S&P Capital IQ Hyderabad Community Service Projects: Provision of Amenities at ZPHS Veliminedu on June 23rd 2014

CIM-058 Provision of Amenities at ZPHS Veliminedu on June 23rd 2014

About Community Impact Month (Giving back is Essential)

Lead India 2020 Foundation (www.leadindia2020.org) partnered with McGraw-Hill Financial (www.mhfi.com) the company which strongly believes in the motto, 'Giving back is essential'. It extends to giving back to the society. This year MHFI has launched Community Impact Month (CIM) in which 20+ employees would be working together and for solving public problems in their community. MHFI grants $2000 per project and employees spend their personal time on the project. This year S&P Capital IQ (part of MHFI group) (www.capitaliq.com) employees applied for projects from various areas. These employees are working tirelessly to fulfil the motto and render true meaning to 'Giving back is essential'.

Below are details of one of the CIM projects.

About Zilla Parishad High School-Veliminedu:

Zilla Parishad High School is located in Veliminedu village, Nalgonda Distict at a distance of 80 Kms from Hyderabad office.

The school has approximately 400 students.

It is continuously getting good results for SSC students competing equally with the private schools in the vicinity.

Present problems at ZPHS Veliminedu:

The ZPHS Veliminedu presently lacks basic amenities, such as school benches, class room tables’, notebooks, and sports equipment.

The students of this school also lack awareness about various career and educational opportunities after completing their secondary education.

Volunteer work done at ZPHS-Veliminedu

Keeping in mind these problems, S&P Capital IQ Hyd. conducted a CIM event at ZPHS-Veliminedu on June 23rd, 2014

Donated school benches and class room desk benches.

Distributed books and stationery to the students.

Cleaned premises and planted saplings at the school.

Distributed sports material.

Conducted a career development session for school students.

Conducted various competitions, such as quiz, sports.

Conducted a life skill program for students in partnership with Lead India 2020.

Impact of Volunteer work at ZPHS-Veliminedu

With the amenities provided through the CIM project, the school now has a hygiene and healthy environment, which will enable the students to concentrate better on their studies. As a result of career development session, the students now have awareness and action plan towards their careers. The life skill program taught them how to plan and lead an ideal life.

Feed back of volunteers:

Naga Valli Devi Ravi (Project Leader): This is my first CIM project as a project leader. I have participated in various CIM projects as a volunteer. It was a great opportunity provided by S&P Capital IQ to serve the society. The benches provided by us are very good. The interactions I had with the students made the CIM day a great one. It was a great feeling to spend our time for a noble cause. I felt very happy after seeing smiles on the faces of school children, nothing can replace that feeling. I thank S&P Capital IQ for giving me this opportunity and I will continue doing these types of activities in future.

Vinay Babu Bonala: Participating in the project is a great learning experience for me. The CIM project gave me an opportunity to be a ‘doer’. Participation in this project gave me a lot of satisfaction. Giving back to the society should be the priority in our lives. It’s great that our company is encouraging the employees to serve the society.

Vijay Kumar Reddy Dodda: I am very happy for being a part of this corporate social responsibility activity. I had a great time while interacting with students, and advising them about their future studies. It was a nice feeling to see happiness on the faces of future generation. I would like to participate in more projects like this.

Naresh Gugilla (Project co-leader): I am very happy for being a part of this corporate social responsibility activity. I had a great time with the students, and advised them about their future studies. It was nice to see happiness on the faces of future citizens. I would like to participate in more projects like this.

Feed back of beneficiaries:

A. Dasharatha Reddy (Head Master): I and my staff are very much thankful to the management of S&P Capital IQ for selecting and conducting the CIM project in our school. The facilities, such as school benches, class room desk benches, books, and sports material provided by S&P Capital IQ will help the students to get good results and create a good environment in the school. The career guidance session, which was conducted by the volunteers, will help the students to build their career path. We are requesting the S&P Capital IQ management to do more projects like this in backward villages and help the poor children.

Manasa (10th class student): I am very much thankful to the S&P Capital IQ for conducted this CIM project in our school today. The company has provided many amenities, such as school benches, Class room desk benches, books, and my favourite sports materials. Till now our school does not have benches. Today the company volunteers conducted many competitions like quiz and Sports and distributed prizes for winners. I really enjoyed a lot and learned so many things about career after 10th class. I would like to thank all the volunteers of S&P Capital IQ.

Naga Raju (10th class Student): I got to know many things today related to career choices. I will also study well, get a good job, and serve the society like the volunteers of S&P Capital IQ.

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