The following will be our schedule for the next 3 months. It is a continuation of our work at the Kapoor ward, Pediatric oncology unit at Bangalore’s largest government hospital for cancer treatment, where we care for 52 children in one ward.
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From the month of May, we are glad to introduce a new program for our kids. Storytelling every Tuesday or Thursday afternoon at Samiksha. We now have a resource person who is a qualified storyteller and will lead the program for the kids at Samiksha. We are very happy to make this announcement. This is something we have been doing in a small way for our children, all these years. With the help of our new resource persons, we will be able to take this Storytelling program to new heights.
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This International Women’s Day will be celebrated by us in a very special way. It won’t be about individual women and their achievements et all.. We, at Samiksha Foundation will be celebrating the contributions of a small group of highly focused and dedicated women The ANNS rotary women’s group- led by Nandita Sanghani , Asha Patil of Koramangala. They have been following the work done by us at Samiksha- Kapoor Ward, and are now sponsoring the biggest Birthday Party ever for our kids there. We have 18 children celebrating their birthdays this March ( Feb and March ) .. There will be entertainment and gifts distributed to ALL the 110 children. 52 in the ward and about 35 in the Dharamashala ( kids awaiting treatment) and rest in other critical care wards at the Hospital. We at Samiksha Foundation are grateful to this group of Women who have generously contributed to our cause and share our joy in person whenever they can. Thank You Ladies and Happy Women’s Day!
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We have three new albums up on our Picasa gallery: take a look!
Library Sorting – October 2010 - http://picasaweb.google.com/happinessquotient/LibrarySorting30Oct2010
Cleanathon Drive by Volunteers from Oracle - http://picasaweb.google.com/happinessquotient/CleanathonAtKidwai23Oct2010
Education Program – October 2010 - http://picasaweb.google.com/happinessquotient/SamikshaAtKidwai05Oct2010
As we approach this month of October 2010, everyone is talking and reading about the JOY OF GIVING. It is heartwarming to see the enthusiasm of many young people who are getting together to contribute to this idea in whatever way possible. The same may not be said about most of the corporates who are making much ado about their initiatives at this time. Being on the other side – that is, the receiving end, and running an organisation that cares for children with cancer, my views on this matter are a little more skeptical.
On Thursday, August 26, we organised a party for six children in the ward whose birthdays were in August. This was a quiet affair, as many of the children were quite sick. However, the party did go off well, with plenty of singing and some games. I had my shiny red sequined hat on, which was much sought after by the children. 
We are proud to share the testimonials of our little friends, staff and volunteers on our website and blog pages. These have been with us for a while, and we debated as to whether they should be shared on a public platform. Finally we have been able to take this decision without hurting the sentiments of our beneficiaries (in legal terms).
On Saturday the 8th of May, we plan to have a birthday party for six of our children who have their birthdays in April and May. It will be from 2:30 pm onwards, immediately after the yoga and art class. Kathalaya will have a storytelling session with the children between 3 and 4 pm.
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Truckloads of information have been carted onto the foundation’s website. Please take a look.
Read the rest of the article: What You Can Do: New Volunteering Page…
We request you all to become fans of the foundation’s Facebook page: This will help you keep updated with our blog posts and other news.
The new address for the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/samikshafoundation
