Uchimedu Student Home Inaugurated

AIM for Seva Student Home for Boys, Uchimedu, Cuddalore

Donors: Houston Indian Community, USA

Date inaugurated: 9^th August 2008

No. of students: 15 (to be verified)

On the 9^th August, students from the ChAtrAlaya (student home) had assembled to receive Mr. Jayakumar Srinivasan, representative of the Houston Indian Community, Mr. Srinivasan, National coordinator – Projects, Tatvanishta Chaitanyaji , Project Coordinator- North Chennai, Mr. Arunachalam, a leading Lawyer of Cuddalore and community leader, and Mr.Subramanian, Head Master of the School attended by children.

Mr. Arunachalam, a leading Lawyer of Cuddalore, formally inaugurated the ChAtrAlaya, along with Mr. Jayakumar.

After the prayer, Br. Srinivasan, welcomed the gathering, and about the teething troubles faced in the upcoming of this ChAtrAlaya. He profusely thanked the Houston Indian Community for funding the ChAtrAlaya. He said that the ChAtrAlaya is a home filled with warmth and care set up by AIM for Seva to make education accessible to children in remote areas of India.

Mr. Arunachalam in his presidential address reinforced the importance of academics and also that the superior form of charity is VidyA dAnam – imparting education.

Mr. Jayakumar pointed out the facilities offered in the ChAtrAlayas must be put to the best use by children; trained and caring wardens fulfill the wards’ social, domestic, and emotional needs and the expectations children have of parents, fostering the growth and their development.

Mr. Subramanian, Head Master of the School where the students of the student home go, appreciated the noble work carried out by AIM for Seva in the running of the ChAtrAlayas and the dedication with which the children are taken care.