Comments on: Can we help the disadvantaged in India in some useful way?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:12:00 +0000

I suggest Tuesday , the 26th of July for a conf call - we could use the bridge no. 0044 20 71540004 ; pw 678426# or any other number which is suitable. Suggested time - 3pm UK which will be 10am NY and 7.30pm India. Any other time is also fine. Do confirm

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:22:00 +0000

I am glad that we have started thinking about giving back to the community. If we want to delegate to organizations that have been doing this for a longer period of time, here are a few more - CRY SIVANANDA SARASWATHI SEVASHRAM I have heard great things about SIVANANDA SARASWATHI SEVASHRAM. However, their objectives include more than just educating the needy. From the tone of the post, looks like we want tighter control/accountability over where the money is going. This leads me to believe that we are either looking for a person or a small organization that can report back to us on a timely and accurate fashion. As Pai has mentioned let us setup a time to discuss this over the phone. I believe that we can arrive at a consensus sooner that way. Ganesh

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 04:59:00 +0000

Well, it appears that we are having the same thoughts. I was planning to visit some people who are running the charity organisations in India during my visit this year end. Also I was planning to meet a friend of my brother who is running an organisation independently with all costs going to the needy. I will have more details later for all of you. But we ourselves must discuss as to how to distribute the resources. Education is the key but will it help if survival /basic needs are not meet, Or should we allocate resources for basic needs/health/education in percentage?Also how much can we fund as this will be a long term commitment? I will try to get more details as soon as possible then I suggest we go thru another round of discussions . Also suggest that guys in US get in touch directly with each other so that communication is faster and response will be more positive.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 18:16:00 +0000

Thanks for initiating this idea. I will fully support it in whatever way possible. The key is how to setup an organization in India that manages the program. I will give some more thought to this . KG

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:46:00 +0000

True, you can measure some progress when it comes to academic performance and identify the well-deserving kids ..... but there are those that lack basic needs like food, clothing, shelter, medicine, rehabilitation, etc. before they can even attain a school-going age. Survival ..... that's the paramount need I personally would like to see addressed. This is a subject close to my heart, but I am open to suggestions & arguments. If I may suggest a couple of links: http://www.udavumkarangal.org/LINKS/future.htm http://www.udavumkarangal.org/LINKS/role.htm A splendid idea, nevertheless.