Fund's (Bizarre idea)

Hey friends,

Till now Deepak has summed up most of the ideas for ‘fund generation’. (Just to add, please read comments to Deepak’s fund raising post, Nishtha has provided some excellent thoughts on elimination of ‘adsense’).
I also thought about this fund raising campaign. However, was not able to think on lines of fund generation using Internet = ( I have different approach. Let me take all of you through my approach.
What we need is some cash so that we can buy relevant things for children of ‘Mobile crèches’. Now, I feel that people are hesitant about giving cash (I know we can convince some for cash). So, what can people give? Clothes? (Na…. bad idea), Food? (Worse idea).
Hmmm…. After much thought I came to conclusion that there must be something that is basically rag to people, yet it has some cash value. I guess its old newspapers. (What…. Am I sounding crazy????????). Actually I have made some analysis for this too.

Assumptions:
A typical housing society (carlton/weelington/maple heights…e.t.c.) has 15 floors, 6 towers, 6 houses per floor. This gives me 5*5*15 = 540 houses per society.
1/3rd of people will be interested in contributing.
Study:
We will approach all the 540 houses and ask them to provide us with the bundle of old new papers (Obviously, we will give them details that why we are doing so).
180 people (1/3rd) will respond. On an average they will sell 5 kg’s of rag. This comes out to be 900 Kg’s. Now comes the cost per kg. I guess its 4.50 INR per kg. So it comes out to be 4050 INR. (Sounds like easy way of getting funds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Now comes the best part. Considering that all my assumptions and study has one or the other flaw (some may think its total crap), but I still feel that we can at least raise somewhere around 1000-1500 INR per society by just asking for old newspapers (their way for contributing money) and selling them.
Hope that my crazy idea makes some sense.

The trouble with life is, by the time you can read a girl like a book, its time to wake up

Yesterday (sunday) was great!!

I saw "Love Story" in the morning. She didn't look like the heroine of the movie, but I don't know but the movie reminded me so much of her. Whatever, last few hours were simply great. I would have spend my whole life for those few hours, guess what spent my whole evening with her. It started with a cheeze tomato onion Pizza and what could be the best thing to have and that too with her. She loooks like any other girl, and yeah loves to talk and shop as other girls do (I think they are born with these skills). Whenever i'm with her i just don't waste time looking at anything else Doh!!. May be i'm foolish or better to say addicted. I think the whole credit goes to Hindi Movies. These things are expected to happen in these romantic movies where a boy in his 20s gets in love with with a girl in her early 20s. Whatever, we still know that silly movies like Niel and Nikki are still being made, promoting the multiplex chaap girl who wears a three year old's bathing suit to parties, drinks, smokes, uses foul words and calls herself independent.

Anyway, dream ended and i woke up in bed. Open my eyes in this hard real world. I am still thinking, if this is life or that was. Ok Ok i accept i'm an engineer, these things are not for me.

I am still in my bed and already late for office. Typing this stuff for last 20 minutes and still thinking when i should get up from bed. Now i should get up and brush my teeth. Oh that reminds me of our group. Last visit to Mobile creches was awesome. I was the first one to reach Mobile Creches. Rest of the group was a bit late. This time there were so many volenteers that it was hard for kids to choose which didi or bhiaya should be given the opportunity to pick them in their lap. You will soon be reading someone describing the whole story minute by minute.

Well i forgot what i was thinking to write and wrote all this silly stuff. Anyway, guyz what have you thought about fund raising activity. Ok let me summarize for all of you and you can put your thoughts here. The options we have:

1. Putting adsense on the blog.

2. Hosting a website where we can sell the products such as cards made by children.

3. Generating funds from corporates.

Please feel free to add more in case I missed any. Yesterday i came across one more idea for fund raising, what do you think about this.

Oh damn i have to go to office, i need to shut up and go and brush my teeth.

“Something” turned out to be much more..

Hey people,

After lots of efforts and dishum dishum with blogger for the day, Ajay was not able to log on and finally he has to use my ID.

Ajay's experience of his first visit to Mobile Creches:

Deepak asked me “Are you coming to Mobile Crèches this Saturday” and without thinking much I said yes, may be will do something rather than sitting idle at home and watching TV. But “something” turned out to be much more than what I had thought of.

The plan was to meet in front of Cyber Park building at 10:00 am. I was a little late and reached there around 10:08. I found no familiar face and thought that it may be because I am late. But it turned out to be other way round. Anyways, all the people who planned to go to MC that day reached the Cyber Park building around 10:30. After everybody was there we (Deepak, Saurabh, Priyanka, Sapna and I) left for MC. One thing worth mentioning, as Deepak has already included in one of his previous mails to AID Gurgaon, that Sapna was well on time.

When we reached the gate of MC we could clearly hear the voices of the kids. As this was my first visit, I saw in one corner kids were studying, while in other, kids from one to three years of age were crying while some were busy in their own world. When they saw us they started shouting namaste didi and sometimes in between namaste bhaiya could also be heard :((. Some came running towards Saurabh expecting him to lift them over his shoulders and after that what could have happened you know, he could not have let their expectations down. Deepak also got busy with kids and Priyanka and Sapna started playing with small (one to three year old) kids. After namastes (milna milana) was over Saurabh started teaching them how to make frog (Origamy), while rest of us joined the kids. It was great fun throughout the time we were busy learning how to make a frog. Ooops, I forgot to mention about Neha, who also joined us a few minutes after we reached there. Well, it seemed she was really good and experienced at spending times with kids.

After the frog was made, one more thing was left to be done and that thing was teaching kids about computers. That required a lot of efforts and who other than Deepak (Masters in khidki, Certified by Bill Gates institute) could have done it better. All the kids were excited and surrounded Deepak, sitting with Laptop in his lap, and we could not see and hear what happened after that.
It was their lunch time and time for us to leave, guess what; again a lot of didi was heard with some bhaiya in between. When we were coming out I heard one of the kids asking when are you going to come back? And we all know the answer to this question we will be going this Saturday and will be a part of their sports day.

See everybody there…

Disclaimer: The information and thoughts in this post is the property of Ajay Panwar. I am no where involved. Though i wanted to make some modifications but i'm going to do them in comments. (I will see you Ajay)

And the Award goes to.....

I took the risk and didn't knew it would have such an effect..

Last saturday after finshing off with Mobile Creches Neha gave lift to Sapna to her office (nothing to worry uptil now). Guess what Neha got time to orient (or disorient) Sapna. Now you all are aware what happen after that, guess what, today AID Gurgaon saw the most mail traffic in a day. Everyone's inbox were filled with AID Gurgaon mails...

Tantana..

Award for mailer of the day goes to Sapna Singh. Great to see so much energy in people :)

Pictorial representation of H2O

Ha ha .. Hey look at our team, their style, their fans are looking at them



Beware, you can also be attacked.. Shekhar is still trying to recover..



Munish is trying to teach children :)


Does anybody want to meet Shahrukh Khan, here he is trying to draw a picture right in the center of the pic and you must not be knowing he want to become like Zaheer Khan ha ha....



Avinash is thinking are they so intelligent or am i so dumb he he..

Rang de Basanti..

It was Wednesday, people called it holi, the day of filling your life with colors. Standing in balcony of my room on 9th floor, the world looked small. I could see many colored faces whom I cannot differentiate between. Black looked white and white had become black :). From the faces it looked as if all the color were dying to meet each other. Love, music, and laughter, the surroundings was full of them.

The world looked alive.

Afternoon: I was again there, standing in the balcony, but now the world looked different. I could stil see the faces, but now they all looked different (I should say indifferent). The faces which in the morning were laughing and playing with each other were not ready to recognize each other. Everybody going crazy, no one cares about anybody, it seemed the world has changed. The place which was full of life in the morning looked different from the one now. The feeling reminded me of crazy words..

What's wrong with society
When everywhere I look I see
Young girls dying to be on TV
Won't stop 'til they've reached their dreams

Diet pills, surgery
Photoshoped pictures in magazines
Telling them how they should be
It doesn't make sense to me

Is everybody going crazy?
Is anybody gonna save me?
Can anybody tell me what's going on?
Tell me what's going on
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something is wrong

I guess things are not how they used to be
There's no more normal families
Parents act like enemies
Making kids feel like it's World War III

No one cares
No ones there
I guess we're all just too damn busy
Money's our first priority
It doesn't make sense to me

Is everybody going crazy?
Is anybody gonna save me?
Can anybody tell me what's going on?
Tell me what's going on
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something is wrong

Is everybody going crazy?
Is everybody going crazy?

Tell me what's wrong with society
When everywhere I look I see
Rich guys driving big SUVs
While kids are starving in the streets
No one cares
No one likes to share
I guess life's unfair

Is everybody going crazy?
Is anybody gonna save me?
Can anybody tell me what's going on?
Tell me what's going on
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something
Something is wrong

Is everybody going crazy?
Can anybody tell me what's going on
Tell me what's going on
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something is wrong

Can anybody explain me whats wrong??

I want everyone to live in my world, the world which I saw in the morning, the world where people are not known by how they look but how they make their surrounding look. I guess its already 4 in night ( as they say in Evalueserve 4 A.M. Friday, March 17, 2006) and I have started sounding philosophical, i think i should go to sleep now, today i've been loaded with so many projects that if i do not sleep now, tommorrow people will make sure to make me permanently go to sleep.

Get yourself dissove in H2O

Hey those who have read my previous post wait...

Before i go to sleep, i thought as i have planned to spend my weekend with
children why now invite everybody else. So people who do not know about our plans please find my mail which i sent over the group:

Hi All,

Holi was great for me, I found myself filled with colors!!..

Hope it was same for everyone.

Here comes Saturday, what to do?. No need to think, we all are going to Mobile Crèches!!

I came to know from the center coordinator of Mobile Crèches that every Saturday children wait for us. They really like spending time with us. (Wow, I thought that I’m the one who like spending time with others, but hey there are people who like spending time with me too) Chakshu was right “they are small kids with big hearts”

I think children there are very intelligent, therefore, I have decided I’m going to teach them about Computers. Moreover, I think we would be taking some sheets with us which will be used by children to make cards. (I am also going to learn this, I think a card presented to someone that is made by you, represents your true feeling)

Prafulla want to run with children with Firki in his hands.. Ha ha… (I don’t want to miss this scene)

Ok so the venue and plan to reach the venue remain the same. Let me describe it again:

Date: March 18, 2006.

Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Venue: Mobile Crèches (Vatika Center, Sohna Road)

We plan to get together at outside Evalueserve office (Unitech Cyber Park, Sector 39, Gurgaon) at 10:00 AM and leave together. Else, you can reach directly. The directions are as follows –

Once you are on the Gurgaon-Sohna Road, you will pass these buildings/ developments- MalibuTown, South City, South End, Park View and after this Vatika on your left. There is a sign saying Vatika 2006. Just ask the guard at the gate about the school and he will direct you.

In case you want to know anything about the activities or have any suggestions in mind please feel free to mail/call me.

Best regards,

Deepak (Don't follow me, I'm lost too...)
9810297880

P.S. Please confirm your presence by mailing me personally.

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An old Chinese proverbs says, "Journey of a thousand miles begins with first step." Plans can be made for miles and miles, we can discuss 'what to do' day and night but I feel that our first step will be successful if we can bring smile on any such face.