AARAMBH
OUR PEOPLE

The success of AARAMBH is the result of our staff of dedicated and committed men & women who choose
to participate in this venture.  Our staff is drawn from local communities, and after obtaining the requisite
training, has joined the organization.

SHOBHA MURTHY:  Ms. Murthy is the Founding Trustee and Director of AARAMBH.  Armed with a
Bachelors degree in Commerce from the University of Bombay, and Ms. Murthy joined USAid in India.  As
part of this job, she travelled through some of the most remote and neglected parts of the country.  
These travels gave Ms. Murthy a first-hand opportunity to see and understand the rampant poverty,
ignorance, and exploitation resulting from lack of awareness and education.  She joined Child Relief and You
(CRY) to get more hands-on experience working directly for the underprivileged, before leaving to start
Aarambh.  She also has obtained a Masters Degree in Social Work.  Today, Ms. Murthy is in responsible
charge for overall and day-to-day activities at AARAMBH.

MRS. SIVAPRASAD:  Mrs Sivaprasad serves on the board of trustees for AARAMBH.  She is a
dedicated social worker and helps women of the community to come forward and discuss the problems
facing them and come to a meaningful solutions

REKHA is 30 years old and serves as a Program Coordinator for AARAMBH.  She has been with us for
over five years, and is a true social worker at heart. She visits homes of families, motivating parents to
send their children to school, accompanying a mother with her sick child to the local hospital, encouraging
mothers to take their babies for immunization, leading the women to the local government office to demand
safe drinking water in the community, getting additional class rooms in the local government schools, etc.

NALINI DEKANE is AARAMBH's Vocational Training Co-ordinator.  Having faced and overcome many
personal adversities, she understands and empathises with the plight of uneducated and impoverished
communities.  After completing her college education, Nalini accepted a position with AARAMBH where she
has the opportunity to interact and work with youth in the community.

RAJU is 19 years old and first came to AARAMBH at age 12.  We helped him graduate from high school
and Raju is currently studying in college with some financial support from AARAMBH.  In return, he spends
4 hours each day teaching the children at one of AARAMBH's centers.

KAUSHALYA is 45 years old, a typical traditional woman from one of the most backward areas of India.
She has never been to school.  However, today she has motivated dozens of young women from the
community to attend our adult literacy classes.  Kaushalya teaches women at our centers sewing and
embroidery, providing these women with the skills needed to earn small incomes

Dr S.S. RAO & Dr KUSUM SHENOY are volunteer-doctors who conduct regular health education
classes for mothers and health check ups fro the communities.

In addition to our staff, individuals from all walks of life volunteer their time to support AARAMBH and
our activities:



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