She Chalks The Talk

The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others - Albert Schweitzer.

Mrs. Sandhya Godey seems to be living by the adage. Through an initiative called Speaking Chalk, she, along with a team of 42 volunteers, imparts basic spoken English skills to almost 1000 underprivileged students of AU English Medium School. Just an hour is all I ask from my peers, says Sandhya whose smile and energy are as contagious as her dedication and determination. She is confident that a few more helping hands are sure to make all the difference to the disadvantaged.

Word Go

As a member of Rotary Club Vizag Couples, I had organised Decathlonan event of 10 literary competitions like Sudoku, word maze, word building, elocution, essay writing, etc. for school students, making elaborate preparations. However, there were only few takers for it. Hence, I urged my friend Radhika Bodepudi to speak to her father-in-law Prof.Prasad Rao, Correspondent of AU English Medium School, to send a couple of teams. However, Prof.Rao was doubtful if they could compete with the students of the other schools. I paid a visit to the school to help them out. The students found it difficult to say even simple sentences. They still came for the event but barely scored any marks. Prof.Rao who was the chief guest at the valedictory function, caught me by surprise saying, “I came to know that you were interested in helping my students. Please promise me that you will.” I simply couldn’t say no. He almost immediately fixed a session for 9th and 10th standard students. To start with, I played a few ice-breaking games and got them to talk. But it was a tad difficult to handle a class of 118 students So, I roped in Radhika.

Just One Hour