AVASAR PARICHAY

“” The real power of

money is in the pow-

er of giving it away,

and bringing a smile

on someone else’s

face”

- Narayan Murthy

Inside

Journey in Pictures

What’s the Issue

Meet the Grantees

Volunteering

Donation

“Ability is nothing, without Opportunity” - Avasar

Donors—Grantees Meeting Preview 3rd September 2015

“Abil i ty is nothing without an opportunity”

Smiles of Hope Living. Batch 2014.

Vision

No Girl Child will discontin-ue education due to economic hardship.

Mission

Our mission is to arrest the discontinuation of educa-tion of talented & meritori-ous girls due to economic hardship by providing them with a scholarship support for pursuing their academic goals, leading to an im-proved quality of life in the future.

Goal

To provide an Oppor-tunity to Talented & Merito-rious Girls from Economical-ly Weaker Section of Society to Continue Pursuing their Academic Goals through Scholarship, Education Counseling, Coaching, Train-ing and Mentoring Pro-grams directed towards their overall Personali-ty Development thereby preparing them for quick gainful employment and achieving workplace Success.

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 be-

gan 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 col-

lege fee for 5 years. 2 Years at PUC and min 3 Years at Graduate Level. Ex-

penses 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.

Shiva Lakshmi, Daughter of Gardeners in ITPL. Engineering 1st Year. Goal—to

get employed in ITPL.

First Batch of

Grantees in May /

June 2013 at Govt.

High School, Im-

madihalli.

Successful comple-

tion of contact

classes program by

volunteer teachers

at Belthur.

Hurray !!

PUC Completed in

June 2015.

Avasar relation-

ship continues

Our Journey from May 2013 to May 2015

The Joy of Giving

July 2015

We call it JoG—Joy of Giving. Convened every month. Helping them to Keep Dreaming.

What’s the Issue?

Of the “out-of-school children”, one survey reported that about 62% were girls; they make up two-thirds of all illiterate 15 to 24-year-old’s.

Under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, passed in 2009 by Government of India, a free and compul-sory education is guaranteed for all children aged between 6 and 14, and the most recent figures for primary school enrolment stand at an impressive-sounding 98%.

However girls and marginalized groups such as the very poor and the disabled, are often left behind. While girls attend primary school in roughly equal numbers to boys, the gap widens as they get older and are forced to drop out to help with work at home, outside or get married.

Avasar is Supported by :

1. Selfless Volunteers - they take their family time and devote to help the children on weekends. Thanks.

2. Microsoft - Recipient of Software License - Office 365 for Non-Profits.

3. Google Apps for Non-Profits - Google AdWords, Youtube for Non-Profits.

4. Benchmark Email - Digital Marketing Company

5. Eagle Conferencing - Our Audio Conferencing Donor

6. Salesforce - Cloud based CRM License ( Avasar is future ready )

7. NASSCOM FOUNDATION - Software, Desktops and Laptop Donors.

” The real power of money is in giving it away and seeing a smile on someone’s face ” says Narayan Murthy in one of his interviews.

We are glad that you plan to experience the same too. Your giving can begin by registering first as a Donor by submitting a form which can be found on our website http://www.avasar.ngo

Once you submit the form, do send us an intima-tion.

Go ahead. Experience the JoG ( Joy of Giving )

At the time of writing this page in June 2013, our estimate of expenses for supporting one child comes to about INR 30,000/- at PUC level, en-rolled into a Government College in Banga-lore. This includes costs incurred towards admis-sion fee, tuition fee, prescribed books, station-ery, examination fee, bus pass, 4 sets of clothes for the year and daily allowance for a maximum of 250 days a year.

You can make any contribution, either one time or on periodical basis, any amounts upwards of Rs.500/-.

All donations eligible for tax deduction under Sec.80 G of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Also, we regret that we will not be able to accept any contributions from foreigners, as of now.

Before you send in any amount, kindly ensure that you have submitted the Donor Pledge Form, available on this Blog. Bank Account Details Updated as on 1 April 2015 Onwards :

Savings Account Number – 02300.1000.444

Account Name : Opportunity Foundation Trust

RTGS/NEFT/IFSC CODE : ICIC0000230

Bank / Branch – ICICI / Safal Branch,

Safal Market, Khajisonenahalli, Whitefield Hosakote Road Bangalore 560067

Donate Now

“ Support ing underpr iv i leged gir ls ,

from educat ion to employment”

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 : info@avasar.ngo

Web : http://www.avasar.ngo

About Us

Opportunity Foundation Trust was registered on November 2, 2012 as a Public Charitable Trust No: BK IV – 129 / 2012 at Bangalore, Karna-taka.

Registered with the Income Tax Department under Sec. 12AA vide ref number at DIT(E)BLR/12AA/E-370/17(M)/AAATO3610N/ITO(E)-2/2013-14.

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)-2/2013-14.

The Trust is founded by Shri. Anand Chaturvedi & Shri. Sriram S N, both based at Bangalore. A 5 member Governing Council is responsi-ble 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

Our Pledge Counter ( As on 1st September )

Grant Counts

1. June 2013 - 6

2. June 2014 - 8

3. June 2015 - 10

Grant Budget - Rs.1,50,000 Spread over 5 Years

Donations since Inception - Rs 19,00,000

Avasar Scholarship Program 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.