S&P Capital IQ Hyderabad Community Service Projects: CIMA – 011 - Lighting up Adult Literacy and Providing three Mini Water Tanks to Chinnalaxmapur, Nalgonda on 6th July, 2015

CIMA – 011 - Lighting up Adult Literacy and Providing three Mini Water Tanks to Chinnalaxmapur, Nalgonda on 6^th July, 2015

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Update about service project conducted by employees of S&P Capital IQ (www.spcapitaliq.com) - Business unit of McGraw Hill Financial (www.mhfi.com), Hyderabad, India

Project Location: Chinnalaxmapur Village, Turkapally Mandal, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India

Project Objective: The village has a government night school named Sakshara Bharathi established for promoting literacy of adults. This school is currently run in an old building which needs minor repairs and need whitewashing. The blackboards should be painted. The villagers are facing water problem due to lack of water storage facility. There is a requirement for three water storage tanks.

Nonprofit partner: AADARANA

Project Leader: Samuel Sudheer Yangala

Date & Time: 6th July 2015 from 10 am to 4pm

Number of Volunteers: 20

Activity: Volunteers will also involve in promoting adult literacy. Volunteers will educate the villagers about the importance of conserving water. Volunteers conducted competitions and games for students of Anganwadi and primary school and distributed gifts to them.

Highlights:

1. MHFI provided Rs.120,000 for procuring materials and expenses for the project

2. Inaugurated 3 mini water storage tanks on the event day.

3. Educated villagers about the importance of literacy.

4. Educated villagers about the importance of conserving water.

5. Conducted quiz and other competitions to students and distributed gifts to winners.

6. Conducted games to students and distributed gifts to winners.

Impact:

There are 30 + students currently enrolled in the night school. They will get inspiration from volunteers and concentrate on their studies by setting clear goals to learn and grow. In addition to that school will become better equipped with good facilities.

Names of Volunteers: Samuel Sudheer Yangala, China Babu Kasukurthi, Dhilleswara Rao Baratam, Durga Prasad Medicherla, Venkata Ramanaiah Munapati, Sandip Vijay Palmur, Shiva Kesava Prithvi Raj Akula, Sandeep Gurrapu, Karimulla Shaik Kommuri, Venkateswarlu Kunchala, Satya Manikyalarao Darisipudi, Maheswara Reddy Kethu, Arun Kumar Maji, Krishna Prasad Anandam, Jagadish Pabba, Mahesh Palucham, Yedukondalu Dasi, Sai Kumar Tadela, Naveen Kumar Gadem Setty and Koteswara Rao Gunthoti.

About Community Impact Program: McGraw-Hill Financial ( www.mhfi.com ) the company which strongly believes in the motto, 'Giving back is essential'. MHFI encourages its employees to work for service projects in which 20+ employees would be working together and for solving public problems in their community to build better lives and stronger communities. MHFI grants $2000 per project and employees spend their personal time on the project. This year S&P Capital IQ, Hyderabad (part of MHFI group www.spcapitaliq.com ) employees applied for projects from various areas.

FEEDBACK OF THE VOLUNTEERS:

Samuel Sudheer Yangala (Project Lead): All of us will have an intention to do something for the society but it is not possible to work on it individually. So I thank MHFI for making this possible. Working together for a social cause apart from the work environment is really a good thing. I too got self-satisfaction & happiness as a return from this work which will remain forever. I extend my heartfelt thanks to S&P Capital IQ which gave me this opportunity to do so.

Ramanaiah Munapati: I am extremely happy to be a part of this project. Helping underprivileged children, even in a small way, gives enormous satisfaction. I would like to thank MHFI for giving this opportunity and like to congratulate all the team members. Hope to see you guys next year.

Shiva Kesava Prithvi Raj Akula: It is a great opportunity for being a part of such wonderful activities, feeling really blissful. I could do my best part in this event and it was just possible because of the effective handling of the things by the coordinators and my co-volunteers. I look forward to working with such projects. Thanks for the company for providing the exposure for these kinds of activities. Hope it will be continued ever after.

Durga Prasad Medicherla: I am very happy to be a part of this project. It was the great opportunity for me to spend a little time for them. I am sure that this is one of my wonderful experiences.

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