Red Drops - October Update

`Chanceay Illa` month for Red Drops. We arranged for

1. 167 units in last month, 1) The highest ever 2) First time Century.
2. for 83 Patients (57 from govt. hospitals). We saved
1. 9 kids
2. 13 pregnant women
3. others are accident cases
3. 1 kid died :( (RIP)
4. 23 New Donors
5. We gave atleast 1 unit to all requests.
6. Big Applause to Akshyaa, Rathi and Divya for their timely co-ordination and support.
7. Great emotional feedback from many Patients.

1 request from Perambur Railway Hospital for A+ve request. Already 16 units given on that day. So Akshyaa went there to give blood and found the patient is of poor economic background. She brought her family and managed to give 4 units of blood of 8 requests units.

Second Reading Session @ Triplicane and Need Volunteers for Scribing

Second session of our reading center went on well today @ Triplicane

Total Students: 18:

• 13 from Presidency,
• 1 from Pachiayappan college,
• 2 from Queen Marys College,
• 1 from Madras University,
• 1 Student from Vivekananda College

Total number of volunteers: 22

1. Mahesh
2. Pavithra
3. Jai Sankar
4. RathiDevi
5. Balasubramaniam Sir
6. Saravanan Mani
7. Renganathan
8. Ashwin
9. Harikrishnan
10. Abinaya
11. Sridhar
12. Ashella
13. Anitha Srinath
14. Edith
15. Priyamvadha
16. Bala
17. Sudha
18. Karthik
19. Madhushree Mukherjee
20. Meenakshi
21. Meena

Thanks to everyone for your time and appreciate your voluntarism.

Please find the schedule for exams for the next 1 week. Let me know if you are available on any particular days.

10th Nov, Monday - Queen Mary's College - English - 3 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

10th Nov, Monday - Queen Mary's College - Tamil - 2 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

10th Nov, Monday - MSSW - English - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

11th Nov, Tuesday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - English - 1 scribe required - 2PM to 5PM

11th Nov, Tuesday - Ambedkar Law University, R.A.Puram - English - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - Queen Mary's College - English - 3 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - Queen Mary's College - Tamil - 2 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - MSSW - English - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - Chellammaal College - Tamil - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - Tamil- 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

12th Nov, Wednesday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - English - 1 scribe required - 2PM to 5PM

13th Nov, Thursday - Chellammaal College - Tamil - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

13th Nov, Thursday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - Tamil- 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

13th Nov, Thursday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - English - 1 scribe required - 2PM to 5PM

13th Nov, Thursday - Ambedkar Law University, R.A.Puram - English - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

14th Nov, Friday - Chellammaal College - Tamil - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

14th Nov, Friday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - Tamil- 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

14th Nov, Friday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - English - 1 scribe required - 2PM to 5PM

15th Nov, Saturday - Queen Mary's College - English - 3 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

15th Nov, Saturday - Queen Mary's College - Tamil - 2 scribes required - 9AM to 12PM

15th Nov, Saturday - Ambedkar Law College, High Court - Tamil- 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

15th Nov, Saturday - Ambedkar Law University, R.A.Puram - English - 1 scribe required - 10AM to 1PM

PS:

1. Those who wish to be part of the events can enroll themselves in our site - www.chennaisocialservice.org

2. During the reading session, please put the mobile in silent or in low volume. If you need to make/attend any calls, kindly come away from the premises, so that it won't disturb other readers and students.

3. Please don't share your numbers with any of the students. If they ask for the number to be contacted during the time of requirement, kindly ask them to meet/contact me.

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For any queries, reach @ 98415 50476/ 87540 45125

Arvanaipu Team is back with a banging bash - A day with HIV infected kids

We are too excited to share the experience that after a long time we had fun with kids!

As requested by couple of CSS volunteers & appeal from many homes, we have restarted the event "A fun day with needy kids for sparkling smiles on their faces" with the approval of CSS board.

HIV infected kids around various villages of Tiruvallur district were gathered @ Annai Gnanambal Social Service Centre headed by Sr. Prabha, former in-charge of Arunaima Illam, Egmore. Delicious lunch by our caterer Kannan (more tastier than ever), fun filled games & lot more!

There were approximately 80 kids; with their parents / care-takers, a total of 130 attended the event.

Total No. of volunteers turned up: 14
Rathi, Jaishankar, Jayalakshmi, Vimal, Deepa, Niraikula Pandiayn,
Ponmurugan, Sasikumar, Almas, Venkat, Tiru, Swami sir, Charu and Mahesh

Event schedule

• Members Arrival at 11:00 AM
• Kids introduction
• They were divided into groups (Team A-F) headed by 2 volunteers each. Various games like dog & the bone, tail game, story telling, ball throw, singing, etc were conducted among the groups and scores were recorded
• Yummie Lunch (sambar rice with poriyal, curd rice with pickle, egg masala) served at 1:30 PM, followed by prize distribution for the winners & participants.
• Post lunch - A self composed song for kids by Mr.Kumaravel was launched on stage. Kumaravel, a kind hearted person, who himself is +ve, taking care of these kids with lotto positive attitude & energy.
• Dance Talent exhibits - by group of girls for famous hits songs
• Enthusiastic songs by Swami sir, captivated the crowd

Session ended by Sr. Prabha's speech and put her request to CSS in distributing health mix (MANNA) to these kids on a regular monthly basis.

Manna is a nutritious health mix with ingredients Ragi, Bajra, Maize, Jowar, Wheat, Fried gram, Rice, Green gram, Barley, Soya bean, Sago, cashewnut, Badam and Cardamom. Proved to improve the immunity (which is the major drawback in HIV patients); CD4 counts (which is essential to fight against infections) are tested & proved effective for manna.

Suggestions

1. We can fund for buying manna from retail shops on bulk basis
2. We can prepare the health mix manually;

which ever is feasible & cost effective could be finalized... Other details shall be discussed in board, further helping to decide on how we can help them

Special request for immediate attention:

1. Miss Thulasi, 20yrs - 10th pass, who lost her parents in childhood, has a small brother, mentally challenged.
2. Mr & Mrs.Latha (20yrs) 12th pass. Her husband is 29yrs,10th pass & diploma ECE discontinued.

All three need a job for their living (@ departmental stores/house keeping etc... please suggest if you know any). They belong to a village near arakkonam

Departure at 3:30 PM

Biscuits distributed by Sasi before Departure

Accounts

Cash
Thomson Reuters - Rs. 5000
Sasikuamr - Rs. 2000
Swami Sir - Rs. 500
Ponmurugan - Rs. 100
Total = Rs. 7600

Expenditure
Lunch - Rs. 5000
Conveyance to kids - Rs. 1500
Paper plates and ball - Rs. 384
Total = Rs. 6884

To CSS Account: 7600 - 6884 = Rs. 716 (handed over to Venkat)

A very special applause to all the donors for their generous contribution and we wish this continues forever...

Highlights

• Kids had enormous fun, as this was the first time they are exposed to such an event-filled day (as mentioned by Sr. Prabha)
• A song staged by Mr. Kumaravel
• Swami sir's energetic performance
• Tiru's ever green ever loving ever cheerful ever enthusiastic interaction with kids
• A special mention to Jai as he was equally sparkling jolly time with kids...I think he would be Tiru's junior in future :-)
• Mr.Venkat's support in organising groups which helped in peaceful conduction of games/managing the huge number
• Pon / Almas / Rathi / Sasi / Nirai / Vimal / Jaya / Deepa serving lunch without any chaos.

Special Applause

• Ponmurugan who has arranged sponsor of 10,000 towards Mr.SATISH'S surgery, thank you lots Pon.
• To Jai for sponsoring biscuits to all the kids in the morning.
• To Thomson team for sponsoring lunch
• To Sasikumar for sponsoring biscuits to all kids
• To all our senior members and friends who came for the day and shared their valuable time with kids.

*** Note: No photos shared considering the kids privacy ***

We hope you all had a heart–felt satisfaction in spending time with the kids. There are lots more to happen in future… Please stay on track… We will keep you posted...

Kindly feel free to share your feedback, as they are valuable for any further improvisation.

On behalf of Team Aravanaipu, we thank all our seniors for their constant guidance and thank our fellow volunteers for helping us in making the event a memorable one.

Last but not least, we conclude with a special thanks to all sponsors, and our members who have participated in the event and helped the team. :) :) :)