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CONTENTS

1. Major Activities Celebrations at Care

Home………………………….2 Recreational

Activities…………………….3 Health………………………..3 Capacity Building

Activities…………………….42. Inauguration of Solar Water

Heater………………………….…..73. Tree Plantation………………..74. What Can You Do To Help…8

DIRECTOR’S NOTE

As we at Bal Sahyog Residential Home enter thehot summer months, I am happy to get in touchwith all of you, our supporters and well-wishers, toupdate you on the latest news on the children. Wehave had a lot to celebrate over the past few monthsfrom academic achievements to birthdays andfestival celebrations and as I look back upon thistime, I am struck again by how incredibly talentedour children are. In this newsletter, we will attemptto share some of those talents with you.

Happy Reading!

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS

1. Smt. Reva Nayyar, Former Secretary (WCD)2. Shri Harsh Mander, Member, National Advisory

Council3. Ms. Sunita Bhasin4. Ms. Ashraf Patel5. Dr. Uma Tuli6. Shri Anand Kumar7. Ms. Razia Sultan Ismail8. Dr. Arun Kumar Gopal9. Dr. Jyotsna Chatterji10. Shri Romesh Bhattacharji11. Dr. Y.P. Anand12. Ms. Shashi Prabha Gupta13. Chief Secretary, Delhi14. Joint Secretary, Social Justice & Empowerment15. Joint Secretary, Urban Development16. Joint Secretary, Secondary Education & Literacy17. Joint Secretary, Sports18. Joint Secretary, Youth Affairs19. Joint Secretary, Labor & Employment20. Joint Secretary, Rural Development

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VOLUME 2 ISSUE 1: BAL SAHYOG NEWSLETTER

BAL SAHYOGOpp. L-block Market, Near Kake Da Hotel,Connaught Circus, New Delhi- 110001

Phone No.: 011-23411995, 23411273

E-mail: balsahyog@balsahyog.org.in

Website: www.balsahyog.org.in

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On 16th January, 9th February and 6th March 2012, wecelebrated birthdays of children. Everyone was veryexcited and birthday boys were happy as they receivedgifts. Everybody relished the delicious cake!

On 25th January 2012, we celebrated “Republic Day” where flag hoisting was done by ourExecutive Director and the children sung the National Anthem. The children also performedclassical dances and patriotic songs and enjoyed themselves.

The festival of colors HOLI was celebrated amongstaff and children of care home with great fun.Everybody went crazy coloring each other. Thechildren had loads of fun running before eachother coloring them and throwing water on them.It was a day full of COLORS and SWEETS!

CELEBRATION AT CARE HOME

BIRTHDAYCELEBRATIONS

HOLICELEBRATION

REPUBLIC DAYCELEBRATION

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On 23rd February 2012, it was the firstanniversary of “Reliance Metro Airport Line” andthey invited our children to participate in theircelebration. Our children performed a group danceon the song “Vande Mataram”. Some of thechildren also participated in Painting Competitionwhere they also won prizes. They relished theyummy cake and other snacks. Overall everybodyenjoyed a lot.

The students from the centers Naharpur andRithala were taken on an educational tour underTech Mahindra sponsored project. They were takento India Gate, Children’s Park, Indraprastha Parkand Akshardham Temple. They were provided withnice lunch and they enjoyed playing antakshari onthe bus. It was a nice trip and they enjoyed so muchthat they were dead tired by the end of the day.

On 2nd and 3rd February 2012, Dr. Srinivasan(M.D. pediatrics) visited Inderpuri, Naharpurand Rithala to conduct health check up of thestudents. They were provided with medicines.Some of the students had eye problems andsome were referred to visit ENT specialist.

Recreational activities

METRO RIDE

EDUCATIONAL TOUR

HealthHEALTH CHECK UP AT CENTERS

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On 3rd March 2012, there was a half day workshop on “Health & Hygiene” conducted byShreeram Education Trust. They taught our children about the importance of cleanlinessand the importance of washing hands before and after meals etc.

On 15th March 2012, there was a health campconducted by BHEL. Our 220 children and stafffrom care home as well as centers got their check-upsdone. They were also provided with medicines if theyhad any sort of problem.

On 26th March 2012, SSMI conducted an eyecheck up camp at the care home. The childrenfrom the centers who had eye problems were alsocalled for the check up. Some of them wereprovided with spectacles as well.

On 7th, 8th and 9th February 2012, the sessions oftraining for the beauty culture instructors atInderpuri were conducted by trained professionalsfrom HABIB. They were taught advanced haircutting, straightening, re-bonding, coloring,streaking etc.

HEALTH CHECK UP AT CARE HOME

EYE CLINIC BY SSMI

WORKSHOP ON HEALTH & HYGIENE

CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES

TRAINING FOR BEAUTYCULTURE INSTRUCTORS

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On 13th February 2012, there was a sessionon HIV/AIDS conducted by a resource personfrom NAZ Foundation at Inderpuri for thevocational students and instructors. It was avery knowledgeable session for thecommunity people.

On 14th and 16th February 2012, Mr. Vijay from SSMI conducted remedial classes on Mathsfor the children of Bal Sahyog under ESSEL Foundation project.

On 21st February 2012, Mrs. VijayluxmiBhardwaj from SSMI conducted a workshop on“Documentation” for all the staff of BalSahyog. It was nice learning, too many thingswhich we do not know, how to maintain thedocuments, registers at the centers etc. Our stafflearnt a lot from this workshop.

On 13th March 2012, there was a workshop on“Food & Nutrition” conducted by Ms. Gurdeep andMs. Afsana from SSMI at Naharpur center underTech Mahindra Foundation project. The vocationalstudents and instructors participated and learnta lot. They taught about the healthy food andbalanced diet.

SESSION ON HIV/AIDS

REMEDIAL CLASSES

WORKSHOP ON “DOCUMENTATION”

WORKSHOP ON FOOD & NUTRITION

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On 14th March 2012, there was a workshop on“Health & Hygiene” conducted by Ms. Gurdeep andMs. Afsana from SSMI at Naharpur center underTech Mahindra Foundation project. The vocationalstudents and instructors participated and learnt alot. They taught about the cleanliness anddemonstrated the ways of bandaging minor andmajor cuts etc.

On 17th March 2012, there was a training session conducted by Ms. Sunita Bhasin at SSMIfor the teachers of NFE and Balwadi. They learnt about “Methodology of Teaching &Learning”.

On 22nd March 2012, Ms. Gurdeep with an expert ofCreative Arts conducted this session at Naharpur underTMF. The students enjoyed learning the process ofmaking jute items. They loved the display of the juteitems like door mats, mobile covers, decoration items,bags etc. They also learnt the craft works like how toprepare wall hangings, photo frames, flowers etc.

On 23rd March 2012, there was a workshop on “LegalLiteracy” conducted by Ms. Gurdeep and Ms. Afsanafrom SSMI at Naharpur center under Tech MahindraFoundation project. The vocational students andinstructors participated and learnt a lot. They wereshown a movie, “Bol Basanto” which is a story of a ladywho helps other women in learning laws and theirrights so that they can fight against the wrong things happening to them.

WORKSHOP ON NFE &BALWADI TEACHERS

WORKSHOP ON CREATIVE ARTS

WORKSHOP ONLEGAL LITERACY

WORKSHOP ON HEALTH & HYGIENE

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On 26th March 2012, a workshop was organized by thestudents of Lady Irwin College where they taughtchildren about the causes and prevention of diarrhea.They taught about the importance of cleanliness which is

a major prevention of diarrhea.

On 29th March 2012, the students from Lady IrwinCollege conducted the session on Health & Diet wherethey demonstrated the preparation of nutritious foodlike laddu, tikki, poha and sprouted chaat.

The ‘Solar Water heater System was successfullyinstalled for the use of children at Bal Sahyog Home.It was an emergency to meet the need of children forhot water during winter season. The immediateresponse and action taken by the BHEL on the proposalmade us to realize this. The system was inauguratedby Shri. Rajiv Puri, Executive Director, PEM, BHEL on10th Feb, 2012. On the occasion Mr. Mathiyalagan,AGM (Quality) of PEM, Noida briefed about the projectand the Chairperson of Bal Sahyog was alsopresentand addressed the audience. There were Cultural

programs performed by the children of Bal Sahyog.

The members from Columbia University AlumniAssociation made us proud by making us realize theimportance of tree plantation. Along with the childrenof Bal Sahyog, they planted a lot of plants in thecampus on 31st March 2012.

WORKSHOP ONHEALTH & DIET

Inauguration of solar water heater

WORKSHOP ONDIARRHEA

TREE PLANTATION

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Please return this form along with your cheque or in-kind donation to:Bal Sahyog, Opp. L-Block MarketConnaught Circus, New Delhi- 110001

Cheques should be made payable to: Bal Sahyog.For general inquiries, contact Dr. Haresh Kumar Gupta, our Executive Director(balsahyog@balsahyog.org.in).All donations are exempt under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act of 1961.

Visit our website: www.balsahyog.org.in,Talk to us: +91 11-23411995/23411273

The Bal Sahyog Care Home is supported primarily through donations. We encourage you tobecome part of our donor community and support our children with your financial or in-kind donations.

Sponsor a child for one year 60,000 INR (Payments can also be made in monthlyinstallments of 5,000 INR)

Sponsor an outing of your choice for all the children 20,000 INR Sponsor a meal in the Care Home 5,000 INR. You may share your happiness with our children by celebrating your birthdays,

anniversaries or any such occasions as you may like.

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