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| Dear Moneylifers, |  | |
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| Greetings! Let me begin by first thanking you all for your donations towards the victims of Kerala floods. Thanks to you, Moneylife Foundation has been instrumental in providing aid to people in Kerala. |
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| We have had a busy month collecting, organizing and planning the delivery of items that you had so graciously donated. Our challenge was to find an organization that is working on the ground in Kerala and will ensure that every last item donated goes to those who need it. We tied up with the Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari, which was already working at Thrissur. |
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| I am glad to inform you that your donations have reached Thrissur, Kerala swiftly and safely and are being slowly dispersed throughout the relief camps. We thank Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and his office for the offer of free transport and smoothing various hurdles. We had never taken up a donation drive on a such a massive scale in the past. Your donations totaled to around 3000 kgs! It was a challenge for us all and my colleagues at Moneylife Foundation did an amazing job. In addition to the goods that we collected, we guided a few members to make sizable financial donations directly to Vivekananda Kendra. Some of you may have seen the photographs we have been posting of this entire process on our facebook page - Daily Clinics | |
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| Other than being busy with donations for Kerala relief, we conducted several important seminars and had regularly our regular daily clinic sessions. |
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 Retirement Homes: There has been a lot of activity on our 2-year effort to study the issue of retirement homes and persuade the government to put in place regulations to make these safe havens for the increasing number of people who wish to give up the chore of running a home and opt to spend their retirement years with like-minded people, doing things they like. We received such unbelievable and unstinted help from various quarters in the past weeks and are feeling very optimistic about a positive outcome. I hope to share details in the next few months. |
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 Digital Literacy by Yazdi Tantra: This special seminar, exclusively for Senior Citizens presented several mobile apps that could ease their everyday lives. The session was well attended and proved to be very informative to senior citizens and others alike. If you were not able to attend you can still watch the video on our YouTube Channel |
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| RTI to Empower Journalists: Knowledge of filing effective RTI empowers the media. With this in mind, held a special session for journalist the Mumbai Press Club, Mumbai. The workshop by Shailesh Gandhi and a packed audience and was followed by a panel discussion. |
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| Moneylife Foundation helped the Public Concern for Governance Trust (PCGT) conduct two RTI sessions at Law Colleges in Mumbai (Pravin Gandhi College of Law and Balasaheb Apte College of Law) where Mr Gandhi talked about the RTI act and it's uses in bringing about change in governance. |
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| Our RTI sessions are conducted to spread awareness about how RTI can be an effective tool to get answers from the government a range of issues. Private sector organisations that have to deal extensively with government agencies may find it useful to know learn how to use the act. If you would like us to conduct such sessions for your organization, do write to me at [email protected] with your suggestion or proposal. The sessions will be conducted FREE of cost and at your conference hall/meeting room for a minimum of 75 persons. Alternatively, we will conduct them at Moneylife's knowledge centre, if you have between 20 to 50 people. |
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| As always, if you are not a Mumbaikar, you can catch our events on Facebook live or watch them on our YouTube Channel. If you reside in Mumbai, you can also benefit from our Free Daily Clinic guidance sessions to resolve your issues relating to Housing, Cooperative Housing Societies, Lok Adalats, RERA, Right to Information (RTI), banking and consumer complaints and many other issues that affect your daily life. |
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| You will find a list of activities and programmes conducted in August below. Also, feel free to write to us if you have suggestions for other future workshops or want a repeat of any of those conducted earlier – if there is a lot of interest, we will surely arrange another session. Watch out for announcements in September by becoming a member and getting on to our mailing list. |
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| Planned Conducted: |
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12th September: "RTI Workshop for PIOs of Civil Defense & Home Guards" - Shailesh Gandhi
Former CIC, Mr Gandhi will conduct a special workshop for PIOs of Civil Defense and Home Guards to ensure better understanding of the RTI Act.
Venue: Civil Defense Auditorium, Mumbai Time: 3.00pm to 5.30pm. |
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| Programmes Conducted: |
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| 8th August: "Understanding RTI and filing effective RTI applications - Hindi Workshop" by Shailesh Gandhi |
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| In lieu of his regular daily clinic guidance sessions, former CIC Shailesh Gandhi held a RTI workshop sharing his knowledge on the RTI Act & RTI applications in special workshop in Hindi. |
| Watch the video on our YouTube Channel here |
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| 10th August: "How Senior Citizens can make their lives easier with Technology & Smartphone Apps" by Yazdi Tantra |
| Yazdi Tantra, a Chartered Accountant by training and a Computer Consultant by Profession, was invited to Moneylife Foundation in order to conduct a special seminar directed at Senior Citizens. It was a learning experience for all who attended. Mr Tantra presented a whole host of new apps that could potentially be useful for Senior Citizens and others as well. |
| Watch the video on our YouTube Channel |
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| 14th August: "RTI worshop for Journalists - Shailesh Gandhi" |
| At Press Club, Mumbai Shailesh Gandhi conducted a special RTI workshops for journalists. The session was held to help Journalists better understand the RTI act and how it can be used effectively to write/research news stories. Read: How Journalists Can Use RTI for Authentic Stories |
| Watch video on our YouTube Channel |
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| 31st August: "Special RTI seminar for Law College Students" - Shailesh Gandhi |
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At Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Vile Parle, Moneylife Foundation in coordination with PCGT conducted a special seminar for college students to enlighten them about the RTI act and the process of filing a RTI application. Mr Gandhi also did a practical with the students by assisting them in filling out an effective RTI application.
Watch video on our YouTube Channel |
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| 31st August: "Understanding Finance & Digital Security"- Abhay Datar & Yogesh Sapkale |
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| Retired banker and consumer activist Mr Datar, and Moneylife's Deputy Editor Yogesh Sapkale conducted an intersting seminar for members of Women Graduate Union in Mumbai. Mr Datar spoke about savings, banking, insurance and nominations, while Mr Sapkale explained several aspects of digital security, especially in financial transactions. |
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| 1st Sept: "Special RTI seminar for Law College Students" - Shailesh Gandhi |
| We also conducted another RTI session at Balasaheb Apte Law College, Dadar, where Shailesh Gandhi once again shared his knowledge on the RTI Act. The video of this session will shortly be uploaded on our YouTube Channel. Watch video on our YouTube Channel |
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| Even better, you may also become a Member of Moneylife Foundation and join over 89,200 others so that you receive updates to our events, their coverage as well as access to our extremely valuable Credit Helpline and Legal Resource Centre absolutely free. To join now, click here |
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| Legal Resource Centre: We have handled 1,705 queries since inception, thanks to the generous help and guidance by senior activists. |
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| Every Monday, Mumbai-based "Free Press Journal" is publishing a column "Your Housing Problems & Solutions" based on queries answered by our Experts at the LRC. So far, we have provided answers to about 40 queries from readers of the newspaper. |
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| Our FREE Credit Helpline has answered over 3,471 cases. Spread the word, so that those with a low score can get help from us. |
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| Remember, you can benefit from our work from all over the globe through our videos and helplines (Credit Helpline and Legal Resource Centre). They are all offered free of charge, but please do reciprocate by introducing our work to at least 10 people and getting them to become members. |
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| Help Your Cause:A good way to the second half of 2018 may be by donating to a cause that takes up issues that affect you, as we do in Moneylife Foundation. Or you can join our efforts by helping create awareness, researching issues or getting people to take advantage of all that we offer. |
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| Thank you for your support and look forward to your good wishes always. |
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| Best regards, |
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| Sucheta Dalal |
| Founder-Trustee, Moneylife Foundation |
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| Trustees: TS Krishnamurthy, Dr KC Chakrabarty, Walter Vieira, Sucheta Dalal, Debashis Basu and Dr Anupam Saraph. Special Invitee: Adv Jamshed Mistry | | | | Moneylife Foundation is registered with the Charity Commissioner of Mumbai, is an Affiliate member of OECD's International Network on Financial Education, is a Supporter Member of Consumers International, Development Partner of Advocates for International Development (A4ID), and is a winner of the 10th MR Pai Memorial Award. | | |  | | | | Donations are eligible for tax benefits under Sec 80G of the Income Tax 1961 (50% tax exemption) and MLF is registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010. 80(G) Reg No: DIT(E)/MC/80G/685/2010-11 dated 7.2.11 effective 8.+9.2010 | FCRA Registration No: 083781387 Donate Online | | | |
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