We, a group of people, working across India, share a dream. A dream of a developed India. An India free of poverty and illiteracy. An India where the gap between the haves and the have-nots is justifiable. An India which realizes it's full potential in every domain. At present these are not happening. There is a lot of work to be done if these are to be achieved within an acceptable time frame. And by saying 'lot of work' we are actually underplaying the amount of work to be done. Many of us are still apathetic to the needs of the poor man on the roads. We still don't do our part to the society. We still splurge money on our own needs while these underprivileged still struggle to get a day's meal. This apathy and obliviousness to all social evils takes us nowhere. If we are to achieve this dream, we have to act. And act now!
This organisation has been formed keeping Indian professionals in mind. We strongly believe that it is in the youth and in the professionals of India that her future lies in. Whether she prospers and becomes a world leader or fades away as just another country in the world, lies in the hands of India's huge youth population. We trust that education is the key in securing the future of today's children and mainly concentrate on education of the underprivileged in the country apart from our other activities of which you will read about in this website.
We solicit all your support for this cause and sincerely hope our small efforts in creating change amongst the underprivileged of the nation will go a long way in changing the face of the nation.
Together we can!!! Together we should!!! Jai Hind!!!
Dream India's frequent detailed updates are present on our blogspot. These contain wonderful day to day email communication that our volunteers have with each other.
Our student Ponni has scored 80%, 2nd topper in the class. Dream India wishes her all the best. We are proud to be associated with her. Bhuvana has scored 91.7% in her second semester. She scored 90+ in her 1st semester too. Bhuvana is a very sincere and hard working student. Dream India is proud to be associated with Bhuvana. On behalf of our team, I convey our best wishes to Bhuvana. I am sure she would continue her good work and make us all proud. Lalita, a DI sponsored student from Andheri pada has secured a first class in STD XII exams. She has secured 65 % in Accountancy and an overall aggregate of 61%. She wishes to persue her FY.BCom. Lalita has made us proud. Another remarkable achievement is Pooja Chavan from Apale Ghar. Pooja cleared her 10th exams. Her never-say-die attitude is commendable and so is the dedication and the concerted efforts of Pune volunteers. Congratulations to all our students on their success.
On 31st May 2009, DI borivali chapter organised Anti-Tobacco Day campaign. Children did street play,explained posters made by NGO,distributed handbills(made by DI) suggesting how to quit tobacco habits and ill effects of tobacco. As you may see children(and DIvolunteers too) were quite enrgetic in this whole day activity and they got invitation from Lions Club to perform for next weekend. People have really appreciated the activity.
DI supports Babli and is fighting to save her from Wilson's disease...Please help us save this girl....No contribution is too small.... for more details.... http://www.savebabli.blogspot.com/
BNHS Visit
We visited Conservation Education Centre,of Bombay Natural History Society situated near Film city,Dindoshi on 19th May.this was their regular designed program for children of weaker section.we started close to 7 am and reached by BEST bus after changing one at Dindoshi.22 children and about 4 volunteers attended the same.
Finance basics - A primer
Venkat from the Mumbai team conducted a session about basics of Finance to the kids at Borivali. The report, in his own words:
powerpoint slides
Borivali updates
The last couple of weeks have been very hectic for the volunteers of the Borivali center. We selected four students to take enroll in a MS-CIT computer course (Project documents attached) and finally paid the money for them today. The course is for three months and will begin on 20th of April. The project documents have more details on the same
Dream India is celebrating 31st May as the 'Say No To Tobacco' Day. There are various events to be held on that day. Many volunteers arerequired for these events. Details are given below. The regular classes are still going on.
Chennai - Valasarawakkam Class updates
We have enrolled three of the very interested students of last year's classes at Valasarawakkam for Type-writing classes.. These students are going for the classes for past 10 days.
We have also planned to give scholarships of Rs.1000 each to two of the best students as a token of their interest in learning and sincerity. This scholarship would be utilised towards payment of school fees, books and uniforms for those students for the next academic year.