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Stars of Bharati Show and Indian Idol support SIVA4KIDS

S4K — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:04:43 +0000

Bharati is music and a dance sensation from India. After Paris, Marseille, Geneve and Brussel was this spectacular performance, which containes more then 100 artists, to be seen and explored at the Luxortheater in Rotterdam, The Netherlands,¬†from 1st of September til 17 September, 2006.¬†The show is a magical musical which tells the tale of India and it’s many wonders to the western audience in a very colorful and with a blend of eastern mystical dance mixed with the music inspired by the Bollywood style. During and after the show the main role stars of this spectacular show took their time to support the causes of Siva for Kids Foundation by holding/showing the MUSIC4KIDS Album which was gifted to the representative stars of the show.

Other artist and known personalities who have already supported the goal and mission of Siva for Kids Foundation are: Bombay Rockers, the world famous boyband of Denmark, ¬†PadmaShri Hariharan, a very respected personality¬†of Indian classical music and¬† play back singer of Indian films industry and Martin Joergensen, who is a¬†professional (FC Fiorentina) football personality¬†of Denmark.

What is Bharati?
‘Bharati’ is a musical extravaganza, a delectable composite mix of the varied dances, music and folk traditions of India. Over the space of 90 minutes, the audience is guided through a brief but scintillating sampling of India’s rich and breath-taking diversity. Though just a glimpse, the selections hint at the hidden treasures of this vast and enchanting land; its regional, linguistic, historical and philosophical diversity; its myriad peoples, life-styles and traditions.

Due to continuous reinvention and renewal, these traditions appear to be in a state of constant flux. A taste of this infinite variety is offered in a show that is at once entertaining and intriguing. In making the selection, one of the guiding principles has been the search for elements with enduring appeal.

Music, dance and performance traditions have shaped the ‘collective consciousness’ of the Indian diaspora worldwide, and kept India alive in its collective imagination. Ingredients of popular culture have served as inspiration and link to Indian traditions and heritage. This show is at once a celebration of the vitality of these traditions and an invitation to sample and participate in their unique energy.

The Show
Derived from ancient Sanskrit theatrical and narrative traditions wherein the Sutradhar (narrator), ‘holds’ the threads of the tale, the audience is guided through a simple but contemporary tale of love and wonder, punctuated by a mix of 14 songs and dances. While the dances serve to induce a state of enchantment, the Sutradhar interweaves the distinct episodes of the plot that culminate in a single question of contemporary relevance. Along with the hero, the audience confronts the dilemma about balancing tradition and modernity.

Evocative of the best story-telling traditions of the East, where stories and anecdotes are framed within other overarching ones, the frames encompass a world in which the magical is normal and the normal is magical. The Sutradhar, a characteristic feature of rambling, multi-story texts, personifies the eternal appeal of a fine tale, well told. Irreverent and witty, the Sutradhar’s clown-like persona also serves to counter the over-emphasis on ‘other-worldly’ elements in Indian society.

Heroes and heroines of Indian tales usually undergo trials and tribulations before being reunited with each other. Veils of illusion that obscure and cloud truth and recognition, miraculously lift to bring about greater clarity of vision to unite the lovers. The songs are not random but establish the mood, set the tone, and offer insights into the mental states of the protagonists, thus moving the plot forward.

The hero’s outward journey parallels a deeper mystical one within the self. The journey must be made to recover roots, reclaim lost pasts and end fragmentation and separation. Unlike voyages motivated by glory and ambition, this story is about the journey within, not to foreign, unknown destinations, but in a reverse direction, towards one’s roots. The search is about the essence of one’s being and existence.

Tantalising glimpses of the eternal are seen in the rapidly changing face of India, displayed on the screens. These reflect the country’s cultural diversity and the myriad influences that have been absorbed and internalized within the fabric of Indian society. Bharati is synonymous with the spirit of India.

More about Bharati Show at http://www.bharatitheshow.com/.

Completed | PC4KIDS Project Kotapuli, India

S4K — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:18:24 +0000

The inauguration report of the vocational computer trainning centre which is known as Project PC4KIDS¬†Kotapuli is now available. A few weeks after the succesful Pilot Project PC4KIDS was started we can finally¬†update you all who stood behind this very inspiring adventure of helping children in need.¬†This project was very much essential for the tsunami affected fisher’s village called Kotapuli, which is a nearby village to the world famous turistic place called Kanniyakumari of South India. The people of Kotapuli, Tirunelveli districht, Tamil Nadu, India, lost lost their houses, household materials, livelihood materials, etc. during the tusnami disaster still there is¬†no proper income because they didn‚Äôt go to their main business of catching fishes in the sea.

So most of the children, mainly girls of them are not going to school¬†to regularly to finish their education properly. For a month ago the cooperation between SIVA4KIDS Foundation¬†and the local NGO HELP of Kotapuli, started the first Pilot Project PC4KIDS Kotapuli to help 60 tsunami affected children (boys and girls). Now the results are here for your information’s.

The agreement between SIVA4KIDS.org and NGO HELP was to donate the computers and additional materials to start a vocational computer training centre which will benefit 60 children of this fisher’s village of South India. The first plan was to send 20 computers from Holland to South India but soon we realized that the cost of transporting of the goods will be double as much as if you would invest the half of the amount of the money to donate/invest on those mentioned materials on the budget.

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As planned the NGO HELP started the project through the local community and city hall of the village which already donated a location for the computer training centre. HELP started the work together with specialists and local volunteers with the passion to realize something big after the tsunami. They did achieved something which were beyond their imagination. The results of it you can view on the Kotapuli gallery of SIVA4KIDS.org.

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Inauguration Party

The inauguration party was well visited by the community of Kotapuli and surrounding communities also to join one of the biggest development projects which was realized through the help of a Foundation in Holland. Read more about the Inauguration Party on the next article about the appreciation by the ministry of Tamil Nadu, India, where MLA’s of South Indian politic joined the opening of the Project PC4KIDS Kotapuli. Thank you very much.

Budget PC4KIDS Kotapuli, Tamil Nadu, India

S4K — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:59:00 +0000

The people of Kotapuli wish to set up computer training centre in order to improve their girl and boy¬†childrens’ chances of getting a good and safe job. The town hall¬†has been utilized for the vocational training centre. They want to organize vocational training in basic pc usage and advance pc¬†trainning like Office Automation and Desk Top Publishing. Hereunder you can view the budget of this project:

For this purpose we have to provide the following materials and equipments.

Items for Computer room	Size	Quantity	Unit cost in INR	Cost in INR
1. Used monitors		20	2,000	40,000
2. Used desktops		20	5,000	100,000
3.¬†Printer		01	5,000	5,000
4. Scanner		01	5,000	5,000
5. Fans		03	500	1,500
6. Tables, chairs, paintings,¬†¬†electric works, transaction cost and others.				48,500
Total cost				200,000

Budgeted Amount:
For the total project it will cost nearly¬†INR 185,000.00.

Project PC4KIDS Kotapuli in Tamil Nadu, India

S4K — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:03:22 +0000

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Aim:
Siva for Kids Foundation’s aim through this project called PC4KIDS Kotapuli is to provide educational facilities to the kids (youth) through used computers to the tsunami affected¬† girls, youths and children and get them employment.¬†This¬†village called Kotapuli was damaged by tsunami disaster on the¬†dec. 26th 2004. This project provide in trainning the girls and boys¬†computer and¬† help them to start some business from their home. The need of the 20 Computers is to educate the youths and girls on computer training on 6 months and diploma course and prevent them from being child Labuor, bonded labour, uneducated also save the girls from sexual harassment and make their life better.

How will this project be realized?
The project should be realized as a Community project of Kootapuli as well as deprived poor people of Tamilnadu. The Community organization is formed in the name of Human Education and Liberation for Poor for establish this training center in accordance and democracy with rural people as per desired

Who will benefiet from this project?
The Children, Girls and Youths of the Tsunami affected areas such as Kotapuli, Perumanal and near by affected villages of Tirunelveli District, Tamilnadu, South India. They are based on fishing. They are fishing Community. All the other poor students who are not affected by Tsunami will¬† be also benefited by this project without any cost, creed, religious, gender, origin, etc.

Development plan
The educational facilities has been requested by local community themself. It is not something Siva for Kids Foundation has pushed ‚Äì the ownership & location for the trainning centre¬†is locally founded. The donation is a small one-off donation which will ensure a good environment for learning and progress for the children.

Nieuw muziekproject zet zich in voor Indiase straatkinderen

S4K — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:09:48 +0000

Persbericht: Zaterdag 17 juni aanstaande ziet een uniek muziekproject het levenslicht. Een groep van 13 jonge Europese artiesten wier roots in ontwikkelingslanden liggen, zal dan hun eerste MUSIC4KIDS cd uitbrengen. Ook de internationaal gerespecteerde band Bombay Rockers heeft aan dit project een bijdrage geleverd. Met dit project hoopt organisator Siva4kids voldoende geld binnen te halen om een straatkinderenproject in India te kunnen financieren.

MUSIC4KIDS is een project van Stichting SIVA4KIDS. Deze non-gouvernementele hulporganisatie initieerde in het verleden al succesvolle ontwikkelingsprojecten zoals het PC4Kids-project en de wederopbouw van een school voor 722 kinderen die in 2004 ernstig door de tsunami getroffen werd. Met MUSIC4KIDS is de organisatie een nieuw, uniek project begonnen om het lot van kinderen in ontwikkelingslanden te verbeteren. MUSIC4KIDS is een muziekproject waarbij jonge aanstormende artiesten uit Europa zich inzetten voor een groep van 25 Indiase straatkinderen. De artiesten hebben ieder een track gemaakt voor het eerste album van MUSIC4KIDS. Degene die deze cd koopt, komt niet alleen in het bezit van een heel bijzonder en origineel muziekalbum, maar draagt door de aanschaf ook bij aan de financiering van een uniek straatkinderenproject in India.

Dit straatkinderenproject is intensief en effectief tegelijk. Twee jaar lang zullen deze kinderen door professionele hulpverleners intensief begeleid worden. Zo krijgen ze bijvoorbeeld verschillende opleidingen aangeboden. Het is de bedoeling dat de kinderen na deze periode van twee jaar in staat zijn om zelfstandig in hun levensonderhoud te voorzien: een onontbeerlijke levensles, maar voor vele kinderen in India een ware ver-van-mijn-bed-show. Of beter gezegd: een ver-van-mijn-straat-show, want in India moeten straatkinderen helaas op straat slapen.

Des te meer redenen dus om een bijdrage te leveren aan dit unieke jongerenproject. 17 juni aanstaande is de releasedatum van de cd MUSIC4KIDS. Het album is onder andere verkrijgbaar via www.siva4kids.org en bij lokale Hindoestaanse videotheken in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag en Utrecht.

Over Stichting Siva for Kids
Stichting Siva for Kids (SIVA4KIDS.org) is een politiek en religieus onafhankelijke organisatie die zowel voorziet in noodhulp als in ontwikkelingshulp op lange termijn door middel van samenwerking met lokale bewoners, overheidsinstellingen en internationale organisaties. Het doel van SIVA4KIDS is het bieden van actieve hulp aan kinderen zonder onderscheid te maken wat betreft ras, godsdienst, politiek, cultuur of geslacht. Daartoe ontwikkelen en verwezenlijken de organisaties projecten om de levensomstandigheden van kinderen in hun eigen omgeving (met inbegrip van families en gemeenschappen) te verbeteren. Het Verdrag voor de Rechten van het Kind vormt het conceptuele kader voor de activiteiten van SIVA4KIDS. SIVA4KIDS streeft ernaar om positieve veranderingen te brengen in het leven van kinderen door hen en hun omgeving te helpen en te stimuleren met activiteiten en projecten. Anderhalf jaar geleden is de stichting “SIVA4KIDS.org” opgericht en gestart met verschillende inmiddels zeer succesvolle projecten voor kansarme kinderen. Met uw hulp, donaties en vrijwillige inzet heeft “SIVA4KIDS.org” bijvoorbeeld de wederopbouw van een school voor 722 kinderen die in 2004 ernstig door de natuurramp Tsunami getroffen werd mogelijk gemaakt.

Persbericht door Jos van der Hoek

Project PC4KIDS at Tsunami affected village, India

S4K — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:54:02 +0000

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As you already have read about the Project PC4KIDS of SIVA4KIDS Foundation, which is to use computer facilities as one of the tools to educate youth and kids in the rural areas in third world countries. Therefore we want to announce that SIVA4KIDS.org starts her first project PC4KIDS for a fisher men village in India, which was badly affected by tsunami.

More about this project and pictures will be updated soon. Meanwhile you are welcome to view the pictures of this tsunami affected¬†village called “Kotapuli” in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu.

Padma Shri Hariharan supports SIVA4KIDS

S4K — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:15:38 +0000

Padma Shri Hariharan, one of the greatest singer and playback singer of the Indian music and the film industry gave together with Anup Jalota and musicians from Mumbai, an amazing concert full of music spectacular which a music lover can wish for on the “Close to My Heart” concert, in Dr. Anton Philips Zaal, in The Hague, The Netherlands.

Due to this musical event on the 13th November 2005 and the first music performance of Hariharan in The Netherlands,¬†S4K presented the relationship-gift to one of the remarkable indian music icon, who thanked for the 6 postcards, which are also being used to fund-raise money for the victims of South Asian quakeat current time of Siva for Kids Foundation of The Hague.

About Padma Shri Hariharan:
Padma Shri Hariharan took the Indian musical scene by storm in 1996 with his phenomenally successful “Colonial Cousins” album, a collaborative effort with Leslie Lewis. This Indian-English fusion album, which consistently topped the Indian¬† musical charts in 1996 and even became the first Indian act to be featured on MTV Unplugged, won Padma Shri Hariharan the¬† international fame that had eluded him in his more than 15-year career as a recording artiste.

Trained both in Carnatic and Hindustani music, this Tamilian from Bombay first made his mark in an unconventional way — as a ghazal singer. But his fame was restricted to a small coterie of ghazal fans. Padma Shri Hariharan has also long sung for Hindi films and for Tamil films since 1993 but, ironically, it was an album in which he has sung in English that catapulted him to the heights of fame. Since that success, there has been no turning back; acclaim after acclaim followed. Hariharan is now the most sought after film singer in Chennai. Mumbai’s filmdom has also re-discovered him. In 1998, Padma Shri Hariharan received the prestigious Indian National Film Award for “Best Male Singer” for the Hindi song¬† Mere dushman mere bhai¬† from the movie “Border”.

Kaakam wishes Maestro Padma Shri Hariharan many more years of music success and service to the Indian music and world audience.

Source: kaakam.nl and Official Padma Shri Hariharan Website

Siva for Kids Foundation is very proud to present this unique postcards to such a music phenomenon of the Indian music world.

Help children of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan

S4K — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 17:58:22 +0000

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Facts: 80,000 lives lost in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. This is an emergency appeal on behalf of the victims of the catastrophic earthquake in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. At least 80,000 people have died. Tens of thousands of people are injured and over 3.3 million are homeless. If they are to survive they need help now.

Siva for Kids Foundation of The Hague organizes together with volunteers and Sri lankan students of The Netherlands a Postcard action to HELP Children of PAKISTAN, INDIA AND AFGHANISTAN.

Please¬†support our¬†”postcards action” of Siva for Kids Foundation starting from on the 29th October 2005 to Help the children of Pakistan, India and Afgha-nistan.¬†The whole collection of the postcards action will be donated to Giro800800 (SHO=Samenwerkende Hulp-Organisaties).

This action is being organized through the volunteers of Siva for Kids Foundation and the members and students¬†of kaakam.nl – a Dutch_Lankans online community and magazine.

What is Postcards action?
Postcards of Siva for Kids Foundation will be sold through¬†volunteers of Siva for Kids Foundation and through Sri lankan students in The Netherlands to fundraise money the coming¬†week in The Netherlands. Volunteers of Siva for Kids Foundation are also willing to do this action in their own work places and close to their homes with permissions.

Date: starting 29.10.2005.

Main cities are: Amsterdam, Den Haag, Rotterdam, Utrecht¬†and Den Helder.

If you are interested in participating in this national postcard action and helping the children of PAKISTAN, INDIA AND AFGHANISTAN¬†.¬†If you think you can organize a postcards action in your¬†city please contact at or info@kaakam.nl info@siva4kids.org

This is an action organized by¬†Siva for Kids Foundation to help the children of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.

Fujitsu Services doubles the fundraise for Asia Quake

S4K — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 18:10:34 +0000

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Fund raising activity “Help South East Asia” of Siva for Kids Foundation at ICT specialist Fujistu Services in Maarssen, Utrecht, was a big success for the volunteers and S4K.¬†The employees of Fujitsu building supported this action by donating¬†small donations and also buying¬†the official postcards of¬†S4K to help the most vulnerable victims of the Quake in South East Asia, which took more then 80.000 lives and made more then 3.000.000 people homeless. The volunteers managed to fund raise 500 euro during this action which they managed to complete during their working hours.

The¬†volunteers were from different department of the Fujitsu building who participated on this action to make it successful. Volunteers who¬†are being appreciated for their contribution for this good cause are Andre Tan, Nora Slimani and¬†Joseef Saleem. You can view the gallery of the action in Utrecht by clicking here.

It was a great news for the volunteers and for the board of S4K when the management of Fujitsu Services decided to double the fund raise of 500 euro to 1000 euro, which will be transferred on the account of Siva for Kids Foundation during this week.

Siva for Kids Foundation is fund raising at this moment in Den Haag and in Rotterdam to help the children in South East Asia and as soon the actions are completed the whole amount will be transferred to Giro 800800.

Siva for Kids Foundation appreciate the contribution of volunteers, supporters and last but not least the management of Fujitsu Services who made this action very unique by doubling this action.