LEaders say no to crackers on Diwali to help feed 35 malnourished children

“We can observe that, most of the youth waste a lot of money for crackers on the occasion of Diwali, which causes a lots of sound and air pollution.”, says LEader Satya Phanindra. Her and her fellow team members Vardhini, Sneha, Harshitha, Navatha, Kalyan, Vikas, Vinay (VREC) decided that they wanted to make things different this year for Diwali. They decided to approach people and ask them to, instead of spending their money on polluting crackers, donate to children suffering from malnutrition. Hence, they fundraised enough to provide a proper meal for 35 malnourished children. They then went to Tagore's Vidyaniketan School and not only distributed the food, but also interacted and played with the children, and even toaught them some dance. This as very special and much appreciated time, and reinforces their idea that “a small gesture can go a long way in reducing someone's pain.”

          

 

Nizamabad LEaders Raise Awareness on World Food Day and helped 50+ people.

Satya Phanindra and her team members Akhil and Suman (VREC, SSR) were very concerned about the amount of food being wasted, and simultaneously the degree of malnutrition present amoung children, in Nizamabad. They noticed that two of the main places that all of this food was being wasted was in party halls and restaurants. These LEaders decided to stand idle, but instead do something about it. They approached the owners and managers of various restaurants and party halls in Nizamabad and encouraged them to stop wasting all the food that they do. In addition, they suggested NGOs that they could donate their leftovers to, and even offered to act as an interface between them and the suggested organizations. Additionally, they left posters around these establishments educating people about malnutrition and the importance of not wasting food but instead giving it to those in need. The people they spoke with were grateful for the efforts of the LEaders and decided to follow the recommendations. These LEaders impacted 50+ people in a very positive way.

 

LEader Shubam Creates a Wind-Powered Portable Charger

LEader Shubam (VREC, Nizamabad) faced a big problem on a long journey of his: he needed to make an important phone call to his dad, but his mobile had low battery so he was unable to make the call. Inspired by this, he came up with the idea to make a portable mobile charger that can be used anywhere.

During long journeys in trains and buses, we are unable to charge our mobiles and can face a communication crisis if we need to make an urgent call. Therefor, Shubam created a portable charger that can bring us out of such crisis. Here’s how it works: it converts the kinetic energy produced by the exhaust fan (in reverse motor action) into electric energy, which can be used to charge the mobile. All you need is wind!

The device consists of a exhaust fan (which generates the AC current), a rectifier (bridge wave rectifier) to convert this AC to DC current. This current is then filtered through a capacitor and supplied to a voltage regulator, which give constant output voltage. This is further connected to a USB port, through which we can connect our mobile’s charger cable.

The fan, when kept in the wind, will give output voltage which we can use to charge our mobiles. We can fix the fan to the bars of windows of buses,trains and in the bikes, etc., to make charging easy and efficient.