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Newsletter from EKAL MOVEMENT
November, 2013
From left: Smt. Geeta Chhabra, Sri. Parthiv Gohil, Sri. Pradeep Goyal, Sri. Harshad R Mehta, Smt. Juhi Chawla, Sri. PNC Menon, His Excellency Sri. M.K.Lokesh, Smt. Sangita Gupta
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Ekal Support Group UAE Chairman Sri Harshad R Mehta along with President Smt. Geeta Chhabra, and VPs Sri. Ashit Gandhi, Sri Sunil Sharma and the managing committee decided to organize Parthiv Gohil and Janvis music program and dance by DansMe on 18th October to celebrate the 25th year of Ekal along with 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. The packed Sheikh Rashid auditorium, Dubai, was the fruit of their effort. The audience include members of various social groups like Jain Social Group, Soni Samaj, Gujarati Samaj, Tamil Ladies Association, Telugu Association, Mercantile Hindu Community of Thatha and others. The program lived up to its theme COLORS OF INDIA. Ekal Souvenir entitled Glory to Education was released by the Chief Guest, His Excellency Sri. M.K. Lokesh, Ambassador of India to UAE in the presence of Guest of Honor Bollywood actrees Smt. Juhi Chawla. The other distinguished guests were Dr. Juma Al Matrooshi and Engr. Abdullah Al- Khashrami and Guests from India, Sri. Pradeep Goyal , President of EVFI and Smt. Sangita Gupta, Global coordinator of Ekal. There were smiles on the face of the sponsors, Sri. PNC Menon of Sobha Group, Sri. Naresh Mehta of Diamond Village, Sri. Paresh Bhai from Brilliant Diamonds and Lead sponsors Kiran Gems, Shreya Life Sciences from Mumbai and Unique Maritime Group from Dubai, as the program drew large crowd. Success of the event goes to the Organizing team of Sri. Sameer Mavani, Sri. Arvind, Smt. Aparna, Sri. Jagdish, Sri. Dinesh duo Sri. Kailash Mutha, Smt. Meena Kumari, Sri. Pathmanabhan, Sri. Krishna Kumar of Aryaas, Sri. Ashok Dasani, Sri. Rudra, Smt. Babita, Sri. Gunjan, Sri. Paresh, Sri. Sufiyan Badshah and the team from Rosy Blue, Sri. Ravi samarokone, Sri. Shankar chellaram, Sri. Vernon, Kum. Suma, Kum. Vimala, Sri. Dheeraj, Kum. Preethy - the list goes long and the contribution of Ekal Support Group UAE to Ekal is remarkable.
EKAL VIDYALAYA Foundation held their first Musical Event at Royal Delhi Palace in Canoga Park on Sept. 29, attended by a sold out crowd of over 200 guests to mark the inauguration of a new Chapter to serve areas north of Los Angeles . continued on page 2
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On 22nd September, 2013, forty five members visited Barvatoli Village consisting of 21 Udham Bheel families. They were received with garlands, thilak, a welcome song and dance by the village folk and Ekal School children. Though the 21 year old Ekal Vidyalaya teacher Ms. Sugan Kumaris mother in law had died just a week ago and the village was
Ability Unlimited
The Friends of Tribals Society (FTS), Erode Chapter in Tamilnadu was inaugurated on Aug 3, 2009. Since its inception, it is supporting 120 schools of Gobi Anchal in the hills of Thalavady. This year, Erode chapter celebrated 3 functions at a time; 150th birth
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In Punjab, Ekal Movement started in 2004 from Fazilka district situated along the border of Pakistan. Ekal schools are running in most of the border villages. The future plan of expansion is to have schools in all the districts of the Border Belt from Ganganagar to Pathankote. The Mahila Varg was held on 24 & 25 Aug 2013 in Pedi Dharamshala, Fazilyear of Swami Vivekananada, 25th year of FTS and 4th Annual Day of Erode Chapter ka. The inaugural session was graced by Sri. on September. For the first time, local Tamil speaking elites of Erode participated in Jagath Singh Jyani, Retired High Court Judge large numbers with great enthusiasm to support the cause of Ekal. A Rath with Swami of Rajasthan and a domicile of Fazilka. Vivekananda on it, was on show at the venue of the event. There was a stunning dance The newly formed Mahila Samiti under show by physically challenged youth on Wheel Chair. These dancers were trained by the guidance of Smt. Saroj Kaushal and Smt. Ability Unlimited Foundation. It was really Miracle on Wheels. FTS Erode had done a Mridula Sharma actively participated in the great job. Varg. The highlights of the Ekal Movement explained by Prof. Manjushree covered the significant role of women, both rural and urban by Ekal. Women from Fazilka, Ferojpur, Amritsar, Jalalabad and Abohar districts participated. In the two day workshop, different sessions were taken by Priyanka Dihingia, Mahila Pramuk and Monica Burnwal, Pramukh of North Zone. The participants expressed their joy after two days of training and felt enriched by this experience. The Varg ended with very inspiring and encouraging notes.
Ekal Impact
Sri. Madhusudan age 21, Jharkhand State, Dhanbad District, Cempather village, studied in Cempather village Ekal Vidyalaya between 2000 to 2004. He participated in Baal Mela conducted by Ekal Vidyalaya, which he enjoyed very much. Ekal vidyalaya gave him motivation and interest towards education. In 2008 he became a teacher in the same school. He cleared his matric exams and joined Ekal as a full time worker. He was initially saha sanch pramukh then became sankul pramukh. In 2010 he finished his higher secondary exams and joined college. He says being a boy from a Village like Cemapather, a place literally unknown to the world, I finished my primary and secondary education and presently in college only because of Ekal Vidyalaya.
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Upcoming Events
For Enquiries: Sri Harish Karat, Ekal Global Communication Centre 84, Bashyakharalu Road West, R.S. Puram, Coimbatore - 641002. Tamilnadu, India. Ph: +91 99944 00697 Email: ekal@ekalglobal.org www.ekal.org
DATE : 5th January, 2014 VENUE : Kolkotta FOR ADDITIONAL information, CONTACT: NIRMALYA@FTSINDIA.COM
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