ACT 31 (30/01/2016)
ACT Newsletter

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ACT 32 (5,6,11/03/2016)
ACT celebrations for Women’s Day at New York, Goa and Mumbai
March 5: ACT Ambassadors Dharti and Nivedita Desai marched with the UN Women Peace Association in a bid to end violence against women. Ending violence against women is a universal cause and needs female solidarity across borders to ensure every girl child and woman is safe, secure, and well cared for in our world.

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  ACT celebrations for Women’s Day at New York, Goa and Mumbai
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  ACT celebrations for Women’s Day at New York, Goa and Mumbai
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  ACT celebrations for Women’s Day at New York, Goa and Mumbai

March 6: ACT volunteer Jaya Mehrotra and her friends participated in Times Women’s Drive 2016 to celebrate women’s achievements, while also spreading awareness about ACT's role in promoting education and empowerment among girls and women.

March 11: The week ended on a high note with more than two hundred ACT women coming together in a celebration of the women, for the women, by the women. ACT student performers conveyed serious social messages in a fun way through song, dance, and skit. A talk on nutrition for women was also well received and books with more insights on women’s health were distributed for free to all women present. Clothes, bags, cushion covers, kitchen towels, nightgowns, etc. made under Project Kalakriti, Project Sambhav and Project Shivan were kept for sale, which would go a long way in boosting the beneficiaries' confidence.

ACT 33   26/04/2016
ACT Newsletter Issue No. 8

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ACT 34 (16/05/2016)
Summer time reflection
At ACT, are we effective in creating impact and making a significant difference in the lives of our young student beneficiaries? The best way to find the answer to this, we concluded, was to track the outcomes. In the last three years, we have supported over a thousand children’s education, especially the girl child, either directly through fee sponsorships and after-school remedial learning activities, creative learning workshops, and Computers and English literacy courses, or indirectly by aiding vision correction, sponsoring nutritious and fortified breakfasts for municipal primary school children, and providing e-learning equipment to enable dropout students to continue education at NGO-aided night schools. We have continuously tracked the progress of each and every beneficiary in our database via report cards and feedback from tutors, supervisors, school, parents and guardians. I’m happy to announce that all of ACT’s efforts have resulted in better engagement, lower dropouts, higher, academic aspirations and overall improved academic performance.
Three outstanding performers deserve a special mention as they surmounted many hurdles in their quest, avoided dropout and reversed their uncertain future prospects to transform their lives and achieve academic brilliance: 1) Geeta Koli, who is pursuing her Electrical Engineering course at Vidyanidhi Vocational College, Mumbai 2) Paru Shanwar, who has been consistently standing 1st at Wadia Hospital Nursing School, Mumbai, and 3) Priya Negi, who has consistently been a top ranker and who is in her final year of Mass Communication and Media in Bhopal. We are incredibly proud of all our students’ achievements as we continue to track their progress and their personal journeys of courage and determination against all odds.

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  Geeta Koli
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  Paru Shanwar
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  Priya Negi

ACT 35 (22/06/2016)
ACT Defining Moments
At ACT,the most important things that we do and spend time on are the most difficult to measure. But sometimes we are rewarded with quantifiable outcomes that lifts our spirits immeasurably! Our hard work and the sincere, consistent efforts of our tutors and volunteers with beneficiary students prove to be justified and well worth it when we receive news of their exam results. Last year, thanks to the support of our ACT champions and donors, we wholly sponsored the coaching of thirteen, underprivileged SSC students. I’m thrilled to report that in the recently announced results, they have achieved 100% success!
Likewise, our HSC Commerce students, Manisha & Govindamma Jogu secured 68% and 65% respectively, which is a great improvement from their eleventh standard performance, thanks to the tireless efforts of ACT volunteers, Akshita and Akanksha. These two Jogu sisters are the most educated in their family and are now ready for bigger dreams of a banking career. For us at ACT, these are the defining moments that we celebrate with much joy and gratitude. We congratulate the successful student beneficiaries and thank all our volunteer tutors, donors and champions. We seek your continued support and donations for carrying on our crucial work of transforming minds and changing lives of the underprivileged. We must continue to invest in our girls and women. To Donate click here

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ACT 36 (06/09/2016)
MY JOURNEY WITH ANIMEDH CHARITABLE TRUST
In the summer vacations just after my 10th Board exams, I was asked to write an essay on a line – ‘small aim is a crime’. Our late President Mr. APJ Abdul Kalam said this to some school students. The moment I heard this line first, I was left with a little confusion. I started thinking about it and gradually I was filled with amazement that how a simple line contain such a deep meaning. This made me think of my own dreams and aims in life.
I came to Bhopal with my parents at the age of 5. Since the school days I was a good student. I completed my school education with distinction in all subjects, but the decisive turn came in my life after the higher secondary. My family and I had the realization that the journey ahead is going to be difficult because of the rising education expenses. My family supported me to choose my course and college according to my wish. I believe it was a first major risk of my life that I took by choosing mass communication for my graduation rather than choosing any conventional subject. It opened the new window of my dreams, which I had in my heart. I successfully cleared the entrance exam of Makhanlal Chaturvedi University and even secured fifth position in this ‘All India Entrance Test’. At this point of time I was introduced to a friend by my acquaintance Mrs. Rashmi Dubey, that friend was –Animedh Charitable Trust.
Animedh Charitable Trust came ahead to support me in my journey ahead and offered complete sponsorship for my graduation. It eliminated the major obstacles and I could walk freely and happily on my dream road. In the three years of my graduation, I didn’t look back and kept adding new goals and achieved the old ones. This year in 2016 I have completed my graduation getting first position in class in all six semesters. Moving towards new destinations I applied for journalism courses in Jamia Milia Islamia and Indian Institute of Mass Communication. With the blessings of God and elders and support of family friends and ACT I could clear in both the institutes. Now, I have taken admission in English Journalism Course to further enhance my skills and knowledge of the field. With this I hope to accomplish my dreams soon in near future. I know many girls who had dreams too in their teenage, but left those dreams behind due to different reasons. These reasons range from the narrow mindset of their families to the economical factors. This is a big challenge for women empowerment. ACT is helping such girls to realize and fulfill their dreams and to be independent in the society.
I also want to see my dreams come true for myself, my family, those girls and many others like them because real life inspires much more than any story does. ACT and other Organizations are real fighters in this battle and I hope to contribute too.

Priya Negi

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  Priya Negi's Story
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  Priya Negi

ACT 37   16/01/2017
ACT Newsletter Issue No. 9

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ACT 38   22/04/2017
ACT Newsletter Issue No. 10

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ACT 39   20/07/2017
ACT Newsletter Issue No. 11

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ACT 40   30/11/2017
ACT Newsletter Issue No. 12

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ACT 41   31/03/2018
ACT Newsletter Issue No. 13

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ACT 42   31/07/2018
ACT Newsletter Issue No. 14

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ACT 43   31/10/2018
ACT Newsletter Issue No. 15

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