Annual Sports Meet '18

The Annual Sports Meet of the VIDYA School, Gurugram was held on

November 2, 2018 and  Ms Vaishali Sinha, Chief CSR,

Communications and Sustainability Officer, ReNew Power, honored the event by being our chief guest. The

meet commenced with a spectacular march past presentation by all the

houses, followed by the torch lighting ceremony. The students displayed

their athletic skills and competence by participating in races, jump rope competition and a colorful rendition

of yoga and aerobics. 

Visit to the   Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

In November, the students of the Okhla Community Development Project visited the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art with their project head  Ms Bandana Agarwal. It was a two day workshop where children explored learning and understanding traditional forms of fine arts like Madhubani and Warli.

Excursions

Children from Sarvpriya Vihar SDMC school visited the Akshardham temple

and India Gate. 

NIOS students of the IIT Community centre had a

great picnic at the Lohagarh Farms.

Students of the VIDYA School, Gurugram visited  the Red Fort, India Gate,

Humayun's Tomb and Akshardham Temple - a

day long excursion organized by KPMG.

Children's Day Celebration

On November 14, all our community centres

were illuminated with lights.  It was a special day for our kids.

While at Pappankalan and Okhla, music, dance and fun games

were organized, at IIT centre the LSR volunteers surprised the

little ones with an interactive ice breaking game.

At the VIDYA schools, a special assembly was organized for all

the students. The teachers performed plays and danced for

the children.

U p d a t e s f r o m t h e

M a n d i r a M a r g a m P r o g r a m

Ice breaking session for the new batches

New friendships bring in freshness, motivation and

inspiration! 

We recently enrolled a new batch of women at the Silai

and Shringhaar project of Mandira Margam women's centre in Gurugram and to

break the ice, a fun workshop was organized for them. The

team building session inculded musical chairs, interactive

activities, dance, music and a contributory lunch with some

regional flavours.

Usha's big break at UrbanClap!

Having completed her diploma course in cosmetology from VIDYA Mandira Margam

Program, Usha applied for a job at UrbanClap. In no time she  managed to

establish herself as a freelance beautician and is now earning INR 50,000 a

month. Life has finally taken a positive turn for Usha and her family! She takes

immense pride in introducing herself as a working woman in the Nathupur

community and aspires to open her own salon as well! Congratulations Usha!   

The  diploma ceremony for the second batch of the

Shringhaar project at the Mandira Margam Program was held in December at Shenaaz Herbal's office. 

We thank Ms Nelofar

Currimbhoy for mentoring our women and United Way Of Delhi for supporting the

Shringhaar Project.

All set to be entrepreneurs !

Christmas~ the festival of love and compassion is the favorite time of the year for our children, as it marks the onset of the winter break.  Dressed up as little elves, snowmen and Santa Claus, our children across all the VIDYA centres had a fulfilled Christmas celebration.

Thanks to our donors and partners who surprised our children on the occasion by taking out time to spend a day with them.

Here comes Santa with his bag of joy!