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Mrs Alka Sondhi is a beautiful dynamic human being with a wealth of experience in Computer Education. She is joining Shakti as the Lead Shakti for the Digital Education vertical and is also helping Sarvam with reaching out to like minded volunteers. A mother of extremely accomplished daughters ( one is a Pilot with Air Asia and the other a Finance Executive from Cornell Univ, USA). She really does understand what it means to have our daughters liberated and educated! Smt. Alka Sondhi A computer teacher with almost 18 years of experience who is trained in computer and management. She moved along with her husband because of the nature of his job and was a part of “Lotus Petal Charitable Foundation” as well. She is a part of Sarvam Shakti now since April 2022 and upholds great views about Sarvam. “Sarvam is a very unique idea for underprivileged girls in it’s own way. It provides holistic education and take care of their physical, mental, spiritual and emotional health . Shakti girls have their head held high with pride because of their skills. Their soul is being nurtured here.” She feels like computer basic skills are needed for a better chance at jobs these days and contacted a NGO called Computer Shiksha Foundation and provides computer literacy programs all over India for collaborations with them. And after their agreement, they gave us a Computer Shiksha Magic Box which is installed at the Gurgaon Centre. She wants to train them and she plans to make arrangements for their examination after every module that will be conducted by the foundation. Unveiling the Computer Shiksha Magic Box! “I want a slow but steady improvement in their skills." We are so grateful for her heart here at Shakti! To support our digital literacy and other programs, Be a Shakti for Shakti!

A girl belonging to a lower middle class family, father being a driver and mother working in an hospital gets a chance to live her dream of studying in a good reputed university with the help of Sarvam Foundation. Here’s how her story unfolds. She joined Sarvam in 2016 and was learning Kathak under Rachana Yadavji, a senior Guru in Gurgaon. Sarvam supported all her expensense as well as sponsored trips to Poland twice as well as Mumbai and Vishakapatnam for her dance showcases!! Her confidence and talents in arts only grew so much so that she has recently through the ECA (extracurricular activity quota) where hundreds of students from across the country demonstrate their sporting and arts skills to secure competitive seats! Courage: After her 10+2, she decided to give Delhi University a go but in the “extra-curricular activity” quota based on her learning in Sarvam. She was confused yet confident because of the regular performances at Sarvam and outside Sarvam. They become confident in facing the audience without any hesitation and fear. And thereby she realized she could face anything. She has performed at audiences of 2,000 people- these were simply a few examiners she had to perform in front of!! After her audition in the Delhi University entrance, when she opened her portal she was surprised to see that she got admission in two colleges under Delhi University for the course of BA( English and Computer application). She is the first in her family to secure a prestigious college degree. She visited the colleges, her family and everyone in the Sarvam fraternity was really happy for her. “Thank you so much Sarvam Shakti, without your help I could not have imagine to learn such an art form like Kathak because classical dance form is not what me and my family could ever afford” She completed her junior diploma from Prayag Sangeet Samiti Allahabad and also plans to do a senior diploma in kathak and fulfil all her dreams. Sarvam is supporting her through all of this. If Akanshas story inspires you- do support our work by Being a Shakti for Shakti!

In Vasant Kunj- South West Delhi, all the Resident Welfare Associations know about the Sarvam Shaktis! Thats where we had started from and thats where the Shaktis have come from initially- the Kishangarh urban slum. The local MLA Ramesh Bhaduriji has known about our work well and he invited the Shaktis at Celebration Gardens on NH8 to speak and showcase their art forms to the various RWA heads and also party workers of his BJP office. The Shaktis and the staff members Vijay Kumar and Beena Rai received so many accolades and respect- they were thrilled! To provide a Stage to our Shaktis, please visit this page! Confidence, discipline, critical skills of decision making, crisis management and SO much more are learnt by going on stage- it makes a world of a difference to their personalities. Your support would be so appreciated!

Meet Ritu Gulati, a kind hearted human being who handles our spoken English vertical. Here’s what she has to say about Sarvam. Ms. Gulati believes that people are most important and their welfare must come first, over and above any other purpose. This has been at core of her professional working in the domain of Business Communication . As a progressive individual she has shown solid results in people Development, project management, and team leadership. Education and value enhancement of individuals remains her key area of interest. This has naturally propelled her to team up with Sarvam Shakti and its mission to Unleash Shakti . Ritu has more than 20 years of rich experience of working in varied service sector organisations. She has an MBA along with a Masters in Psychology. At graduate level she studied English literature (Honours ) fom University of Delhi. She completed her Schooling from St. Thomas School,New Delhi. “There are many NGOs in Gurugram region but I was looking for one that worked with girls, that’s why I chose Sarvam and after I came to visit I found it very authentic and it touched my heart. We would like to skill up the girls with English language because it is perceived to be the language that is used every day and whosoever excels in that comes across as a polish person and it becomes easier to get a job. Though they receive education but we would like to expose them to spoken English more so that they can go out to the world and find themselves a good standing. She has large plans of involving interns pan-India via Internshala to bring a 2:1 student to teacher ratio for learning and practicing English via the RapidEx curriculum. I am looking forward to contributing further in Sarvam Shakti. We have evolved quite a lot and have a core team. Everyone is very sincere and wants to do their bit. I believe 2023 is going to be a great year for Sarvam Shakti and a lot is going to be achieved in this year.”

"I fall short of words to appreciate Mrs Bhatnagar’s family to have brought about not only this phenomenal change in the lives of 300 otherwise non-privileged girls, but also the change in attitude in a not-too-bothered society in which we live. Mrs. Bhatnagar has very appropriately named them Shakti’s and is acting every moment towards realisation of the term in its true sense. Going by a good lead, Sarvam Shakti was given a platform to show us a glimpse of their infinite energy by way of performances - first at our Durga Puja Celebration venue and later at an open air stage in our society lawns on Dhanteras evening. Incredibly good, powerful, classy and spell binding as both the performances were, so was the response and reaction from the spectators for the performers as well as for the prime mover - Himangi ji. For all of us, it has been a big takeaway as to how a single minded devotion and effort can bring out such big transformations!! I wish Sarvam Shakti all the best towards its much deserved prosperity. ' - Alok Roy, President, PWO housing complex and President, Sushant Lok Durga Puja Committee Local celebrities in Gurgaon and Vasant Kunj our little Shaktis are! Performing all over on the sacred occasion of the Festival of Durga Puja, feminine worship of the Mother Divine- our Shaktis really captured the soul of the viewers! Aye Giri Nandini really really moved the audiences to feeling a deep love and reverence for the Devi - the Shakti- the feminine strength within. Priyanka Chand Simran Rai Testimonials poured in from all over on our whatsapp number! This one from a Mrs Chatterjee for example- " The programme’Shakti’ by the girls from Sarvam Shakti was deeply innovative and soul stirring. India’s culture was showcased and the girls put up a very impressive performance. Sarvam Shakti is doing an fantastic job of contributing to society by helping the underprivileged girls rise above their situation and also helping them to acquire a pride of place in their lives through such programmes" We were featured in the lifestyle Gurgaon magazine Hi5! BE A SHAKTI for our SHAKTIS! Do support our unique work today!!

A former librarian, a conscious environmentally aware citizen and a very generous donor, Diana Clark who decided to donate a large amount of indigenous clothing from Guatemala, Mexico, Costa Rica, Columbia, Peru and Australia. She is a avid traveller and loves to collect artefacts, cloths, handicrafts etc. She buys them from the minority community in order to support them. She loved the concept of Sarvam Shakti and donated materials weighing 30 kgs which our Founder Nehha carted from Australia back with her! We have decorated our centre with some of her artifacts and have given some of the cushion covers etc to the girls to brighten their homes. With all the rest of the material- we are giving it to the Shakti mothers to stitch up into beautiful items worth selling to raise money directly for their families. Shaktis taking the Gujarati cushion covers Shaktis wearing Indonesian light sleeves Support staff did Beena with her Indonesian wrap-around skirt Sarvam will help in dissemination of the information of their designs and products. How grateful we are to such generous donors who deliberately and constantly choose humanity instead of gaining a profit for themselves. To donate any goods in good condition, in kind to us, please drop us an email or call us and let us know! We can get them collected. Thank you! All details are on this page.

The love respect and adulation I get from the Shaktis daily at our centres has made my life absolutely worth living. I get up each day with a huge smile on my face and with an eagerness to be of some use to society through our work at Shakti. In my 60s could I ask for a better gift than to see my little girls thrive, find their zest and zeal for living, thriving and being recognized for their talents? I go away for a family trip or a marriage ceremony and in two days I try and return as being away from these children seems hard! I just enjoy being surrounded by hundreds of eager blossoming young girls who have dreams in their eyes for a more empowered tommorrow! I AM SO GRATEFUL to all of you reading this for supporting our work in whichever way- your special way actually. WITHOUT YOU, WE CANNOT DO THIS! SO, thank you for BEING A SHAKTI FOR SHAKTI. We look forward to a 2023 of more resources for these 300 Shaktis at our 3 Centres so that we can fulfill any lacunae in their life. For example, if we feel a girl is getting anaemic, we would need iron supplements and an extra boost of beetroot supplies for her. QUALITY IS EVERYTHING at Shakti and we wish to continue to focus on that aspect while growing our verticals stronger. We have the Digital Literacy starting off now under the able leadership of Alka Sondhi as well as a new Outreach vertical under Tripti and also Nutrition under Chetana. Ritu Gulati will be powering up the English classes more and I have no doubt with such an able team and our dance/yoga verticals already thriving, we will be truly unleashing Shakti.

The enthusiasm and eagerness to learn any and every dance nuance and movement- this Kathak group really takes the cake when it comes to eagerness and a thirst for knowledge!! Their training in the Shakti curriculum is to be thanked and also the amazing dance educators they have from the Drishtikon Dance Foundation! The girls feel so loved and respected--- SEEN ---and therefore their confidence is immense to learn and grow!

Inner wheel club, District 301, started associating with Sarvam Shakti four years back. Shakti is one of their key projects. The ladies have been very supportive, they have donated clothes, stationeries, phones, recharges etc. They built a great connection with the children here and helped built our inventory. They have 86 clubs in the District and we are proud to announce that we are supported by one of them Sushant Vatika! Shaktis at the Annual Womens Day celebrations for Inner Wheel at PHD House, Delhi It has given us the visibility, various opportunities to perform which again helps build connection with other clubs and districts. AND gives us the much needed CONFIDENCE and other important life skills to shape the Shaktis lives. Charter President Sangeeta Arora says she is so thrilled and in awe of the talent and professional skill sets these girls have that any support at all the IWC can provide is only going to add to the magnificence that is Shaktis work! Our CEO( left) with Mrs Sangita Arora (right) This year some of the uniforms of Shakti are also being funded by Inner Wheel Club, Sushant Vatika. Shaktis at various events held by the IWC If you would like to associate your club with Sarvam Shakti or share this link with any Rotary or Inner Wheel club members, we would be most grateful to have your support. This really enables us to get our project more resources in kind.

To keep the emotive skills up as it forms an integral part of Classical Dance, it is important to continously practice, choreograph and also learn nuances of all sorts of emotions! What sets our Shaktis apart is their self-will to want to choreograph and ask the Founder, Nehha, herself a professional in Abhinaya (emotions) for corrections and feedback. To keep it lighter and more exciting as Abhinaya can be particularly difficult to master, we also encourage Shaktis to choose beautiful Hindi music from films as connecting to lyrics and feeling them is an integral part of being a fantastic authentic artist! THE INSPIRATION- Watch a video by Nehha to see how beautiful and nuanced Abhinaya can be and to see what a wonderful mentor the Shaktis have! WATCH THE SHAKTIS abhinaya videos from LOCKDOWN-

The Karnataka centre has a brilliant dedicated dance teacher Kruthi who is teaching the children so so wonderfully. We are in the process of enrolling the children in formally with uniforms and the formal paperwork of Sarvam Shakti which will make them full-time students. They have been with us for over 6 months now and are showing sustained interest and hence it is time for a formal induction! We are so excited to have started this centre in Nagarbhavi, West Bangalore. We wish to have atleast 50 Shaktis learning dance and Yoga there by the end of 2023. They come from the Government school just one lane away from the centre and so it is convenient to travel too. If you would like to visit the centre - here is the link on Google Maps! Just let us know in advance by whatsapping us on +919871700316