S&P Capital IQ Hyderabad Community Service Projects: CIMA – 041 - Play Ground preparation for SSM High School, Shankarpally on 15th June, 2015.

CIMA–041 - Play Ground preparation for SSM High School, Shankarpally 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: SSM High School, Shankarpally Village, Rangareddy District, Telangana, India.

About the Project: This is a charitable school run for educating underprivileged students and lacks proper play ground to conduct sports activities, even though they have proper space available for that. Also students are sitting on the floor to listen various academic sessions. If we are able to provide good play ground and furniture there is a scope to increase their learning and success.

Non Profit Partner: Lead India 2020 Foundation.

Project Leader: Goudigama Mahesh

Activity: Volunteers need to procure suitable soil and sand for leveling the ground. They also need to engage road roller for leveling. Ground is approximately 2000 sft and volunteers will spread the soil manually fill the pits with soil to level the ground.

Date & Time: 15^th June 2015 from9.30 am to 5.00pm

Number of Volunteers: 20

Highlights:

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

2. Prepared play ground for school students.

3. Cleaning the premises

4. Tree plantation work done.

5. Career Guidance classes to students

6. Providing School Benches for 325 High School and primary school Students

7. Conducting quiz and essay writing sessions to students.

8. Conducted games and distributed prizes to the students.

Impact:

This will facilitate 325 students to have access to various kinds of sports, which will improve their fitness and creativity. Also by participating in the service activity, students will understand the value of community service and it elevates their character. Furniture provided by the project will improve their concentration and there by performance in their educational tests.

Names of Volunteers: Rajasekhar Puppala; Venkata Swamy Vallakati; Ravinder Raju Karre; Dipak Kumar Gouda; Suresh babu; Prasad Nella; Laxma Reddy Yenkannagari; Goudigama. Mahesh; Ananda Patnaik; Ajay Krishna Katakamsetty; Kotireddy Tippi Reddy.

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:

Mahesh Goudigama (Project Leader): Being a Project Leader of CIM Project, first I would like to say my special thanks to S&P Capital IQ for giving opportunity to serve the society in terms of donating benches, Tables & Chairs and also life skills training & Career Guidance to students. I am extremely grateful to all the volunteers and also my special thanks to Co-Project Leader – Mr. Venkata Swamy. And Special thanks to Mr. Ravinder Raju for successful completion of this project. The manner in which you all immersed yourself in to the role of volunteer is amazing. Your interaction with those underprivileged children will stay forever in their minds and it will certainly transform them into good citizens of tomorrow.

Venkata Swamy Vallakati (Project Co-Leader): I was very happy to participate in this social service program (CIM Project). It's very pleasure to do service to the Students. We have done clean and neatly the school ground. After our service, it looks very beautiful and very useful to play. Providing school benches is also very much useful to the school. Thanks to Mahesh for gave me an opportunity.

Dipak Kumar Gouda: The volunteer work was an once-in-a-lifetime experience, and I was glad that I had taken part. Thank you Mahesh sir and my colleagues for giving this opportunity. It’s been a pleasurable activity to serve the school children. When I see the play ground it was completely destructed and scattered with stones and rocks!! This seems children are unable to play and lack of infrastructure (Benches and furniture) they’re also suffering from good education. After tremendous hard work of our colleagues, that ground again converted to beautiful Playground. And with the distribution of necessary study materials they seem Hedonistic. I went to the class room to interact with students with the intention of lifting the spirits of the children there, but found myself, on the contrary, cheered by the smiles of the children I encountered. I realized that, through these activities, volunteers not only give things to others but also learn things from others.

Rajasekhar Puppala: First of all I would like to thank you for providing me this wonderful opportunity to serve the society. It is my distinct pleasure to serve along with other volunteers, who despite of their busy schedule made their way to sankarpally and participated in such a wonderful program. On a personal front it gave me a tremendous self satisfaction and I was delighted to work under your leadership. Please make me a part in your next year’s project.

Ravinder Raju Karre: It’s been great experience working in this project. I had wonderful experience interacting with the school children and guiding their career. We have provided benches and proper playground for the students. I really thank our project leader Mahesh Goudigama for providing the opportunity to serve the society.

Ananda Patnaik: First of all I would like to thank you for giving me a golden opportunity for helping poor school children. I feel excited, proud and enjoyable by seeing poor school children. Be continuing the project every year and help to the poor school children and develop the country. I am fully satisfied with this project. Please make me a part in your next year’s project.

Kotireddy: I am glad to be with your team as volunteer, for the CIM program. I like to mention the below points. Making playground for the kids was really fun and I enjoyed the most. Interacting with kinder garden and conducting quiz for the10th class students was amazing. The process helped me in coordinating and working with a group of people without shy. Simply to conclude the entire work was sublime

Laxma Reddy Yenkannagari: As a volunteer of this CIM Project, first I would like to say my heartfelt thanks to CIM Leader (i.e. Mr. Mahesh Goudigama) for successfully completing this project. This was a wonderful opportunity to help Students by providing some needy facilities to them. The Students were very happy with our interaction. It was a wonderful opportunity to help Students by providing some extra facilities to them. The Students were very happy with our interaction.

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