VIDIAL SUCCESS DIALS

Just a few interesting stats to savour. We have compiled some figures based on our complete success history till now. We thought we could probably call them something fancy like 'Vidial Success Dials' ....

PROOF OF THE PUDDING - LATEST SUCCESS STORIES

'The proof of the pudding is in its eating' they always say. After all the effort that goes into picking up a beneficiary, arranging resources for him/her, mentoring and keeping touch, nothing gives us more satisfaction than the sight of the person out with flying colours and becoming independent. In this post we are proud to bring out some of our latest success stories. This year's successes represent beneficiaries from a wide range of careers, courses and geographic locations.

1) Suresh, who is doing his Bachelors in Veterinary Science, has entered his House Surgeonsy period. He is yet to decide on whether to take up private practice or to study further.
But we are very proud of his achievements and are happy for the fact that he can now take care of his 2 brothers and his widowed mother. His father would have been proud of him today.

2) Anandhraj from Mayiladuthurai is just a few weeks away from realising his ambition of becoming a mechanic and supporting his family. We supported him for his ITI training and his hard work has got him a job in a reputed tractor company with a good income.He can now take care of his ill father and his struggling family.

3) Balaji, Loganathan and Ramesh all doing their Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Erode have really repaid the faith we put on them in a big way. Balaji has been placed with Spicers India, but is looking at more lucrative offers in the Gulf on the long run. Loganathan has been placed in Sakthi foundations and Ramesh has got an offer from Sanmar.

4) Anand from Bangalore is another beneficiary we are very proud of. His is a very unconventional story for us. He is a Mridangam Vidwan and we supported him in his efforts to obtain a Diploma Degree in Special Education(visually impaired). His story is a first of many sorts for us.
a) First non-tamil success story(he is from Bangalore and speaks only Kannada)
b) First success story of a physically challenged beneficiary
C) and he is First success story of an individual with such a unique career choice.
We hope that going forward Vidial continues to break such firsts and functions as a pan-lingual, pan-geographic, pan-vocational and comprehensive career solutions NGO.

5) Last but in quite a few ways one of the best is the story of Shyam Sundar who has hit a double whammy with a State 5th rank in Diploma and a placement with HCL in Salem.

We are also looking forward eagerly to the progress of beneficiaries like Jayalakshmi (DTP course), Govindarajan(Catering course) and a few others for whom we have already finished providing the support required.

Bangalore Beneficiary meet, May 11th

On 11th May 2008, Bangalore beneficiary meet was organized at Lalbagh gardens. The meet, a day long event, was attended by 8 beneficiaries (Includes old + new beneficiaries + their sisters & brothers), 5 Vidial members and five more people who are associated with Vidial.
The fun began at 11 in the morning with an interaction game, in order to make things more interesting and enjoyable the entire lot was split into 4 teams, each team was led by a kid and also having a name. The teams formed were,

• Power Rangers team headed by Rajitha.


• Super Kings Team headed by Arun.


• Lotus team headed by Madhan.


• Chuchan Rangers team headed by Boopathy

Each team had a brief discussion and the team leaders came forward and introduced others.

After the intro the a game was held using a cycle tube. Each team has to form a chain and pass the cycle tube through the bodies of all the team members without the tube coming out of the chain. The kids found it amusing to pass the tubes through them, after the game everybody had a refreshing course of fruit salad which was prepared freshly by the parents.

It was time for the fun filled version of volley ball, instead of the normal ball balloon filled with water was used. The ball has to be caught and hit back using a bed sheet held together by four members. Super Kings may not be have won the final in IPL, but they won it here after a engrossing encounter.

Now it was time for drawing, that too on glass. Deepa drew a beautiful flower on glass and taught them how to do a glass painting. The kids were then given materials and they started painting whatever they knew and came up with beautiful paintings. Everybody had lunch after the painting was over.


After lunch, in order to improve the thinking and creativity of the kids, the kids and few of our members were split up into two groups and asked to enact a small drama. Right from the choice of the script to casting of characters, everything was left to them. At the end one group told people should not be greedy by enacting the story of the The Woodcutter and the Axe whereas the other team enacted a play which emphasized people should not steal.

By the time it was already four and hence we decided to wrap up things. The kids along with the paintings they had drawn were given some charts related to computer, sports, etc. We were happy when some of the kids asked why can't we meet tomorrow. Certainly these meets will be held hereafter at least twice a year.

Our member Kathish says, “I enjoyed my time with the kids, sharing their views and discussing with them. Thought after that I should not have missed other beneficiary meets as well. Past has gone, will try to attend all other beneficiary meets at various locations.”

Sudha felt that “There should have been a discussion amongst us before a programs like this. Because I felt few were concerned about the winning of their team and make the kids feel happy. Instead the main motive is to make the beneficiaries think and apply their idea to win or lose.” This is a valid point which will be given more importance in future.

We would like to thank the parents, the kids and our friends Kavinmozhi, Manohar, Suganya and Venkatraman who came for the meet.