Greetings from Sai Anugraha.
“The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.” — Helen Keller.
Before we start with June Newsletter, we would like to THANK YOU SO MUCH for tremendous support & overwhelming response in form of valuable contributions, in spreading the word, encouraging your friends/family/colleagues to lend a helping hand towards all the initiatives of Sai Anugraha.
Spiritual Activities
Sai Anugraha family members, as part of spiritual activities pray for "Samastha Loka Sukhino Bhavanthu" i.e. Welfare of the World. As we all know In the welfare of the world lies our welfare. We conduct Sai Bhajans at devotees houses, Home for Mentally challenged people, Home for Visually challenged people, Sai temples etc, Siddha Managala Stothram chanting sessions thru Skype & Sai Literature parayan.
Activities conducted in the month of June-2017.
1. Shri Sai Satcharitra, Shri Sai Leelamrutam & Shri Guru Charitra daily parayan.
2. Siddha Mangala Stothram Chanting session. Click Here for session on 17th June 2017.
3. Sai Bhajan conducted at Sai Nethra, Home for the visually challenged, Hyderabad on 10th June 2017.
4. Sai Bhajan conducted at Shiva Shakthi Kakkum Karangal, a home for the mentally challenged, Bangalore on 18th June 2017. Click Here to read more.
5. Sai Bhajan conducted at Aravind's residence at Charlotte, NC on 23rd & 30th June 2017.
6. Sai Bhajan conducted at Soumya's residence at Bangalore on 25th June 2017.
Marking Guru Poornima on 9th July 2017, we are conducting Virtual Samuhik Sri Sai Satcharitra Parayan. If interested, click here and update your details.
Please join us in all spiritual activities thru SKYPE.
Skype Id: saianugrahafamily
Please like Sai Anugraha spiritual trust Facebook page Sai Anugraha Spiritual Trust.
Social Service Activities
We received an amount of ₹ 1,33,244/- as donations & Interest and spent an amount of ₹ 5,40,693.75/- towards various initiatives of Sai Anugraha in the month of June 2017. Please read our monthly activities at Activities & Donor details at Donations.
Baba Prasadalay
An initiative of Sai Anugraha to highlight the importance of maintaining human relationships thru Volunteering and making the residents of Oldage home & orphanages happy with our presence by visiting them, spending time & sharing love with them. We successfully completed 7 years of Baba Prasadalay initiative with your support &
encouragement. Thank you so much.
1. Sponsored Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner to residents of Bhavishya Deepam, Chennai on 23-Jun-2017. This visit is sponsored by Kumari marking her Niece Gurupurna's birthday. Click Here for complete details.
2. Sponsored Cake & Dinner to residents of Desire Society, Visakhapatnam on 27-Jun-2017. Click Here for complete details.
Books Or Bricks
1. Sponsored 2nd Year Engineering Fee of ₹ 25,000/- for Sai Krishna, Kaushik College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam.
2. Sponsored 2nd Year College Fee of ₹ 46,000/- for Anusha, AM Jain College, Chennai.
3. Sponsored 2nd Year College Fee of ₹ 46,000/- for Kirthiga, AM Jain College, Chennai.
4. Sponsored 1st Year Diploma fee of ₹ 47,600/- for Dhilip, TS Srinivasan Center for Polytechnic, Chennai.
5. Sponsored Lunch of ₹ 9,180/- for Visually Challenged Students of Karna Vidya Foundation, Chennai undergoing CCC Training.
6. Sponsored 9th class School fee of ₹ 9,020/- for Trinadh, St. Johns Parish School, Visakhapatnam.
7. Sponsored 7th class School fee of ₹ 7,200/- for Raghuvel, Bhaskar Vidya Niketan, Visakhapatnam.
8. Sponsored 9th class School fee of ₹ 12,000/- for Paramesh, Bhaskar Vidya Niketan, Visakhapatnam.
9. Sponsored 8th class School fee of ₹ 10,000/- for Surendra, Bhaskar Vidya Niketan, Visakhapatnam.
10. Sponsored 9th Class School fee (Monthly) + Special fee of ₹ 1,760/- for Joel Joy, St. John's Parish School, Visakhapatnam.
11. Sponsored 8th Class School Fee (Monthly) + Special Fee of ₹ 1,640/- for M. Joshua Joy, St. John's Parish School, Visakhapatnam.
12. Sponsored Notebooks of worth ₹ 5,984/- to students of MPP & PPM School, Vizianagaram. Click Here for distribution photos of MPP School.
13. Sponsored 9th Class School Fee (Monthly) + Promotion Fee of ₹ 1,900/- for Deekshita, Marvel School, Visakhapatnam.
In total, we sponsored Education requests of ₹ 5,15,928/- in the month of June 2017 which includes 2 pairs of uniform sponsorship & scholarships to top 5 performers of SMSS School, Kovvur (details are mentioned in Sai Vidyalaya section below). Click here for receipts received or cheques issued details.
Plus 1 Challenge
"Vasudhaika Kutumbakam" is a Sanskrit phrase found in Hindu texts such as the Maha Upanishad, which means "The world is one Family". We believe in the concept of "Vasudhaika Kutumbam" and started Plus 1 Challenge from April 2016 and received an amount of ₹ 23,784/- in 2016.
As part of this challenge, we received a total contribution of ₹ 1,865/- for the month of June 2017, which will be utilized towards Initiatives of Sai Anugraha. Click Here to know more about this Challenge & encourage your family/friends/colleagues to take the same.
Sai Vidyalaya
Under this initiative, we take classes to school & college students who are poor in academics. Our primary focus through this initiative is to teach children in academics, we also encourage students to get confidence, create awareness on social causes and Go Green initiatives.
We have identified S.M.S.Sanskrit High School school and organizing online classes to 9th class & 10th class students. This school was established in 1952 under the management of Andhra Geervana Vidyapeetham, Kovvur which is permanently recognized by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Click Here to watch a video on how we are taking classes.
Excited to share, we have adopted the school and going to start Livable Planet earth initiative and extend our helping hand in best possible way for the development of the school.
As part of this and to encourage the students of the school, we introduced Scholarships to top 5 students of X class Public examination.
Below are top 5 students of March 2017 X class public examinations and the amount we sponsored toward their further studies.
1. Sponsored Inter 1st Year fee of INR 7,500/- for Devi Deepika, Sri Chaitanya Junior College, Kovvur.
2. Sponsored Diploma 1st Year Fee of INR 7,000/- for Mani, Polytechnic College, GIET, Rajahmundry.
3. Sponsored Inter 1st Year fee of INR 1,000/- for Karuna, Govt. Junior College, Kovvur.
4. Sponsored 1st Year Integrated BAOL course fee of INR 1,000/- for Jaya Lakshmi, SVJV Sanskrit College, Kovvur.
5. Sponsored 1st Year Integrated BAOL course fee of INR 1,000/- for Madhavi, SKJV Sanskrit College, Kovvur.
We sponsored ₹ 2,92,644/- towards 2 pairs of Uniforms to 277 students of the school. Click Here for complete details of the distribution program on 24th June 2017.
Interest Earned
1. Earned an amount of ₹ 3,021/- in ICICI Bank.
2. Earned an amount of ₹ 1,560/- in HDFC Bank.
Misc. Expenses
1. Amount of ₹ 5.75/- deducted for Net Banking charges for amount transferred to Karna Vidya Foundation.
Tax Benefits - 80G Exemption
Donations to Sai Anugraha are Tax Exempted u/s 80G of Income Tax Act, 1961 and requesting your support and helping hand towards all initiatives of Sai Anugraha. If interested, please send your valuable contributions to below Sai Anugraha accounts. You can be a monthly donor too.
PLEASE DO NOT TRANSFER FUNDS USING XOOM/WESTERN UNION/REMITLY or ANY OTHER FUND TRANSFER AGENCIES. For any fund transfers from outside India, Please reach us if interested to donate amount towards our initiatives.
HDFC Bank
Account Name: SAI ANUGRAHA
Account Number: 20501450000033
Bank Name: HDFC Bank Ltd
Branch Name: Pallavaram, Chennai
IFSC Code: HDFC0002050
MICR Code : 600240079
ICICI Bank
Account Name: SAI ANUGRAHA
Account Number: 038501003046
Bank Name: ICICI Bank Ltd
Branch Name: Velachery, Chennai
IFSC Code: ICIC0000385
MICR Code : 600229027
Special thanks to each and everyone for taking part in all the spiritual and social service activities initiated by Sai Anugraha and for extending your helping hand in reaching the needy. Requesting everyone to spread the word about Sai Anugraha and our initiatives and make more people join hands with us.
Samastha Loka Sukhino Bhavanthu
Thanks & Regards,
Sai Anugraha
A Family of Helping Hands & Praying Lips
