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Tripti, our head of outreach at Shakti (the Shakti Sewa project) held an amazing workshop with the Sarvam Shaktis at the Gurgaon centre. It was on self-worth, trusting and loving ourselves and how important we should be to ourselves. If our cup is empty, how do we fill that of others? We should love ourselves deeply and truly see ourselves as strong, beautiful and trustworthy. We are our own best friends. Tripti with the Shaktis The girls were deeply moved through the question answer sessions to look at themselves in the mirror and truly send themselves loving kindness. Tripti comes with a background of project management from the technology sector. She is the Vice President at Natwest Bank From her: Throughout the years of my professional work, I have gained lot of expertise in Financial Service Sector, especially in Capital Markets and Investment Banking Domain. I am especially proud of wider tech implementations that I have led in the capacity of Business Analyst and Project Manager, which was both challenging and fulfilling.Apart from this professional career, I have passion to give back to society and to participate in serving humanity. I believe in living with purpose and giving meaning to life. What really gives me zeal in life is contributing towards society. With Sarvam Shakti, I found wings to this passion. Girls in Sarvam Shakti are true examples of Living with Values’, by learning yoga and Indian classical dance forms they display the power of ancient art forms. Every step and move they perform on stage indicate the devotion they have put in learning and practicing these arts with full vigor. Cultured, full of mannerism and with lots of joy in their heart they are epitome of unconditional universal love. Tripti Sharma Saraswat

For so many of our Shaktis, the idea of visiting a 7 star property like The Leela as invited artistes - the only group invited to perform at the opening of the massive District 3010 conference where such eminent Rotarians, national and international, were present. Shaktis were invited by senior Rtn Pran Mehta, a massive supporter of our work since the past few years now. Just hear the excitement from two Shaktis whose first performance this was in a hotel. They are the daughters of daily wage labourers- contract painters who live in a small room in the Sikanderpur urban slum. Infact the girl on the left, Soni was almost too scared to even speak when she had first come to us. And now she is brilliant at conducting Rhythmic Yoga practice sessions and also Kathak dance! Hear the daughters of auto-rickshaw driver bhaiyas share their experience of the stage- they are a bit more seasoned at showcases for the past year with Sarvam Shakti! Watch their performance!

Ever so grateful to Mr and Mrs Kohli of H Block Dlf Phase 1 for hosting the Shaktis to a sumptuous hearty lunch today with so much love and care❤️ 125 girls were on top of the world to be given so much respect. It goes a long way in building their confidence and self-worth. The Kohlis are amazing generous souls who feed our girls every year to a vast spread of healthy meals. If you wish to donate food for Shaktis, please write to us on culture@sarvamfoundation.org

We were graced by the presence of Mrs Meenakshi Prabhakar, director of HR at the awesome Hyatt hotel, Delhi. The Shaktis have performed for Womens Day 2022 at the hotel premise for all employees and staff and the director and her team were very impressed and volunteered to visit us to explore possibilities of such confident girls one day maybe working at the hospitality chain. The girls presented various pieces of their skill training and genuinely blew away the guests with their talent, composure, discipline, cleanliness and presence! Nehha Bhatnagar, our Founder has been teaching the Shaktis abhinaya or facial expressions and that is an amazing focus based and emotional intelligence empowering skill to learn. Yje delicate balance of only expressing facially and also communicating feelings to the audience is a special beloved skill the girls cherish and learn. The juniors and seniors demonstrated some pieces for the visiting guests. Piyu Bole abhinaya piece from Parineeta O Palanhare from Lagaan Mrs Prabhakar was very touched and profusely thanked us for presenting such a beautiful evening and also offering some healthy snacks. It was emotionally touching for all of them and ended on a very emotional note. At last, the Shakti gifted her a pot of flowers as a token of appreciation.

More than 60 of our Shaktis performed at the Inner Wheel Club Annual Sports Events at Jasola Sports Complex which is located at Jasola Vihar, Delhi. Many boys and girls from various NGO and schools from Delhi came to the event to participate. Many of our Shaktis participated in different races which included three-legged race, 100 meter race etc. Some of them presented a cultural dance show as an awareness to save trees and water. Our Chief Empowerment Officer, Hemangi Bhatnagar was a track and field champion in her younger days and needless to say was thrilled to mentor the girls in running practice weeks before leading up to the event! Our Shaktis running and winning! Some of them even won medals. Members of the Inner Wheel Circle welcomed us warmly. Lunch was served at the event. Our Shaktis set an example to the other participants by maintaining the decorum of cleanliness at the event. Few of the mothers of the Shaktis came along with us to witness the events. We are grateful for their support and for taking care of the children. The Shaktis enjoyed the whole journey back to the centre by singing and merry making. The mothers showed appreciation to Sarvam Foundation for giving them the opportunity to come out of their houses and explore. They expressed heartfelt gratitude to Sarvam Foundation for not only changing their daughters’ life but also their lives. 60 Shaktis dancing!

A workshop on “Compassionate” was conducted by Pheiroijam Anju, a psychologist who is also our Programme Specialist. The workshop was conducted for the middle school Shaktis. As an Ice Breaker, an activity was introduced to teach the value of accepting people and things as they are. As part of the activity, the kids were asked to look at others who share the same answers when asked some questions. They were also asked to look at others who answered differently from themselves without judging the others. This way the shaktis were taught the importance and how to practice compassion towards others. The kids also showed their skills of dance and yoga to each other. They were encouraged to show compassion towards each other and towards themselves. The Shaktis were so delighted to learn about a value such as compassion towards others and themselves.

Our Shakti Rinky, who is in the 2nd Year at the Applied Art Department of Meera Bai Dseu Maharani Bagh Campus conducted arts workshops for school children by visiting Delhi Government schools. She has exhibited more than 50 art pieces at the art exhibition organised by her department at her institute. Rinky was initially involved in dance at Sarvam Foundation. She even went to Poland to perform dance through the Sarvam Foundation. But as she became older she showed interest in Fine Arts. Therefore, the organisation funded her for her further studies with her mentor Mrs. Ritu Singhal, a renowned artiste. WATCH A VIDEO OF some of the exhibits- https://www.instagram.com/reel/Co9xefVPbOg/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D She then got admission into the prestigious course at the institute. Rinky has topped 2nd, 3rd and 4th Semester in a group of 100 students at her college. Here is the marksheet- look for rinky sahoo's name!! We even helped her family get electricity connection to her house to be able to study better. She truly is a powerful Shakti breaking barriers in life. She is one of the most inspiring Shakti who is giving light to all the Shaktis of the organisation. See our previous post on Rinky and some of her paintings:) https://www.sarvamshakti.org/post/rinky-the-fine-artist-and-topper-student-from-sarvam-shakti

Namo Namo, choreographed by the young Shaktis! The Shaktis performed at the Bengali Mela on 12th Febraury, 2023 which was held at Sector 27 for the Bengali community in Gurgaon area. There were many stalls which were beautifully set up. The stage was also gorgeously set up. The place was well decorated with a Bengali theme. Many people, especially from the Bengali community, who are residing in Gurgaon, visited the mela with their family and friends. Most of the stalls were very attractive due to their arts and handicrafts items. They performed the Sarvam Poem, Namo Namo, Naa-kato, Vande Mataram, Dholida and Yoga at the event. Many of the dignitaries and organisers of the mela appreciated the Shaktis for their beautiful performances. The crowd cheered and enjoyed it. At the event we introduced Sarvam Foundation and the workings of the organisation. We also told the crowd how Sarvam Foundation is working for the upliftment of the marginalised girl child of the society to bring a change in their life to help build a career of their own and to help spread the same values that the organisation upholds.

Chetna who is the head of our nutrition vertical, Shakti Sanjeevani, conducted a workshop on Nutrition at the Gurgaon centre for the middle school Shaktis. Here is an audio recording of her talk- super simple and informative! https://drive.google.com/file/d/18yNCNkagZUIuUzEi7Hxy_9c613oFCm4F/view?usp=share_link They were introduced with the various nutrients that we get from the foods we eat to the water we drink. They were taught that these nutrients can be present in all the vegetables and their products that we eat everyday. Since all the Shaktis belong to the marginalised community they were taught that they can get these nutrients in affordable products too. The little Shaktis were so grateful to learn about all the nutrients that we need in our body to lead a healthy life. The Shaktis went home eagerly wanting to share the information with their family members. Chetna has been involved with the Shaktis since a year now and the Shaktis were so happy to learn from her once again. About Chetna: She hails from Mumbai and has completed her majors in Nutrition from the SNDT Mumbai. Chetna has been passionate about Child Nutrition since the time she was in college and that passion got extended to her taking it up professionally. She had her initial stint with Nestle post which she ventured out on her own to craft PediaNutri. With two boys of her own aged 9 years and 12 years now, her hunger for crafting and sharing ways and means of proper upbringing grew manifolds. Chetna carries with herself 17 years of enriching experience that spans across one to one consultations, creating meal plans, guidance on child upbringing w.r.t eating habits, taking sessions for young moms. She specialises in tackling specific issues like obesity, fussy eating and sports nutrition (for kids) and healthy eating & sustainable weight loss (for Adults). Chetna is a regular blogger with Momspresso, Say Cheese and First Moms w.r.t experiences on Early Life Nutrition, Baby Food Recipes, Meal Plan, Cool Foods for Warm Days, Raising healthy, Child habits and upbringing etc

Our organisation was visited by two young African ladies- one was an accountant and the other a nurse back in Malawi. Our trustee Captain Ajit Balaram is funding their education and they were visiting India to attend Ajit's daughter Suma's wedding. Incidentally, Suma is the talented graphic artist who has made the Sarvam Foundation logos! They were presented with various dances by the Shaktis and were so fascinated to see the little Shaktis excelling in dance and yoga. They also were enthusiastic to learn Kathak and Bharatnatyam. Our Shaktis proudly taught them the steps for Kathak and Bharatnatayam. They also taught the Shaktis, African dance steps and danced together. Both of them showed great interests in Bharatnatyam and Kathak. One of the ladies was so fond of the dance uniform of the Shaktis and requested to give her a uniform. So, our shaktis gifted a pair of uniforms to her which consisted of salwar suits with dupatta. Their friend Violet in the new Shakti uniform dress!! It was such a great pleasure to have them among our midst. The kids enjoyed their presence and were elated to learn African dance steps which were so new to them. The kids made a lovely memory of the evening by laughing and dancing with them.

The Shaktis were invited at the Family Day function of the SITA Day, an aeronautical company. The performance was at a beautiful hotel venue in Gurgaon where all the family members of the employees were out for a day of celebrations. The Shaktis performed various pieces of Bharatanatyam, Kathak and rhythmic Yoga at the event and compered the pieces themselves. They even choreographed the Namo-Namo piece by themselves! The families, many of them, had never seen Classical before and were pleasantly surprised by the interest they could maintain while watching it. The girls were treated to a sumptous lunch and were taken pictures with by all the employees! To invite us to any corporate or other events of organizations means giving a much needed confidence-building platform for our Shaktis. Do write to us on culture@sarvamfoundation.org to let us know your thoughts and ideas on this!

An older couple from Gurgaon Mohinder uncle and Mohini aunty from Canada, now residents at Crest Gurgao came to visit us to donate school bags for the Shaktis. They have been since then, coming periodically to support us with some goods in kind. They have seen our Shaktis perform at Crest previously and were thoroughly impressed by their confidence and level of skill. They expressed their heartfelt appreciation for the work the organisation has been doing for the Shaktis. We are so grateful to have such generous people with us. The world is a happier and kinder place because of such souls. To know ways to get involved with us, please visit https://www.sarvamshakti.org/get-involved