S&P Capital IQ Hyderabad Community Service Projects: CIMA – 034-Match your Passion to Career and Providing Furniture to VPS, Banjarahills on 15th June, 2015

CIMA – 034-Match your Passion to Career and Providing Furniture to VPS, Banjarahills on 15th 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: Vivekananda Public School, Banjarahills, Road No. 3, 38, Journalist Colony, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad ,Telangana, India.

About the Project: The School with 480 students and recently upgraded to 10 standard but no furniture to teach and benches to sit for students. The CIM project facilitates sitting benches for the students and to bring back smiles.

Non Profit Partner: Lead India 2020

Project Leader: Sreenivasulu Racharla

Activity: Facilitating Benches to the students and briefed about Career Guidance, Quiz, Games & lecture on Women safety for girls

Date & Time: 15^th June 2015 from10am to 3:00pm

Number of Volunteers: 26

Highlights:

1. MHFI provided Rs.100,000 worth of school benches

2. MHFI provided Rs.5000 worth of note books and stationary items to the students

3. 3000 worth of rice for midday meals to students.

4. Volunteers spend 5 hours of their personal time to teach about career guidance and other sessions

5. Provided 35 primary school benches which can be facilitate 3 class rooms with 80 students

6. Conducted games and quiz regarding subjective matters

7. Distributed Gifts to students

Impact:

1. 32 primary school benches which can be facilitate 3 class rooms with 80 students

2. Shared knowledge and explained about career guidance.

3. Lecture on Women safety for girls.

Names of Volunteers: Neelamani Panda , Jitendra Gdnyanchand Rahangadale, Mandar Shirish Nikam, Rehana, Amitha, Sreenivasulu Racharla, Vishwas , Venkat Reddy, Radhika, Ravi Chandra Savarapu, Hari Krishna Muriki, Pragya Agrawal, Nikhilesh, Sunil, Sathish Kumar, Bikram Khuntia, Ravi Kiran Paila ,Susanta Kalyan Pradhan ,Gokulnath Gunda,Shailaja, Vinay Dayal Dadu, Hemamnth,Ajay Krishna, Sanjeeb Kumar Sahu, Sampath Kumar Burneni,

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:

Sreenivasulu Racharla (Project Leader): It’s been a great opportunity to spend, work, engage and guide the young minds. They are very smart in actions by resulting 100% with fewer enmities. I am sure that The CIM day was filled the physical and personal advancements to school and the students and finally thanks to our beloved and esteemed organization to giving an opportunity to serve to society.

Susanta Kalyan: It was really a great experience in the school. It reminds us our school days. The students are awesome and I have learnt many things from them. Hope we did something for the children to betterment their school days.

Nikhileshwar Reddy Baddam: It is a great opportunity to participate such kind of programs organized by our MHFI. I was greatly enjoyed on the day and get deeply involved in few programs like Career enhancement program for school children and sports conducted. I am thank full to MHFI as our MHFI conducting such "Community Impact Month

Sathish Kumar: The Students in this school were very enthusiastic, intelligent and deserve all the benefits that we provided.

And we should really appreciate Srinivas for bringing up this project, for his hard work and the way he coordinated. I’ve observed that he was on barefoot whole time when we in primary section and handling things.

Hemanth Harsha: Though it was few hours with those kids, but we made change. Not only kids and the management. I too had a good time in the school with other volunteers. I’m glad to be a part of this project and Involving in such activities refreshes us and the kids

Bikram Khuntia: Thanks to S&P capital IQ to giving me chance to be a part of CIM project. It was a great time for me with the students. It was just one of my memorable days.

Gokulnath: It’s a wonderful experience interacting with the students and teaching the career guidance. Thanks for the all volunteers for their support.

Hari Krishna Muriki: It’s a wonderful experience interacting with the children. Their enthusiasm is impressive. I can say that they have bright future. I taught few things to them but learned many. They really deserve all the benefits we have provided and even more. It’s one of the best projects I have attended till now. I thank all the other volunteers for their cooperation for making it’s a big success. I thank Srinivas for giving such a good opportunity to be a part of this project and guide the children…

Shailaja Chhavi: It was really a great experience we had together. And I just want to take this opportunity to thanks each one of you. Spending time with our future bright minds was just amazing. I realized that our little time of devotions can make a huge difference in society.

Neelamani Panda: I would definitely say that we made a difference, but not just for the students in schools but in our own life. Volunteering has allowed me to come back home with a different perspective not just in the way I live but how I interact with others. I welcome volunteering as it allows people the true experience of those we are trying to help going beyond what you see on television or in magazines." Volunteering was magical on so many levels. It’s been a great opportunity to spend, work, engage and guide the young minds and also become a helping hand in enhancing their future. Thank you CIMA project for providing me such an opportunity for becoming a part in the development of the society. The day we spent with the children by the means of our Community impact project was a really awesome and heartwarming.

Venkata Reddy: Thanks for this opportunity and I feel happy part of this program.

Amitha Kotcharlakota: That was one great project, and I’m thankful to you for giving me this opportunity to participate in such project, I would like to participate in future too, what we did was necessary for the growth and education of children, one initiative can change their perspective towards society , I hope we have given them the motivation to achieve their goals.

Jitendra Gdnyanchand Rahangadale: It’s have been a great opportunity to share our experience or knowledge to students and guide for develop carrier path .Thank you CIMA project for providing me such an opportunity for becoming a part in the development of the society. The day we spent with the children by the means of our Community impact project was a really awesome and heartwarming

FEEDBACK OF THE BENEFICIARIES:

H. Shankar (In-charge Head Master): As a part of your program conducted here in VPS. The Staff feels that encouraging and a lot of motivating to students like poor and BPL students. People who are not having parents are taking advantage in helping for course of action,It would be helping going forward and thanks to S&P capital IQ.

Shantha Kumari (Sarpanch), Pragathinagar: The support and time that S&P Capital IQ spent with the students and sharing personal and career guidance lead a great encouragement and massive impact in students minds for next levels thanks lot to the all the volunteers

Deepika (10^th student): I would thank S&P Capital IQ and volunteers for your concern about our school and spending personal time for us. Everybody encouraging private school education but, your support to furniture and guidance to career gives us do something to the society like you. We learned, enjoyed and would like to spend more time together again.

Ram (10^th student): I want to thank you for your presence in our school and lecturing a lot of things to us. These gave us confidence to taking good decisions about higher education and once again thank you for your time and encouragement given to us and giving prizes personally.