Happy New Year 2012

Hello all,

Few Dreams was started with a Vision of bringing basic educational needs to the deserving and under privileged children.

Since then, over the years, with the support from few close friends, enthusiasts and well wishers, the cause and the drive to support the society has just got bigger. This year passing by has been very special for Few Dreams and yet there is so much to do and look forward to. Here is a quick snapshot of how the year has been for us

We are on FaceBook : Mid Year on 16th of July at 10.42am, Few Dreams was on Facebook. This was in line with the plan of getting more visibility, support and building awareness on the on the inspiration and theme behind Few Dreams. We already have over a 50 fan followers since then and counting. Going ahead, there is a lot planned so keep following us on FB !

http://www.facebook.com/FewDreams

We are 100k today : It has always been a dream for Few Dreams to reach 100K milestone in total contributions from sponsorships and contributions. The day was July 2nd, 2011. A big thanks for all those who make this a reality for us. We shortly plan to publish your account books online and get more transparency in the process.

http://fewdreams-activities.blogspot.com/

Adopt a child (Education) : In our continuous effort to support the educational needs for children who are in need, we sponsored the complete educational cost of 3 girls for their two years of higher secondary education. Our aim is to helping children learn and education which will help them lead to a better and sustainable life.

Supported the Learning Process (Books sponsored for 150+ students) - Poverty we believe is not much related to hunger but its a consequence of being uneducated thus making the children in capable of coping up with problems in the life related to their social or financial status. In an effort of help the underprivileged kids in understanding the value of the learning process, Few dreams visited a couple of schools this year. Lessons and guided classes were conducted by Few Dream members and volunteers. We sponsored books and educational needs for over 150+ children in 2 Government schools.

Celebrated Life with Kids ! - The timing could not have been any better to celebrate with Children - The day was Nov - 14th Children's Day and Jan 26th - Republic Day. The Few Dreams team visited government schools across electronic city. The Team conducted drawing competitions for kids across different age categories and also awarded prizes to the the most outstanding in each category. To have it fair, the team distributed chocolates, cakes, goodies and stationary to almost all the kids across these schools. To bring about a smile and a change in someones's life always feels special. If every you want to experience life at its best, just join us and spend a day with the Kids. You will know when we mean.

New Members joined the Wave - This year, we have added a lot more members and supporters who share the common cause.Please come and join us if you want to make a difference.

Lastly, all this would not have been possible without the extended support, contributions and well wishes from each one of you who are a part of the Few Dreams Family. Thanks for being there and helping us make a change and build a better future, a better India !

Have a wonderful year Ahead and thanks for all the support !

Regards,

Few Dreams Team

Few Dreams @ 1,00,000

Few Dreams @ 'ONE LAKH' .

Yes this is true. Reached one more land mark in the journey of few dreams.

Total amount of contributions we have collected till now has reached the 1 lakh land mark in this month.

Thanks to each and everyone of you who made this happen.

Next step is to publish all the contributions collected and spent till now and we would be updating monthly transactions online.

Shortly, we will have a meeting to discuss these and we want to give you all a picture on where do we stand today in terms of contributions and what should we do to increase these funds.

-Few Dreams

Book Distriubtion drive - Hulimangala and Vaabasandra - July 2nd 2011

First book distribution drive for the year 2011.This year we started the book distribution drive in Hulimangala and Vaabasandra schools near electronic city.

130+ students are covered in both the schools together. We distributed note books and other stationery. This is our 3rd book distribution drive in these schools. Most of the children were able to recognize us with our names which made all of us happy.

We gave chocolates to all the children in the school and the event came to an end with a group photo.

Our next target in this year is to cover 750+ students in diff schools under these book distribution drives.

Sashank, Guha, Sunil, Ravi, Vinay, Chaitanya sagar, Naresh, Praveen, Geeta, Srivalli are the volunteers for the event.

3 years @ Few dreams May 2011

Feeling very happy to write this blog today as we have completed 3 successful years for FEW DREAMS.

We started this group in May 1st 2008 with no idea on how to go ahead or what to do or where to start?Only thing we have in mind is to start a group and start doing good things.

As the time moved on, many helping hands and thinking minds came together as one, making the group big in terms of members and contributions.

Now we are in a stage where we are planning many events across the year in different schools.

Thank you all for your support.

- Few Dreams

Jan 26th Celebrations - Hulimangala Govt School - 2011

Starting this blog for the year wishing you all a happy new year.

All things were set ready and all of us assembled morning a silk board junction, bangalore at 7.15 AM. From there all of us headed to the school. Weather was good and all us enjoyed the ride going away from the city into a small village with full greenery around us. Reached the school by sharp 8 AM in the morning. We were able to see only a few kids in the school as we were early than the scheduled time. By 8.30 all the kids were in and the toughest problem we had there is arranging the flag post and the flag tied to it. Finally we put in all our efforts to arrange the flag post and the guest for the day was our friends mother and it was a wonderful oppurtunity for her to hoist the flag.

She hoisted the flag and still the flag was not waving in the sky as it had one other knot which need to be released. At last, it was a 5th class guy who climbed onto the flag post and released the knot. Every one saluted the flag and sang National Anthem. There were some traditional perfomances like Kolatam by the girls in the school.We also had the village level heads in the function. Sashank and Nikhil gave a nice speech to the kids in the school giving the message to them - Study well and we are there to support them. Village level heads distributed the sweets to kids and left the school.

We made all the kids quickly assemble in the class rooms and started the drawing competition. Most of them drew a village/house sideby a mountain and river. It was a nice participation from all the kids drawing different things. Collected all the sheets from them and our volunteers are the panel to decide the first and second prizes. In the mean , we were interacting with the kids asking them what they want to become in future. Many of them wanted to become doctors, engineers, police, heroes, dancers.

Distributed prizes to the winners in the drawing competition and also a special prize for Akash, a ahandicapped. All of them were happy receiving the prizes. All of us enjoyed the clap show by kids making different sounds from claps and this was the special attraction for the day. Distributed chocolates and biscuits for them and concluded the event. Took a group photo with all the kids and left the school.

Special thanks to all the people who were present for the day. Sunil, Ravi, Swaroop, Sashank, Sravan, Guha, Nikhil, Lakshmi, Geeta, Santosh, Kriti, keerthi, dhana laskhmi, Radha Krishna, Vinay, Tanisha, Ullas are some of our members for the day.

Annual Day Function - SECA - Jayanagar - Bangalore- Nov 21st 2010

This was the last activity of the year 2010.Its from 2 years we have been seeing these kids and sponsoring education for some of them. We were all happy to be with the kids for 2 years watching them closely, going for outings with them, taking them for games mornings, attending some of their bday celebrations.

We assembled near the function hall on time and soon the function started at 6.30PM. Kids came up with amazing dance performances and nice skits in english which made the evening lively and entertaining.Highlight of the day was the performance by the kids for a patriotic song exhibiting different cultures in India. Also the song by the SECA volunteers made the audience enjoy the evening.It was very nice to see the happiness in the parents when their kid was performing on the stage.

Followed by these SECA team gave their annual report and thanked all the teams which helped them throughout the year. Also they gave a certificate "a small thank you for spending time with the kids". To our surprise, we were the first team on the stage that night to receive the certificate. It was a memorable moment for all our members on the stage to hear a big thank you from the kids ."Dear Few Dreams Team - We thank you for spending your time with us, helping us learn and letting us have the fun" was the message on it.Few other groups which helped them in conducting "Theatre and art classes" also received these certificates.

Coming to the last part of the day, Pragati group, a set of girls from the Swagath community had prepared some Hand made gifts which were kept there for a sale. Most of us bought a few gifts to encourage the kids.The event came to an end by distributing snacks to all the people. All the SECA and few dreams volunteers together had a snap and thats all for the day.,

Sunil, Ravi, Santosh,Bhageerath,Siva, Chenduri, Devaki,Praveen varma, Subhash, Sanshank, Sravan were some of the members who attended this annual day.

Thanks for reading all these and catch you with the updates for next activity.

Independence Day Celebrations @ Vaabasandra school Aug 15th 2010

Our plan was to celebrate Independence day along with the kids at Vaabasandra school. All of us were very excited about being a part of the celebrations with children on an Independence day. Most of the people responded well to our invitation and made their time for the kids. The school staff were also very happy to see so many of us actively participating. By the time we reached the school, it was 8 AM and all the kids were waiting for us. It was a very nice gathering of 20+ volunteers, 4-5 teachers, 20+ local people, 70-80 kids.

The program started with the flag hoisting by the Head master of the school and the village president followed by Vandemataram and later speeches of the head master and all the local heads of the village. The kids performed dances and songs for some patriotic songs. Even though most of us could not understand kannada, it was nice to be a part of the celebrations. All the small girls in sarees really performed well and everyone liked Krishna between all these girls.

Some of our volunteers (sashank and girish) gave their message to the children in kannada. Sashank was garlanded by the head master of the school on the stage along with the village president. It was the sign of respect that we got from the school. All the people mentioned about the volunteers and our help to the school in the last couple of years, which made all of us happy.

Prizes were distributed for the winners in all the sports events conducted in the school. Village heads distributed 2 note books per head to all the students in the school. Sweets are distributed to all the people and the kids went back to the class rooms.

As soon as they assembled in the class rooms, the drawing competition started.
We distributed all the chocolates and biscuits which we got to all the children. We also had an afternoon meal in the school. We left the kids for their lunch and our volunteer panel selected the winners for drawing. All of them were again arranged in the ground for the final prize distribution of the day after the lunch. We distributed the prizes for all the winners and the drawings made us to give some consolation prizes too for the young kids for their creativity.

We took group photos with all the kids and the teachers in the school. Finally we said them bye and also dropped some of the kids at their home on our way back.

Members from both the teams Few Dreams and Drishtikon actively participated in the celebrations. Ravi,Sunil, Sashank, Vinay, Samrat, Swaroop, Teja, Sravanth, Shubho, Rama Krishna, Santosh, Shiva, Satish, Vamsi, Girish, Naresh, Sagar, Kavya, Radha Krishna were the volunteers for the day.

Our next event would be the drawing competition at Hulimangala School in September last week.

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-Few Dreams