Project 2023

January 8, 2023 RadhaRang Foundation Committee Meeting at Madyachiwadi High School

RRF Committe Meeting was held on January 8, 2023. All members attended including members from Mumbai who attended online. Past meeting minutes were read out and passed. Next years activities were discussed. A new committee was formed with best wishes from all the participants for another succesful year of activities.

9th January 2023-Singing Competition 

RadhaRang Foundation has been organizing an annual singing competition for the seniors and juniors in Parule in collaboration with Youth Kala Krida Mandal of Parule. This year the competition was held at Shri Adinarayan Mandir, Parule. The participants were encouraged to dress up as per the demand of the selected song demands. 

The event was ably organised by Prathamesh and Purva Naik, Amey Desai, Aruna Samant, Pramod Desai, Deeak Samant, Santosh Samant, Sachin Samant and compered by Dr. Prashant Samant.

The prizewinners were-

First Prize-Nidhi Joshi, Shiroda
Second Prize-Pradnya Wadankar, Parule
Third Prize-Ravina Panjari, Malvan
Consolation Prize-Harshada Samant

The judges were Sunil Padgaonkar from Sawantwadi and Daji Gosavi from Parule. The participants were accompanies by Balkrishna Naik and Gaurav Pingulkar.

11th January 2023-Sports Tournament at Madhyachiwadi High School

RadhaRang Foundation annual Sports Tournament (PRABHAKAR and SHARADA TROPHY) was held in Madyachiwadi for participants up to 10th standard. The competition consisted of the following events-

1. 100 m 

2. 400 m

3. Long jump

4. Discus throw

5. Shot put

6. Javelin throw

The first place was taken by Saranbal and second place by Pat High School.

Thanks to Rajan Mayekar, Madyachiwadi School staff and Deepak Samant for organizing this sports tournament on behalf of RadhaRang Foundation.

15th January Essay Competition

25 students from 8 schools participated in the annual RRF Essay Competition held in memory of Sushila Gavankar, mother of Niranjana (Nilu) Gavankar.

The first prize was won by Gauravi Anand Kothawale, Nutan Madhyamik School, Insuli; second prize went to Jai Suresh Dhuri, Shridevi Satori High School, Vetore and the third prize to Arpita Ameya Samant, Annasaheb Desai School, Parule. Consolation prizes were given to Vedika Vijay Parab, Malgaon English School, Malgaon and Poonam Nitin Natekar, Nutan Madhyamik School, Insuli. Heartiest congratulations to all the prize winners and to all the participants.

Many thanks to Gurunath Narvekar for his efforts in organising the event.

13th February-Update on Anant Krishi Vikas Yojana

Pramod Parulekar received financial aid for his coconut farm under RRF's Anant Krishi Vikas Yojana. Santosh Samant has shared these pictures of the farm which now grows peanuts, corn, horse radish, etc. 

All the farmers who have received the loan have repaid it well in time, but this year the efforts of Anil Rawool from Malgaon must be highlighted. He received a loan last year and repaid it ahead of time. 

25th February-Meena Subhash Zarapkar Financial Award

Every year students of 5th and 8th standards are given an award through a donation made by Subhash Zarapkar and Bhakti Mendoza in memory of Late Meena Subhash Zarapkar. This year the following children ere given prizes of Rs. 1,000 each:

5th Standard

1. Prithviraj Manghardekar-Kelus High School

2. Suyash Satelkar-Pt High School

3. Mukta Kalsekar-Ambdos High School

4. Deeksha Raul-Malgaon High School

5. Samruddhi Raul-Malgaon High School

6. Isha Mestri-Malgaon High School

8th Standard

1. Samruddhi Gawas-Malgaon High School

2. Dikshant Hanjankar-Pat High School

3. Mahati Burud-Pat High School

4. Arpita Samant-Parule High School

5. Shaurya Patil-Banda High School

The award giving ceremony was held at Madyachiwadi High School at the hands of RRF Committee members Hemant Khanolkar, Deepak Samant, Prathamesh Naik, Ameya Desai, Purva Naik, Aruna Samant and Keshav Bhogle.

28th February-Donation of Printer to RRF Committee

Nihar Khanolkar donated a printer for the use of RRF Treasurer at his residence.  RRF expresses gratitude to this young generous donor for his invaluable support over many years.

1st March Donation for repair of girls toilet

RRF Foundation donated Rs. 10,000 for the upgrading of the girls toilet at Annasaheb Desai Vidyamandir, Parule. RRf's Aruna Samant handed over the cheque in the presence of teachers and students.

5th March-RRF Mini Marathon

The RRF Mini Marathon was organized at Parule by Radharang Foundation along with Parule Youth Kala Krida Mandal, which is making its mark in the social, educational and cultural fields of Sindhudurg, with the aim of promoting a happy and healthy life. The marathon was conducted in two levels, namely 5 and 10 km. Around 150 people from Sindhudurg in the age group 10-80 years participated. 

The marathon began at 6 am. T-shirts, snacks, fruits and energy drinks were provided to all the participants by the organizers. Medals were awarded to all the participants by Mr. Sunil Saudagar, Senior Tax Consultant and Director of Saraswat Bank from Kudal. In a novel intervention, a team of 18 students of B. Nath Pai College of Physiotherapy, Kudal provided free physiotherapy to the participants.  

 Dr. Prashant Samant, Ajit Parulekar, Sunil Madye, Purushottam Prabhu, Santosh Samant, Amey Desai, Sachin Samant, Siddhesh Teli, Prathamesh Naik, Purva Naik, Aruna Samant and other volunteers as well as Mayur Pingulkar, branch officer of Lokmanya and staff were present on this occasion.

25th March-Inauguration of Toilet Block 

A new toilet block was opened by Sarpanch of Parule, Praniti Ambadpalkar, Ex-Sarpanch Pradeep Prabhu, Dr. Umakant Samant, RRF Foundation's Aruna Samant and Vishnu Madhav. The washrooms were made possible by a donation from Sahara Housing Finance Corporation, Mr. Raghunath Sarnaik and Radharang Foundation.

30th July-Anil Anuradha Tirodker Sadaprem Yojana 

Underprivileged persons of Malgaon and Majgaon were given useful gifts for daily use.

1) Ambika Laxman Harmalkar Majgaon by Laxman Dhuri
2) Mahadev Vasant Natekar, Age 69 years, Malgaon by Anand Devli
3) Vandana Vijay Gawde Age 68 years Malgaon by Swaroopa Raul
4) Maloo Keshav Jadhav Age 65 years Malgaon by Sonal Sawal
5) Pratibha Gawade Age 57 years Tendoli
6) Sindhu Ajgaonkar Age 63 Kudal
7) Shital Sawant Age 60 years Vetore
8) Gitanjali Parab Age 63 Vetore
The last four recipients were given the gifts by Swati Walawalkar and Dipti Prabhu

10th September Prize Distribution Ceremony 

A prize distribution ceremony was organised by Radharang Foundation committee members to award winners of various competitions and scholarships. The event was held at Madyachiwadi High School. The efforts of Prathamesh Naik and Aruna Samant are especially to be acknowledged.

Here is a report by Purva Naik, Secretary of RadhaRang Foundation.

Radharang Foundation, which is working in cultural and social field in Sindhudurg district, distributed prizes of various competitions and awarded scholarships to needy students at Madyachiwadi Secondary High School. In this program, 52 students of the district and their guardians who excelled in various competitions of Radharang were felicitated. Students and their parents were present on this occasion and gave an enthusiastic response.

In this program prizes were awarded to the winners of Late Anuradha Tirodkar Memorial Poetry Recitation Competition, Pandurang Jayanti Memorial Debate Competition. 10 students who qualified in primary and secondary scholarship examination were given awards under the Late Meena Subhash Zarapkar Memorial Prize. The Dr. Chandrasekhar Dalvi and Mrs. Anita Dalvi Sponsored Scholarship was awarded to 8 students who excelled in Mathematics. Meritorious students of Walaval High School were honored with Govind and Smriti Ambeskar Memorial Prizes.

From this year, two  poor and promising students children were given a scholarship of Rs. 15000/- for further education in memory of Prabhakar Veling. 15 bright and promising students were awarded a scholarship of Rs. 2500/- each in memory of Kishore Pundalik Sarnaik.

Radharang President Mr. Hemant Khanolkar presided over this program, Pat High School Principal Mr. Kore and Madyachiwadi High School Principal Mr. Ravan Sir, Vice President Advocate Pramod Desai and all executive members of Radharang were present as chief guests.

2nd December Art Competition Prize Distribution Ceremony 

This painting competition is organised annually by “Radharang Foundation" in memory of late Mohan Subrao Samant and late Maruti Suryaji Naik (Nana Naik) with the aim of giving wings to the creativity of school students of 3rd and 4th standards.

The prize distribution was held at Valaval School No. 1. The competition was ably organised by Mr. Shripad Sahdev Desai School Principal, Mrs. Shringaren Madam and Mr. Warang Sir and Mrs. Aruna Ramakant Samant. Students as well as parents were present. Mrs. Aruna Samant gave a brief speech about Radharang Foundation activities.

10th December Poetry Reading Competition 

Anuradha Anil Tirodkar Sada Prem Smriti Poetry Reading Competition 2023-24 organized by Radharang Foundation is sponsored by  Drs. Urmila and Tanmay Lal. This year's competition which concluded on Sunday 10th December 2023 at Nat Library Banda was planned by Mr. Hemant Khanolkar and Mr. Gurunath Narvekar. 24 contestants took part in this competition. All participating students were given a participation certificate.

 The following dignitaries were present for this event. Shri Anwar Khan. Retired Ex-Headmaster, Shri S. R. Sawant - President Nat Library, Shri Nilesh Moraskar - Vice President Nat Library, Shri Prakash Pandare - Retired Teacher

 This poetry reading competition was judged by Mr. Vitthal Kadam and Mr. Manohar Parab. Both the examiners are primary achool teachers. While all the contestants gave outstanding performances, the following were given awards.

# 1st Rank- Kumari Veda Praveen Raul (District School No. 4 Sawantwadi)

# 2nd Rank- Kumari Shruti Shivaji Popkar (New Secondary School Insuli)

# 3rd Position - Kumar Natik Nilesh Morjkar (Khemraj Memorial School Banda)

# 4th Rank - Kumari Damini Milind Desai (Madachi Wadi High School)

# Motivational - Kumari Samriddhi Jairam Desai (Secondary School Degve Sawantwadi)

 Mr. Prakash Pandare - Retired Teacher High School Banda has given a cash donation of Twenty Five Thousand Rupees to Radharang at the event as his blessing for the poetry reading competition. Radharang is extremely grateful to him.

Radha Rang Foundation Vice President Mr. Pramod Desai, Secretary Mrs. Purva Naik, Member Mr. Prathamesh Naik, Mrs. Aruna Samant, Shri Deepak Samant, Shri Gurunath Narvekar, Shri Kamlakar Dhuri, Shri Rajan Natekar were present. This program was moderated by Shri Prathamesh Naik.

15th December Beautiful Words by Suresh Shamrao Thakur

🎯*रंग आगळा "राधारंग"*🎯

 *जनसेवेचा कल्याणाचा* 

 *एक अनोखा ‘राधारंग’ ।* 

 *सिंधुदुर्ग पुत्राचा लौकिक* 

 *शोभून दिसतो'सेवारंग'॥1॥*

 *रघुनाथाच्या कर्तृत्त्वाने* 

 *गरजूंना आधार मिळाला ।* 

*राधारंगामधून जणू की* 

 *लोकांना 'पांडुरंग 'पावला॥2।।* 

 *आरोग्यासह शिक्षण शेती,* 

*सर्व ठिकाणी सेवा चाले ।* 

*हा हा म्हणता दशकपूर्तीचे,* 

*वर्ष साजरे झाले झाले॥3॥* 

These words were written with love by a dear friend of RRF. We reproduce them here.

Friend! The reason why these three verses and twelve lines come to the lips today is because our Radharang Foundation is completing a milestone!'' Ten years ago, Raghunathrao Sarnaik, a young man of only 80 years of age from Malgaon village in Sindhudurg district, founded this institution! Although he is now settled in America with his family, he is always focused on the people of his village! That is why he established RRF in memory of his mother Radhabai and father Pandurang. Our Raghunathkaka, his family and numerous other supporters have ensured that RRG is seen as a support to Malvani people. Although the motto of the organization is “*Protection of Traditions and Nurture of the Future”*, many activities have been done that are beyond this. The greatness of an organization is not in its motto.

*समस्ता धीर तो द्यावा,* 

 *सुखाचा शब्द बोलावा ।* 

*अनाथा साह्य ते द्यावे,* 

 *जगाला प्रेम अर्पावे ॥* 

I feel that those organisations that follow the path shown by Sane Guruji are the ones that will grow. In that sense, Radharang Foundation has retained its glory among many other institutions. From providing computers and other essential facilities to Malgaon High School to holding a taluka level story telling competition. 

Raghunath Kaka brought together his family, relatives, like-minded people, organizations to implement various schemes for the educational, social and economic development of Sindhudurg district. 

*Providing educational assistance to meritorious but financially backward students, 

*Children's painting competition for pre-primary school students, 

*Providing self-employment through poultry farming, 

*Endeavors like tree plantation, turmeric cultivation to raise the economic status of the family, 

*Conducting special quality development projects for students of class 5th and 8th

*Sports competitions for secondary schools,

*Mathematics and science scholarship competition for 9th standard students. 

*Distribution of seeds to needy and budding farmers, 

*Promotion of small scale industry for women 

*Abhangavani competition for senior citizens, 

*Gita Adhyaya class , 

*Radharang Library 

*Health Fund

*Anant Krishi Yojana

All these activities have helped in village development. etc. are ongoing activities of this organization. The Radharang family has expanded from Devgarh to Vengurle and from Malvan to Sawantwadi. Everyone is offering their contributions, but Radharang's future is very bright as the 'original source' named Raghunath Sarnaik continues to provide motivation. No prophet is needed to narrate this. It is the spirit of Raghunathkaka that tells us the future.

*नको उग्र रोषणाई* 

 *नको वेगळी आरास* 

 *गरीबाच्या झोपडीत* 

 *लावू दिवा हाची ध्यास* 

-Suresh Shamrao Thakur