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On October 2, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi was celebrated.

On October 4th, all the students came dressed in traditional clothes. Saraswati Puja and Arti were performed. This was followed by a Garba - Dandiya dance performance by the staff and students of all the 3 Centers. Everyone enjoyed the program.

On 8 & 9th of October, 2 special educators Suvarna and Prerna attended a Paediatric conference on Developmental disabilities at Pune. The Topic of the 2-day conference was- A Multidisciplinary Approach to Developmental Disorders.

The first term evaluation of the students was done in the second week of October by the teachers to understand the level of achievement of goal that were set for them in June this year

With the arrival of the Diwali festival season, the students soon became involved in painting of earthen lamps, making paper lanterns, tea- lights among other things.

A Diwali lunch party was organised for the students on 20th October. They were entertained by a Magician. The students and their teachers danced and sang happily and enjoyed the delicious lunch spread.

On 29th, the Vocational students, along with their parents and teachers attended a fun filled activity session organized by UDAAN foundation. It was a very entertaining and value-added session and everyone enjoyed the experience.

Greetings from all of us at the Erode Center!

Our center caters to children and adolescents through our school program and Remedial Model. Our efforts always have been to involve all of them in the activities and celebrations with the goal of educating them and giving them an opportunity to enjoy. The month of October we planned for two celebrations-Diwali and Navratri. Students were involved in activities like colouring, crafts, arranging dolls, singing, enacting and dancing. We have students of varied abilities and it was a wonderful experience to witness the sharing and caring attitude of these young hearts . We also distributed sweets and burst crackers.

On October 1&2, A&S Events conducted a Diwali Exhibition at Lingshetti Mangal Karyalay in Solapur. Sixty-five stall holders from different states participated. Mrs. Amruta Kadadi gave us a stall to sell the beautiful things made by our children. For this exhibition, children made and sold many beautiful diyas, Akashkandils, rangolis, gift boxes and other decorative items. The hard work put in by our teachers and children won us a trophy for our participation and contribution.

GDBPCON 2022, (National Conference of Growth, Development and Behavioral Pediatrics) was held on October 8 and 9 in Pune. Dr Radhika Manchanda, Mrs. Sunita Vaidya, Mrs. Dipali Karkase, and Mrs. Deepmala Suryavanshi attended on behalf of V-Excel Solapur. The conference covered several pertinent issues such as NICU care, nutrition, sleep hygiene, challenging behaviors, anxiety and depression, hyperactivity, autism and challenges of adolescent parenting. Our participation enabled us to gain knowledge and get answers for questions which are asked of us regularly.

On 10th October Prof. Anand Jagadeesan and Shri Sivaprakash Balasubramanian visited the Solapur center. They met children, observed classrooms and discussed work patterns with teachers.

They also met parents and took feedback about our services and work and things required for center development.

On 15th of October, the V-Excel team was invited by the trustees of Siddheshwar Devasthan to spread awareness about disabilities, in pre-primary and primary sections in mainstream schools for their teachers. 65 teachers and principals from different branches of Siddheshwar School participated in this awareness program. Mrs. Sunita Vaidya and Dr Radhika Manchanda addressed the teachers about Autism, ADHD and LD. They mainly focused on symptoms, screening, red flags and how teachers could help children in their schools. An educative and interactive session followed.

On October 21, we celebrated Diwali at the center. Children decorated the premises and made the environment festive. We invited Dr. Jagdish Patil, founder of Sakav Foundation and Mr. Rahul Birajdar as Chief Guests. He inaugurated a stall specially made for selling our arts and crafts. Mr. Suraj Jamadar from Spice and Ice Event Management company entertained the children with songs. Mr. Shirish Vaidya distributed gifts and sweets to all staff members and our therapist Dr. Radhika distributed gifts to all the kids. The celebration ended with delicious snacks and sweets.

Kolu started at Srirangam V-Excel Educational Trust on 25th September 2022. Dolls were arranged according to the tradition and religious faith and they sang hymns and recited slogas in praise of Goddess Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswathi. We made 3 steps to arrange the dolls.

On the 1st Step the centre placed Lord Krishna's photo, Lakshmi and Saraswathi on both sides, before the Krishna's Photo, Lord Gajalakshmi doll placed. Vinayagar, Krishna, Varahiswarar were placed.

On the 2nd step, Vishnu Avataram dolls, Lord Panduranga along with Raghumayee, Vinayagar, Lakshmi, Saraswathi, Lord Rama and Seetha, Elephant dolls were placed.

On the 3rd step, we placed Saraswathi, Laksmi, Mariyamman, Shivan, Sai baba, Ragavendrar, and Lord Krishna.

We placed other themes like Kids' toy's, Mud Pot, Chettiyaar Stall, Fruits and vegetable, Playing Carrom board, Park and transport theme.

Below the three steps we placed Kumbam. Did Pooja for the Kolu dolls thrice a day. Every day we offered one variety of Neivethyam (Sundal, Pasipayaru, etc).

Staff and Parents also participated in the Kolu, offered a gift to the children and gave thamboolam to staff and parents.

Daily staff or Parents did bhajans in the afternoon during Pooja time.

Last day we called our dearest Bhagavathar Mr. Venkatesan and sang bhajans along with the trainees, did the Pooja and distributed prasadhams to all.

Dyslexia Awareness Rally

October being Dyslexia awareness month, we at Out Reach Remedial Center, Pollachi(In association with V-Excel Educational Trust, Chennai) conducted a Dyslexia awareness rally on 19 October, 2022, with 60 students (50 students from school adoption program + 10 students from Outreach Remedial Center).

Students were given placards about Dyslexia awareness and they raised slogans about Dyslexia and its strengths.

Mrs. Shymala Navaneetha Krishnan, Municipal Chairman, Pollachi flagged off the rally. Ms. Selvi. Headmistress, VSRA Middle school, Mr. Bala Murugan, Trustee and Dr. Manju, Trustee, Staffs of our school adoption program and Remedial center were present.

Mr. Arun, Proprietor, Vaidhyanath Associates and Mr. Ramesh Prabhu, Managing Director, Spark Chem sponsored caps and refreshments for students. Mr. Christopher, band master and team played the drums, to cheer our students and grab the attention of the public.

Government school students, were picked up in a bus from school and they assembled in the Municipal office. From there they were taken to a rally for 200 metre and after refreshment, they were dropped back in school.

This Dyslexia awareness rally was a shout out to the common public from our government school adoption program students that Dyslexia is not a disease, it's a skill set and ability and we are capable of learning and doing things differently.

Greetings from Anandam Learning Center!

Thematic classroom decorations were prepared on account of inauguration of the new building of Ananda Karuna Vidyalayam.

The grand inauguration of our school was done by our Honorable Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitaraman during which our children chanted Veda and sang the school prayer songs.

For the Diwali celebration, we had two donors. One, a member of the Microsoft company who was interested to know about us connected through a virtual meeting to see our children's performances that included a dance on National song, Patriotic songs, Speech, Students experience after they joined our school. Parents sharing about the school. The teachers also explained about the curriculum being followed and regular activities for the children scheduled for a day at school.

On the evening of Diwali, our donors visited the center and distributed new dress and sweets for the students. A small program was organized that was well appreciated by all. We also involved our children in activities like coloring and drawing on the theme of Diwali. We could clearly understand the hidden talents of our students that was also visible in the art exhibition conducted at the Museum of Possibilities, Chennai.

Six of our children took part in TATTVA-2020 art exhibition with the support of V-Excel at Museum of Possibilities. This program was to focus and showcase the artistic talents of our special need students. The paintings and drawings of the students were exhibited. Our students won medal and certificates along with gift vouchers and they also took part in all the activities conducted there.

Wishes from the whole Anandam team and shall update with more interesting events in our November strides.

This month began with auspicious Vijayadasami Puja celebration, stall at Pehnava ITC WelcomeGroup Hotel, Diwali celebration along with our usual vegetable packing project and executing orders.

Vijayadashami Puja On 5th October 2022

Vijayadasami puja was performed at VTU. Teachers came early and prepared payasam and sundal. Trainees joined and helped them. Vadhyar came and performed the puja at all the places including trust room, block printing and the Sreyes outlet. Everyone was given thambulam bags stitched by the trainees and teachers.

V-Excel Stall At Pehanava ITC Welcomegroup Hotel On 8th October 2022

VTU had a stall along with other units at Welcome Group ITC Hotel by Pehnava. Mani, Charu and trainee Ashwin manned the stall for the 2nd half of the day. It was well received and the Chief Guest was happy to promote our product in her You tube channel as live.

Charu, Usha, Bhagawathy along with 5 trainees went to golu at YES. The Golu was very beautiful with a theme.

An order was received for block printing on plain bedspread by Sakthi Ladies Wing of Hindustan Petroleum Company Limited, Chennai. Trainees were happy to print with the help of the teachers and more of them were involved in this process.

As part of the curriculum trainee, Supraja was sent to buy groceries and vegetables for VTU and was taught to use debit card as a shopping experience. Trainer Bhagawathy followed her but she was 5 feet behind and watched her. An orientation was given to her before the actual training. List of items were asked to prepare by her and the ATM pin was given to her and also taught her how to maintain confidentiality.

Tarang At BVB, Mylapore On 20th October 2022

VTU trainees, teachers and staff attended Tarang, performed by Ms. Savita Sreeram on Vocals. She sang bhajans and abhangs and all trainees enjoyed as most of it were known to them.

Diwali Celebrations with Friends on 22nd October 2022

VTU had Diwali celebration at the center along with volunteers from TQI and friends. Trainees lit the candles and prayed for the well-being of the society. They started bursting crackers, flower pots, etc. Those who had fear also started volunteering to burst the crackers. It was fun filled celebrations.

V-Excel Art Exhibition on 29th October 2022

An art exhibition was organized by our PR team. All units made their students and trainees express their talent through art. Expert team selected few for sale and others for display. It was conducted at the Museum for Possibilities and the Chief Guest was Mr. Seetharaman of Managing Director of Super Auto Forge. He gave certificate and medal for the trainees whose artwork was displayed for sale. From VTU, Lokesh, Chandra, Naryanan and Supraja's paintings were selected and were displayed. Five of their paintings were bought by few visitors. It was a grand event and was covered in most of the leading channels and daily.

Apart from the above events, our usual therapy, counselling, and functional academics, vegetable packing project were on regular basis weekly.

Trainees were busy with their usual vocational activities of executing order of lunch bags, pen stand and other bead work on surukku bags