Hyderabad :

]The North American Telugu Association (NATA), which represents Telugus living in the US, is planning to initiate several charitable events to help the poor and the destitute in the state.

The association will finance meritorious poor students, organise paediatric camps and work on projects to supply purified drinking water to people in different districts of the state, NATA president Sanjeeva T Reddy said here on Monday.

Under the scheme, known as “Seva Days”, the body, with a membership of around 6000, will also organise essay writing competitions and cultural programmes, he said.

“We are planning to help poor students in the state. We have identified several meritorious students from government institutions and will soon start sponsoring them,” said Sanjeeva Reddy, who took over as the president of the body in January.

“Our motto is to serve our Telugu brothers and sisters in the state,” he added.

Incidentally, the NATA, which was established only two years back, is planning to start a helpline for the Telugu immigrants in northern United States.

“We want to strengthen our community services for the Telugu immigrants in the US. Soon we will come up with a medical helpline and an IT helpline to help Telugu students and people who have moved to the US,” Reddy said.

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