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HQ School Visit
 On
5 July'10, Claire from Soderi Board, France visited
the HQ School (Thiruporur HS School) and met with the
Principal, Teachers and the students of Class 6. She
showed the children a film on Paris and explained the
various places of interest in Paris. In a meeting held
with the Principal and members of the Parent Teacher
Association, Claire and the CSR team discussed on the
requirements of the school. It was agreed that the school
would send the list of requirements and the quotations
to understand if HQ could think of funding. Claire &
Gayathri together are exploring the possibility of involving
trainee volunteers from Alliance Francaise to come and
work in the school, especially preparing the sports
ground and the kitchen garden. In the meantime, Shobha
Tirkey would explore other possibilities of clearing
the grounds to make a proper sports area. Claire also
visited Padma Adarsh School and later met with Marie
& Juliette.
Tree
Plantation Drive
 On
6 July'10, as part of Environment initiatives, 20 saplings
were planted in Steria supported Rupeenagar Primary
School in Pune. This is a joint initiative implemented
by the Forest Department - PCMC, the Education Department
- PCMC, Steria and the school authorities. Volunteers
from Steria also participated in the plantation drive.
Enterprise
Client Visit
 On
10 July'10, Andrew Hickson - Enterprise along with Ian
Bentley of Steria UK, visited Padma Adarsh School. They
distributed biscuits to the children of the Primary
School and then later visited the old age home, rehabilitation
centre and orphanage home. A contribution of Rs.10000
was made as sponsorship for prizes to be given on the
sports day on 15 July'10.
On 15 July 2010, Sports Day was conducted
in Padma Adarsh Primary School by 25 Steria staff volunteers
and the teachers. Games were conducted for the children
from Class 1 to Class 5. Two winners from each category
received prizes sponsored by Enterprise, our client.
Carrom boards for each class were given as gifts to
the school. Each child received a pencil box with stationery
as a personal gift. Many thanks to Andrew Hickson, Ian
Bentley and the CSR volunteers for organising this annual
sports event.
Bhumi
Competitions
On
11 July'10, Bhumi - an NGO working with disadvantaged
children organised the annual event - Sirugugal, where
children from 37 orphanage homes across Chennai participate
in competitions. The competitions consist of paintings
& drawings, debates, speeches, etc. 18 children from
Padma Adarsh orphanage home participated in this Sirugugal
event. Our student, Mohanapriya from Padma Adarsh won
the second prize in the English speech competition.
Mentor
Training
On 13 July'10, a two hour Mentorship
Training was conducted for the first time through Video
Conferencing by Gayathri Mohan (India CSR Head) from
Chennai and Chaitrali S Inamdar (CSR Champion) in Pune.
The training session included the details of Steria
Mentorship Programme, how to conduct including some
dos and donts for the mentors to follow during their
interaction with the children. 40 children from four
Steria supported schools will participate in this programme
from July to December. The children will come to Steria
Pune office once every week and spend time with their
mentors.
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