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KADAPA: When he was determined to get a job, a number of authorities officers not solely guided him in the fitting route, however offered him ethical and monetary assist to make him stand on his toes. HV Siva Reddy, who now works within the capability of director of pictures in films, began a shelter for street youngsters, which took assist of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) marketing campaign to emerge as an city residential hostel that has turned a lot of its residents into state- and national-level gamers in karate, wrestling and judo.
Siva’s father Kesava was a truck driver who went bankrupt after conducting the marriages of his two daughters. As a results of the monetary difficulties of the household, Siva skipped faculty after Intermediate within the early 2000s. He, nonetheless, took his mates’ assist in getting educated in laptop {hardware} troubleshooting, which acted as a blessing in disguise for him.In 2003, Joshi Babu, then deputy collector of Pulivendula, had an issue along with his official laptop system and wished to get better some deleted information. This was the time when computer systems had been simply getting launched in workplaces for common functioning.
The alternative to assist Joshi Babu fell in Siva’s lap and he efficiently retrieved the misplaced information. Impressed by his talent, Joshi Babu beneficial him to then joint collector Jayalakshmi for a job. As Siva lacked the next training diploma, discovering an acceptable technical job for him was troublesome. On Joshi Babu’s recommendation, Siva pursued a level course by way of distance training. After a string of wierd jobs, Siva, in 2012, began working within the movie trade, and has been concerned in a number of tasks since.He, nonetheless, by no means forgot his tough childhood and began a shelter in Siddavatam in 2009. In 2012, then district collector Anil Kumar visited the shelter dwelling and urged Siva to shift it to Kadapa.
On his suggestion and with the help of SSA, he began a shelter dwelling and even offered salaries to the employees there with the SSA funds and part of his earnings. With the assistance of 1 Nagaraju and Ramachandra connected to the Child Welfare Committee, he takes in street-children, orphans and ragpickers. In December 2021, 4 college students from the shelter bagged gold medals at a karate championship held in Hyderabad. Bairesh and Arun Kumar carried out nicely in a Jit Kun Do contest in Delhi. Sangaraju Shivasai of Kadapa city, who misplaced his father, was delivered to the shelter dwelling. He is a category 10 scholar and just lately obtained chosen in an Under-16 hockey crew.
Nurturing skills
In December 2021, 4 college students kind the shelter bagged gold medals at a Karate championship held in Hyderabad. Bairesh and Arun Kumar carried out nicely in a Jit Kun Do contest in Delhi. Sangaraju Shivasai, one other resident, just lately obtained chosen in an Under-16 hockey crew
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