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06-24-2005, 03:27 AM

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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 04:45:33 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [Hyderabadcityyouth] Ayyavaarigudem Activity Report
It is said, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish
and you feed him for a lifetime.” This is precisely what our brothers from
Saroor Nagar did, in accordance with our beloved Bhagwan’s teachings; they have
inculcated, in tens of youth & children, the good habits Swami wants to see in
each and every one of us. Below account is not limited to incidents that
happened in a day or a week or a month; thousands of man-hours spread over
several months have given shape to the results that are visible today.
Not many would have heard about Ayyavaarigudem about 60 km from Hyd on the
Hyd-Sagar highway, save the long-term sustainable activity taken up by Sai
Yuvak in this remote village. When our brothers first visited the village
almost a year ago as part of the Gurukula Seva Yagnam, there was a lot to be
done in bringing up the village and school infrastructure to acceptable levels.

At first it started with laying the pipelines for the water tanker which the
government had constructed. This straight away gave respite to many thirsty
families by bringing precious water to their doorsteps. As soon as the task was
completed the villagers wanted a gate constructed for the only Govt. Primary
School in that area. Our brothers also observed that there was no kitchen to
prepare food for the 120 odd children under the mid-day meals program.
Immediately, a kitchen was constructed. Not only that, the entire premises was
white-washed. Inauguration of the same was done on Feb 27, 2005. Villagers
refer to this day in their conversations as the day when Swami came to their
village.
The most important part of the activity- leaving the Sai Mark on the children
did call for some strong willed Sevadal, not that the children were difficult
but the task required our brothers to travel to the village every weekend for
close to 6 months (60 km away…in case it skipped the eye the first time). They
used to conduct Math, Sciences and English classes for 10th grade students and
Commerce and English classes for Inter (11th and 12th) Students. Personality
development courses were also conducted; not to forget Vedam, Suprabhatam and
Yoga were also taught. And the efforts did not go in vain, the result of this
is: 1. 100% of 10th grade students cleared the board exams, first time ever!
2. They are now a motivated bunch that play a lead role in shaping up the
future of the village and the villagers, young and old alike 3. Bhajans are
conducted in the village every Thursday - Children in the village not only sing
Bhajans, but
lead them
This May (2005) a 15 day camp was conducted in Saroor Nagar Mandir for the 10th
and Inter students, 32 in number. It used to start at 4 am with Suprabhatam and
end at 9pm. Activities in the camp included, but not limited to, lessons on
Spoken English; Life after 10th; visit to the Railway station, General Post
Office, high-tech city, software MNC; Salarjung Museum, etc…all this to make
them worldly-wise. They also did in-depth study of Ramayana! Yes, all this in
15 days flat!! If one questions the benefit of the camp, it can be summarized
by what Kiran Kumar, a class 10 student said, “When we came here we were like a
herd of sheep and now we are going back like Tigers, full of confidence and
dynamism”
These 32 students after going back to the village voluntarily took ownership of
about 3 children each. They communicate with each other in English and try to
learn from each other…hats-off to them! One of the most commendable
achievements of the little soldiers is, looking at the children some of the
elders in the village stopped smoking. The transformation is to the extent that
they now refuse to take any help from Sai brothers, in turn they volunteer to
come for service activities in other villages…Mission Accomplished!!
Apart from the above activities Medical and Veterinary camps were conducted in
the village with follow-up activity completed. 8 year old B.N Reddy had a
dramatic turn of events in his life when an artificial hand was fitted; he is a
very bright student and now can pursue his studies and other daily activities
with ease. One of the 10th class students, Lava Kumar, is being admitted in a
private college in Hyd; Bugga Rao, who was initially educating the children in
the village is pursuing Law and our brothers are counseling him for furthering
his studies and career.
All the children and elders alike are very eager to physically see Swami and get
his blessings. Swami, pray you bless them all with your
Darshan-Sparshan-Sambhashan. Dearest Mother, bless us all with more such
opportunities in the future too.
Jai Sai Ram
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06-24-2005, 03:27 AM

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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 04:45:33 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [Hyderabadcityyouth] Ayyavaarigudem Activity Report
It is said, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish
and you feed him for a lifetime.” This is precisely what our brothers from
Saroor Nagar did, in accordance with our beloved Bhagwan’s teachings; they have
inculcated, in tens of youth & children, the good habits Swami wants to see in
each and every one of us. Below account is not limited to incidents that
happened in a day or a week or a month; thousands of man-hours spread over
several months have given shape to the results that are visible today.
Not many would have heard about Ayyavaarigudem about 60 km from Hyd on the
Hyd-Sagar highway, save the long-term sustainable activity taken up by Sai
Yuvak in this remote village. When our brothers first visited the village
almost a year ago as part of the Gurukula Seva Yagnam, there was a lot to be
done in bringing up the village and school infrastructure to acceptable levels.

At first it started with laying the pipelines for the water tanker which the
government had constructed. This straight away gave respite to many thirsty
families by bringing precious water to their doorsteps. As soon as the task was
completed the villagers wanted a gate constructed for the only Govt. Primary
School in that area. Our brothers also observed that there was no kitchen to
prepare food for the 120 odd children under the mid-day meals program.
Immediately, a kitchen was constructed. Not only that, the entire premises was
white-washed. Inauguration of the same was done on Feb 27, 2005. Villagers
refer to this day in their conversations as the day when Swami came to their
village.
The most important part of the activity- leaving the Sai Mark on the children
did call for some strong willed Sevadal, not that the children were difficult
but the task required our brothers to travel to the village every weekend for
close to 6 months (60 km away…in case it skipped the eye the first time). They
used to conduct Math, Sciences and English classes for 10th grade students and
Commerce and English classes for Inter (11th and 12th) Students. Personality
development courses were also conducted; not to forget Vedam, Suprabhatam and
Yoga were also taught. And the efforts did not go in vain, the result of this
is: 1. 100% of 10th grade students cleared the board exams, first time ever!
2. They are now a motivated bunch that play a lead role in shaping up the
future of the village and the villagers, young and old alike 3. Bhajans are
conducted in the village every Thursday - Children in the village not only sing
Bhajans, but
lead them
This May (2005) a 15 day camp was conducted in Saroor Nagar Mandir for the 10th
and Inter students, 32 in number. It used to start at 4 am with Suprabhatam and
end at 9pm. Activities in the camp included, but not limited to, lessons on
Spoken English; Life after 10th; visit to the Railway station, General Post
Office, high-tech city, software MNC; Salarjung Museum, etc…all this to make
them worldly-wise. They also did in-depth study of Ramayana! Yes, all this in
15 days flat!! If one questions the benefit of the camp, it can be summarized
by what Kiran Kumar, a class 10 student said, “When we came here we were like a
herd of sheep and now we are going back like Tigers, full of confidence and
dynamism”
These 32 students after going back to the village voluntarily took ownership of
about 3 children each. They communicate with each other in English and try to
learn from each other…hats-off to them! One of the most commendable
achievements of the little soldiers is, looking at the children some of the
elders in the village stopped smoking. The transformation is to the extent that
they now refuse to take any help from Sai brothers, in turn they volunteer to
come for service activities in other villages…Mission Accomplished!!
Apart from the above activities Medical and Veterinary camps were conducted in
the village with follow-up activity completed. 8 year old B.N Reddy had a
dramatic turn of events in his life when an artificial hand was fitted; he is a
very bright student and now can pursue his studies and other daily activities
with ease. One of the 10th class students, Lava Kumar, is being admitted in a
private college in Hyd; Bugga Rao, who was initially educating the children in
the village is pursuing Law and our brothers are counseling him for furthering
his studies and career.
All the children and elders alike are very eager to physically see Swami and get
his blessings. Swami, pray you bless them all with your
Darshan-Sparshan-Sambhashan. Dearest Mother, bless us all with more such
opportunities in the future too.
Jai Sai Ram
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