RTI Area II with Akshara - Tr. Sakthi RT 100

Dear Friends,

I am pleased to announce the launch of further Aksharas in Area 2.
Perseverence is not a long race, but series of races one after another ! What started as a pilot last year has scaled in size now. We certainly did aspired to achieve more by the MOU between RT India an CII-Yi.

Chairman RT 3 Tr. Satish and Chairman RT 30 Tr. Dhiraj, Please accept my hearty congrats on accomplishing this achievement and pass on my wishes to your table.

rgds / sakthi
enclosed here is the report from YI.

Yi Akshara Launch at Sri JRET Raghava Middle School
24 April 2008: Perambur, Chennai
As part of the Yi Education
committee’s initiative, the Yi Akshara
Resource Centre was launched at Sri JRET Raghava Middle School, Perambur on 24 April 2008. This is the 9th school funded by Cognizant Foundation for setting up of the
resource centre. The school was helped in being identified by Round Table India members.

The launch was attended by Ms. Gayathri Sriram, National Education Chairperson, Yi,
Mr. Ajay Kumar Vummidi, Project Convener, MERT 30, Mr. Dhiraj S Walia, Chairman,
MERT 30 and Mr. Gautam Garg, MERT 30 from Round Table India. The guests for the
function were given a grand welcome by the school children. Mr. Vummidi inaugurated the launch by cutting the ribbon and Ms. Gayathri Sriram and Round Table members launched the Centre by the traditional lighting of lamp. This was followed by a welcome address given by the school Head Mistress, a short speech by Ms Haripriya, Manager, JRET Raghava Middle School who thanked Yi and RTI for the help extended.
Ms. Gayathri Sriram then addressed the children explaining to them the value of the
materials and to utilize them in a way that it may help them in improving their overall quality of education. This motivated the children. Mr. Vummidi again encouraged the children to utilize the products in the best possible manner.
The children of JRET Raghava School prepared a special song on Akshara and sang for
the chief guests and those present.

The function ended with the distribution of sweets to the children.


Yi Launch of Akshara at Gurukulam A Trust Children School
16 April 2008: Kovalam, Chennai
The launch of Yi Akshara at Gurukulam A Trust Children School was held on 16 April 2008. This school was the 8th Cognizant Foundation sponsored Akshara.
The school, located at the Kovalam area comprises of 80 children between class 1-4 from fishermen and other poor backgrounds. The school is an English medium school with great enthusiasm shown by the children and commitment on part of the teachers.
The launch was inaugurated by Mr. Sathish V Raghavan and 5 other members from Round
Table India which incudes Mr Sathish, who was instrumental in identifying the school for the launch of Akshara. The inauguration took place by the cutting of ribbon and a tour of the centre. This was followed by an informal chat and discussion among Mr. Nandakumar, Founder, Gurukulam A Trust Children School, Mr Sathish V Raghavan and the RTI members.