AIMS India Aug Meeting Minutes

Minutes of DC Chapter Meeting held on Aug 18, 2013
Attendees: Sadasivam Palanisamy, Aliyar Sahib, Balakumar Ponnuswamy, Iyappan Raman, Ravi Rajaram, Karunya Iyappan, Siva Venkatachalam, Samy Palanisamy, Sumathi Siva, Vidya Vijayanand 

ONGOING PROJECTS:

• ASTA / NAMCO-  Agarapettai- 3 teachers – Rs 2000 each- 10 months - Rs 60,000 – approved in July, Funds for Q1 to be sent immediately.

• ASTA & KK – Funds for Q1 to be sent to CARE immediately. July reports received.

• KOODU – Funds for Q1 to be sent immediately (Rs 13000 per month). Members to find computer donations for KOODU. Report for July received.

• SDC Manapakkam / NAMCO – Rs 12K for study material and Rs 30000 (10 months’ teacher salary) approved. Q1 funds to be sent immediately.

• SDC NAMCO-  10 Student Development Centers for a period of 11 months was approved in June - Funds for Q1 sent in July. Report for July received-  total of 414 children attend the 10 centers.

• Sevai Illam- Thanjavur- Desks and benches delivered and dedicated to students the first week of August. Received pictures of the function.

NEW PROPOSALS:

• CENDECT: Rs. 404,000 was approved for CENDECT. Will be evaluated after 6 months (Teaching and educational material, Staff for 1 year, School Admin Exps)

• ASTA Kodangipatti – Request for continuing support for1 teacher for Kondangipatti Govt higher sec school – Beneficiaries – 70 students - Rs 24000/ year for 1 year – Approved unanimously by all present.

• Nilakottai Sourashtra Middle School- Request for Girls toilets benefiting 256 girl students ( Rs  3 lakhs ) and 40 desks and benches for all 700 students (Rs.1.8 lakhs) - Was discussed. Number of toilets and cost to be restructured.

Next meeting to be held on Sep 9,2013 in VA

Oothupatti Panchayat Union School

Students from the Oothupatti Panchayat Union School, in Dindugal district was in a discomfort without a proper desk in the classrooms. AIMS - India helped the needed students with desks and benches for the betterment of their education.

Our sincere Thanks to Mr.Kumaresan who brought this to our attention and Mr.Jeeva who worked towards the execution of this project.

Total cost of this project is Rs 45,000 INR

We thank all of our donors and volunteers from the bottom of our heart for your contribution towards this project.

"The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead" 

- Aristotle.

Marathon training at Columbia Island Marina.

Last week marathon training took place at Columbia Island Marina and many of our runners participated in the training.

The scheduled distance of this training was

• 13 miles of Full marathon
• 5 miles of Half Marathon and 10K
• 4 miles of 5K

Some of the pictures below

"Most men take the straight and narrow. A few take the road less traveled. I chose to cut through the woods."

- Unknown

Happy Running! And check out our Facebook page for the next week training. 

Marathon training in full swing.

Last week marathon training took place at Bluemont Park in Arlington, VA and many of our runners participated in the training.

Some of the pictures below

"You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming."

- Frank Shorter 

Happy Running!

AIMS India : DC Chapter Meeting minutes - June 9th 2013

Attendees:  Aliyar Sahib, Balakumar Ponnusamy,  Dinesh Ganesan,  Iyappan Kothadaraman (On-Call), Jey Venugopalan, Priya Sambasivam, Sada Palanisamy, Selvakumar Jayaraj,  Siva Venkatachalam.

 Ongoing Projects Updates:

Ø  VIDIYAL - Kanyakumari AIMS School Teaching Assistance Project (ASTA 1&2) & AIMS Student Development Centers (ASDC)

o    Received Acknowledgement Receipt of ASTA-1 and 2

o    Reviewed the project extension request for the next fiscal year funding requirement for ASTA1 & ASTA2.

o    Required to review updated funding request for these two projects & continuous support for all these centers.

o    All the board members acknowledged the funding request.

Ø  Manappakkam Student Development Centers

o    Received student’s evaluation Report for May 2013 and Received Acknowledgement Receipt of SDC.

o    Next Six Months extension of funding is in “Pending Status”

Ø  KOODU - Computer and Tailoring Training & Projector for Educational Videos Project

o     Received report for May 2013

o    Next Six Months extension of funding is in “Pending Status”

Ø  RWDT - Rural Women’s Development Trust Projects 

o    Received report for May 2013

Ø  READ - Sakkiyar Micro loan Project

o     Received report for May 2013

Ø  VIDIYAL - Child Support Center Anganwadi Aakkanur, Tittagudi Tk, Cuddalore

o    99% work is done, Coordinator should submit the project closing report in July-2013

Ø  VIDIYAL - Govt. Elementary School, A. Palayam, Tittagudi Tk, Cuddalore

o    99% of work is done, Coordinator should submit the project closing report in July-2013

Ø  NAMCO - Vidya Nivas School Kotturpuram, Chennai , Tamil Nadu

o    Project completed. Inauguration planned on June 22nd 2013.

Approved Projects:

Ø  NAMCO - Sevai illam, Thanjavur

Ø  NAMCO - SDC, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu

New Project Proposals Reviewed: 

Ø  NAMCO – Adi Dravidar Welfare Higher Sec School in  Agarapettai, Thanjavur

o   Additional Teachers request

Ø  NAMCO - PU school Oothupatti, Dindugal district

Next AIMS India DC Chapter meeting will held in VA on 14-July-2013.

 Questions?   Please write to  info@aimsindia.net

Marathon Training Program Kickoff.

Spring is finally here and it's time to get out and get running. Yes, we are kick starting our Marathon training program this Saturday (April 13th). 

Please mark your calender and join us for the kickoff meeting at 4:00PM. 

Venue: 
Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library
7584 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22043
Date & Time: 13-APR-2013 4:00PM.

More importantly, please spread the word to your friends and colleagues. We love to see as many new faces every year.

Hope to see you all there.

Second Project: Water Purification Plant

"Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.”

                                                                                                                    -Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Another project of Little Drops has brought smile in the faces of School children. This time, it is a water purification plant for Aruljothi Vallalar Hr. Sec. School, Dindigul. The school neither had a proper water supply, nor a drink-able  bore-well water. This made the school suffer for a really longer time as buying water everyday was not practical either.  Not just few children, they were about 800 and teachers, looking for someone to help them.

Fortunate AIMS & Littledrop-ians, we were given an opportunity to give them hands. Two water purification plants were installed last month in the school at the cost of Rs.61000.

This was gratefuly appreciated with a thanks note from the Head Master, Directors and Correspondent of the school saying,

     Kaalthinar seitha udhavi siridheninum
     Gnalathin maanap peridhu.

and this Thirukkural means "Timely help is greater than earth, though it is small". But for us, more than anything, the happiness this project has brought them is incredible.

A motivational event, which makes us cheer up for lot more good things to take up in future !