Starting to SMILE [AEGIS Adopts first Mobile school]

Date : April 30th 2006
Place : Kondapur

We are more than pleased to announce that AEGIS India has adopted a mobile school (Samyuktha has dubbed their Mobile Schools as SMILE) and will be funding this school in the months to come.

After we got a very positive response from most of the AEGIS India members on adopting a Mobile school, we worked closely with Samyuktha foundation in identifying a school; we choose a school in the slums abutting Satyam office in Madapur.
Prasanna and I met up with Srikanth of Samyuktha at a medical camp being organized in a slum in Kondapur and passed on an initial amount of 5000 to Samyuktha foundation; out of the 5000, 3000 will be spent towards the monthly expenditure (which would be a reoccurring expenditure we will have to bare to maintain the school) incurred towards hiring a teacher and maintaining the basic services. As the school is in tatters and needs to withstand the down pours of the monsoon, we would be using 2000 of the 5000 for building a more robust shack.

We are planning on using either Tin or asbestos on an iron frame for this school, in a way we will be experimenting on building a structure which is strong as well as economical, well we plan on using the help of the community which would benefit from this endeavor.

We are also exploring the possibility of getting AEGIS India as a NGO body. We will shine more light on this once we have had a word with the authorities and have an understanding of the registration process.

We would like to extend our warm gratitude to one and all are helping us build this voluntary community, they say a journey of million miles starts with a small step, so here we are taking our first steps towards realizing our objectives and ideals, wishing all of us the drive, the energy, the ardent will to go all the million miles. Please carryon with the great support spread the word… and let’s spread more SMILES :-) :-) :-) :-)

Pictures from the Medical camp held on Sunday at a slum in Kondapur where Samyuktha foundation runs a mobile school