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Medical camp by doctors from SSSIHMS

Boundary Wall Construction
Medical camp by doctors from SSSIHMS
In the coming year, we plan to construct a few arranged to train our teachers in the use of the
additional classrooms. Our school strength has gone up equipment and models. As of now, the school's Science
from 97 in the year 2011 to 210 in 2017. With free teachers are taking the models and demonstrating
English medium education, there are more children them to the school children. Going forward, in this year,
flocking to our school, necessitating the construction we plan to conduct a Science exhibition where the
of additional classrooms. As a testimony to the same, students will get an opportunity to showcase their
all the classrooms are already full in the first week of knowledge of science to their parents and to the
June itself clocking over 210 students. We were forced villagers.
to close school admissions on June 9th, whereas in
previous years, we kept admissions open until June The partnership with the Sai Annalaxmi foundation
30th. also resulted in vegetable supplement being provided
to all the 350 school children from Classes 1- 10 from
While these are good omens, they also entail July 2016. Along with their midday meal, the children
challenges on both an infrastructural and human now get a bountiful serving of tasty, fresh vegetables
resource front. To prepare for the same, one of our key every day to supplement their nutritional Naveen with his mother
initiatives last year was to get the donated land requirements. Two ladies from the nearby village have
transferred in the name of the Trust. Invoking Section been doing the cooking through the week to ensure Medical camp by doctors from SSSIHMS
109 of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, the land has that the vegetable intake of the children is sustained.
now been converted, making it usable for school / We hope that this will go a long way in helping translate a provider of integrated healthcare and immediate attention to are also looking at tying up with nearby medical colleges to see
hostel purposes; and, has been registered in the name into “a healthy mind in a health body” for all the health care needs. We are fortunate to have a doctor staying how to best utilise the hospital premises.
of Sai Krushna Charitable Trust. The boundary wall for children. with us in the village willing to offer her services on an honorary
the registered land is already under construction; and, basis. The hospital building stands on a piece of land donated by At Sai Krushna Mandir, we had one new entrant last year -
the Trust plans to construct a few additional classrooms March 2017 also witnessed the inauguration of Sai one of our former trustees, Mr Balasubramani. The hospital was Naveen. Naveen hails from a humble family and lost his father to
over the next couple of years on this land. Meanwhile, Krushna Arogya Dham - the free primary healthcare one of his cherished dreams. In March 2017, the first medical an accident two years ago. He has now completed his fifth grade.
to manage the school room requirement, a new center started by the Trust. The villagers typically camp was conducted by doctors from the Sri Sathya Sai Institute He is a very talented bhajan singer and sang at the Sri Sathya Sai
Science lab has been created in Sai Krushna Mandir. struggled for access to nearby health clinics with the of Higher Medical Sciences (SSSIHMS), Whitefield Campus. Sai Akhand bhajans held in Bangalore North in November 2016.
This Science lab was very kindly set up with support nearest PHC being 5 km away. Krushna Arogya Dham will move in its function from being a Naveen has gelled very well with his other friends at the
from the Agastya Foundation. The Foundation also The objective of Sai Krushna Arogya Dham is to serve as medical camp center to a day care hospital to eventually children's home and promises to become a talented, young,
becoming more complete in all primary healthcare facilities. We responsible citizen.

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