Educate a Girl Child @ SUKRUPA

Founder I CEO Speak I Krupalatha

With the first quarter almost coming to a close, with the slow start we are making our strides towards Bigger Dreams, Better Opportunities, and Brighter Dreams. I am excited to share that first time ever in all of these almost twenty years of SUKRUPA, we have a fundraising team.

Sunil comes with more than twenty years of experience in resource mobilization, corporate relationships,s and volunteering management. Subramaniam who already worked with SUKRUPA managing accounts for five years is back after four years with more NGO experience and would be supporting the office team towards smooth functioning and support the management in external interactions. Behalf of everyone at SUKRUPA I welcome Sunil and Subramaniam to join in our journey in moving towards development.

As we are closer to the 8th of March. It is a great honor to wish all the wonderful women out there a Happy International Women’s Day and continue making the difference, climb the ladder, become more successful and create the balance this world needs with all their Woman Power, Energy, and Strength

Reopening our School  SAFE and SECURE

The Online Creative Learning program was a successful initiative. It was time to create a Safe Learning Space for the children at the school. The school reopened in the first week of January. We ensured that all students wore masks always, sanitized continuously, and maintained social distance. The classrooms were sanitized and cleaned regularly. Each class had their sessions on alternative days, this was to ensure that children got enough space to social distance. We are making great efforts to provide the best of the learning and this is a great opportunity for children to come together, meet friends and get hands-on experience after the lockdown.

We are working towards bringing in more creative learning methods where children can explore themselves to their fullest potential!!

Republic Day Celebration 2021

“We celebrated Republic Day at school, it was after a very long time we were all wearing our uniforms. The entrance of the school was decorated with flowers and pictures of our freedom fighters. I was so happy to see all my friends again. There was an invocation song by my friends, the lighting of the lamp, the flag hoisting and then we heard a message on the importance of republic day and our teachers also shared their views. Finally, I was in the group picture with all my friends and teachers. It was a great day. Happy Republic Day!!” - Krupa I 10th Grade

Biology for Better

Biology for Better was founded when a group of individuals decided to turn their shared interests in Biology and Community service into an official non-profit organization and teaching underprivileged children STEM, creating educational resources and video modules for conducting webinars, releasing blog posts on common science questions, and interviewing biologists on a podcast. More importantly, to a community of people who are passionate.

“I’m Suraj, studying in 10th Grade. Being part of Biology for better I learned so much. I got to know Riya Ma’am, Calvin Sir, and Manu Sir. I was asked the question about which was my hardest and easiest subject. Hindi is easy for me because it’s my mother tongue and Science is the hardest because I find it difficult to remember the equations. I learned about Science and Technology, engineering, and astronomy, and space. Krupa aunty told us to listen carefully, observe and communicate properly which will help us to understand 80% of the learning”.

“I’m Meenakshi, studying in 10th Grade. In this program I learned how practicing every day can make a subject easier to learn and understand and everything is about finding solutions to problems, if we try we can do it. Something that motivated me was the way I was encouraged to be myself and that each of us is talented in different things, we are unique in our own ways. If we work hard and be honest we can achieve so much”.

New Joining

It is our pleasure to welcome back Subramaniam, to the position of Management Support I HR. From 2012 to 2017 Subramaniam managed accounts and HR for SUKRUPA. He has over 30 years of professional experience in various capacities in the corporate, and NGO sectors. Values honesty, passion, perseverance, empathy his managerial skills, practical outlook, and positive influence makes him a good team player.

We are thrilled to have Sunil for the position of Resource Manager - Fundraising | Volunteering. Sunil has worked in the Nonprofit sector for the last twenty years in various fundraising, volunteer management, and administrative positions. Sunil is friendly, empathetic, a good team player, hard-working, and well organized.

Our sincere thanks to all our children, parents, volunteers, interns, staff, donors, friends, family, and Corporate Partners for the continued trust and support that helped us sustain during the toughest of times in 2020

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Founder I Executive Director Speak

I continue to share my gratitude to each and every one who is making it possible for SUKRUPA to sustain and grow during this pandemic. It's not been easy, but every little support that is coming from SuMargadarshak volunteer team, staff and teachers of SUKRUPA is tremendous. They have been a great instrument in creating the creative learning design, where so many students are being involved and it is completely a student volunteer, Alumni initiative of SUKRUPA under my leadership.

My special thanks to Rajkumar for taking the huge responsibility and working through it and making this successful. We continue to seek support for children's education and wellbeing.

I'm thrilled and proud to share that we launched our creative learning design based on Karnataka State Syllabus on the 5th of November. Our kids who do not have access to laptops or broadband internet connection now can continue their learning every day.

SALESFORCE Music for Change 2020

Salesforce – Music for Change is a global opportunity to inspire a diverse set of students across the globe to use technology and music as a force for positive change. SUKRUPA children were part of the three week long immerse virtual engagement that introduced students to technology, music production and composition and sustainable development goals.

Students created music advocating for a social cause aligned with the SDG’s they cared about the most.

Arshiya I 9th Grade

I am Arshiya from 9th grade. SUKRUPA has always been motivating, guiding and mentoring me throughout. I'm passionate about singing and I love to sing. Through Sukrupa I was part Salesforce - Music for Change 2020.

I learnt to edit, do voice recording, write my own lyrics and compose music. All the mentors helped me to explore myself and were always supportive. I composed my song based on Sustainable Development Goal 2 - Zero Hunger. In my song I’m talking about the poor people who are struggling for food and education. Here is a line from my song “We are hungry, we are hungry, how can we survive without food. Come let us all remove hunger”. I feel proud to have been a part of this program. It was an amazing experience to develop my skills.

Sagar I 10th Grade

I am Sagar studying in 10th Grade at SUKRUPA. I was surprised about myself as I did not have any basic knowledge about music making before the start of this program. I was motivated and guided by the mentors to actively learn. I learnt about Band lab, to create background music, record songs, write lyrics and edit music. Singing is my hobby. It was wonderful connecting with my music team. My song is based on SDG 5 - Gender Equality. Our society does not treat women equally so through my song I’m advocating equality. My lyrics goes like this – “Jagadha Shrusti Nenay, Mane Belaku Jothi Nenay which means You are the creator of the world, You are the light of the house”.

I thank Sukrupa and Salesforce for giving me this wonderful opportunity, it was a completely new and thrilling experience for me. I’m excited for the results which are yet to be announced.

Story of Soniya I Sumargadarshak

I am Soniya, originally from Bihar and migrated to Bangalore several years back. Currently I'm studying in 12th Grade at Mount Carmel PU college. My father Bhuneshwar is a security guard and my mother Sanju is a housewife. I have three older siblings. I started my journey at SUKRUPA when I was 5 years old. I was in 1st grade and now it's been 12 years. SUKRUPA has supported my education, mentored and provided me all the opportunities I need. I'm also greatful for the support it has given to my family though the years.

SUKRUPA is family, after my 10th Grade, I was guided and provided scholorship to join one of the prestigious colleges in Bangalore - Mount Carmel College. I feel very lucky that I completed my schooling at SUKRUPA and learnt many values and lifeskills that are very useful for me to thrive in college.

My hobbies are reading books, listening to music, and learning new things. My inspiration is Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. I admire Kalam's thoughts, his work and how hard he worked and became a great icon to this world. I want to becomen an Aerospace Engineer

Intern of the Month

I have been interning as a Digital Marketer at Sukrupa. I strongly believe that every child has a right to education and that is what will result in a progressive society. My hobbies include creative writing, reading, traveling and giving back to the society.
At SUKRUPA, along with fulfilling the purpose of providing basic education to children, the organization makes sure they acquire quality education, get into top colleges and land their dream careers, also empowers students through various extracurriculars and leadership programs. It has been an exceptionally impactful experience.

The founder, Ms. Krupalatha is a highly qualified and motivated person, who has been a great support and guidance to me throughout.The element that inspired me the most was learning about the student's motivation and interests. On interacting with students, I realized they have understood the importance of giving back from a very young age.I am delighted to be a part of SUKRUPA to join hands with a diverse group to empower children and look forward to continuing this journey”.

Manaswini I Intern from KLE IBM

Volunteer of the Month

I'm a Graphic Designer volunteering at SUKRUPA. I've always been actively involved in volunteering. My hobbies include Digital art, Doodle and to make Comics. A few months back, I ended up finding SUKRUPA through social media. Their vision motivated me to sign up. Amazing people, friendly interactions made it a good experience for me. Moreover, working remotely and flexible timings make it convenient to manage alongside work".

Subarna I Architect, working under the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs as India Smart Cities I Graduated from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

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