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Newsletter January 2020

100,000th Ekal Vidyalaya: Celebrations at Houston

Houston chapter volunteers celebrated 100,000th Ekal Vidyalaya on the inaugural day, 8th December.

Ekal team of Nepal with Indian Ambassador Shri Manjeev shing Puri

Ekal on Wheels at Mirzapur

Ekal on Wheels was flagged off at Mirzapur by two key donors from USA in presence of key functionaries of EGF. The bus is sponsored by Las Vegas Chapter USA.

Ekal Bhavan at Jaipur

Newly constructed Ekal Bhavan in Chordiya city, Jaipur was inaugurated on 28th December 2019. Puja was performed on 12th December in the presence of Shri Shyam ji Gupt and distinguished members of Jaipur FTS chapter.

Ekal Milan by FTS Bangalore

1st November, 2019 was a day of fun, frolic and networking for the Ekal Pariwar, Bangalore. Ekal is usually a serious business which involves different aspects like fund raising, monitoring of Ekal Vidyalayas, maintaining proper reports etc. It is necessary to unwind once in a while and socially and culturally meet up with people, so that the team gets recharged for accomplishing the mission and goals.
With this purpose, FTS Bangalore Chapter organized the 'EKAL MILAN’ program which was a high quality musical evening followed by sumptuous dinner.
The performing artists for the evening were Shree Vikram Dixit and Ms Rumana, who are well known singers. The event was attended amongst others by Shri Arun Bajaj, National Vice President, Friends of Tribals Society, office bearers of the Bangalore Chapter and invitees comprising of chapter members, donors, well-wishers and their families.

Ekal Run 2020 at Bangalore on 12th January, 2020

Ekal Run 2020 is being organized by Ekal Yuva and Friends of Tribals Society (FTS), Bangalore Chapter on 12th January 2020 (Sunday), Time: 5:30 am @ KSLTA, Cubbon Park, Bangalore.
Registration now open - https://www.townscript.com/e/ekal-run-2020-332320 . Call, Shri Vikram Agarwal- 9945689369, Shri Pritesh Burad- 7760379804, Ms Sharddha-7899075822, for associating with Ekal Run.

Categories: Timed Run – 10K and 5K (participation contribution INR 499)
Non-timed Fun Run – 5K and 2.5K (participation contribution INR 199)

The sponsors will be mentioned as Run Partner of Ekal Run 2020 in the media materials and announcements.

Your participation and proceeds raised from the run will contribute towards the education of tribal and rural children under the Ekal Abhiyan Movement.

This would be a great team bonding exercise and help for the noble cause.

Vanyatra by FTS Bhopal members

Members of FTS, Bhopal went on a vanyatra on 8th December, 2019 to Badoda and Bankhedi villages of Bareli Anchal.

ESC and 'Ekal Future' with Ekal children

Ekal Future and Ekal Student Council (ESC), colleagues celebrated their day with brothers and sisters of Ekal distributing sweaters, chocolates, sweets, sketch pens food etc and played lot of games.

Vanyatra by Charted Accountants

-    Shri Ravi Agrawal

1st Van Yatra of Ekal Yuva Ranchi Circle on 10th of November, 2019 was a grand success. It was so loud that we received many enquiries from the youth of Ranchi to know more about Ekal Abhiyan. After the request from a group of CA (Charted Accountant) aspirants 2nd Van Yatra was quickly planned for 1st December, 2019 and arranged by CA Shri Gaurav Agarwal and organized by Shri Ravi Agarwal and Shri Anuj Sarawgi. We went to a village called Geswe under Ramgarh Anchal in Ranchi. It was an exciting experience and all of us are looking forward to our next visit.

Shri Pravesh from Durban visits Ekal village

Shri Pravesh Gangaram Hurdeen from Durban, South Africa is sponsoring a Ekal Vidyalaya for the last 8 years. On 16th December, he visited his village along with his family. They all had a very memorable day with children and villagers.