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What can be more satisfying than seeing the fruits of your hard work? Knowing you were instrumental in shaping up someone's future? We are very proud to introduce to you - our Alumni who are serving as Teachers, Managers, successful staff at several reputable organizations. A great amount of passionate work went in to molding them carefully by our loving teaching and administrative staff, our volunteers and the kind supporters. Today their lives are made, they are independent, they are able to take care of their family and can live proudly without relying on any support. We are happy for them and ever grateful to all the support we got to serve them.

VT Seva CEO, HH Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swami ji has envisioned serving the underprivileged, serving those that put everyone else before themselves, serving those that only think of nurturing and providing family is reason for their existance Yes, the lady of the home, whose well being is pivotal for the sustenance and development of the home and in turn healthy community. Through Mahila Arogya Vikas, VT Seva Health Pillar is humbled to celebrate serving One million people that were reached out to spread awareness and provide free health screenings. We are proud of their efforts for customizing the equipment to decrease the turn around time to provide results. The innovation not only helped getting the faster results but also at much more economical price which helps us in expanding our scope to serve even more. We can't thank you enough - the supporters for your constant support. We can't thank our volunteers enough - who go door to door to raise awareness and work tirelessly to provide health screening. We are excited for the opportunity to serve and look forward to reach more and more people and confident you will join us. Your Support is Our Strength to Serve.

VT Seva Virginia had a successful event where the attendees had opportunity to share and learn from amazing panel of Doctors. It provided health awareness, education, information and resources.  The success and feedback confirmed the importance of this event. We thank all the Sponsors and Supporters without whose contribution, the event would not have been a success. A big thank you from everyone at VT SEVA VIRGINIA.

During the brief meeting after our successful RAAS 2018 event, we were brainstorming about adding newer events to attract more participation and awareness about VT Seva and we hit upon this idea of conducting a Kid’s Soccer Tournament to benefit the Netra Vidyalaya children. It is then when we started this 7-month long journey of VT Seva – ‘Soccer For A Cause’ tournament. It was quite a challenge initially to assess the interest, availability of fields, identifying the age groups, many other logistics since it was a first time for all of us to conduct a tournament of this size. Hence, we decided to send out a Survey form to seek everybody’s opinion and interest. Due to several reasons such as summer vacation time for the kids, field and volunteers’ availability, July 13th 2019 was the chosen to be the day of the Tournament based on the Survey feedback. We had overwhelming responses from kids, parents and volunteers in making the event a successful one without any hiccups. We were thrilled to see players signing up till the last minute at the venue. Total about 45 kids registered. We played 3 round robin games for 6-9yr olds and then one decider, 2 games for 10-12 yr olds and 1 big game for High Schoolers vs Adults...you could obviously guess the result of that game All in all, it was a fun filled day of Soccer with some mouthwatering snacks - Pizzas, Samosas, Ice Cream, Lemonade, Mango Lassi, Gatorade & plenty of water to keep the players & parents going. All proceeds go to Netra Vidyalaya from VT Seva Detroit RAAS event. We definitely look forward to making it a bigger event in the following years! Thank you UV ShutterKlick Photography , Vathsal Ravi for wonderful pictures. Thank you Milkster Novi and Thank you Total Sports Novi for the facility. Click here for more pictures

VT Seva Detroit First ever Tennis Tournament coordinated by Youth volunteers : Here is the report from Amitesh and Aishani - We, Amitesh Gargapati and Aishani Gargapati, Youth Volunteers of the VT Seva Detroit Branch, are honored to be a part of the VT Seva Organization. We are greatly blessed with the guidance provided by VT Seva CEO HH Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji, whose valuable mission is to support the underserved in all walks of life for a human cause. Through the motivation of our VT Seva Detroit Branch Director, Mr. Sudheer Koppu, we have extended this opportunity to conduct the first VT Seva Tennis Tournament on June 22, 2019 where 100 percent of the proceeds go to VT Seva Health Pillar - cancer awareness and prevention camps and patients suffering from cancer. We believed that hosting this VT Seva Tennis Tournament for youth and adults would not only involve large collaboration within numerous communities but also further VT Seva's mission to conduct an event for an impactful cause. Meticulously planning and preparing for this tournament from March of 2019, we initiated this event that contained participation of more than 30 teenagers, adults, and youth participants. Thank you so much to our parents Siva Gargapati and Prema Gargapati, our mentors, the tennis participants, parents, and youth volunteers, who have helped us make this event successful and memorable. With the strong support of the VT Seva Organization, we are greatly looking forward to conducting many more community events in the future. Through this event, we have learned that small acts of kindness can significantly contribute to many diverse communities. -Aishani and Amitesh Gargapati More details : click here

VT Seva, North Jersey team came together with Mamatha 2019 - an Annual event to support education of visually challenged kids through Schools for Visually Challenged. The team raised funds to support education of around 115 kids this year. There were many inspiring moments in the event. There was a dance drama about School for Visually Challenged, where the whole group of performers danced blind folded. An inspirational song "we are the world, let’s start giving" with glimpses of Schools for Visually challenged students by kids gave goose bumps to audience. Overall, the evening was enjoyable and rewarding to everyone present.

It's always ironic when serving local communities ends up being serving food to the needy. On this occasion VT Seva went out to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen where we handed out meals to hundreds of the local population. The guests ranged from small children to the elderly, all graciously accepting of our efforts. Interestingly enough, everyone enjoyed the dessert portion of their meals - I guess sweetness is not something you really grow out of! While I was standing in the line to pick up the next tray of food to be served, a gentleman struck up a conversation with me. "Are you all college students?" I explained that while the younger volunteers were all high schoolers, I was the only higher education student, that too in medical school. Curious he asked where I studied and why I was helping out. I mentioned that since I study in the Camden/Philadelphia area the majority of my future patient population would be similar to the guests of the food kitchen. Immediately the man's face lit up and he smiled. Then he had a more important question, "how do you say your name?" No matter what age we are or what backgrounds we come from, there is one thing that is common to us all - we need food. Such experiences not only help us develop lasting relationships with communities, they also expose us to a side of life we might not otherwise encounter. I likely will not see that man in the future again but if I do I would be happy to shake his hand and tell him my name again. Bharani K Puskur Bharani is one of our star volunteers from New Jersey and is a recipient of US President's Volunteer Service Award for his outstanding volunteer service in the community.

VT Seva Supported Schools for the Tribals in Allampally, Beersaipet and School for Fishermen children in Katarivaripalem scored 100% success in 10th Grade (SSC) 2019 Board examinations. Teachers successfully completed teaching syllabus by end of December and from January, helped students revise all the subjects. During preparation time, teachers stayed with the students after school hours to clarify their questions instantaneously. The administrative staff planned examination preparation very efficiently, and supported students and teachers in all aspects. The hard work paid off with astounding results with high GPA and appreciated by local media that the efforts of schools which provide free education to underprivileged in remote areas are performing on par with corporate schools. These schools have been showing constant progress with a successful 100% pass rate the past three years. In addition to academics, the children are constantly groomed in building great character and values to step out of school and be responsible human beings of the society. Our success stories in local media :

VT-Seva Cary is Celebrating Mom! "Honor Your Mom on this Mother's Day by helping other Moms in need". Due to lack of awareness and unavailability of regular medical checkups, Rural/Tribal women are at the Health risk. With your support, we can spread awareness and provide access to the health care for as many as possible. Our recently acquired medical mobile screening van, is coming in very handy in taking care of the cancer screening & health check up in rural/tribal India. By donating $20, You can sponsor a screening kit and celebrate mother's day in a special way. Lets lend a helping hand to a mother in need! After all, Motherhood is universal! Donate here - Lets pay back for the selfless care she provides! Please contact Sowjanya Thungathurti on 408-913-3373 for further information. Thank you for all your support, together we can make some difference on the Rural Women health. Prajna & VT-Seva, Cary .

On April 6th 2019, VT Seva Boston team and New England community celebrated Bloom annual event. The evening started with Akhil Maqtedar and Akshitha Maqtedar singing the American National Anthem and Jahnavi Vemuri rendering Indian National Anthem. Our beautiful MCs of the day Amulya Jayam, Ria Mishra, Tanishi Mishra and Shreya Gattu with their constant smile, effortlessly welcomed all the guest and educated them about VT Seva. The event was kicked off by New England Prajna students recite Shlokas to take blessings for a successful event. Success of BLOOM is only possible due to Volunteers time and generous donations to support Mahila Arogya Vikas and JIMS hospital medical equipment project . We had three Video Contest groups and the winners were announced on stage and their video played. Public Speaking contest has been very successful with over 30 participants in 4 categories. Each category had topics related to one of the pillars of VT Seva and the speakers put their efforts. The winners were announced and had an opportunity to speak to the audience. Mr. Paresh Motiwala of Circles of Growth, supported public speaking contest by conducting a workshop for youth and Judging the contest. He supported by training the MCs as well. The winners of this competition presented at the BLOOM thus providing education to all on various topics. Mrs India USA Mrs. Vidhi Dave from Connecticut graced the event and presented the trophies. Shova Sharma from New York Life very kind to sponsor all the trophies and plaques for this event. Din Check Band supported by DJ Jawed Wahid entertained community with their live music and some beautiful melodies. BLOOM is thankful to our local dance and music schools for their support for Mahila Arogya Vikas. We had fantastic performances from students of Shaila School of dance, Sailaja Chowdary natyalaya and self-choreography teams. Everyone enjoyed and felt unique about “Miss India New England fashion show”with team of Miss India NE team and Mrs India of New England. The snacks were sponsored by Minerva Indian Cuisine, Mirchi nation and few volunteers. Beautiful decorations were made possible by Lakshmi Jemolla, Manasa, Raghuram Samudrala and dedicated decoration volunteer group. Everyone enjoyed the dinner served by the food committee. Green Team led by Mrs. Madhavi Kamma supported the event by using Stainless steel cutlery , paper products and reusable cups for water supporting environmental awareness pillar. With her support more of this will be included in upcoming events. for pictures click here

VT SEVA Charlotte celebrated 2nd annual music and dance festival PRERANA 2019 on Saturday, April 20th, 2018 from 6 PM to 9 PM. Preparation for the event started a few weeks ago with about 50 youth volunteers participating in weekly meetings planning for the event. Team reached out to potential sponsors, donors in the community explaining the mission of VT SEVA, the goal of PRERANA 2019. The team divided the tasks to be done at the event among themselves, came up with the plan of execution and rundown of the events. The youth team divided themselves into groups of MCs to handle the proceedings in an orderly manner.The team met NC House representative Wesley Harris and invited him to attend the event as a guest speaker. It was an outstanding experience to see 50 youth volunteers orchestrating the event without a flaw. On the day of the event all the youth volunteers and their parents reached the event location couple of hours before the start time with excitement and performed all their assigned tasks. The event started with the singing of national anthems of USA and India followed by lighting of the candles by junior youth team members which the MCs explained is a symbol of passing the torch to the next generation of youth leaders. Throughout the evening, the music and dance performances enthralled the audience. Between the performances the youth volunteers took turns to explain the four pillars of VT SEVA, the mission of PRERANA, the past volunteering activities of VT SEVA Charlotte, experience of summer volunteering in India, and delivered motivational speeches and effectively communicated to the audience the need for supporting the goal of PRERANA to sponsor visually challenged children’s education. It was an outstanding experience to see 50 youth volunteers orchestrating the event without a flaw. Ms. Kalpana Nellutla, the branch director of VT SEVA Charlotte recognized the major sponsors of the evening and special guests. Rep. Wesley Harris, the District 105 representative of NC House of representatives delivered speech commending the activities of VT SEVA and spoke of the need for the different communities of youth volunteers to work together for making a difference in the this world. The new treasurer of VT SEVA Charlotte Sriram Bhuma was introduced to the audience. The proceedings of the evening were concluded with the “PLEDGE” by the Charlotte PRAJNA students which the audience appreciated very much. The audience was quite impressed by the proceedings of the event, the discipline of the youth volunteers. Many people asked for opportunity to join the future VT SEVA fundraising events, and inquired about the opportunity for future youth volunteers to participate in summer volunteering opportunities in India. The attendees purchased food donated by the local restaurants and prepared by the volunteer families. The need for supporting the education of the visually challenged children was very much on the minds of the attendees when they left the event. Event pictures click here

North Jersey - June 22, 4pm onwards Get enchanted with an evening of music, dance, food, fun and celebration ! When: June 22, 2019 . - Saturday Where: Madison High School, 170, Ridgedale, Ave, Madison, NJ, 07940 Time: 4pm to 8pm Tickets: Individual - $20 Family of four (2 adults + 2 kids under 12 yrs): $50 Questions? contact: vtsevaparsippany@gmail.com Tel: 862-571-9518 All Proceeds benefit Visually challenged children and their education Below are pictures from Last year event VT Seva is a global non-profit organization with an aim to help rebuild and restructure the underprivileged and under-served communities.  There is more than one way to give back to the community. Visit us to see all impact Donate to your choice cause Volunteer and give back to the community Read all our articles See other events - 100's of events across USA

VT Seva is organizing a soccer tournament , on July 13th 2019 at 11:00 AM in Total Sports Novi East. Proceeds from this tournament will go to schools in India for visually challenged children. VT Seva supports Schools for the Blind in India such as Nethra Vidyalaya . These schools provide higher education to visually challenged students and enable them to be independent and compete with other students. VT Seva Detroit is organizing first ever Soccer tournament this summer. All the proceeds go to VT Seva supported Schools for the Blind Date : July 13th at 11 AM Venue : Total Sports 41550 Grand River Ave, Novi, MI 48375 Kids from age 6 and above are eligible participate in this soccer tournament for a great cause. Come join us and play for cause. More details please contact : Suresh : 734-612-4961 Venkat : 313-587-8011 detroit.director@vtsworld.org If you would like to sponsor for the event or company sponsorship or to place your business logo, banner or any other type of promotion, please contact detroit.director@vtsworld.org / 213-399-2315

Join VT SEVA Katy in providing free cancer screening kits at just $20/kit Celebrating Mom! Lets pay back for the selfless care she provides! We believe that “If the woman is healthy then the house will be safe and the society will flourish”, VT Seva has been instrumental in Free Health / Cancer Awareness Camps which screened 850,000 women. If our women are putting their health at stake due to lack of awareness, it is a pity on our part! We cannot let our women fall ill because they simply did not have a regular check-up. We should do everything we can to ensure every SINGLE woman has knowledge about her health. With our medical mobile screening van, VT Seva is all set to take the screening to where the need is. You can sponsor a screening kit for $ 20 - celebrating mother's day, lets lend a helping hand to a mother in need! After all, Motherhood is universal! VT Seva is a global non-profit organization with an aim to help rebuild and restructure the underprivileged and under-served communities.  There is more than one way to give back to the community. Visit us to see all impact Donate to your choice cause Volunteer and give back to the community Read all our articles See other events - 100's of events across USA

VT Seva CEO Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swami was honored ‘ Uthama Nagarika Sanman ’ from the Government of Nepal for the yeoman services rendered to country of Nepal. Mr. Jeevan Ghimire, Minister of Education and Social Development and Mr. Bhim Parajuli, Mayor of Viratnagar presented the award. During the occasion, Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji inaugurated the Biography of the Prime Minister of Nepal Lt. Mr. Sriman Nagender Prasad Rijal. GLIMPSE OF OUR SERVICES IN NEPAL Provided 5000+ tents and blankets as immediate relief for Nepal Earthquake relief, re-built a permanent school ''Nandi Secondary School" in Naxal, Kathmandu, Nepal with about $170,000 (USD) for the children and houses for the victims Blood Donation Camps for past 10 years at Purano Baneshwor Height, Kathmandu, Nepal Women Health Camps in Kathmandu and Bharatpur for Cancer Screening (VIA) and Eye Checkups Trauma Relief Camps for the Orphan Children who lost parents in the violent fight between Nepal Army and Maoists Free clean drinking water distribution camps in multiple areas of Kathmandu, Nepal Youth led Community Service events in local community, Kathmandu, Nepal When the massive earthquake struck Nepal in April 2015 and caused widespread destruction and suffering, more than seven thousand people lost their lives, cities and towns have been destroyed and tens of thousands of people have been rendered homeless. VT Seva CEO Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji reached Nepal on April 30th, 2015 to survey the affected areas and get firsthand information about the devastation. He enquired about the destruction, what the major problems are and which places are the most affected. Due to heavy rains and landslide, there were no proper sanitation and shelter facilities. After initial screening of the place and discussing with the locals, He felt that the immediate needs are tents & blankets to provide shelter and restrooms to provide sanitation. He then discussed with the team about the immediate needs and formulated a plan of action. While VT Nepal volunteers are working in the grass root levels to help the victims, VT Seva & JET USA have set a target of $150,000 (We exceeded it by raising ~$170,000) that would be used towards helping the affected and in rebuilding the destroyed towns and cities. All our teams through out the US have sprung into action to raise funds for the cause. Very encouraging sign is that many young volunteers of VT Seva did door to door campaigns, set up awareness booths and came up with many creative ideas in reaching out and engaging one and all for helping the brothers and sisters of Nepal. After receiving the award, Sri Swamiji said, ‘Whatever the value of this award is, please use it to build a good school that inculcates and teaches children not only science and technology, but also DHARMA and MORAL from our ancient wisdom. Let the children not be raised as mere machines!’ Such genuine gesture that every single one gave STANDING OVATION! Government officials accepted the proposal and the city is hopeful for happier, good hearted and intelligent children !

March 30, 2019VT Seva Bayarea conducted first Annual Dance and Music contest in Fremont today. Event was a grand success with 15 schools and 40 participants around Bay Area to support our cause. Throughout the day we had more than 130 member audience. 15 Schools, 40 participants, 130 member audience ! We had great representation from esteemed judges with nearly 3 decades of experience in BayArea and India. Participants, parents and Judges were spellbound with the event arrangements. We were able to connect to our cause individually with most of the parents/Judges. They appreciated how important the cause is and how critical it is for all of us to be part of such noble cause. All the judges were really excited to make this an annual event and assured us that they would bring many schools around BayArea to make this even more successful in the coming years. See all photos here Thank you ! Professional photographs courtesy of Amar Hariharan Tel: 916-941-5592 amars.snaps@gmail.com Professional photos are here: All photos See all photos here

VT Seva Detroit organized a cultural event for the Army Welfare fund with an underlying theme of patriotism. Our team was able to organize this meaningful event in less than a month. This was a highly successful event with a turnout of more than 180 people in attendance. This event took place at Sri Baktha Hanuman Temple on March 30th from 3 PM to 6 PM. There were more than 70 participants, that sang, danced and spoke on patriotism. The highlight of the event was certainly the Hrudhwani, an Indo-fusion band that performed on many popular patriotic songs. Lastly, we would like to thank each and every volunteer that helped out with the event. This event would not have been successful without any of them! For more pictures click here VT Seva is a global non-profit organization with an aim to help rebuild and restructure the underprivileged and under-served communities.  There is more than one way to give back to the community. Visit us to see all impact Donate to your choice cause Volunteer and give back to the community Read all our articles See other events - 100's of events across USA

VT Seva Minneapolis chapter successfully organized 2nd Annual Cancer awareness walk in collaboration with TEAM (Telugu Association of Minnesota) and MATA(Minnesota Area Telangana Association) at Highland Park Reserve , 10145 Bush Lake Road, Bloomington,MN,55438 on July 29th .Beneficiaries of the event are Children Minnesota and VT Seva, India for the causes of Kids cancer research and Breast cancer awareness programs. Walk started with a brief speech by Dr.Rajani Malisetty ,Oncologist on awareness needed on different kinds of cancers after thanking and welcoming the crowd by Mr. Rao Chaduvula, VT Seva Minneapolis Director and Mr. Upender ,President TEAM. There were about 80+ enthusiastic participants, including 40+ youth walked for 5K.Highlight of the event is initiation of Piggy bank project, handed over piggy banks to about 30+ kids to involve kids directly in saving and donating for a cause activity. It was highly appreciated by everyone. This event was sponsored by RNXT and STEM Builders and Costco, Maple Grove graciously donated water bottles despite last minute request. Narasimha Rao Chaduvula

Saurav Gandhi won Gold in 2017 and Bronze in 2016 for his outstanding volunteering contribution. Why I joined VT Seva I have been volunteering for 4 years I joined VT Seva to serve the community using the knitting skills I acquired over the summer of fourth grade. I was a NICU baby at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, so I wanted to give back to the hospital. My favorite activity was sewing Pillowcase dresses for Girls in Africa, sewing and assembling craft kits for the Giving Tree at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, and Sandwich Seva.