Thanks and seeking your support for education

Message from the Ms Latha Rajan, Trustee, The Ma Foi Foundation

Let me first thank you for all the support we have received and it has been valuable. 

The Disha family is growing steadily and we are very happy to share that we have been able to touch the lives of more than 8000 children in various ways in Chennai and Madurai districts in the last academic year and all this has been possible only with the support of our well-wishers. It has been so very satisfying to see the children grow with confidence.  We have been in touch with each of our children and that has been one of the most important aspects of this program.

As we enter the next academic year, we seek your help in continuing your support to the existing Disha community and also add to it. As the number of scholars entering college has been increasing, around 650 this year, there has been an increase in the requirement of funds. We have been consistently increasing the skill building programs for our children as we feel that it is critical for these kids to train them on various skills to empower them and make them confident to face the challenges in life.

Please find some of the important events and achievements of our Disha children in the link below.

http://www.themafoifoundation.org/TMF-%20Annual%20Report%20-%202011-12.pdf 

An amount of Rs.2500/- per year will help a school child and an amount of Rs.7000/- will help a college student realise his/her dream. 

We also run Disha sports academy to train poor children in sports and an amount of Rs.10000/- per year will help a child in training him/her for a sport.  

Cheques can be made in the name of The Ma Foi Foundation and sent to the below given address. 

We have a dedicated team working at the grass-roots to make this happen. We will also be more than happy if you can visit our children and see their spirit. 

With your valuable support we can touch the lives of many more children. 

Looking forward to your support.

Thanks and Warm Regards,

Latha

Volunteering activities of Disha students

Disha Youth Movement is a volunteering force of the foundation. The boys and girls of the movement actively volunteer in all programmes we do, be it from organizing internal event or cleaning class rooms.
Active volunteering group call them-selves Soldiers of Society.
Some of the key volunteering activities:

A. Organised all the Disha internal events like Foundation Day, Graduation day, All the best gathering

B. Organised blood camp and raised about 200 units of blood

C. Volunteered cleaning activity in an NGO in Sathiammangalam.

Disha Sports Academy participated in tree plantation drive during Joy Of Giving week and planted nearly 210 saplings

The scholars who attended leadership camp continued volunteering activities in their villages.

Gems of Disha

Foundation has been running tution centres for slow learners for the past 3 years. In 13 centres around 300 are given everyday guidance in education, extracurricular and annual residential camp has been a significant part in the growth of these children.

This year a four day camp was organ-ized for during half yearly holidays (27th to 31st Dec). We wanted each student who participated to go back with a feel-ing of winner. To achieve this goal differ-ent events, competitions, games etc were held.

Highlights of the camp
92 students participated. 57 boys 35 girl

Mini-marathon. 25 students completed 7 Kms in 30 mins.
Drama, quiz, debate, skit, story telling com-petition.

Powerful lectures by Udhaya Sandron life skill trainer and Mr Nambinarayanan

Breaking barriers: Glass walking by Ashraf,

Prizes, certificate for all participants

28 Disha scholars graduated this year

Mohan, Anandhi, Vignesh, Arun and Yogeshwari were all small boys when they became Disha scholars in the year 2004. Today they have completed college and have been placed in corporates like, Infosys, HP, HCL etc. 28 Disha scholars graduated out of college this year and they were all part of the first batch of students selected for the scholarship in Chennai in 2004. We organ-ized an alumni meet on 31st July 2011 ,memorable one for all of us.

Disha is proud to be a part of an eight year journey with these deserving students and helping them to shape their life. We hope to fulfill the dreams of many more stu-dents in the years to come.
Another 50 students will be passing out this year

DISHA SCHOLAR TOPS CHENNAI SCHOOLS

Disha Scholar Radhika, the daughter of a sanitary worker at DGP office, secured 3rd rank in the district in the SSLC examina-tion 2011. She emerged the topper among the 7,664 Chennai School students who cleared the examination. Student of Chennai Girls Higher Secondary School, Shenoy Nagar, she got 493 marks out of 500. A Disha Scholar of 2008 – 2009 batch, Radhika aims to become an IAS Officer.

Disha Classes

Weekly classes of the Disha Leadership school resumed in July. Each standard had 4 classes this year. For the college students bimonthly sessions were run. Guest lectures by entrepreneurs were this year’s highlight. More than 10 entreprenuers shared their experience with the students.
Some of the Entreprenuers were
a. Vanmathi, Maxwel containers
b. Sourav Jain Echovme
c. Kumaravel, Naturals Beauthy salons
d. Subramanian, Amrithaa Technology
e. Karthikeyan, Chip systems
 

Village tution centres in Virudhunagar

The Disha Kalvi Maiyam, village tution cen-tres, was launched in 60 more villages in Virudhunagar this year. These centers will be development centers for all the children in the villages. Mr. V Shanu Doss, Chief Edu-cation Officer, TT Madhan, Secretary VVV Arts and Science College inaugurated the development centers.