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Dear all,

Wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2009.

An year has gone by and we are all looking forward to the new year with hope and anticipation. When we look back, we do have a great sense of fulfillment. With all your support, we have been able to continue with our work concentrating more on activities which do not involve huge budgets.

At the same time, when we look forward to 2009, we also have a sense of apprehension. With slowing down of the economy and the global meltdown, it is the voluntary sector that is the worst affected. For small organisations like Sukriti, with a small donor base it is a lot lot more difficult. We will however not let this dampen our spirit. We invoke the blessings of the Supreme and with renewed energy welcome 2009 and hope that the new year would bring a lot of cheer,joy and happiness to all.

We have quite a few updates for you in this newsletter.

With warm regards,
Sowmya Simhan

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Quiz on road safety
A quiz on road safety was organised on 12.1.2009. Read on:
http://www.sukriti.org/road-safety/quiz-road-safety

World Disability Day
The world disability day was celebrated well again this year. It was attended by more than 250 people. More:
http://www.sukriti.org/mobility-aids/world-disability-day-2008

E-employment register launched
We have launched a free resume listing service for the disabled. More:
http://www.sukriti.org/registry

CitiCorp Employees volunteer at Sukriti
Employees of Citi Corp volunteered twice at Sukriti-on their Global Volunteering Day and India Community Day. More:
http://www.sukriti.org/employability/global-volunteering-day

Income generation program at Madurantakam
Further to the disability screening camp at Madurantakam, we have given a:

  1. A powered sewing machine to Mr Kothandam. He is earning around Rs 2000 per month and is very very happy

    2. Kothandam with his customerKothandam with his customer

  2. A coin box PCO was set up for Mr Nagooran, a visually impaired person

    3. Nagooran's PCONagooran's PCO

New disability products in the market
Titan introduced Braille watches. More:
http://www.sukriti.org/blog/titan-braille

Training programs attended
Ms Sowmya attended a week long residential training program organised by Diversity and Equal Oppurtunities Centre on enhancing the job skills for the disabled held at Bangalore in November 2008.

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