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NEWSLETTERDuration July - December 2014

Editorial:

Dear well wishers of Snehalaya,

Wishing youvery happy x-mas andcoming NewYear. We areindeed happy to produce you latest newsletter of Snehalaya.We are communicating to you the important activitiescarried out by Snehalaya during July to December 2014 inbrief through this newsletter.

This year, we are promoting 'volunteering' to connectmaximum people to Snehalaya's various projects. It provedbeneficial in many ways e.g. the volunteers are becomingour ambassadors and spreading words in their circles, itcreates chain of volunteers day by day. Secondly we are

getting professionals to work with us and improve thequality of current activities with the help of them.

We are become successful to attract internationalvolunteers as well. It is an ideal example of what volunteerscan do. Ms. Miranda Hudson has now registered the charity in UK. Named Snehalaya UK. and working everyday tocollect the funds to support Snehalaya's various activities inIndia without any expectations. She has wonderful visionand now planning to start activities, which will help womenand children in UK. Similarly Ms. Ulrike Hilgers fromGermany is taking very hard efforts to connect maximumGerman speaking people to Snehalaya through the website

in the world. It is always updated and www.snehalaya.de

attracting the philanthropists. Ms. Ulrike motivates those peopleto donate, at least to take sponsorships of our beneficiaries inRahab. Center. She has generously made her house a collectioncenter of used material for Snehalaya. She is working selflessly and silently. Several other selfless volunteers are coming forwardand investing their time to make Snehalaya global hub for socialchange.

Looking at opportunities the team Snehalaya has adopted many changes. New organization structure has come up

and successfully being implemented under the keen guidance of Hon. Pakash Apte, our mentor and supporter. The system becamede-centralized and non inter-dependent. It has gearedup the wholeprocess of providing services to the beneficiaries. Improved thequality of services. Snehalaya has formed separate 'Resource

Mobilization' department. It is now taking the shape and collectingresources to run the grass-root projects. There is always a scarcity of funds but we are trying to over come it with your generousfinancial support. We always remember your contribution,support and guidance.

We still need your solid support to keep on going suchhumanitarian work in future. Please extend your hand andstrengthen the movement of social change. Thank you very much.

AmbadasChauhanCOO

contemporary

Condemn the brutal massacre of children in Pakistan:

All the NGOs in Ahmednagar condemned on 16.12.2014 thebrutal massacre of children together in Peshawar, Pakisthan.Sneh a l aya ha s t aken i n it i a ti ve t o e s tab li s h " NGOMAHASANGHA'', (Network of NGOs) a decade ago and more than100 institutions and volunteers have became the active memberof this initiative. The Mahasangha has organized daylongactivities for condemning this massacre. All the volunteerspledged to react with constructive-peaceful and consistentmeasures for the protection of lives and rights of all children andto combat the violence and terrorism. HanifShaikh, Asst. DirectorSnehalaya said that due to the consistent efforts of Balbhavan inMukundnagar slum (Muslim dominated area)resulted in to laborfree slum. The kids have joined the school especially girls inMukundnagar have taken the education of Engineering too.Instead of reacting aggressively, one must join such initiatives, asonly these efforts will bring sustainable change. The

representatives of 55 organisations have participated in this

Celebration of 'Vijay Din'with massive blood donation:

India won thewar against the Pakisthan on 16th Dec. 1971. This day isbeing celebrated as a 'Day of victory' in India. Association of Paststudents of Snehalaya organizeda blood donation camp on thisoccasion. Smt. RevataiKulkarni

was present as chief guest. Shehad lost her husband Late V. V.Kulkarni who was captain inI nd ia n A rm y i n t hi s w ar .

Thousands of soldiers sacrificedfor the nation in this war. Indiansmust keep this memory alive toinspire the upcoming generationto sacrifice for the nation. She hasappreciated the efforts by the past students of Snehalaya who haveorganized the blood donation camp to remember the great victory and

uncommon sacrificeof IndianArmy.Total 102persons donated blood.

Sharad, Lajwanti and Chandrakant found new horizon ofopportunities :

SharadJadhav was working with Snehalaya since last 7 yearsas a Public Relation Officer; He has made significant changesand developed the system to connect the individuals andmasses. He has got an opportunity to work with StateGovernment to strengthen the Panchayat Raj System. Ms.Lajwanti was working with our English Medium School asHead Teacher, now selected as a teacher in Z.P. School inAmbad, Dist. Nasik. She was very fist employee of our school;she has also contributed a lot to our school. Chandrakant wasknown as a 'mother' of our HIV positive children. He was

staying with them for 24 X 7. He has a special affection forour children; he is selected as a Counselor in MaharashtraAIDS Control Society.All three of them have joined with their respective offices from15 , Sept. 2014, they are very much obliged and will be alwaysconnectedwith Snehalaya.

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Sharad, Lajwanti and Chandrakant found new horizon of opportunities:

SharadJadhav was working with Snehalaya since last 7 years as a PublicRelation Officer; He hasmade significant changes anddeveloped thesystemto connect the individuals and masses. He has got an opportunity to work

with State Government to strengthen the Panchayat Raj System. Ms.Lajwanti was working with our English Medium School as Head Teacher,nowselectedas a teacher in Z.P. Schoolin Ambad, Dist. Nasik. She was very fist employee of our school; she has also contributed a lot to our school.Chandrakant was known as a 'mother' of our HIV positive children. He wasstaying with them for24 X 7. He hasa special affectionfor ourchildren; he isselected as a Counselor in Maharashtra AIDS Control Society. All three of them have joined with their respective offices from 15 , Sept. 2014, they areth


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Snehjyot Observed World AIDS Day:Snehalaya's Snehjyot Projectobserved World AIDS week by organizing various uniqueprogrammes.

Introduction of bride and groom: On 1 December 250 PLHAs from whole of Maharasthra State were invited, out of them 96 women/girlsand 120 men/boys who wish to get married were participate in theprogamme. Seven grooms found their life partners. The Dean of Govt.Hospital explained the importance of precaution, treatment andcounseling tolive a goodand normal life.Marriages:Snehjyot organized the marriages on 3 December. Sevencouples got married at a time. It was the first time in India that HIVpositive couples were getting married and starting their new life withthelife partner oftheirchoice.

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GulabiMelawa:LGBT (Lesbian,Gay,Bisexualand Transgender) arealso very much atrisk of HIV/AIDS. Hence, Snehjyot organized a sensitizationprogramme on 4 . December. Many renowned personalities workingin this field were focused on the prevention of HIV/AIDS also focusedon the regular treatment and drug adherence for those who arealready HIV infected. The project also organized cultural programmefor LGBT community240+ people attended the programme.

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Sensitization programme for victims of prostitution:300+ victims of prostitution were participated in this event from all over Ahmednagardistrict. Dr. Girish Kulkarni discussed about the rights of women in flesh trade. Heappealed the women to join various vocational courses, which will provide themalternate business to live a life; it may lead them to leave prostitution. He also assuredto give 800sq. ft.piece of land to those victim women who will leave prostitutionforever.He announced the new programme who will work for the rehabilitation of the women inprostitution veryclosely andstrategically.

The victims of commercial sex work in Ahmednagar contributed Rs.10,321for the floodaffected citizens of Jammu and Kashmir on 12 September. Mrs. SumanTribhuvan, trusteeof Snehalaya and Head of the Rehabilitation Committee handed over the cheque to Mr.RajendrakumarPatil, Resident Deputy Collector of Ahemdnagar for Chief Minister's Relief Fund. The prostitutes in Ahmednagar have always contributed in every national calamity happened during last 25 years. It includes the 1st serial blast in Mumbai in 1993, Earthquakes in Marathwada& Gujarat, Kargil war, Tsunami, Cyclone in Odisha, drought inMaharashtra, Landslides in Uttarakhand last year etc. The women fight for the justice. Butatthe same time they aresensitive andserious about their dutiesas citizen ofIndia.

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Contribution by sex workers for flood affected people in J & K

:Snehalaya appealed the society includingschools to donate new clothes, tooth pest,tooth brush, soap, hair oil etc. on theoccasion of Diwali Festival. The peopleresponded wonderfully to our appealespecially schools. Every student donatedsomething small to Snehalaya. Snehalayadistributed the collected gifts among 2000slumchildren.

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Maherchi Sadi programme: Snehalaya tried to connect ourvictim women in flesh trade with the society through thisunique way. Snehalaya appealed the society to gift newsari tothese women including HIV positive women in Snehalaya onthe occasion of Diwali festival. It is the gift by a brother to hissister. The people came forward and understood 'their' actualproblmes and assured to assist them to over come it. We weresuccessfully built the confidence of our beneficiaries that they can go in to the society without fear as society also cares forthem in this way. Total 1000 saries were distributed amongvictimwomenin prostitution in Ahmednagar district.

Diwali Celebration: Lions Club of Ahmednagarcelebrates Diwali with all our beneficiaries in Rehab.Center every year. This year they organized fun fair inour campus on 25 October, children enjoyed horse andcamel riding, delicious food and music and magic show.

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AGM (Annual General Meeting)

Snehalaya organised its 6th AnnualGeneral Meeting on 26 July 2014.Allthe present andpasttrustees, coreteammembers and representatives of beneficiaries were participated in themeet. Many important topics relatedto the beneficiaries, newly startedprojects and policies were discussedin the meet ing . The t rus teessanctioned the expenses incurred inthe financial Year 2013-14 and thebudget for the year 2014-2015. Mr.ArunSheth, Vice-President published the Annual Report for the year 2013.Mrs.SumanTribhuvan, representative of sex workers was elected, as a Board Memberdueto saddemise of Mrs.MeenaShinde. All theprojectsgave presentationof their work

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GKN Sinter Metal sponsored a building to rehabilitate HIVpositive families in Himmatgram. The construction is almostcompleted and itwillbe ready touse upto first weakof January 2015. Presently we are getting 5-8 callsevery day enquiring to provide shelter tothe HIV positive patients. We ares i n c e r e l y t h a n k f u l t o M r .UjjalBhattachrjee, Mr. DevendraAkolkar,Mr. SangramKadamand GKN SinterMetals for their outstanding support forthe rehabilitation of HIV positive families.

Shramdan by various companies in MIDC:Snehalaya is motivating the employees in variouscompanies in Ahmednagar industrial area tovolunteer with us. Currently the employees of Shreeram Coating, Zen Electric Company, Precisiontech. are volunteering in Himmatgram and Rehab.Center projects. It is very useful initiative of Snehalaya to connect the people with its movement of change. Hundreds of employeesare not only workingin these projects nowadays but also changing theirmindsets completely. They are now ready to acceptHIV positive patients, victims of prostitution.It means

theyare now becoming sensitized about various socialissues and learning the strategies to fight againstthem. They are now became the volunteers of Snehalaya and ready to shoulder any otherresponsibilitiesin future.

Financial assistance by KSB:

Assistance by corporate

Our Partners

In September, We thankfully received the financial assistance by KSB Pumps. They donated50 benches and other office furniture including cupboards, tables, revolving chairs, racks,display boardsetc.for ourschool. Also gave financialsupport tomakethe playground of40000sq. ft. better and usable for our kids. Apart from that KSB has taken overall educationalsponsorship of 40 students of our Rehab. Center. We are heartily grateful to Mr.ShirishKulkarni, Mr.KiranShukla, Mr. SantoshKulkarni and Mr. ChandrashekharBhusa andKSBteamfor itssupport toSnehalaya.

Rotary Clubdonates well-equipped 'Ambulance' to Snehalaya:

Rotary Club of Pune Prime City donated well-equipped 'Ambulance' toSnehalaya's Hospital and three wheeler tempo for Himmatgramproject. Rt. Deshmukh, Governor, Pune region, Rt. Pramod Parikh, Rt.SantoshHonkarpe and many other Rotarians were present for theprogramme. They also planted several saplings in the campus of Himmatgram.

Isaca donated computer lab to our school:

Isaca, Pune donated 10 new brand computers along with printer and necessary furniture toSnehalaya's English Medium School in September. The children from slums, red light areas andthose

who reside in Snehalaya's Rehab center including HIV positive children are studying in our school. Thisis the school for the children of special need. We wanted to make them computer literate and buildtheir confidence to use the computer for day today work, but previously there was no facility availablein our school. Now we can conduct on line sessions for our students. We are highly grateful to Mr.Vijay Bhalerao, Mr. Hemant Joshi, Ms. VarshaBhide, Mr. ShirishPade and all the members of ISACA.

Plantation in Himmatgram by L&T

On 16 September, Shri P. S. Mallik, General Manager (Corporate Sustainability) accompanied by ShriRamchandra Deshpande, Secretary of L&T Public Charitable Trust inaugurated the first phase (250saplings) of the ambitious project to plant 1001 fruit tree saplings in Himmatgram. This is a part of theCSR that L&T does for the community and the lead role was taken by Dr. Rishabh Firodiya andShriIshwarHande. Thesaplingsafter a few years will provide nutritious fruits daily to thebeneficiaries inSnehalaya especially for the HIV+ women & children whose immune system has already deteriorated.L&T's sponsorship will perpetually benefit hundredsof hapless women & children,and will show-case theEnvironmental CSR of L & T. Snehalaya family-members are extremely grateful to L&T for its long-termcommitmentto serve under-privileged women & children.

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Hon. Anna Hajare handed over ournational flag to ArunimaSinha, asshe was going to climb the peak KoiszskoMountain in Australia.

Arunima is the 1st handicapped that climbed the Mount Everest. Shelost her leg while fighting with the goons in the train. She is the living

example of how one canovercome the adverse situations

withou t maki ng comp laints.Other resource persons in the

youth camp have shared theirlife experiences and provoked athought process of the youthc a m p e rs i n c l u d in g D r.SangramPatil, presently runninghospital for poor patients inErandol, dist. Jalagaon. As wellas a movement to save the

democracy.Dr. Anand Patil, a surgeon, started the movement 'Study Circle' 25

years ago. This movement has helped about 1 lack youngsters for joining civilservices. He gave tips for competitive examinations. Mr.

careeropportunities in I.T. field. Mr. VinodChavan, past camper and senior Police Officer.He sharedthe experience in nexlite areas.

The prostitutes in Ahmednagar gave financialassistance to SagarPalwe who passedB. Tech.

with distinction and got admission in Floridainstitute of technology in U.S.A. Sagarbelongsto poor family, hence cannot afford theexpenses. The prostitutes contributed theirearning of last night and gave Rs. 8065 toSagar. This example of social concerntouched every one. The campers left with aninspirationto helpneedy.

Rajeevkumar Singh,Founder of Snehalaya and the Head Global Recruitmentin Wipro discussed

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284 students were selected out of 700 newly registered students for the camp. Manyeminentpersonalities addressed the youth participants;including Mr. Sagar Doiphode(I.A.S), he

discussed an opportunities in civil servicesthrough various competitive exams. Mr. AadikK a d a m ( F o u n d e r , Wo r l d B o r de r l e s sFoundation) shared his experiences while

working in Jammu and Kashmir for theorphaned girls due to terrorism. 50 participantsdonated blood in our blood donation campfollowed by this session. Hon. Anna Hanare alsomotivated theyouth toworkfor nation.

Ethical Voting:

Snehalayamade all our beneficiaries to votein the Central and State Assembly election2014. More than 1400 beneficiariesincluding victims women in red light areas,M S M, H i j ar a s/ u nu c h a n d o u r 2 8beneficiaries in Rehab. Center who havecompleted the age of 18 had practiced theirrightof votingfirsttime.

Bank Name State Bank of India HDFC Bank

Branch name Main Branch (Ahmednagar) Market Yard Branch

(Ahmednagar)

Account Number 11117726495 1811000053339

9 digit MICR number 414002001 414240002

Current/ savings account Current account Saving account

SWIFT Code/ RemittanceInstructions

SBININBB507

RTGS/IFSC Code SBIN0000303 HDFC0000181

Name of Account (Chequesto be made payable to)

Snehalaya(Donations in foreign currency alsoaccepted)

Snehalaya(Donations in Indian currency only)

Contact us - Snehalaya, F-Block,Shree Tiles Chowk, M.I.D.C, Nimbalak,Dist. : Ahmednagar, MS, India - 414111.Tele: +91 241 27783353. Cell No. : 9011020171/73. Email: Website : [email protected] .sneha laya.org

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