetic.
- Social and self-help skills such as shopping, using public transport, and skills to aid group and interpersonal interaction.
- Pre-vocational skills such as tailoring, counting currency, and cutting vegetables.
Greeting cards painted by these children and were kept for selling. It was really nice:)
It was Hyderabad cultural group who made us think on their drama of Hindu-Muslim conflicts. Good composing of all the scenes.
The concept was good. It was about how the politicians arises the religious differences in people. The conclusion of the story is the root cause of all the religious conflicts are none but the politicians...
The last programme was a dance by Tribal dance from Dandakaranya pupils. We invited the audience to join them in between hand in hand.
Within no time I ran to the stage to dance with them. However, I couldn't join the step as they do. But I enjoyed a lot :>
Actually, these tribals are from the Girijana Seema Welfare Association(GSWA). GSWA is a voluntary organization of engaged in tribal development for more than three decades. It is a group led by Koya youth. It strives for empowerment of tribal youth, community mobilization for tribal self rule, and protection of Nature. Contact person Chandra Sekharan:9490109328. Email: girijanaseema@yshoo.co.in
GWSA appeals to Save Eastern Ghats from submergence and violence for mineral wealth.
Stop Polavaram Dam that
- displaces three lakh adivasis of 366 villages in three states,
- Wipes out koitor people,
- destroys 1.5 lakd of forest by uphill migration
- submerges 1.2 lakh acres of land
- to irrigate 12000 acres additionally!
- Cost of the porject increased from Rs8000 to Rs17300 crore from 2005 to 2010.
WILL U SUPPORT THIS WITH UR MONEY? they says.....
A wide range of stalls were set up by NGO's
- Safa
- Mesh
- I & Eye sharing vision
- Rang de
- GWSA
- Rotary club
They actively organises
- Surgeries to the visually challenged students
- "Good Food" / "Mid-Day Meal" program
- Dental and Health Check-ups
- Arranging scribes to write the examinations for visually challenged kids
- Arranging voice recorders/cassettes and other educational necessities
- Distribution of Books/Stationary items-Clothes-Fruits/Snacks
- Flood Relief Activities
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