IDF team meet

IDF team met on 09-06-12 to redefine IDF's goodness mantra and arrived at focusing on issues like TB, Blindness control, Education and Women Empowerment. Project IDF Centre of Excellence at Bangalore to help underprivileged students was also the focus point of discussion

Visit to St.Anthony's Hr. Sec. School

IDF visited St.Anthony's Hr. Sec. School, Velachery, Chennai on 05-06-2012. Rev. Sr. Regi, Principal of the school congratulated IDF's national development programmes. IDF salutes the schoolteam for extending support to leprosy/ TB and education projects.

Visit to Akshayah Matriculation Higher Secondary School

Visit to Akshayah Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Tansi Nagar, Chennai on 05-06-2012. Ms. Rosabel David, Principal of the school appreciated the social intiatives of IDF. IDF thank Akshayah team for supporting various social programmes in humanitarian interest.

Great meeting Dr. V. Shanta, Chairperson of Adayar Cancer Institute, Chennai on 05-06-2012.

Dr.V. Shanta (85) is a prominent Cancer specialist and the Chairperson of Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai. Her career which spans over 50 years has been dedicated to organising care for cancer patients, and intensive research in the prevention and cure of the disease. Her work has been widely acknowledged with several awards including the Magsaysay Award, and Padma Shri

A meaningful visit to Thiruvalluvar Bal Gurukul at Royapuram, Chennai on the World Environment Day - 05-06-2012

On World Environment Day (05-06-2012), IDF team visited Thiruvalluvar Bal Gurukul at Royapuram, Chennai and talked on environment. TBG is run in collaboration with St. Anne's Primary School. Rev.Sr.Sneha, Principal of the School congratulated IDF team for organising Bal Gurukul programmes in different states in India. It was great feeling to be with the children and listen to their dreams and desires. IDF is committed to bring smiles on many lives.

IDF team visited RASA (Ramana Sunritya Aalaya), a centre for theatre arts and special needs

"Realization is nothing to be gained afresh; it is already there. All that is necessary is to get rid of the thought `I have not realized'."
- Ramana Maharshi

IDF team visited RASA (Ramana Sunritya Aalaya), a centre for theatre arts and special needs, at Abhiramapuram, Chennai on 04-06-2012 and congratulated the Founder-Director Dr. Ambika Kameshwar for the excellent work carried out for the empowerment of special children.

IDF team - Dr. Narayan Iyer, Mr.Sreeram S., Mrs.Kamakshi Siva and Sreelekha Narayan - visited the centre and offered to partner and network with RASA and spread the message of goodness.

Clean-Up Drive at Juhu Beach

Clean-up drive and environment awareness drives at Juhu, Mumbai. Thousands of volunteers participated to convey message to protect `Mother Earth'. We thank you for all your blessings and good wishes. Our special thanks to all the social ambassadors of IDF and social champions of Standard Chartered Bank for taking up this wonderful social initiative. Pictures and more details coming soon.

Green Walk at Marina Beach, Chennai

Indian Development Foundation and Standard Chartered Bank joined hand for a Green Walk at Marina Beach, Chennai on 02-06-2012. Around 300 volunteers walked from Light House to Labour Statue creating awareness on environment. IDF-SCB organised similar environment awareness programmes at 6 different locations in India (Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Gurgaon and Mumbai). The pan-India programme was organised as part of World Environment Day 2012.

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Going an extra mile to spread goodness

The budding music students of Neela Saraswathi Bal Gurukul went an extra mile to contribute for the cause of leprosy/TB and education projects of IDF. The students were honoured and appreciated by Mrs. Sharada Prakash (Director), Mr. T. S. Ranganathan (Director), Giri Trading Agency Pvt. Ltd., Musician Vijay Siva, Wg. Cdr. G.S Subramaniam IAF (Retd), Dr. Narayan Iyer and Mr. S. Sreeram. Mrs. Kamakshi Siva (IDF Social Ambassador) who runs the Bal Gurukul congratulated all her students for their excellent social participation. (02-06-2012)


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