Monday, May 21, 2012

Sampurn Sahayatha - Turns paper & Cardboard into Furniture

Sturdy, lightweight, colourful and innovative. The differently abled turn paper and cardboard into furniture


A lot happens on a quiet street in Abhiramapuram. 


Every week day, differently abled young adults transform wastepaper and cardboard into sturdy and usable furniture that look elegant and funky too — thanks to Sahayatha, an innovative rehabilitation effort. These youngsters craft stools that can take a weight of up to 90kg, cute writing tables, cots, desks, containers and baskets. On the anvil is a paper-cardboard cupboard!


The social enterprise is the brainchild of young Archana Achutan, who has cerebral palsy. She runs Sampurn, a centre that provides counselling as well as soft skills training workshops to schools, colleges and corporate houses. “I was always drawn to paper art.I happened to read about appropriate paper-based technology (APT) and was fascinated by it,” says Archana.

APT requires a little bit of guidance and lots of manpower, wastepaper, home-made glue (from maida) and sunlight. It was developed in Zimbabwe by Bevill Packer, using basic engineering principles and in consultation with therapists.


The paper and cardboard sheets are pasted in layers and the panels are sun dried, after which they are assembled to fit into groves cut out in the panels. Hardened paper-layers are glued over to keep the panels from folding over. A coat of waterproofing is added finally. The finished product is an amazingly strong and simultaneously lightweight structure. It can also be made in themes and finishes you fancy — be it abstract wood finishes or ones with lively images. The stools come at Rs. 600. 
Sahayatha can be contacted at 98843-61562.


Monday, May 7, 2012

A website for Pet Lovers

www.petvacations.in - is a website dedicated for pet lovers. 
You can get all details regarding pets like Pet clinic, Pet training , First aid for Pets , Pet relocation, Pet beauty salons, Pet events etc.

You can also find about the various pet NGOs around each state in India.
For General Inquiries:
info@petvacations.in
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OBITUARY - PUBLISHED FREE OF COST

The Mylapore times is a weekly neighborhood newspaper which is circulated
around Mylapore,R.A.Puram and Mandeveli in South Chennai.
They have circulations of about 30,000 copies.
They accept obituary announcements free of cost.
Contact Number :24982244 , 24671122
Email: mytimesedit@gmail.com

NET WRITE FOUNDATIONS - INDIA

Newrite Foundation India is a ‘Not-For-Profit’ institution engaged in disseminating a 100% phonetic-based notation (short-hand) system in the English language.
Walter Kistler: Father of Netwrite 

Newrite is an advanced way to put words on paper. It is faster to write, easier to read, and requires less space than conventional handwriting. The written text looks neat; words are elegant and as easy to recognize as the faces of friends and relatives. It is phonetic and does away with the complex and erratic English spelling rules. It is precise – a word is written as it is pronounced and it is pronounced exactly as it is written.
Netwrite is conducting 45 days computerized English Shorthand free of cost.They also offer other valuable job skills such as DTP , Medical transcriptions/coding ,call centre operstors training ,spoken English /Hindi at nominal fees.
Contact Address:109 /47, Luz Church Road,
(Adjacent to Nageshwar Roa Park)
Andra Mahila Sabha Premesis ,
Mylapore Chennai - 4
url:www.netwriteindia.org
Ph: +91 44 24984422