V3 in 2010-2011

With over hundred youngsters rightly channelizing the exuberance of their youth, V3 has set this trend of youth contributing to the betterment of the society. Perhaps we are in the right path realizing the golden words of Swami Vivekananda who once said “Get me 100 honest and sincerely conscious youngsters and I will change the entire India”. We say this because getting a National television Channel like NewsX, weekly’s like Kunguman and daily’s like Deccan Chronicle covering our efforts within just two years since inception is a no mean achievement. For V3 these two years have seen hard work and due diligence from its members with each passing day. With the process we had in place and the support of our kind hearted sponsors, we were able to educate 51 most deserving students for the year 2010. If it was not the sponsors, it would have been difficult for us to support the kids for the whole year along with providing them uniforms and stationeries.

Growing with the Kids
Our efforts did not stop with that. Our members took time in helping the students in their studies by training them over the weekends. Apart from this we wanted the students to open up and show their creativity. So, we conducted a program “Sky is the limit”, in CPS Corp school, where we conducted competitions and gave prizes to encourage the students. Sowing a seed is one good thing, but watering and nurturing it till the very end and is another great thing altogether. That’s what we hope to do with these kids and would continue to doing so in the future.

The Future Beckons
With all these efforts and achievements, V3’s pillar of light has grown taller and brighter. A taller light should illuminate a vast area isn’t it. Yes, we started the New Year with ideas to innovate what we have been doing. The Computer Awareness program was one such event where we fulfilled the dreams of many kids who wanted to learn how to use computers. After a successful academic year, our V3 team was charged up for the upcoming one. We recorded profiles of 150 kids from 10 different schools around Broadway and Avadi, collecting information on their economic status and family background. Our members took more pain(read as pleasure) this year, to pick the students who deserve this opportunity the most. Our team members went door to door and verified the students’ motivation towards studies and the willingness of their parents or guardians to stand by their wards. Among them, 58 were selected from these 10 schools. For all the hard work of our team and the dreams of the innocent kids to fructify, we need your continual support. Perhaps it’s easy to keep a piece of art portraying an abandoned lane in our showcase. But it takes a merciful heart to portray what it is to make a difference to the not-so –good parts of human life those lanes showcase.

SKY IS THE LIMIT - The expression of Young India-

“வானமே எல்லை ”
-இளைய இந்தியாவின்
எதிரொளி-

(An initiative by V3)

Young India is now beaming with passion. But the fire of such a passion can light up the nation only when it gets transformed into expression. Note the word “expression”. Underline it. This is because today’s children must develop this sense of expression.V3 has also strongly realized the power of expression and
wants to see students express themselves as well as they can emote.

V3 wants the future citizens of India to bring their skill and creativity to the fore, thereby throwing shyness and stage-fear out of the back-door. Hence, the new initiative “Sky is the Limit” or “வானமே எல்லை” by V3 proceeds by conducting various competitions like elocution, essay writing, drawing etc in schools for inducing more dynamism into the personality of school children.V3 has got rewards to congratulate the winners and encourage the participants. Lets weave a path for students to showcase their imagination, for which, sky is the limit.

For more information visit https://groups.google.com/group/v3forum?hl=en

Light a Life - Mission Accomplished

Result of Our Efforts

We are as pleased as we are posting this content here. We have summed up our efforts well and the result being two grand events, one held at CPS Corporation school, Tondiarpet(17-6-2010) and the other at Avadi school (28-6-2010) to distribute school fees and stationeries to the chosen children. The head mistress, teachers, sponsors, the chosen children accompanied by their parents were all the integral part of these events. These event conducted by an organization that has been named in “sem mozhiyana thamizh”, was fittingly started of with tamil thaai vaazhthu.We have attached a few photos of
Tondiarpet school and Avadi school.


Headmistress’ Novel Suggestion

It was followed by the Headmistress’ addressing of the gathering .In their speech they highly appreciated the efforts of V3.They also said that such an activity done so methodologically was one of a kind. As a suggestion they requested us to spend time with these children during week ends to teach them the basic operations of a computer and clarify doubts in their school subjects. This suggestion is surely an eye opener which we must implement in the near future.


Our Package to Students - what it means to us

The teachers too were moved by such a gesture from us to educate these deserving students. They asked the students to ensure that they return the favor by studying well. And the response from the students was instantaneous and positive. This gave us and the sponsor’s immense pleasure. Then the children were gifted with the fees and stationeries by their respective sponsors. The stationeries included note books, fee, writing pad and uniforms.Yes, V3 went that extra mile by not just paying their fees but by also providing them what it takes to go to school daily. Because we at V3 feel that education must never be a liability.


Funny incident, a piece of advice and refreshments

There was also a funny incident when one of the sponsors was ready with the stationeries and the fees but the child was missing. The stationeries package that we provided them was so big that the little child got hidden from the sponsor’s view. Then parents, members of V3 and the sponsors shared their view on this initiative. All of them had their own piece of advice for the students. Refreshments were also given to all those who were gathered there. The sponsors were given an appreciation letter and a receipt as an acknowledgement for their noble deed.


An event sans Glitz and Glamour

The sponsors on their part promised to support the children every year till they attain a substantial level of education. The events were concluded by the assembly rising to the national anthem. Though the event was devoid of glitz and glamour, the cause for which the event was conducted, filled the place with an eternal divinity .Yes, one could really feel it. A simple banner saying the name of the organization, the caption and the contact information was enough. The satisfaction said it all. The sponsors could gift those children whom we say are equal to god. But by helping by them out in providing the non perishable fruit of education the sponsors themselves equaled god.


Looking Beyond

V3 on its part feels that this successful one year project is not the ultimate. In fact it is the beginning of what in future would be a revolution in education for the deserving. For that to happen we must share our ideas, spot more deserving students and work ceaselessly for the betterment of this organization. Perhaps what we all have achieved is a drop and what we still have to do is an ocean. Let’s now tighten the grip and join more hands in order to give a helping hand. We shall now congratulate ourselves for the success of “Light a Life” –which is a result of pain endured by many. But rather than getting complacent its time for us to move further and farther.