TMAD Quarterly Newsletter July – Sept, 2014 On a cold rainy night, when you see an old man shiver, do you turn away and pretend you saw nothing or walk up to him with a blanket and make a difference? On the way to work, when you see an ambulance siren on your rear view window, do you raise your glasses and blast the music, or drive to the hospital, donate blood and make a difference? When you wake up in the morning and look outside your window, and can’t see green trees nor hear sounds of birds, do you blame the government and go back to sleep or do you wake up and plant a sapling and make a difference? When you see someone helpless, the less fortunate, the underprivileged, do you just count your blessings and walk away, or show some interest to help them to reduce their pain? Have you made a difference in this world? It is not charity, it is not sympathy, it is our responsibility. Come Forward!! Join hands with us to make a Difference! One of the characteristics that make us unique as an organisation is our limitless vision and boundless compassion. We have undertaken every project which we felt can make a difference in the life of an individual or a community; right from tree plantation drives and blood donation camps to supporting individuals in their need of financial aid. Every quarter, time and again, we, the TMADians, prove that every drop in the ocean counts. Our passion makes us believe that we can make a difference in this world. We come across so many inspiring people, people who motivated us to do better, to serve more, and to reach out to more people in need. This fuels our desire to serve more. At the end of this memorable quarter, let us recall all the events that have transpired and give credit to the amazing volunteers here at TMAD, who make us believe that angels live amongst us on earth.

Contents Areas of interest: Education Medical Awareness Camps Environment Others Highlights Activities handled: 8 Educational cases 3 Medical cases 1 Awareness Camps 2 Environment 2 Others Contact Us Website: www.tmad.org E-mail: [email protected] Harinath Mallepally, President [email protected] 9391920444 Pavan Pyda, Vice President [email protected] 9986329966 Prasanthi Uppalapati, Founder/Secretary [email protected] 9885026676 Anil Kumar BVN, Jt. Secretary [email protected] 9880994182 Sivaji Challa, Treasurer [email protected] 9908637414 Vamsi Kiran Kapuganty, Editor [email protected] 9885310286 Swetha Pyda, Sub Editor

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TMAD Quarterly Newsletter July – Sept, 2014 Upcoming Activities Children's Day Celebrations @ Govt Schools Conducting Blood/Eye Donations Camps Blanket Distribution in Hyderabad New Year Celebrations

Education Case 1: Support to Nazeer Nazeer studying final year BTech comes from a financially background family from Pullivendula. He asked support to pay college fee as his mother is unable to pay even though she paid his son's fee by taking loan but as the people who have gave loan are forcing them to pay the amount so they asked TMAD to support them to pay back the loan. He has one brother who is married and has 2 children, his earnings are sufficient for his family. During Q3 of 2014, TMAD supported for paying college fee, GATE exam fee and buying books. Expenses: Rs 7,950 Donors: Gangadhara Tilak K (Rs 500), Pavan Pyda (Rs 1,450) and TMAD Group Fund (Rs 6,000) Volunteers: Prasanthi Uppalapati, Sivaji Challa, Gangadhar Thilak K, Pavan Pyda FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT TMAD URL: http://tmad.org/index.php/projects-12/past-projects/92-april-2014-march-2015/319-nazeer-finalbtech-pulivendula-ap

Case 2: Support for Lamare Lamare is visually challenged girl from Meghalaya. She doesn't have parents from childhood. One small church took care of her till 12th standard and now they are unable to support her for higher education. She completed 12th standard in Meghalaya after that she lost hope to continue her education because of lack of financial support. She learned computer with screen reader for her studies in Enable India NGO and is a student of Sandesh. Sandesh joined her in Jyothi Nivas College to study BA in English and also paid college fee. As hostel fee was very high in Jyothi Nivas College, he got joined her in another PG which is near to college. During Q3 of 2014, TMAD supported her for hostel fees. Expenses: Rs 7,000 Donors: Jayaram Puvvula (Rs 5,000) and Ganesh Prasanna T (Rs 2,000) Volunteers: Sandesh HR and Charan R FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT TMAD URL: http://tmad.org/index.php/projects-12/past-projects/92-april-2014-march-2015/318-lamare-ba-inenglish-meghalaya

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TMAD Quarterly Newsletter July – Sept, 2014 Case 3: Support for Devendhar Devendher from Kubeel, Adilabad dist is studying MCA 5th semester at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal. He is the son of a farmer and his mother is an agricultural labourer. The family’s annual income is Rs 50,000. He has secured 8.37 CGPA till now. His family is economically poor and his father does not have the capability to pay tuition fee for his education. Hence he studied free education from his childhood. One of his relatives supported him by paying college fee for previous semesters but due to some personal problems they are Donor Name Amount unable to support him this year. Earlier his college didn't provide hostel facility for PG students, so he was staying outside. Now the college is providing hostel for PG students so he is staying in Hostel.

Sai Prasad Nookala Neelavardhan Reddy Total

19,000 3,029 22,029

Since he could not stop his education as he is pursuing final year so he approached TMAD for support and he told that he will repay all the amount after getting the job and would like to help others who are in need like him. During Q3 2014, TMAD paid his college fees. Devendher got placed in IBM through campus placement. Expenses: Rs 22,029 Volunteer: Harinath Mallepally FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT TMAD URL: http://tmad.org/index.php/projects-12/past-projects/92-april-2014-march-2015/312-devndher-mcakubeel-adilabad-dist-tg

Case 4: Support for Gayathri Gayatri Rajendra Telang is from Basavakalyan taluka, Bidar district and does not have parents. Her father expired when she was in tenth class and after that she started studying in Government College in Bidar with her scholarships while staying with her grandmother in village near Bidar. She has got admission in Central University of Karnataka (GULBARGA) in Master of Social Work. She got 12th rank among 150 members in and All-India examination. She got admission using previous year scholarship. Now for every month her mess bill will be around Rs.1,000 and every week she has to go for field work for which Rs.200 is required. For every month she needs amount of Rs 1,800. From last one year some friends are supporting her clothes and stationary exam fees and all. Her grandmother works in marriages. During Q3 2014, TMAD supported her to pay hostel and mess fees. Expenses: Rs 4,260 Donors: TMAD Group Fund Volunteer: Geethika Krishna FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT TMAD URL: http://tmad.org/index.php/projects-12/past-projects/92-april-2014-march-2015/317-gayathri-pg-bidarkarnataka

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TMAD Quarterly Newsletter July – Sept, 2014 Case 5: Support for Ajay Prasad Ajay is a student of Intermediate when his case came to us. We supported him for BPT course. He passed it and then applied for Physiology course. His seniors who joined in MPT told him that there is not much of a growth there and instead Physiology is a good one and opportunities are good compared to MPT. He requested TMAD to support for Masters in Physiology. During Q3 of 2014, TMAD supported him by paying college fee. Expenses: Rs 40,000 Donors: TMAD Group Fund Volunteers: Prasanthi Uppalapati, Megha Shyam G, Kishore Javvaji, Sivaji Challa and Pavan Pyda FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT TMAD URL: http://tmad.org/index.php/projects-12/past-projects/92-april-2014-march-2015/178-ajay-prasadphysiotherapy-naidupet-nellore-ap

Case 6: Support for S Prasanna Suripaka Prasanna is the daughter of S Venkatadri and Lakshmamma who are daily wage earners residing in Satyavedu of Chittoor district. Prasanna is a meritorious student who got 90% in SSC and 85.5% in Intermediate. She is pursuing engineering at Brahmaiah Engineering College, Narturajupalem, Nellore, AP. During Q4 of 2012, TMAD supported for her 1st year engineering fees by paying Rs 15,000 towards hostel fees, calculator and books. During Q3 of 2013, TMAD supported for her college fees by paying Rs 32,500. During Q3 of 2014, TMAD supported for her college fees by paying Rs 36,000. Expenses: Rs 36,000 Donor: TMAD Group Fund Volunteer: Eswar Bandaru FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT TMAD URL: http://tmad.org/index.php/projects-12/past-projects/92-april-2014-march-2015/268-prasanna-2ndyear-btech-satyaveduchittor-district-ap

Case 7: Support for T Dharma Raju Tadela Dharma Raju is the son of Mahalaxmi who works as a daily labor and earns Rs 3,000 per month. He has one sister who is married and one younger brother studying intermediate. His ambition is to become a teacher so that he can serve the society and also support his family. With the help of a donor, he enrolled for Teacher Training Course (TTC) at The Mother Integral College of Elementary Teacher Education, Aryavatam, Kajuluru Mandal, East Godavari District. However, he did not have the funds to meet his food and accommodation requirements.

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TMAD Quarterly Newsletter July – Sept, 2014 TMAD decided to support him for his food and room rent expenses. During Q3 of 2012, TMAD supported him by contributing Rs 12,050 for his monthly Donor Name Amount expenses, books, training, 1st year exam fees and 2nd year college 4,000 fees. During Q4 of 2012, TMAD supported him by contributing Roopesh Sompalli towards his monthly expenses, books, and teacher practice Anne Sreekanth 500 training fees. During Q1, 2013 TMAD supported him for monthly 200 expenses and also for buying some books. During Q2, 2013 TMAD Lakshmi Sowjanya Raja supported him for monthly expenses, mess fees and books. TMAD Group Fund 9,300 During Q3, 2014 Dharmaraju requested us to support for DSC 14,000 coaching and mess fee, and TMAD supported him to join Sri Sai Total Aditya Coaching Center for DSC 2014, Kakinada. Expenses: Rs 14,000 Volunteer: Kishore Kumar Javvaji FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT TMAD URL: http://tmad.org/index.php/projects-12/past-projects/92-april-2014-march-2015/225-dharmaraju-ttcnandigam-srikakulam-ap

Case 8: Support for Ramakrishna Hailing from Duppalapudi village in Rama Bhadrapuram of Vizianagaram district, Ramakrishna is the son of a farmer whose monthly income is Rs 3500. He completed his graduation in BSC computer science from A.P.R.D.C, Nagarjuna Sagar. Presently he is pursuing MCA in MANIT, Bhopal, by securing 661 Rank in All India Entrance Test. From his college alumni association, he got Rs 17,000 for his college fee. During Q1, 2014 TMAD supported his hostel and mess fee of Rs 21,800 for first semester. During Q2 of 2014 TMAD supported for Laptop and 3rd semester course fee of Rs 50,111. During Q3 of 2014 TMAD paid his hostel bill. Expenses: Rs 12,000 Donor: TMAD Group Fund Volunteer: Harinath Mallepally FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT TMAD URL: http://tmad.org/index.php/projects-12/past-projects/92-april-2014-march-2015/308-rama-krishnamca-ramabhadrapuram-vizianagaram-ap

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TMAD Quarterly Newsletter July – Sept, 2014 Medical Case 1: Support for Ramana Ramana is an IT Software engineer who also has got an onsite offer to Germany. While travelling from Bangalore to Hyderabad he became unconscious in the bus and he was admitted in the hospital due to wrong diagnosis of brain tumour as typhoid fever. In his present condition, he is unable to move his limbs. His parents who are uneducated Amount sold all their Donor Name assets and Satkaarya Foundation 16,000 paid the TMAD Group Fund 1,000 hospital bills Vemula Srilakshmi 1,000 of around Rs 16 lakhs. His father requested VijayaIaxmi Chinthala 500 TMAD to support for the hospital expenses. 10,000 During Q4 of 2013, TMAD supported him Rs Aravind Revanasiddayya Hiremath Bhabani Sankar Bhol 3,000 30,772 for medicines and hospital bills. During 1,500 Q1 of 2014, TMAD supported him Rs 20,000 SH.Phanideepthi 33,000 for medicines and hospital bills. During Q2 of Total 2014, TMAD supported him Rs 19,200 for medicines. He has been moved to Anurag Rehabilitation Centre, Room No 110, opposite Indira park near RK Math .They requested TMAD to extend support for next 3 months. We checked with Nurse about the same she told that treatment needs to be continued for minimum three months which costs around one lakh. During Q3 of 2014, TMAD supported him Rs 33,000 for medicines Expenses: Rs 33,000 Volunteers: Krupal Kasyap FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT TMAD URL: http://tmad.org/index.php/projects-12/current-projects/87-april-2013-march-2014/304-ram-reddybrain-tumor-hyderabad-ap

Case 2: Support for Manohar Manohar was diagnosed with Thalassemia when he was two months old. His parents (coolies from Hindupur) spent three lakhs on his diagnosis. Vani Vilas hospital has been providing free blood transfusions for the past eight years. But unfortunately, the transfusions have a side effect. The iron content in the body goes up which leads to stomach pain and swelling. Manohar also needed to take two vaccines before he undergoes a Splenactomy surgery. The cost of the vaccines was taken care of by TMAD. TMAD had been supporting him by providing monthly medicines from 2009. During Q3 of 2014, TMAD provided medicines worth Rs 3,144. Expenses: Rs 3,144 Donors: Vanaja Manne and Shalini Kokku Volunteers: Srinivas D FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT TMAD URL: http://tmad.org/index.php/projects-12/current-projects/93-april-2014-march2015/81-manohar-9-yrsthalassemia-blood-transfusion-hindupur-anantapur-ap 6|Page

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TMAD Quarterly Newsletter July – Sept, 2014 Case 3: Support for Badhulla Bee Sheik Badhulla Bee Shaik is a 9 years old girl from Buchireddypalem, Nellore and has been suffering with polio problem since childhood. She is not able to walk as her 2 legs are affected by polio, so with the help of her mother she is doing all her work and is also studying in Govt. School in Buchireddypalem. Even though the operation is done at BIRRD at free of cost, they didn’t go for operation due to lack of money for medicines and expenses during operation. TMAD supported money for her medical, food and travel expenses to undergo operation. Surgery was performed and she was discharged after surgery. In Q1 of 2014 they visited the Hospital for check-up, and the doctor made some tests and told that everything is fine and he is planning to remove the implants from her right leg first and then left leg. TMAD supported for her medicines, chappals and travel expenses. On 12th May, she was admitted in hospital in the preoperative ward for implant removal in the right leg, and the operation was conducted on 17th May. She left the hospital on 24th May. She has to return to the hospital for check-up after two months. She visited hospital in Aug and Sep, Dr advised some exercises and prescribed medicines. She needs to visit after one month. During Q3 of 2014, TMAD supported her with medicines and travel expenses. Expenses: Rs 769 Donors: TMAD Group Fund Volunteers: Ajay Prasad and Krishna Prasad Utukuri FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT TMAD URL: http://tmad.org/index.php/projects-12/current-projects/87-april-2013-march-2014/281-badhulla-beesheik-9-yrs-polio-buchireddy-palem-nellore-dist-ap

Awareness Camps Activity 1: Blood Donation Camp at Rotary TTK Blood Bank, Bangalore TMAD has been conducting blood donation camps every 3 to 4 months at Rotary TTK Blood Bank, Thippasandra, Bangalore for the past 5 years. Rotary TTK Blood Bank has been providing free blood to Thalassemia patients. Thalassemia patients require blood transfusion once in three weeks all through their life. During Q3 of 2014, TMAD conducted a blood donation camp on 3rd August in which 36 people participated and 31 people donated blood. Sep 26: We got a request from Rahul for O+ve blood for his brother who is a blood cancer patient admitted in Apollo Hosiptal Banergattha Road. Our volunteer Suresh Babu Pyda donated the blood and helped the needy. Volunteers : Sukumar Pyda, Suresh Pyda, Vani Sailaja, Sridevi CV, Rishima Bharathi CV, Rohit CV, Akhil Pyda, Manoj Pyda, Ganesh Pyda, Sathvika Pyda, Vasu Pyda and Gangadhara Thilak K

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TMAD Quarterly Newsletter July – Sept, 2014 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BLOOD DONATION CAMP, PLEASE VISIT TMAD URL: http://tmad.org/index.php/projects-12/awareness-camps/79-blood-donation-camps-in-bangalorekarnataka

Environment Activity 1: Promoted awareness on Eco-friendly clay Ganesha idols in Bangalore by setting up stalls and selling 1106 idols TMAD has been creating awareness for eco-friendly Ganesh idols usage since 2010 in Bangalore. This event provided an opportunity to reach the concerned citizens and inculcate the usage of clay idols. Apart from the awareness created, this opportunity also gave TMAD the moral boost to undertake many more such awareness drives in the future. TMAD thanks all supporters who gave us the opportunity to set up the stalls in their apartments and office premises. Eco Friendly Ganesha stalls were organised at Spring Fields, Sobha Jasmine Apartment, Adarsh Palm Retreats Apartment and ACES Layout. Volunteers: Anilkumar BVN, Kamalnath N, Srinivas D, Sukumar Pyda, Vasu Pyda, Kalyan KV, Pradeep B, Santosh Alladi, Bikram Kapany, Ashpreet, Pavan Pyda and Swetha Pyda FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT TMAD URL:

http://tmad.org/index.php/projects-12/environmental/316-2014-eco-friendly-ganesha-stallsbangalore

Activity 2: Plantation Drive TMAD conducted a plantation drive on 9th August at Manjunatha Layout, Kodichikkanahalli, Bangalore where we planted 30 saplings. TMAD conducts this activity to create awareness in students about environment and encourage them to plant herbal plants which can be used for good health, at schools and their homes. Sponsor: Anilkumar BVN Volunteers: Kishore Thunga, Srinath Jonnalagadda and Anilkumar BVN FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT TMAD URL:

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Others Activity 1: Independence Day celebrations at Vivek Nagar School, Bangalore On the eve of Independence day, TMAD volunteers conducted activities at Vivek Nagar School in Bangalore. The volunteers conducted different activities for 8th, 9th, and 10th students. We conducted activities such as Dictation and Quiz Competition and distributed prizes. Expenses: Rs 480 Donors: TMAD Group Fund Volunteers: Vydehi Chinta, Maniram Padmanabhan, Sruthi Subramanyam, Chanchal Agarwal, Nikita Surana, and Dileep Muvvala FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT TMAD URL:

http://tmad.org/index.php/projects-12/other-projects/315-2014-independence-daycelebrations

Activity 2: Support to Belakku School, for special children in Bangalore Sai Chaitanya Charitable Trust is a voluntary, non-profitable organization, under this trust “Belakku” School for the children with special needs started in the year 2008. Belakku schools are located in Yelahanka, Ananthapur, Ramagondanahalli Village. They have children with various kinds of disabilities like Cerebral Palsy, Mentally Challenged, Autism, Learning Disability, Slow Learners and Speech Impairment. TMAD volunteer visited Belakku school, they requested TMAD to support them for standing frame, which is exclusively used to improve mobility for the people with disability. Expenses: Rs 14,650 Donors: TMAD Group Fund Volunteer: Neela Megha Shyam C FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT TMAD URL: http://tmad.org/index.php/projects-12/other-projects/323-belakku-school-for-special-childrenyelahanka-bangalore

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TMAD Quarterly Newsletter July – Sept, 2014 We need your Help – An Appeal Below are our current on-going projects. We appeal to all the kind hearted donors to support the needy Name of the needy

Category

Summary

Requirement

Manohar

Medical

14 years boy who needs lifelong Medicines for Thalassemia

1,000 Rs per month

Lamare

Education

Visually challenged girl needs hostel fee

3500 Rs per month

Gayathri

Education

She needs hostel fee and field work expenses

1800 Rs per month

For more details, see http://www.tmad.org/index.php/we-need-your-help

Donations Feel like doing your bit and reach the needy through these activities!! Every penny has a value. Act on your thoughts. Start donating to make a difference in other’s lives and there by yours. Good decisions need quick implementation. Donors with an account in India may transfer their contributions to the following account: Name of the Bank: ICICI Bank Limited Account Name: TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE (TMAD) Account Number: 000801210382 Branch: CIBD, Hyderabad NEFT/IFSC/RTGS Code: ICIC0000008

Note: All donations to TMAD are exempted from income tax under 80G. Any queries related to donation can be sent to this ID: [email protected]

We, the TMAD team appreciate and acknowledge your support. Thank You!

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