Storm Riders wins 2011 tournament

Winners of the 2011 Two Cents of Hope Cricket Tournament - Storm Riders

On behalf of the Two Cents of Hope NJ-NY team, we would like to thank all participants of this year's tournament.

Special thanks to:

Srinivas Chirra

Ketan Bhuptani

Venu Palaparthi

and the captains of the participating teams

Saurabh Kherdekar (Storm Riders - Winning team)

Pranil Gupta (Mumbai Indians - Runners-up)

Venkata Chirakala (AILIV)

Dhwanil Shah (NYU-Poly)

The tournament culminated with a nail biting finals between Storm Riders and Mumbai Indians where Storm Riders set a high target of 84 runs to be chased in 12 overs.  Mumbai Indians exhibited an excellent performance and started off with a great run rate.  However, Mumbai Indians lost the finals by 3 runs.  Piyush Chandrakar won the Man of the Series award by scoring 72 runs. 

Please take a moment to check out some snaps taken during the tournament here.

We hope to see you again next year!

Warmly, 

Two Cents of Hope NJ-NY

Cricket for a Cause

 

   

750 high school kids will get access to clean water and sanitation this summer

Two Cents of Hope is pleased to announce launch of its first infrastructure project in rural Andhra Pradesh. The project, which is aimed at providing clean water and sanitation facilities in two schools in Godavari district, will benefit 580 girls and 170 boys attending these schools. The total estimated cost is Rs. 3.11 lacs or USD 6,925.

The first school, Zilla Parishad Oriental High School, is located in Siddapuram Village. Most of the students come from nearby villages like Chinnamillipadu, Kallingudem, Rajulapeta and Pedakotrada. Most students’ parents depend on daily labor and their monthly income varies from Rs. 2000 – Rs. 4000. The second school is a Girls’ High School in Madivada Center, Akividu Village. This school is especially for girls and it is centrally located in Akividu village. It is accessible from other small villages such as Gummuluru, Kuppanapudi, and Madivada. These schools are the only high schools in the five nearby villages.

Nirmaan aims to increase enrolment by 5% every year and ensure less than 2% drop out rates. Both schools currently lack proper sanitation and drinking water facilities.

Our goal is to make these Govt. schools model schools so the villages can attract more and more students from these five villages, so the kids are not discouraged by the distance from schools, but still have access to the best facilities. According to sources at Nirmaan, the teachers are highly acclaimed, and the schools have received Rashtrapathi award for teaching in the past.

The local bodies, including the parents, school staff, and local Gram Panchayat have committed to pitch towards the 15% increase in price hike since last January. Prices of all materials have gone up in the past year due to inflation, and the local bodies have committed to contribute to this increase.

Krishna Sagar Gontla of Nirmaan Organization will be leading the construction team and will provide regular updates from the ground.

Pictures from Diwali Karaoke for a Cause 2010

Over 100 attended, $2,200 raised! Check out event pictures on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=305132&id=136001425730

TCH- Diwali Karaoke for a Cause - 2010

Join us for an evening of fun, frolic, dance and Indian film music (Bollywood, Tamil, Bengali,Telugu, Punjabi, Marathi, English et al). All proceeds from this event will go towards funding poor children’s education in India! Sing and Dance your heart away to desi music…

Dance performance by Rohit Baxi’s Satrangi fusion group! (of Amitabh /Aishwarya concert fame).

Sponsors: Please email info@twocentsofhope.org or call 646.397.HOPE for sponsorship opportunities.

Venue: Dorrian's, Newport(Jersey City), NJ. Near Newport Path station. Date & Time: Nov 13, 2010; 8:30 PM onwards Online ticket sales is closed at this point. Please call 646.397.HOPE for availability of tickets at the door. Entry fee at the door is $20.

Sponsors:


TCH-Diwali Karaoke sponsored by event sponsor: Papa John's Pizza.

Dance performances by Satrangi: