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[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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