Success stories 2009-2010

SUCCESS STORIES

As Vidial has grown over the years, our definition of the term ‘success’ has considerably broadened in scope and we are extremely happy to have achieved measurable societal impact in our own little way. We are proud to present below some snapshots of our success stories over the academic year 2009-2010.

Scholarships:

Rajesh, from Chennai, who completed his Diploma this year, has got a job in Ashok Leyland. We have been supporting Rajesh for the past 2 years. One of our Vidial member’s friend Ms. Joy introduced Rajesh to us. He plans to save some of his earnings and use it for his future Studies.

Suresh, from Rajapalayam, who completed his Bachelors in Veterinary Science last year, had a double whammy this year. He got placed in Arokaya Dairy farms, Thuraiyur, Trichy district and then later in the year cracked the TNPSC Veterinary Sciences exam to obtain a state government posting. He has made us more proud by getting involved in ‘Helping Hands’ a grassroots social initiative in his school.

Nagalaxmi and Karthiga, our Chennai beneficiaries studying in Dr.M.G.R.Janaki Ammal College got selected in campus interview for CTS, in the Life science domain with a Project Executive designation.

Jayalakshmi, from Coimbatore, a very hard working and enthusiastic girl with a never-say-die attitude was bought to our attention by a friend of one of our members. Though she was not able to continue her education after 12th due to financial constraints, she was determined to move on. When we came to know about her, she was working in a factory and was eager to learn tools such as DTP and Tally to take up a reasonable clerical post. Vidial helped her to finish her DTP course. After that she wished to learn Tally, which we encouraged her to finance with her own resources and she successfully did. Now she is working in a clerical position in an automobile firm in Coimbatore.

Suganthapriya, from Coimbatore, had just joined B.Com when we came to know about her. Suganthapriya’s mother, the sole bread winner of the family, was doing odd jobs here and there to run the family afloat. We thought that it was appropriate that we support her. Members from our college chapter used to have constant touch with her and we supported her till she completed her Under Graduation this year. She has now got a job in a computer firm in Coimbatore.

Lakshmi from Nagercoil, was a very unique case of scholarship. Considering her father’s bedridden condition and family’s lack of income, her college had substantially reduced her fees for her B.E Computer Science course. But her family was unable to fund even this amount and given the subsidized arrangement, she could not get a bank loan. Vidial took up her case and now we are proud to know that she has got placed with a software firm for a salary of 10-12K per month.

Vivek, who completed his B.Com at Kumbakonam this year has got a job in Areva, Chennai. He is also trying to complete ICWA to enhance his career choices.

Rahul our beneficiary from Trichy, to whom we had provided partial financial assistance, got career placement in TCS on Feb 5th.

Miss.Nagalakshmi from Chennai got placed in DELL Perot systems. She is confident and determined enough to break the obstacles in her way to success.


Vidial Beneficiaries


Beneficiary Meets – We continued our regular and essential beneficiary meets in most our zones, especially Bangalore and Chennai. We tried our best to conduct lots of interactive games and exercises to provide more exposure to our beneficiaries and extend our relationship much beyond simple financing measures. Some of these included memory games, Pictionary, food chart games etc to provide a more holistic learning experience. We also arranged for sessions with external speakers such as Mr.Elango, a pioneering grassroots reformer from Kuthambakkam near Chennai.

ARAVANAIKUM ANBU ILLAM – As expressed earlier, we have had some practical issues in continuing with our daily activities in the Aravanaikkum Anbu Illam.. However we would definitely try our best to keep alive our ties and bonds with the Ilam and one such initiative is the periodic programs in Illam kids. What was most special about this was the below events were organized and conducted for a great extent by the Illam students themselves,guided by vidial members and headed by Satheish one of our initial beneficiaries


PARTNERSHIPS:

A very positive step in the partnerships space was our arrangement with the holistic grassroots movement Village Youth Social Welfare Organization (VYSWO) based out of Somanahalli, Dharmapuri district. They are involved in a wide range of initiatives in the region and we have pledged our support to their educational initiatives. To start with, we agreed to support 10 of their students for a sum of Rs.21000. These are students spread across various age groups in school with strong motivations to excel. We view our current initiatives with VYSWO only as a starting step and hope to take it to much higher levels over the coming years.

Congrats Suresh & Vivek

Something to cheer about.

Suresh, whom we were helping till 2007 and was working in Arokiya Diary farms at Thuraiyur, has cleared TNPSC interview and has got the job of Junior Assistant Veterinary Surgeon. It seems he will be given the posting and training about a month from now. Suresh has started an initiative called 'Helping Hands', along with his friends from Rajaplayam, through which he is determined to do some good things, financially and mentoring, in the school he has studied.

Vivek, who completed his B.Com at Kumbakonam this yeas has got a job in Areva, Chennai. He is also trying to complete ICWA which would enhance his career choices.

Vidial team congratulates Suresh & Vivek and wishes them success in their future endeavors.

We also would like to thank all hearts who contributed to Vidial and played a role in lives of Suresh and Vivek.

Happy to share this Joyous moment

Happiness is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
- Helen Keller

We believe you are reading this because both of us believe in these words uttered by Helen Keller.

At Vidial, we are trying our best to move in a direction which is worthy of its purpose. A direction, we hope which might bring dawn to at least few people, if not many.

We are extremely, happy, elated and proud to say that four of the persons whom Vidial has supported got jobs.

Rajesh, from Chennai, who completed his Diploma this year, has got a job in Ashok Leyland. We have been supporting Rajesh for the past 2 years. One of our Vidial member’s friend Ms. Joy introduced Rajesh to us. He plans save some of his earnings and use it for his future Studies.

Suresh, from Rajapalayam, who completed his Bachelors in Veterinary Science last year, was preparing for Civil Services and TNPSC exams. He gave his best and is waiting for the results. He considered it wise to use this waiting period purposefully and has joined Arokaya Dairy farms, Thuraiyur, Trichy district. Though he is working, he is continuing to prepare for his civil service exams and is determined to crack it. Jeeva, Suresh’s college senior, bought to our notice that Suresh required help in late 2006. Being the eldest son of the family, it was extremely important for Suresh to complete his education and to take care of his mother and two younger brothers. We decided it is extremely vital to support him and started our association with him in 2006 and supported him till he completed his college.

Jayalakshmi, from Coimbatore, a very hard working and enthusiastic girl with a never-say-die attitude was bought to our attention by a friend of one of our members. She is one of those persons who plans and thinks about the future despite the hardships currently faced in life. Though she was not able to continue her education after 12th due to financial constraints, she was determined to move on. At the point of time when we came to know about her, she was working in a factory and was eager to learn tools such as DTP and Tally to take up a reasonable clerical post. Vidial helped her to finish her DTP course. She started this course with right earnest and completed in quick time. After that she wished to learn Tally, which she thought will give her an edge to secure a clerical post. Since she was already working, we encouraged her to manage it with her own savings and her known sources, which she successfully did. Now she is working in a clerical position in an automobile firm in Coimbatore.

Suganthapriya, from Coimbatore, had just joined B.Com when we came to know about her. Suganthapriya’s mother, the sole bread winner of the family, was doing odd jobs here and there to run the family afloat. We thought that it was appropriate that we support her. Members from our college chapter used to have constant touch with her and we supported her till she completed her Under Graduation this year. She has now got a job in a computer firm in Coimbatore.

It would not be fair on our part to say that we mentored these people and were with them all the way long during their journey, but we are proud to be associated and contributing a little for these persons, who have worked the hard way around to start a journey that will bring stability and prosperity to them and their family.

We congratulate them for their persistent hard work and wish them success in their life.

We also thank everyone who have Vidial in all possible ways, be it physically, emotionally or financially. Though you may not have been involved directly with these aspirants, certainly your contribution is one of the reasons for beautiful and joyous moment.

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.