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Feb-2010

Join Hands 4 India



From the Editor’s desk

I distinctly remember Rajesh Sir, one of my

seniors back at college. My lifestyle then was, in short, stereotypical, while his never

conformed to any standards. One thing

common was that we both would bunk

lectures. But while I used to do that to hang

out with friends at one of those typical tea

joints, he would visit families in nearby

slums and convince them to send their children to that makeshift

school which he used to run under the shade of a tree. He provided

the children with all the needed books and stationary. For funds and volunteers he would visit our hostels and persuade us to join

him for the cause.

Given our extra-curricular activities, both of us adopted the one-

night-out-per-exam study methodology to pass the semester

exams. While I managed to scrape through with just about decent

grades, he was one of the toppers. And being one of the toppers, he

had an option to take up a job with any of the multinationals,

which visited our college for campus. He did not. He instead opted

for a job with a government firm surprising each one of us. He

said that he had other things to focus on and joining an MNC

would not give him the required amount of time.

The makeshift school he started years ago resides today in a 3

room concrete house and is run by college students who pass on

his reign year after year. Underprivileged children are imparted

education there for no charge at all. Rajesh, is an IPS officer today

serving the country, and continues to do work at the ground level

helping the underprivileged.

Each of us has different priorities hence not all of us can be

Rajesh. However, we can all contribute within our own capacities

in one form or the other. Pitching in with what we can, together,

we can work towards, well the common goal, which is making this

world a better place to live.



I got my chance when some of my friends came up with this idea

of forming JH4I. Today JH4I is taking its baby steps, but when so

many bright dedicated individuals come together for a good cause,

there is no stopping them.

Respond to your calling. Join us and help make a difference.



JH4I, Who Are We?

Founded in 2009, Join Hands for India (JH4I) is a startup non-

profit volunteer organization. We at JH4I work towards satisfyingone of India’s most critical needs – educating children in need. Bypromoting volunteerism and direct contribution towards thiscause, our mission is to strengthen India’s young and enrich livesby imparting education and the right values to our futuregeneration. We believe that a small step in the right direction cancreate waves. What could be a small step can create waves tobring immense difference in the lives of children who were notfortunate enough to get education because of lack of money and

resources. We dare to dream and believe that a great journeystarts with a small and humble beginning.

What We Want To Do

Throughout the year, JH4I will provide direct volunteer service tothe children in need in India. We will help the homeless children,guide the at-risk youth, tutor the disadvantaged children, feed thehungry and do much more. JH4I will offer a variety of meaningfulvolunteer projects that will benefit the children of India. We willprovide volunteers with flexible volunteer opportunities to createpositive change. We want to simplify the process by organizingand promoting incredible volunteer opportunities to makecommunity service accessible to all.



Members:

Few of JH4I start up members.

Hot, muggy and overcrowded “City of Joy” has nodearth of poverty. In this city worked a little ladynamed “Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu” who came all theway from Albania to help the poor in then Calcutta,West Bengal and India.She is more famously knows as Mother Teresa. Isn’tthere anymore beautiful reason that Kolkata isrighteously called “City of Joy” and for me to get intothe act?Judhajit Dutta from Kolkatta.

I remember in our childhood my granny used to say – Earn money and invest in education...if you keep inbank the government will take it, if you keep in housethe thieves would have an eye but if you educate achild the investment will grow with time. Thisencouraged us to be educated and understand howimportant it is to be educated.I am Reema from Jharsugda, Orrisa and want to helpmake this world a better place to live. Please join usand remember no help is too small.

I Believe People Through What They Do !!!Not Through What They Talk !!!Because Talk is CheapI am Sugu, currently with Infosys as Programmer.



I strongly endorse the deed of providing forthe underprivileged and as Churchill rightlysaid, “We make a living by what we get, but we makea life by what we give.”

A Marketing Graduate from Chicago. I am an ex-employee of Infosys and a native of Bangalore.

I believe that education provides an opportunity for abetter future and I hope to help someone achieve it.That's the reason I'm here.I am Swetha Manda, an IT professional fromHyderabad.

With the help of friends, here we are trying to takeone small step in a direction I had been thinkingabout for quite a few years now.On behalf of JH4I I request you to contribute in thebest way you can. Help us bring a well deserved smileon every face.I am Vikrant. Belong to a small town in Haryana.Working as a IT professional with Infosys.



Current status/progress report

! Active Members: 22! Active Moderators: 13! Geographic Locations of Members: Bangalore, Mumbai,

Charlotte, San Jose, Boston, Chicago! Website: www.joinhands4india.webs.com(under

construction)! First Child to win JH4I Scholarship: JH4I members and

volunteers, in India, have worked real hard in this direction.We found a suitable candidate Rohit, who is a student of standard 6. He has been topper in his class for last 3 years.

His father is a daily wage earner. He is staying in MajraKhurd (a small village in Mahender Garh district inHaryana, India). In his 6th class December examinations,Rohit secured 98.5% marks. The school he is studying in isquite competitive and has a good reputation in and aroundthe town.

! Financial Condition: We are currently in a position tosupport a child’s education for life by pooling the funds frommoderators in 18 months.

! Members contribute financially/ efforts and energy in once aweek meeting and on restricted forum on orkut – JH4IModerators

Future Plans:

! Go public by last week of April 2010! Spread awareness about JH4I and its cause! Add donors and generate more funds for sponsoring more

and more underprivileged children! Sponsor education for at least 5 children in 2010! Acquire legal status (501 ©) in USA by end of 2010! Short term Goal for next year – Add Volunteers, be 150

members strong volunteer organization! Shift to permanent website



Quote of the month:

Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to

change the world.

-Nelson Mandela

To Support Join Hands 4 India, please visit the website @www.joinhands4india.webs.com/apps/members/

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