This page lists some activities and projects taken up by Kyari. Keep visiting for new updates. Please send queries, suggestions, etc. via the Guest Book. Hindaun City Projects: S No Description Status Expenses (Rs.) Contributions Remarks    On going work         1  Plantation care-taker  Employed one person for 6-12 months at 4 hour per day basis. Started in May 2007. @Rs. 1500/month  This person will take care of all our plantation projects with regards to planting, watering, cleaning, fertilizer. Mr. Rampura and Mr Devendra will co-ordinate this. We will ask other organizations to help us in this regard.                                       2007 -----------         1  20 trees with guards in Mohan Ngr extension.  in progress. tree-guards done  Rs 8000  Mr Dinesh Rampura and Mr Devendra Sharma co-ordinated with Mr Bhgmal Choudhary. Expenses paid by Himanshu & Kalpana sharma.  Jan   2  20 trees with guards in Hindaun Hospital (Mohan Nagar).  in progress.   Rs 8000  Mr Dinesh Rampura, Mr Devendra Sharma, BVP, etc. co-ordinating with hospital administration. Expenses paid by Himanshu and Kalpana. May  3  Visits to schools by Kyari members  On going    Jitendra Aggrawal, Hemant Gupta, Akshaya Kumar visited Nirmal Happy School in May. Such periodic visit and Q&A sessions with students/teachers will create a bonding and help everyone.                                                     2006 -------------  Total Rs. 34000      5 School fees for 5-10 students started @ Rs.40-140 each For needy students with single or no parents and who do not have farm-land or direct support. 4 Revive school libraries   ~Rs.250 every month Mr Devendra Sharma will work with schools and find out 2 such schools to run this on pilot basis. We can use one set of monthly periodicals (magazines) between two schools. Kyari wants to work with schools and revive their libraries by providing books (comincs, biographies, magazines, Amar_Chitra_Katha, etc.) for students. Schools will be asked to provide reading time for students and encourage reading habits and awareness. 3  100 school uniforms to needy students (@ Rs80 each)  75 uniforms delivered. Rs. 8000  Mr Dinesh Rampura and Mr Devendra Sharma have coordinated with Mr. Bhagmal Choudhary (block education officer, Hindaun) and Mr. Kamlesh Sharma (librarian, Vijaypura) and other individuals for this. Schools covered are from Hindaun (bajaria), Vijaypura, Phulwara, Unche ka pura, Berkheda, Kyarda Khurd, etc.  Kyari plans to give school (primary/middle) uniforms to needy students to motivate them into studies and work with them and guide them.  Applications (endorsed by school principal) received from needy students with single or no parents and who do not have farm-land or direct support were given priority.  2 15 Tree plantation completed Jul  Rs. 7500 as below Some people constructed tree guards on their own and Kyari helped them. 1 37 Trees plantated in Hindaun (Shiv Colony and Vardhaman Nagar) @ Rs500 per tree. Completed. July 10th, 2006. Rs. 18500 Onsite mobilization, management by Mr Dinesh Rampura, Mr Devendra K Sharma. Expenses paid by Himanshu & Kalpana Sharma. Rs100 per tree to be collected from houses. Need to plant atleast 50 trees in 2006 in various colonies on pilot basis to generate awareness. Similar project for 2007.              2005  ----------------  Total Rs. 18000      1 Curriculum and competitive exam books for 10-11-12 grade students for Shri Abhay Vidya Mandir, Hindaun City Delivered in Nov 2005 Rs. 18000 Himanshu & Kalpana Sharma It was wonderfull intacting the bright students of Shri Abhay Vidya Mandir. I realized that my perspective on education, career choices can guide students and make them aware. Surauth Projects: S No Description Status Expenses (Rs.) Contributions Remarks   2006---------         3 Revive school libraries.       Kyari will provide books (magazines, biographies, comics, etc.) for student's entertainment and awareness. 2 Public library for students in progress   Mr Krishnamohan, Mr Rajkamal, Mr Jitendra and his father and other people of Surauth, Mr Himanshu are working on it.   1 Planted 50 trees at various places(hospital, Police Stn, Rly Stn and neighbourhood). July 21, 2006  Rs 1500  Mr Krishnamohan lead the whole effort with his father (Mr Kedar Gupta), Ramavatar Sharma ( Coumpounder and Pvt Clinic Suroth), Keshav (Medical Store at hospital), Medical officer at hospital, Badan Singh (Railway Station Master), Pooran Chowdhury (Suroth Police Inspector) and others.   The best part was that people contributed resources (money, material, time, work, etc.) and accomplished the task.                           Other action items: Hindaun: Education: Shri Abhay Vidya Mandir: books (curriculum and competitive exams) gifted by œKyari (delivered by Himanshu and Kalpana) and discussions/talks with students of 9-10-11-12 grade. Mr Gopal Das ji (Principal), and Mr Bal Govind Gupta (lecturer), Mr Mahajan, etc. are contact persons. Agrawal Girls college: books for B Ed., science students, etc. Mr Dinesh Rampura is collecting details. Mr Surendra Mohan Mittal, board member, is the contact person Coaching May 15th June 15th 2006: Shri Abhay Vidya Mandir will be hosting coaching for engineering and medical entrance exams from May 15th to June 15th . If any Kyari member happens to be in that area, please participate in the coaching and help/guide students. Such dialogs with students are great morale boosters.s Plantation: Chetram colony, near railway station: Work by Mr Dinesh Rampura. Mr J.P. Sharma (Dist. Education Officer), Mr Baliram Parashar, Mr Ganga Sahay (works in forest department), assured full support alongwith other residents. Vardhman colony, near railway station: Work by Mr Dinesh Rampura. Great response and help from Mr Mahesh Jain, Vimal Jain (RMP doctor), Rajendra Sharma (dist. social welfare office), Mr Madan Lal Sharma (panchayat entension officer in Todabhim), Mr Harishankar Sharma ( Reader, Dy S.P. office Karauli), Mr Dilip Rampura (municipality member, tentative support), etc. Every house keeper would pay pay Rs. 200 and rest Kyari will manage. A name plate of house-keeper or old-lady/old-man would be fitted in tree guard. Currently we are targetting 70-80 trees. Mr Mahesh Jain has come up with a pamphlet about this. More details about contacts can be seen on The Team.  Mohan Nagar: Work by Mr Dinesh Rampura and Mr Tara Chand Saraswat. Need to follow up and Kyari members need to motivate people and come-up with commitments about number of trees which should be planted this monsoon season.  Agrawal Girls college: develop botanical garden for students. Mr. Dinesh Rampura collecting details. Agrawal Girls college: plantation on approach road from railway station road. Mr Prahlad Dhakad, official gardener of college, taking the lead. Surauth: Education: Public library: We need to finalize location, infrastructure (board, stationary, etc.), books, career/competition magazines, etc. Work by Mr. Yogesh Sharma and Rajkamal Agrawal, etc. Need to follow up. Books to schools: course-books, general books like encyclopedia, etc. Coaching: Can we hold a coaching at Surauth for engineering, medical, bank, etc. exams? Need to brain-storm. Mr. Rajkamal Agrawal is taking leadership on this. Plantation:Work by Mr Jitendra Agrawal, his mother, Mr Manikant Gupta (Sr Teacher Kotari), Mr Rajkamal Agrawal, etc. Plantation on Boodande baba road. The great baba will give us strength in our social work as he has always taken care of us in the past. Station road Fatehsingh pura. Schools: GSSS, CPED, Govt Hospital. Ashrams: 5 ashrams along on Hindaun road Follow-ups: Ongoing activities to follow up. Hindaun: Some members have promised to participate in Kyari activities as and when need comes. Here are few to followup: Mr. H.P. Sharma plans to take 3-4 days of vacation in monsoon time and participate plantation drive. He will find out an area (probably a gully in a colony) in HND where we can focus and motivate people. He will also goto schools where he studied and share his ideas on career, future planning with students and teachers and find out areas where Kyari can help. Mr. Rajesh Agrawal plans to plant trees in the gully where his house is located in HND. He will motivate people and fecilitate planting trees, tree guard etc. 2.  Surauth: Mr. Himanshu, Mr. Rajkamal, Mr. Jitendra, Mr Krishnamohan and others have to work on the logistics of starting public library for students in Surauth. Main points:  2 Shelves. 1 foot deep, 6 feet high, 3-4 feed wide.Rug (10 feet X 6 feet).  Master Registers: To note down books as they come into library. accounts: expenses for buying books, periodicals, news papers, etc. Issuing books. Timing: Tentative time to open library (5-8pm everyday ?).  Managers: Mr. Rajkamal to find 3-4 interested students to manage day to day library activities (maintaining registers, open/close library, etc.). Books: Used curriculum books for 6-7-8-9-10-11-12 grades. Can be arranged from current students after this school session is over. Biographies of great people. Story books (Pancha-tantra, Hitopdesh, etc.) Periodicals: Vigyan Pragati, Competetion Success Review, Pratiyogita Darpan, Champak (english/hindi), Nandan, Weekly English News Paper (probably somebody working in HND can bring as we don't have english news paper hawker in Surauth), etc. Co-ordinate with Mr. Jitendra Agrawal and his brother Mr. Krishna Mohan. 2.  Good trees for plantation: Ashok neem aanwala parijat sambhaalu kanak-champa bilva kela goolar  amaltaas kachnaar aam, amrood, neebu, santara, mausambi, leechi, jamun, ber, all kinds of plums, (apple??), neem, peepal, anaar, reetha, shikakai, medicinal plants, miscellaneous herbs, etc.     --last updated Sept 12, 2006