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#118 Ujjwal – a Day with Chotus – Noida Sector 62

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“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”  — Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist

To inculcate a ‘thought process’ among the children and to encourage them to dream Helping Brainz’s Child Empowerment Team in association with “Hamara Kartavay” (a Noida, Sector-62, based NGO founded by Mr.Dinesh Pandey) conducted “Ujjwal – day with Chotus” for 70+ underpriviledged children from the slums of Sector 62 Noida on this Sunday. Children aged between 6 to 14 attended the event. This is our first event with Hamara Kartavay, an NGO led by college going students.

Event started at 10:30 AM on Sunday morning, after the youngest kid lighted the lamp followed by School Stationery distributions, Paint Your Dreams painting competition, Music and Dance, Music4Charity, Dental Check-up, One team meal distributions and Prize distributions.

Schools Stationery items and one-team meal were sponsored by Anubhav Gupta, Akshay Shrivastava, Maj.Jiji Rajeev, Shivanshi Gupta and Team Helping Brainz.

Dr.Shweta Pandey, led the dental campaign for the children wherein Anurag and team from Maharaja Surajmal Institute, melancholically lead the Music4Charity event.

The 14  People who volunteered for the successful happening of the event are Kirti Kumari Tikyani, SatyamSrivastava, Vivek Vaid, Arun Dass, Dr.Shweta Yadav, Somnath Shukla, Alisha Verma, Shweta Tiwari, Lokendra, Srishti, Pratik Bishen, Harshit Gupta, Shivanshi Sharma, Amrit Singh and Yedhu Krishna Menon.

Helping Brainz observed that these 70+ children are gems, and they just need a push to excel in their life; and we’re highly obliged to Dinesh and his team for the tremendous handwork put forward to encourage and empower the children.

Helping Brainz will be conducting, Educational and Career Counselling Sessions, Sessions on Music, Theatre, and Art and Craft in the coming weeks through the TeachWithHelpingBrainz programme.

 

Ujjwal – A Day with Chotus Noida Sec 127

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In our wholehearted mission to empower and educate the kids from the rural Noida, we conducted “Ujjwal a day with chotus” for the 60+ underprivileged children from various parts of Bhaktavarpur, Sector 127, Noida. Children painted their dreams, we distributed school stationery items and one time meal, played games and music, checked their dental-health, chit-chatted and pulled the cheeks, and did an overall pim-pom.

 

 

The day with chotus was planned and orchestrated by Sandeep Kumar Gujjar and Anu Deswal Choudhary. Meals and sweets were sponsored by Geeta Sundaram, Monika Ghosh and Priya Bhardwaj, School Stationery items were sponsored by Naina Jain and Nidhi P. Menon, Gifts were gifted by Bhuwan Pant and Volunteers from Ameriprise Financials, Gurgaon. Dental campaigns were led by Anarga Mohan.

 

People who made a difference were Bhuwan Pant, Shabbir Barodawala, Asha Bansal, Nutan Pratishat, Shipra Tiwari, Lata Bisht, Akshey Agarwal, Riyaj Uddin and Sahil Malhotra from Ameriprise Financials; Dr. Sanjay Kumar Deb, Monika Ghosh, Naina Jain, Sugandha Sharma, Kirti Tikyani, Nidhi P.Menon, Anargha Mohan, Avinash, Sandeep Kumar Gujjar, Arun Dass, Avin Lakhenpal, Vineeth M.Sadanandan, Roshni Nipane, Pratik Bishen, Vishal Pandita, Shreya Ghalawat, Virender Singh, Fatima Jabeen, Subhash Chandra and Yedhu Krishna Menon, from Helping Brainz.

Our next missions for Chotus: Educational Counselling (on Apr 28th), Career Counselling (on May 5th) and Go Green Campaign (May 12th).

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It’s hard to write about what Helping Brainz experienced today at Ramraj Seva Kendra (Orphanage), however in our journey to develop this nation – we turned a page with a certain level of satisfaction when WE made them feel that they are not alone in their  lonely world of silence, sharing infinite amount love and happiness.

Helping Brainz conducted Ujjwal – A Day with Chotus at Ramraj Seva Kendra Orphanage, Sahibabad. As usual Ujjwal consisted of Paint Your Dreams painting competition, School Stationery and One Time Meal Distribution, Dental Campaigns, Healthcare Campaign, Game Shows and lots of happiness. Around 35 children from the Orphanage painted their dreams with Helping Brainz.

School stationery items were donated by Bhuwan Chandra and Team from Ameriprise Financials, Gurgaon; Meals were sponsored by Mrs. Monika Ghosh, Gagandeep Kaur and Dr.Renu Verma. Gifts were sponsored by Rajesh Kumar Ahuja. The best painter was awarded a special prize  from Ramsons Locks.

People who contributed today were Bhuwan Chandra Pant , Vijay Kumar, Shahzad, Ankita from Ameriprise Financials Gurgaon; Mrs. Monika Ghosh. ; Dr.Abha Singh and Dr.Shweta Yadav (Dental Campaigns); and Mr.Rajesh Kumar Ahuja. From Helping Brainz we had Madhup Modi, Prateek Sudera and Vanshita Kumar (Event Organizers), along with Kirti Tikyani, Anup Shanker , Pratik Raj Bishen Sandeep Gujjar, Sanjeev Verma, Sugandha Sharma, and Yedhu Krishna Menon.

We thank everyone who made a difference today.

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A Jugnoo’s Kit

Helping Brainz enjoys every moment spent with our chotus, especially during Ujjwal, An event specially designed for bringing smiles among the underprivileged children which potentially consists of Paint Your Dreams painting competition,  School Stationery Distribution drives, One Time Meal Distribution, Health Awareness Drives, Music and Dance for Charity, Tree Plantations and Prize Distributions.

A Jugnoo’s Kit is a gift box which consists of a set of School Stationery  Items 

  1. Notebooks,
  2. Pencils,
  3. Sharpener,
  4. Eraser 
  5. Crayons
  6. Balanced Diet (Fruits, Juice, Cookies, Chocolates and a Snack)
  7. + some love.

1 kit costs Rs.100 only!

How can you gift a Jugnoo’s Gift:

There are two ways to do this :

1. You can assemble all the gifts as per the requirement list (and specification) and hand it over to us on the event date. Talk to our child empowerment leader for further details at 8921979187.

2. You can pay (online-/-during an event) Rs.100/- and we will sponsor a Jugnoo’s gift for a child under your name. We charge Rs.100/- child.

In both the cases, we will give you the name of the child whom we sponsored with your donation. An e-certificate and a receipt.

 

Gift a Jugnoo’s Kit and Spread Smiles. For further details please contact 8921979187 or email to help@helpingbrainz.org

Ujjwal Arookutty, Alappuzha, Kerala

HelpingBrainz.Org in association with Disha Global, Kochi conducted “Ujjwal -a day with chotus” for 30+ underprivileged kids at  Manam Memorial Nursery School (run by NSS Karyogam),  located at Arookutty, Alapuzha. The school which provides quality education to the kids from below poverty line families of Arookutty, is located near the banks of the backwaters.

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The event consisted of Paint Your Dreams painting competition, distribution of school stationery items, music and talk shows. The school stationery items were sponsored by HelpingBrainz.Org.

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The event was orchestrated by Kirthi Nair (Kerala Chapter Leader, HelpingBrainz.Org) and Dr.Ullas Kalappura (Social Development Consultant, HelpingBrainz.Org). People who contributed and participated in the successful completion of the events were Dr. Mohan B.Menon (Former Assistant Vice Chancellor,  Wasawan National Open University,  Penang Malaysia), Dr.Rathi Menon (Retired Professor and HoD, St.Xaviers College,  Aluwa), S.Gopinathan Nair (NSS Karayogam President,  Arookutty), Ravindranathan Nair (NSS Karayogam Treasurer,  Arookutty), Ishack Rahman (Department of Mechanical Engineering,  CUSAT, Ernakulam), Devika B. Hemant (Model Engineering College, Thrikakkara), Geetha Sivadas and Mini Mohan (Teachers at Manam Memorial School,  Arookutty), and Yedhukrishna Menon ( Founder, HelpingBrainz.Org).

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Team HelpingBrainz.Org’s Kerala Chapter invites applications from volunteers who can teach /and provide vocational training for the kids, interested can send their profiles to help@helpingbrainz.org

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Ujjwal – A Day With Chotus at Sri Gurukul, Sec41, Noida

“I want to become a mermaid, that’s my aim” mentioned the 4 year old Vaishnavi and “Girls are killed in this country immediately after their birth and if they survive, they become a victim of all atrocities, thus I’ll work against the atrocities happening against the women community” voiced the 11 year old Manasi, who studies in 5th grade at Aghapur Village, Noida. Manasi’s mother irons clothes to make a living.

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“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others” – Bill Gates

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In a process to empower the underpriviledged children of the country and to provide a day of happiness HelpingBrainz.Org’s child empowerment team conducted “Ujjwal – a day with chotus” for the 70+ underpriviledged children at Sri Gurukul, Sec41, Noida. Sri Gurukul is an after school project started by Shrimati. Sangeeta Chatterjee at Sec41, Noida. “Ujjwal – a day with chotus” included ‘induction on volunteerism’, paint your dreams, motivational talks, dance shows, mono acts, donation of school stationary items, dental checkup camps, food donation drives, prize distributions, distribution of ‘HelpingBrainz.Org’s Community Service Certificates” etc. School stationary items were sponsored by HelpingBrainz.Org and Radha Ramachandran (from Bangalore), Gifts and Food items were sponsored by Rahul Arora, Neha Agarwal and Team from Ameriprise Financials, Gurgaon. The events were orchestrated by Shalini Singh and Nancy Jain (Child Empowerment Leaders at HelpingBrainz.Org).

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The people who added smiles and colours, were Sangeeta Chatterjee (Founder, Sri Gurukul), Balveen Singh , Brijbhan Chaurasia , Ananya Dutt, Soumya Srivastava, Kartik Vishwakarma and Shivam Mathur (all students from DR. KN Modi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Modinagar), Dr. Nidhi Garg and Dr. Ieshita Misra ( Doctors who led the Dental Check Up Camp ), Ishan and Ravi from ‪#‎AmityUniversity‬, Noida.

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From Helping Brainz we had Nikhil Jain, Priyanka Devadas and Sanjeev Verma (Volunteers, HelpingBrainz.Org), Shalini Singh and Nancy Nikhil Jain (Child Empowerment Leaders at HelpingBrainz.Org), Pratik Raj Bishen(Social Development Manager, HelpingBrainz.Org), Shibin Varghese Madukkakuzhy (Social Development Consultant, HelpingBrainz.Org), Shubhangi Srivastava (Women Empowerment Leader, HelpingBrainz.Org) and Yedhukrishna YedhuKrishna Menon (Founder, HelpingBrainz.Org).
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(By April 1st 2016, Helping Brainz will be starting teaching programmes at Sri Gurukul)

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Behind D’Lenz : Nkihil Jain and Shibin Varghese Madukkakuzhy 

 

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Ujjwal Kurukshetra 2015

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” – Margaret Mead.

HelpingBrainz.Org, in its process of child empowerment, conducted “Ujjwal – a day with chotus” for the 200+ underpriviledged kids on 21st November, 2015 at Vatsalya Vaatika, Brahma Colony, Kurukshetra. Swami Hariom Dasji, the founder of Vatsalya Vaatika, houses and provides education to around 200+ underpriviledged kids in his self-built ashram at Brahma Colony Kurukshetra. All the Kids are basically from the various underpriviledged sections of the society.

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The programme was inaugurated by Swami Hariom Dasji, Dr. Inder Talwar, Dr. Bala Prasad and YedhuKrishna Menon(Founder, HelpingBrainz.Org) and consisted of

  • -Paint your dreams painting competition,
  • -Music and Dance Performances,
  • -Donations of School Stationary items and food items,
  • -Quiz competitions,
  • -Motivational speeches and Movie Shows.

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The prize distribution ceremony was inaugurated by Shri.Subhash Sudha , MLA Thanesar – Kurukshetra. Mr. Subhash Sudha also spoke about the development initiatives he has taken on child empowerment in Kurukshetra.

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Entire event was spearheaded by Manjeet Grewal , Chapter Leader – HelpingBrainz in Kurukshetra and the Child Empowerment Team, HelpingBrainz.Org. The School Stationary Items and the Food Items were sponsored byNeeraj Shukla & Team, Neha Agarwal & Team and Varsha Khatri both from Ameriprise Financials, Gurgaon. Music4Charity, was performed by Madusara Liyanage and Kamal Nanda, students from NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana and Kurukshetra University respectively.

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The people who volunteered and contributed were Dr. Anurekha Sharma (Professor), Anu Rawal ( Asmi) (Professor), Avinash, Ananya, Athulya Chandra, Amulya Prasad, Jagriti, Manvi and Sachin (Students from Kurukshetra University), Avnish, Anirudh Dhiman, Varun Rao and Rupinder Pathak (Students from NIT Kurukshetra). From HelpingBrainz.Org we had Ravi Prakash Yadav and Shalini Sharma (Child Empowerment Leaders, HelpingBrainz.Org), Pratik Raj Bishen (Manager, Social Business Development, HelpingBrainz.Org), Neha Agarwal and Sanjeev Verma (Volunteers,HelpingBrainz.Org) and Yedhukrishna Menon (Founder,HelpingBrainz.Org).

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After this event, the total outreach of children whom HelpingBrainz.Org have helped becomes 6500+.

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Ujjwal 2015 Kottayam Medical College

“Child is father of the man” is an idiom originating from the poem “My Heart Leaps Up” by William Wordsworth. We live in a world where people speak about child empowerment and education during elections or fund raising programmes to gain name or fame.

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‘A child’s laughter is the light of the home’ is a very famous quote. On 10th of October 2015 Team HelpingBrainz.Orgspent some time with the gifted children from the cancer ward at a Government hospital in Kottayam Kerala, and their parents who are praying for the child’s laughter to always light their homes.

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HelpingBrainz.Org Kerala Chapter conducted Ujjwal 2015 for 17 kids from the Cancer Ward, Kottayam Medical College. This is the first event conducted by HelpingBrainz.Org in Kerala. The event consisted of drawing competitions, distribution of school stationary items and gifts, programmes by kids and interaction with parents.

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Ujjwal 2015 was inaugurated by Malayalam Cine Star Pratish Nandan, who also talked about ‘Voluntarism in today’s youth in his inaugural speech’. Others who added colours and supported the Helping Brains were Dr.Sabitha P, Superintendent (ICH) , Dr.Jayaprakash RMO(ICH) and Mrs.Jaya (Headnurse – ICH).

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The event was orchestrated by HelpingBrainz.Org Kerala Chapter Leader Kirthi Nair, supported by Divya Thampi Palaparambil (Internship Manager, HelpingBrainz.Org), Jayaraj Jaganadhan (Social Media Manager, HelpingBrainz.Org) and Dr.Ullas Kallapura (Social Development Consultant,HelpingBrainz.Org).

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People who voluntarily contributed were Vaishak Thampi, Ashita Shajan, Ashish Shajan, Jesna Jose, Subin Kuriakose Onasseril​, Vishnu Viswaath, Salish P S, Sai Kishore, Deepak Mohan, Akhil Nath and Dilna Vinu.

 

Ujjwal Partapur 2015

“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune”. – Jim Rohn

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The schools in Meerut lack basic amenities, wherein to highlight they doesn’t have electricity and toilets, how do you expect of empowering the rural India. According to DR. APJ Abdul Kalam, rural India is the reservoir of India’s prosperity?

In our process to empower the rural India, Helping Brainz conducted ‘Ujjwal Meerut 2015’ for different schools which teaches around 350+ underpriviledged children of Partapur Village (10 KM south west of Meerut, adjacent to Delhi Bypass), followed by a Women Empowerment Campaign for the underpriviledged women, with a promise of educating them in the near future.
Ujjwal – a day with Chotus, was conducted in two schools namely ‘Shubham Public School’ and ‘ Dr BR Ambedkar Public School’, and was inaugurated by the Member of Legislative Council of Partapur Village. The event witnessed around 350 children painting their dreams, supported by a man power of 45+ volunteers (Helping Brainz Team members, Volunteers from MIT, Meerut; MIET, Meerut and ‘Prayatna ek Koshish’ – Community Service Volunteers of Dr. KN Modi College of Engineering, Modinagar).
The event started with an Induction programme for the volunteers on ‘Students and Community Service’ byYedhuKrishna Menon ( Founder, Helping Brainz) and Sanjay Deb Deb ( Panel Member, Helping Brainz ), followed by Paint Your Dreams, Distribution of School Stationary Items, One time meal programme, Tree Plantations and Music4Charity – Musical Drama for the children. Meritorious and Prize winners were awarded Helping Brainz Certificates and Gifts. It beingHelpingBrainz.Org’s 3rd birthday, Helping Brainz conferred 8 of it’s Changemakers on the occasion, which was followed by a cake-cutting ceremony.

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Action Plan for the coming months:-
– School Renovations and Creating Solar light panels (since the schools doesn’t have electricity connections)
– Implementing of Non-Formal Education by the Child Empowerment Team of Helping Brainz
– Women education programmes.

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The entire event, including school stationaries and one item food, was sponsored by Neha Agarwal, Rahul Arora and their Team Energy ( a group of friends from a Gurgaon based American MNC; and the events were orchestrated by Utsav Anand (Team Leader, Meerut). Those who volunteered were Rahul Arora, Sanjay Deb (Panel Member, HelpingBrainz.Org),Neha Agarwal, Ajit Mahapatra and Sanjeev Verma(Volunteers, HelpingBrainz.Org), Surbhi Dhingra and Thë Ravi Prakash (Child Empowerment Leaders, HelpingBrainz.Org),Pratik Raj Bishen ( Manager – Public Relations,HelpingBrainz.Org), Gitanshu Khurana (Community Development Leader, HelpingBrainz.Org), Rupak Kashyap( International Peace Leader, HelpingBrainz.Org), Ankur Khandelwal( Healthcare awareness Leader,HelpingBrainz.Org), Somi Shukla (Rural Educational Counsellor, HelpingBrainz.Org), Durgesh Patel, Shubhendu Mishra and Tanveer Alam ( Rehan Aziz )(Environmental Leaders, HelpingBrainz.Org), Prakarti Jain (Social Development Consultant, HelpingBrainz.Org), Volunteers from MIT, MIET and Dr. KN Modi College of Engineering and Yedhukrishna Menon (Founder, HelpingBrainz.Org)

Ujjwal – Sorkha Village

“Empowerment of and investment in girls are key in breaking the cycle of discrimination and violence and in promoting and protecting the full and effective enjoyment of their human rights. When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everybody else”

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An educated girl is a change maker: An educated girl will:
1. Stay healthy
2. Save Money
3. Build a business
4. Empower her community.
5. Lift her country: Change the World!

 

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HelpingBrainz.Org in association with an AryaSamaj Ashram based in Noida Sector 115 conducted Ujjwal for 80 underpriviledged girls who stay at the AryaSamaj Ashram. The underpriviledged girls mainly belong to Nepal, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. The girls, who are aged between 4 to 18, are provided with primary and elementary education at the AryaSamaj Ashram.

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As usual, HelpingBrainz.Org conducted Ujjwal which included, Paint Your Dreams programme, School Stationary Donations, Meal Donations and Motivational Talks.
School Stationaries for the 80+ kids were donated by Akash Goyal and friends from Ameriprise Financials, Gurgaon. Carpets were donated by Piyush Tyagi and friends from Pacific Global, Noida.

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Post event, HelpingBrainz.Org would be conducting computer education, motivational and career counselling sessions for the girls.

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Neha Agarwal, Aachal, Sanjeev Verma, Piyush Tyagi, Akash Goyal and Urvashi Arora volunteered for the event.

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From HelpingBrainz.Org, the event was designed and orchestrated by Shubhangi Srivastava and Athulya Rajan ( Both Women Empowerment Leaders at HelpingBrainz.Org), followed by Rupak Kashyap (Vice President, International Peace Programmes), Suchaya Chaiworn (Intern –HelpingBrainz.Org) Kumar Madhuraj ( Project Leader – Community Development, HelpingBrainz.Org), Pratik Raj Bishen ( Project Leader – Women Safety and Empowerment Campaigns, HelpingBrainz.Org), Gagan Walia ( Project Leader – Environmental Awareness and Upgradation Programmes ),Jyoti Suchye ( Project Leader – Elderly Care Programmes) and YedhuKrishna Menon (Founder, HelpingBrainz.Org)

We sincerely thank Dr.Renu Verma for this opportunity, and respect the social worker in her.