S&P Capital IQ Hyderabad Community Service Projects: CIMA – 016 - Basic Healthcare Guidelines to the Aged and Providing 3 Mini Water Tanks at Cherukupalli, Mahabubnagar on 28th June, 2015

CIMA – 016 - Basic Healthcare Guidelines to the Aged and Providing 3 Mini Water Tanks at Cherukupalli, Mahabubnagar on 28th June, 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: Cherukupalli Village, Kondurgu Mandal, Mahabubnagar District, Telangana, India

About the Project: Cherukupalli village is located nearby our Hyderabad office and there are many aged people who need some advice about balanced diet and other practices to be followed by aged. Lack of this knowledge is driving them in to medical issues. Due to limited hours of power availability many people could not source water for their purposes.

Non Profit Partner: Aadarana

Project Leader: Ravi Kiran Paila

Activity: Volunteers will teach health tips and proactive health practices for the aged need to be developed by volunteers in consultation with experts and need to spread that knowledge to all people of that village. Volunteers also need to provide food items that can improve their health and fitness. They also need to help construction of 3 mini water tanks by providing material and assistance.

Date & Time: 28^th June 2015 from 10am to 4pm

Number of Volunteers: 26

Highlights:

1. MHFI provided Rs.120,000 for construction of 3 mini water tanks, procuring materials and expenses for the project

2. Created awareness about the storage of drinking water to the villagers.

3. Created awareness to the villagers how to keep surroundings of the water tank clean and hygienic.

4. Provided Health tips and Proactive health practices for the aged people

5. Plantation of saplings.

Impact:

525 people of this village will understand diet for the aged and will take care of them with good food and they will have water tanks for their urgent needs

Names of Volunteers: Ravi Kiran Paila (Lead), Swarupram Kumar Gonthina, Bhaskar Vanimina, Susanta Kalyan Pradhan, Santhosh Babu Eranti, Siva Kumar Reddy Ankireddy, Bharadwaj Chidirala, Sreenivasulu Racharla, Pradeep Kumar Reddy Telukula, Madhuri Sai Rachakonda, Sreenivasa Reddy Thegalapalli, Venkata Mahendra Prattipati, Ajay Pulidindi, Naga Venkata Chalam Lakkapragada, Naidu, Pavan Kumar Reddy, Neha Reddy, Sadika Banu Shaik, Safeeullah Shaik, Kishore Kumar Vipparapelly,

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:
Ravi Kiran Paila (Project Lead): I’m really grateful to be a part of this project which is done for a noble cause. First of all I’m immensely thankful to S&P Capital IQ from beneath my heart for providing me this opportunity to lead the project. With this project I came to know that the water scarcity faced by the villagers and their patience for fetching 1 pot of water from 2 kilometers. By the construction of water tanks villagers have been benefitted and we tried to eradicate the water problem in the village. I am looking forward to participate in much more such social responsibility projects. Each and every volunteer have done fabulous job for making this project successfully and their work is extremely appreciated. Thanks for volunteering.

Susanta Kalyan Pradhan: Thanks a lot for involving me in this project. It was really a nice experience throughout the day. Though I cannot understand the language of the village people, but I can feel their happiness as we have done something needful for them. We have seen the people who are suffering from water problems and hope their problems will be solved by this project. One more feedback as the tanks are just constructed but no water supply started, so we need to follow up with the village leaders to start the water supply quickly. Then only the main object of the project will complete.

Santhosh Babu Eranti: Felt very happy to be a part of this project. Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and it will make not only for our own happiness, but that of the world at large.

Bhaskar Vanima: It’s a great pleasure to be part of the CIM project for a noble cause called “Giving back is Essential” and serving the society with that motto. Villagers are very happy with this activity and we are looking forward to do much more such community projects.

Pradeep Kumar Reddy Telukala: It was a good program. Feeling happy to be associated with you and other Team members for such a good event.

Madhuri Sai Rachakonda: Thanks Ravi, for giving us an opportunity to work for the project. The day was full of activities and I enjoyed the whole event.

Swarupram Kumar Gonthina: I am feeling very happy to be a part of this successful CIM event. I had a great time through serving the society. My heartfelt thanks to S&P Capital IQ for giving me this opportunity.

Siva Kumar Reddy Ankireddy: It was awesome experience to me…….. If you want to do any other projects in future no need to inform me. Just add me as your volunteer…….

Ajay Pulidindi: First of all I would like to thank the company management for giving me an opportunity to serve the society as a volunteer. And I felt very happy the project is very useful to the villagers.

Bharadwaj Chidirala: Had a great time with planting activity and serving the villagers by providing water tanks and drinking water facility. Great thanks to Ravi Kiran and Capital IQ for making me a part of this event and cheers to all volunteers.

FEEDBACK OF THE BENEFICIARIES:
C. Bharathamma (Sarpanch): We are very thankful to S&P Capital IQ for accepting our plea to eradicate water storage problem in our village panchayat. We used to have severe water problem. But we have overcome that problem because of three water tanks which your company has provided financial assistance to construct the water tanks. Total 800 people from our village have been be benefitted because of our kind gesture. We are very thankful to your volunteers for educating us on importance of environment, creating the awareness about the storage of drinking water and how to keep surroundings of the water tank clean and hygienic. They also took the initiation by planting saplings and provided health tips and proactive health practices for the aged people. We will always remember S&P Capital IQ’s financial assistance and service rendered by your volunteers towards our village people.