AVASAR TIMES

AVASAR TIMES
July 2015
Annual Report FY 2014-15
“The real power of
money is in the power
of giving it away, and
bringing a smile on
someone’s else’s face”
- Narayan Murthy
In This Issue
“Ability is nothing, without Opportunity” - Avasar
© Avasar

Pictures of 2014-15

Financial Statements

Future Plans

Volunteering
Vision
No Girl Child will discontinue education due to
economic hardship.
Mission
Our mission is to arrest the
discontinuation of education of talented & meritorious girls due to economic
hardship by providing them
with a scholarship support
for pursuing their academic
goals, leading to an improved quality of life in the
future.
Goal
To provide an Opportunity
to Talented & Meritorious
Girls from Economically
Weaker Section of Society to
Continue Pursuing their
Academic Goals through
Scholarship, Education
Counseling, Coaching,
Training and Mentoring
Programs directed towards
their overall Personality
Development thereby
preparing them for quick
gainful employment and
achieving workplace
Success.
JoG—Joy of Giving : Welcome Program for Enrolment of Batch of 2015
Avasar – The Star Fish Story
This is a very common story and I am sure you may have come across the same
in the past. Allow me to reproduce here, as it is relevant to what we began at
Avasar. So here is how it goes…
A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had
been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she
would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with
amusement. She had been doing this for some time when a man approached
her and said, “Little girl, why are you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t
save all these starfish. You can’t begin to make a difference!” The girl seemed
crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments, she bent down, picked up
another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean. Then she looked
up at the man and replied,
“Well, I made a difference to that one!”
The old man looked at the girl inquisitively and thought about what she had done
and said. Inspired, he joined the little girl in throwing starfish back into the sea.
Soon others joined, and all the starfish were saved. – adapted from the Star
Thrower by Loren C. Eiseley
“How are we attempting to Save our Stars” By Avasar Scholarship program,
which consists of : Paying all their college fee for 5 years. 2 Years at PUC and
min 3 Years at Graduate Level. Expenses towards books, stationery, etc. Bus
pass for the whole year, every year, for 5 years. At least, 4 sets of dresses. Daily
allowance of a minimum of Rs. 50/- per day for a minimum of 200 days in a year.
“Supporting underprivileged girls from education to employment”
About Us
Opportunity Foundation Trust was registered on November 2, 2012 as a
Public Charitable Trust No: BK IV – 129 / 2012 at Bangalore, Karnataka.
Registered with the Income Tax Department under Sec. 12AA vide ref
number at DIT(E)BLR/12AA/E-370/17(M)/AAATO3610N/ITO(E)-2/201314.
Registered with the Income Tax Department under Sec. 80 G (5)(vi) vide
ref number at DIT(E)BLR/80G/E-370/17(M)/AAATO3610N/ITO(E)-2/201314.
The Trust is founded by Shri. Anand Chaturvedi & Shri. Sriram S N, both
based at Bangalore. A 5 member Governing Council is responsible for effective functioning of the Trust.
Governing Council Members
1. Anand Chaturvedi, Founder & Managing Trustee, Bangalore
2. Sriram S N, Co-Founder & Trustee, Bangalore
3. Benoy Tharakan, Founder Donor, Chennai
4. Durgaprasad Pejathaya, Founder Donor
5. Shailesh Mor, Founder Donor, Gurgaon, NCR
Founders
NCR
1. Shailesh Mor
2. Sudesh Bhagat
3. Rajesh Thoppil
4. Vivek K. Kumar
Mumbai
1. P. Prasad
2. Neil Asif Rub
3. Ashish Shakadwipee
Chennai
1. Samuel G Abraham
2. Benoy Tharakan
3. Shrinivas Narayanan
Bangalore
1. Sriram SN
2. Anand Chaturvedi
Contact
Opportunity Foundation Trust
C-0302 Nitesh Forest Hills,
Seegahalli, Kadugodi
Bangalore, India
Pin 560067
Mail : [email protected]
Web : http://www.avasar.ngo
If it so happens that this copy has come to your hand, then it
means that there is a ‘cosmic hint’ for you to ‘get involved’. We
welcome Donors, Volunteers & Supporters. [email protected]
Logo—Conceived, Designed and
Developed by Sunil Abraham
Avasar Computer Lab
8 Desktops Installed as Avasar
Computer Lab at Seegahalli Government Higher Secondary
School.
Many Volunteer come together when called for and
every task is handled so enthusiastically, it works just
like magic. We acknowledge and Thank all these people for their support to Avasar during 2014-15.
Refurbished PC’s were donated
at nominal costs by NASSCOM
Foundation.
Smitha, Mayuri, Praveen, Ravi, Pooja, Lavanya and of
course Malavika & Sriranjini. Wamna & Shivank
Classes are beginning shortly for
both school children and Avasar
Scholarship Grantees to enhance
e-literacy.
© Avasar
Our Team—Volunteers
Sri. Manjunath and Sri Chandrashekar are examples of
dedication from education department who passionately support us.