Greetings to all from SAMAG,

Environment which right now occupies an important part of discussions concerning Issues related with environment hazards etc in our daily lives hence its no wonder that the world community adopted June 5th as World environment day to address issues related to environment hazards,etc to everyone.
World environment day was conducted in India (Hyderabad) in a special way by planting of tree saplings in honor of Ataxia affected community from (SAMAG) India, the planting was done in a unique way as on each persons name the plants were being planted which symbolizes hope and Love and also generates the much needed awareness on Ataxia in Indian society.

This event was sponsored by Sri Narayani peetam Incoordination with Shera services (Hyderabad), (NAF) was also represented here by us and its activities was also shared among members who attended this event, Seek a miracle Ataxia group extends our sincere thanks to the event sponsors and a special mention about our young volunteers led by Satish Kumar, Shalini, Ramya, Jyotsana, Chandana,Srinivas,Sai kiran,Laxmi kanth,Govardhan and Vishnu who did a fabulous job with their services without whom this event couldn't have been a success, Once again we convey our heartful thanks to our volunteers for their kind services. Thanking all, By, Chandu George, Seek a miracle Ataxia group (India)

Leading from the front, the Dynamic volunteer Satish Kumar led the event to celebrate Krishna's birthday, the first and the foremost important thing was on convincing Krishna To celebrate his birthday who had the initial hiccups and our SAMAG volunteer satish managed to convince Krishna to celebrate along with his family members and SAMAG Volunteers & family members.Song & dance was presented by Little dimpy making happy n joyful everyone with her sweet voice, later on Krishna cut the cake and the real icing on the cake was when a picture frame of Krishna along with all our SAMAG volunteers was presented to him who felt very elated and happy.The celebrations went on with having a lovely dinner with everyone, and the celebrations ended with singing of a touching song by satish kumar. The kind of happy memories the event left back would last for ever and ever.

IAAD meet started with the Indian traditional Lamp lighting by the eminent honorable chief guests - Mr. Mankena Srinivas Reddy (Chairman MIRD), Mr. Raja Reddy (Educationalist), Mr. Suresh (Nobel NGO), Mr. Dr. John Thomas (Medical Adviser - SAMAG).
The welcome note was given by Mr. Balakrishnan (SAMAG volunteer). Inviting honorable chief guest Mr.Mankena Srinivas Reddy to speak about the initiative.
Mr.Mankena Srinivas Reddy said SAMAG is one the best forums for spreading awareness and working towards welfare of Ataxians in India and later signing the proclamation recognizing International Ataxia Awareness Day, on September 25th . Followed by his speech, he proclaimed Mr. Chandu George (President of SAMAG) as the Andhra Pradesh (Indian State) Convener for Ataxia Group, as one of the wings under his Organization. He promised to take this initiative to all India level and bring the ideas of providing resources to the notice of higher dignitaries.
Dr. John Thomas shared information on what Ataxia is and how it can be identified and other handful of advises on managing life with it. He even stressed on a point of setting up a SAMAG Research Center and Rehabilitation Center to carry out research activities and come up with a cure, as well as to rehabilitate the affected persons to lead an better life independently.
Out of their experience, Mr. Chandu George and Ms. Nirmala shared their day to day activities and suggested few simple exercises for the Ataxians to make life better, furthermore the latest Research activities, Information and programmes being carried out by National Ataxia Foundation(USA) and other worldwide Ataxia organizations was discussed and shared with guests. It was a good note for the IAAD meet and an inspiring aspect for SAMAG that motivates us to disseminate a message across all Ataxians on Ataxia awareness and make them come out of their closed barriers.
The concluding note was given by Mr. Satish (SAMAG volunteer). He briefed about all the SAMAG activities that are carried out to promote awareness on Ataxia and explained the needs to achieve the objectives of SAMAG.
Finally the vote of thanks was given by Mr. George (Senior) to the chief guests and other associates for giving an opportunity to conduct this IAAD meet and taking their valuable time out of their busy schedule and more importantly for sharing their views on the occasion of this meet. He also thanked our SAMAG team for their collective efforts in making this event a grand success.
Best wishes,
Seek a Miracle Ataxia Group

Literacy which is very essential for all children in this present world to meet its daily challenges of the world and which also determines the well being of a country in all its fields such as economic prosperity or be it in all development fields. Our country comprising of a large population where in many underprivileged children are not fortunate enough to afford basic educational facilities hence to help such children an NGO called Aashayein Foundation dedicated for this cause organized an (Walk on marathon creating awareness as well as funds for this cause, their concept was (You walk-They learn) in this event SAMAG was also represented by its volunteers led by Satish,Sundeep,Jyotsana,Praveen,ramya,shalini,chandana,Bunny,Dattu,smiley,lee and manassa