Entries from June 2008

Longitude Volunteers Headed to Ghana

June 29th, 2008 by admin | No Comments | Tags : Ghana, Longitude, Shawn Rubin, Volunteers.

We are excited to have three Longitude volunteers leaving for Ghana this summer. Judah Lakin is a Providence high school teacher who will be working with a high school in Abeka as well as the PROFESA academy. Judah will be leaving tomorrow, June 30th, and will be working alongside Meshach for the next [...]


Dear friends and ARV well-wishers

June 29th, 2008 by admin | No Comments | Tags : ARV, Ravi.

Most loving Greetings
This is to bring to your kind notice that I have shifted my residence from Hyderabad to Khammam which is central location to cover entire Andhra Pradesh. . Khammam is a town and 180 KM distance from Hyderabad (capital of Andhra Pradesh)
Khammam is a small town and backward area , mainly tribal [...]


Dalits to meet in New York to discuss their plight

June 29th, 2008 by admin | No Comments | Tags : ARV, Dalit Rights, India, Ravi.

New Delhi (PTI): An international meet to discuss the plight of Dalits will be held in New York next week where issues like educational empowerment and social justice for the suppressed communities will top the agenda.
The three-day conference will highlight the problems faced by marginalised communities and seek practical solutions, Union Minister and Chairman [...]


HYDERABAD

June 24th, 2008 by admin | No Comments | Tags : ARV, Dalit Rights, India, Ravi.

HYDERABAD : A small alteration between the dalits and upper caste youths in tiny village Pottilanka of Kadiyam mandal, represented by excise minister Jakkampudi Ramamohan Rao led to claiming the life of a dalit youth on Saturday night. This has sparked tension on Sunday.
The Dalit youth held up traffic on the Chennai-Kolkata National Highway No [...]


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