Varadaam Charitable Association (VCA), started by Bharath (an engineering student at Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering and Technology), his mother Rama Madhavan and friends Ashwini S (an engineering student at Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering) and Bharath Kumar S (an employee of Thoughtfocus) is now responsible for educating 27 students at the Government Primary School in Chamanahalli Hundi, a small hamlet on the Mysore-H D Kote Road. Impressed by VCA’s service, 27 donors have given Rs 1,000 each for sponsoring studies of children in distress.

Their first big donation drive happened almost a year later, when they undertook a book donation drive at Bogadi Government School.