Thursday, November 30, 2017

November Newsletter

Dear Family members, 

Greetings from Sai Anugraha, A Family of Helping Hands & Praying Lips. 

“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world." - Howard Zinn

People with great passion will make the impossible possible and Sai Anugraha is blessed with passionate family members. We would like to THANK YOU SO MUCH for tremendous support & overwhelming response towards all initiatives by volunteering, valuable contributions, spreading the word with your friends/family/colleagues about Sai Anugraha. 

It's time now to read how we as a family made a difference to the society thru our spiritual and social service activities.
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Activities of Sai Anugraha Spiritual Trust 

Sai Anugraha family members, as part of spiritual activities pray for "Samastha Loka Sukhino Bhavanthu" i.e. Welfare of the World. In the welfare of the world lies our welfare. As part of this, 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 November-2017. 

1. Shri Sai Satcharitra, Shri Sai Leelamrutam & Shri Guru Charitra daily parayan. 
2. Sai Bhajan conducted at Sai Nethra, Home for the Visually challenged, Hyderabad on 18th Nov 2017. 
3. Sai Bhajan conducted at MRK Kishore & Sridevi's residence, Manchester, CT marking 92nd birthday celebrations of Shri Sathya Saibaba on 25th Nov 2017. Click here for more details. 
4. Sai Bhajan conducted at Sreedhar & Madhuri's residence at Hyderabad on 28th Nov 2017. Click here for more details. 
5. Organized Shirdi Yatra 2017 where family members from Chennai, Hyderabad, Vizag & Vijayawada participated. Click here for the video.

Please join us in all spiritual activities thru SKYPE. 

Skype Id: saianugrahafamily 

Please like Sai Anugraha spiritual trust Facebook page Sai Anugraha Spiritual Trust

Upcoming Spiritual Activities

1. Ekadasa Rudrabhishekam on 31st Dec 2017

Praying for Samastha Loka Sukhino Bhavanthu i.e. Welfare of the World (In the welfare of the world lies our welfare.& on the occasion of 10th Anniversary of Sai Anugraha, Sai Anugraha Spiritual Trust is organising "Ekadasa Rudrabhishekam" on 31st Dec 2017 at Samathanagar, Visakhapatnam. Please note amount collected towards Sai Anugraha social service activities will not be spent towards Spiritual Services. All the expenses towards this event will be made from funds received towards Spiritual activities. 


2. 41 Saptaah Sai Satcharitra Parayan 4th Jan 2018 to 17th Oct 2018

Celebrating 100 years of Shri Saibaba Maha Samadhi, we are organizing 41 weeks of Shri Sai Satcharitra parayan starting from 4th Jan 2018. 41st week of Parayan ends on 17th Oct 2018. We request all spiritual aspirants to be part of this and participate minimum 1 week of Parayan.


Please click below link for more details & registration. 

https://creator.zohopublic.com/saianugraha/spiritualservices/form-perma/Saptah_Parayan/zgP8tydWmKkamewO8Jzbd1juSm6jhMFut4zREpw8yPPvtCeGeFkWnCRHNu16sKhe7AknDttx34X1WO0Wf7POQj7PQUMZkCgUEgnF
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Activities of Sai Anugraha (Social Service Activities) 

We received an amount of ₹1,10,822/- which includes ₹1,09,402/- as donations, ₹1,450/- under Plus 1 Challenge and spent an amount of ₹1,92,386/- towards various initiatives of Sai Anugraha in the month of November 2017. 

Please read our monthly activities at Activities & Donor details at Donations

Books Or Bricks 

1. Sponsored 9th Class Monthly School Fee of ₹1,200/- for Deekshita, Marvel School, Visakhapatnam. 
2. Sponsored 8th Class Monthly School Fee of ₹640/- for Joshua, St. John's Parish School, Visakhapatnam.
3. Sponsored 9th Class Monthly School fee of ₹660/- for Joel Joy, St. John's Parish School, Visakhapatnam. 
4. Sponsored School Stationery of worth 9,279/- on Children's Day at MPEP School & Anganwadi Center, Simmapeta. Click Here & Here for more details.


5. Sponsored balance 50% School fee of 8,000/- for Sai Bhargavi, New Kennedy High School, Managalagiri.
6. Sponsored 1st Year - 2nd Semester Diploma fee of 36,600/- for Dhilip, Chennai.

In total, we sponsored Education requests of ₹56,379/- in the month of November 2017.

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 and celebrate their special days by cutting the cake. We successfully completed 7 years of Baba Prasadalay initiative with your support & encouragement. We are going to organize this initiative in 100 Oldage homes & Orphanages in India in the month of October-2018 marking 100 years of Shri Saibaba Maha samadhi. 

1. Sponsored Lunch & Cake at Swarnadhra Old age home & Orphanage, Rajahmundry on 5th Nov 2017. Click Here for more details. 


2. Sponsored Mid-day meals to 3 persons Meerambi, aged 75+ who is hearing impaired, Chinna Kasim, aged 40 who is visually challeged person & Eswarayya, aged 80+ at KanchiPalli village in Giddalur Mandal of Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh. Read more details about this by clicking here

3. Sponsored dinner at Saibaba Gurukulam, Chennai on 17th Nov 2017. This visit is sponsored by Kumari marking her parent's 40th marriage anniversary. Click Here for more details.


4. Sponsored Dinner & Cake for Kids at Therissa Spurthi Charitable Trust, Vizag on 26th Nov 2017. This visit is sponsored by Chaithanya marking her husband Dhanunjaya Reddy's birthday. Click Here for more details. 


5. Sponsored Bun & Jam to 25 Homeless people, Chennai on 26th Nov 2017. Click Here for more details.


6. Sponsored Cake & Lunch for Kids at Maruthi Orphanage, Hyderabad on 26th Nov 2017. This visit is sponsored by Jithendra marking his Son Shanshank's birthday. Click Here for more details.


7. Sponsored Lunch, Chocolates & Biscuits, Cake to residents of Dr. S Agnihotri Mukh Badhir Niwasi SHala, Nagpur on 26th Nov 2017. Click Here for more details.


In total, we spent an amount of ₹21,510/- towards Baba Prasadalay initiative for the month of November. If anyone interested in sponsoring food marking your special days at any place as part of Baba Prasadalay initiative, please do contact us. 

Sai Aadhaar 

1. Sponsored 25 blankets of worth 3,697/- to Homeless people at Chennai on 26th Nov 2017. Click Here for more details.


2. Sponsored balance amount of ₹1,10,000/- towards construction of 6 Bathrooms & 10 Restrooms at Mogilicherla Village. We are planning to complete construction by 25th Dec 2017 and keep open for public usage from Jan 2018. 

In total, we spent an amount of ₹1,13,697/- towards Sai Aadhaar initiative for the month of November.

Livable Planet earth

We celebrated Children's day at MPEP School & Anganwadi Kendra at Simmapeta, Srikakulam Dt with Sapling plantation, Essay writing competitions, poems, songs & short story recitations on 14th Nov 2017. Click here for more 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 ₹16,936/- in 2017 and is being 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 adopt Educational institutions and 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 and develop the infrastructure of the institutions which paves way for the overall development of the institution as well as the students. 

We adopted S.M.S.Sanskrit High 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. We started 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. 

Upcoming Activities 

10th Sai Anugraha Day celebrations 

We are completing 10 years of Service and going to celebrate 10th Sai Anugraha Day on 1st Jan 2018. As every year, we are planning to celebrate the special day by sponsoring new clothes, cake cutting and lunch to all the residents of 8 Orphanages in Vizianagaram, Vizag, Kakinada, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore & Nagpur. 

Watch the video prepared for fund raising towards 10th Sai Anugraha Day by clicking https://www.facebook.com/saianugraha/videos/1674229825933319/ 

Watch the video where kids at Manaspoorthi Home, Kakinada doing shopping for Sai Anugraha day. https://youtu.be/3ha-7Mik0vw

Let's spread the word & bring Smiles. 

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. 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 every one 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. To know more about us, please email us at info@saianugraha.org

Samastha Loka Sukhino Bhavanthu 

Thanks & Regards, 
Sai Anugraha 
Family of Helping Hands & Praying Lips

Sai Anugraha Family