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Project was created by my participant name Anil Gupta. The project started way back in Feb. 2007 and once you read the entire project I’m clear you’ll inspired by what he created in last 1 year and still going strong. His coach Shaunak Choksi created a key role in impacting this project. Hats off to you Anil and Shaunak. I’m really inspired by what you are creating in this world.

Background:

SELP project goal is to support the education of 20,000 girls till they complete 10 years of education.

Naandi Foundation:

www.naandi.org

www.naandi.no

Naandi foundation is a non-for-profit organization that runs several programs. The board of directors comprise of eminent industrialists and personalities in India including

• Dr. Anji Reddy
• Mr. Anand Mahindra
• Mr. Ramalingam Raju
• Actor Cheeranjiv

One of their programs in called “Nanhi Kali”. Nanhi Kali means flowering bud. Nanhi Kali enables the education of under privileged girls from class 1 to class 10. This program is run in collaboration with the local government by adopting government schools.

The program:

• Supports education delivery by increasing the teacher-student ratio and enabling the teachers by training and support.
• Provides uniforms, books, stationery to the girls.
• Provides regular medical check-ups and complete treatment to the girls through tie-ups with doctors and hospitals. It also provides hygiene education and support to the girls and their family.
• Provides the mid-day meal in the school.
• Supports and motivates the social environment (parents of the girl) to ensure that the girls continue to attend school regularly. This is done by appointing 1 mentor per 50 girls. The mentor works closely with the girl’s parents and school environment to track the girl child progress.

The cost:

• It costs Rs.2500 per annum to support one girl child in the Nanhi Kali program.
• The government provides Rs. 2 per child per day for the mid-day meal.

Current status:

• Presently Capgemini supports approx 4000 girls in the Nanhi kali program.
  • Capgemini India- 1500 girls.
  • Capgemini Norway- 2500 girls.
  • Capgemini Sweden- launched the program in Jan 2008. The numbers supported are not known yet.
• In 2007 Capgemini Sweden did not give Christmas gifts to the employees. Instead they donated the 10,000 euros to Naandi Foundation.
• Capgemini operations in UK, Netherlands and Finland are actively considering the Nanhi Kali program.
• The Capgemini Global CSR leader Ms. Carolyn Nimmy is very supportive and working to make this a global program.

The ambition:

• The ambition is, by end of 2009, to have the Capgemini Global CEO make a public statement that “For every Capgemini employee in the world we support the education of at least one girl child in India.” That would mean 80,000 girls.
• Include a CSR Incentive in all Capgemini proposals.
  • We will propose that for every team member deployed on a client project, Capgemini will sponsor the education of one girl child in India. The first such proposal was made in Dec 2007 to a client in Norway.

The chronology of progress:

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Smallest and cutest women on planet

Thank you Ravi Bhavsar for forwarding these images to me.

I just love these pics. and what I’m also present to is God’s beauty and cuteness.

       That was so awesome! Right?

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A picture began circulating in November. It should be ‘The Picture of =he Year,’ or perhaps, ‘Picture of the Decade.’ It won’t be. In fact,unless you =btained a copy of the US paper which published it, you probably would ever have seen it.

The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by surgeon named Joseph Bruner.

The baby was diagnosed w ith spina bifida and would not survive if r emoved from his mother’s womb. Little Samuel’s mother, Julie Armas, is on obstetrics nurse in Atlanta She knew of Dr. Bruner’s remarkable surgical procedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville , he performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb.

During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and makes a small incision to operate on the baby. As  Dr. Bruner completed the surgery on Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully developed hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon’s finger. Dr.Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger was grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his life, and that for an instant during the procedure he was just frozen, totally immobile.

The photograph captures this amazing event with perfect clarity. The editors titled the =icture, ‘Hand of Hope.’ The text explaining the picture begins, ‘The tiny hand of =1-week- old fetus Samuel Alexander Armas emerges from the mother’s uterus to =rasp the finger of Dr. Joseph Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life.’
Little Samuel’s mother said they ‘wept for days’ when they saw the picture. She said, ‘The photo reminds us pregnancy isn’t about disability or an illness, it’s about a little person.

Samuel was born in perfect health, the operation 100 percent successful.

Now see the actual picture, and it is awesome…incredible….and hey,  pass it on. The world needs to see this one!

- Thanks to Raymond for sharing this information with all of us –

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This is very exciting.  I recently performed at JW Mariots (24th Jan 2008) in the group of 11 and the show was just awesome.  This was my first ever dance performance on stage and I was a bit nervous too.  But everyone in the group supported me a lot and they were real inspiration to me.  I specially acknowledge Shanon and Diago for being an excellent support for me while practicing and helping me with various dance steps.  Also want to acknowledge Sandeep Soparkar for giving me the opportunity to dance in his group.
The show got telecasted on several news channel LIVE.

About the Show :

It was a 8 minutes performance by 11 of us including Sandeep and Jessi.  This show was for the launch of new soap and after our performance we had Aaishwaria Rai walking in the end.

Name of everyone who performed :

Sandeep Soparkar, Jessi, Shanon, Preeti (not zinta), Diago, Risha, Kareena (not kapoor), Damini (without Rishi Kapoor), Alysha (not Chinoi), my self - Rishi (not Kapoor) and I forgot one name .

File size is 79 mb (approx), its better to download the file and view it in Windows Media Player.

 You’ll also find format compatible with your mobile phone.  See the Download link below.  Its a 3gp format.

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Words are everywhere.  You find words all around you.  We read them, we write them, we think them, we see them, we type them, we hear them, we communicate them and even express ourselves.  And every word holds either ‘Positive’ or a ‘Negative’ vibration, means every word shapes the future you are living into.  Example Word Money can hold ‘Positive’ and ‘Negative’ vibration, person who is always worried about money will create ‘Negative’ vibration around money and person who is clear about his vision of how much money he wants to make will hold ‘Positive’ vibration. Our words attract things that we want in our life and things that we don’t want in our life. 

Words -> Thoughts -> Feelings (Positive or Negative)

Life is simple.  You get what you think .  If you keep repeating to yourself “I’m not good enough” than guess what you are not good enough.  If you keep repeating to yourself “I can never make money” than guess what you’ll never make money.  Your life become what words you use to create your thoughts and your though creates the Feeling (Positive or Negative vibration).  I like the example from book “The secret” that we all are Alladin and Universe is Ginnie.  Ginnie has only one job to do every thing that Alladin wants he says “Your wish is my command”.  So every thing that you formulate in word and language it, Universe says “Your wish is my command”. 

So if we are committed living life powerfully, we must orient ourselves around words that gives us power.

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Project was created  by Dhaval, SELP Participant Oct. 2007. 

What Projec is  about ?

Project is about training students who are slow learners/dyslexic students some special techniques related to Math and other subjects. The intention is to ensure that they improve their scores by at least 10 percent in their annual exams.

Approach :

Visiting schools in Mumbai (India) and other cities and explaining our project to the Principals of different schools.  Then ask them to give their auditorium for a day. Special slides, multimedia presentations and other technology to make it more interesting.

Outcome :

Since the last month over 1000 students have been trained in 8 different schools. They have shown positive improvement in their scores. A majority of them have enhanced their scores by 8 to 12 %.  And exams apart, it is helping them boost their confidence in general life. Over 7 newspapers have covered this seminars and many others media mentions are in the process. Future plan to transfer this technology to another 50 teachers who can take training forward on an ongoing basis.

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Here is the true story of Patrick Henry Hughes and his father, Patrick is blind and cannot walk since childhood.  Its very inspiring to see what he has accomplished in his life.  He is a true inspiration.  Don’t miss this video! 

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Don’t miss this true spirit of dancing.  Thanks to Anupamaa for sending this video to me.  Guy in the Dance has only one leg but you’ll surpirsed the way he has danced and the way he is celebrating true spirit of dancing.

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SELP Project, Burn Survivor Day Out.

Shirin Juwaley, a participant of the SELP programme by Landmark Education,  had a community project for burn survivours. A day out in the form of the project was conducted for 30 burn patients of Sion Hopsital on 22nd December at a Virar resort. It was a special day, away from stares and questioning eyes around scars and contracted limbs. It was a time to shed inhibitions and get back to a life they had altered because of their burn injury. Watching the swimming pool water run down their bodies felt as if it was slowly helping them discard their self-consciousness replacing it with shrieks of joy and laughter. For the many burn survivours, mainly women, who had attempted suicide by dousing kerosene on themselves, it was day to leave behind the guilt and smile without remorse. Meena, 56 shared that ‘ today for the first time, I did not think of my home, my children, I lived for myself”. Nilesha, 22 shared that ‘ After being burnt it was the first time I have had such an opportunity and I am so grateful to have this special day”. Chanda, 41 shared “I have never been out on  a picnic, this is my first time and I will always remember this day”

Media Mention Copy :  This Media Mention came on 23rd Dec. 2007, Hindustan Times.

If you interested in reading the media mention, see below.

CURLED UP at home, away from the light, curtains drawn. They are ashamed of their own reflection, spurned by family and in agony from huge lesions that cover their body. That is how scores of forgotten burns victims while away their days. Most of them could easily have died in the acid attacks, acts of bravery or domestic accidents that left them scarred for life, but they do not feel very lucky to be alive. For 30 of city’s burns victims that changed on Saturday; for one day they had their life back. Sion hospital – along with burns campaigners Shirin Juwaley and Lalit Jham – organised the first day trip of its kind for burns victims in India. Thirty rehabilitated patients from the hospital set off at dawn to a Virar resort where they could relax, swim and express themselves in ways they had not since they got scarred. It was mid-day and the music by the pool had just started up. A stampede to the water disco was followed by shrieks of delight that could have been heard in Colaba. The simple act of jumping in the pool and feeling water run over their bodies – something most of them had not done for years – brought happiness. The release of frustration and emotion was tangible. “I pray that every human should be given a day like this,” said 30-year-old Poornima Bhonjale, who set herself on fire in 2002 after her alcoholic husband threw out their baby out of the house. “Today has shown me that if you have a life, it is worth living.” The major problem for burns victims is acceptance. “There is such ignorance and insensitivity towards burns victims in India,” said Juwaley, a burns victim herself. “People are scared of us, they are repulsed, they think it is a contagious disease. This harms the victims’ self-image to the extent that they don’t feel comfortable stepping outside.” The support group at Sion hospital offers both emotional and material support to victims. “We rehabilitate victims by giving them jobs at the hospital, financial help and by counselling them and their families,” said Tara Verma, the hospital’s community development officer. “This trip will help build confidence and begin to remove fears about acceptance by society .”

Feels great to be out

MALAN SONAVANA, 35 DHARAVI RESIDENT Four years ago, Sonavana’s pressure stove exploded in her face – the most common form of burn. After the accident, her daughter – who was seven at the time – was so horrified by the sight of her mother’s scarred face and body that she would not look at her and refused to eat food she had touched. “I felt very bad. Not only did I have the trauma of the burn, but also the trauma of my daughter’s reaction” she said. “I never leave the house because of my scars, so it feels great to be out.”

I am no longer afraid

NILISHA PAILKAR, 22 NAVI MUMBAI RESIDENT Last year, Pailkar ran away from home to marry the man she had fallen in love with. But four months later, she was so depressed that she doused herself in kerosene and set herself on fire.
“At first, I would never leave home. People stare and think I look grotesque, but thanks to Sion hospital my confidence has grown. I am no longer afraid and now I am determined to make my parents proud of me again.”

I have to live for my children

SANTOSH KAMBLE, 38 NAVI MUMBAI RESIDENT Kamble’s wife thought he was having an extramarital affair. She constantly threatened him with suicide but he ignored her. One day in 2000 – while he was outside – she set herself ablaze with petrol. In an effort to save her, he was severely burnt. She did not survive. “I know I am stared at and I feel self-conscious. It makes me depressed but I have to live on for my three children.”

I must keep going

SHAGUNA KASHIF, 29 DIVA RESIDENT When it became clear that Kashif was infertile, her mother-in-law threw kerosene over her and set her alight. Her husband stood by and watched. Five years on, she still does not go out because of her scars but finds hope in caring for her young nephew. “Looking after him gives me the will to live and keep going. I have a life now: I survived and I must keep going.”

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I recently performd at JG’s Gym with Shalini and I’ve kept couple of videos for you to view.  This was my first stage preformance in front of approx. 100 people.  I was very nervous in the begining and with a mintue time I was able to be with people. 

 I’ve uploaded 2 files 38 mb and 40 mb.  Please download the video and play it in Windows Media Player.  I’ll also upload these videos on You Tube, but till than be with these monster size files. 

Your comments on these videos will be appreciated, critisium is most welcome .

Instruction on Download – Right Click the link below and click Save Target as…..

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