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Schitzengiggles a stand up comedian group will be performing at the Sparsh Balgram’s – Stand up comedy fundraiser on 5^th Feb, Sunday for the first time in Pune. The show is organised by the Sparsh Balgram, an NGO working for the total rehabilitation of HIV positive kids.

Mahesh Yadav, founder and director of Sparsh Balgram founded the NGO in 2009. “I was sensitised to their issues when I came across these kids through social program networks. They were struggling to live a normal life in villages. In rural areas, the awareness about this disease is very less, moreover children are forced to leave schools and barred from mingling with normal children. I decided to establish a full fledged rehabilitation centre for these kids, promising them of AIDS treatment therapy and a better environment for fulfilling their dreams," he said.

Mahesh further informed, "The funds raised from this event will be used for the construction of a rehabilitation centre at Talegaon MIDC for the children. The rehabilitation centre will have a separate medical unit, school education, industrial small workshop, vocational training institute, personality development centre, meditation center, IT training institute, English medium school."

 

Aditi Mittal	Azeem Banatwala	Karan Talwar	Gursimran Khamba	Varun Grover

Karan Talwar, founder of the comedy group is all excited to perform in the city as he finds the crowd very eager and energetic. “We are six diverse comedians coming up with a variety like jokes from contemporary politics to venting out personal opinions on matters that are significant in our lives all through tingling humour. We are glad to be performing for a noble cause,” quips Karan.

Note the details of the event are listed below:

Date: Feb 5th 2012, Sunday

Venue: Acharya Atre Rangamandir, Near Yashawantrao Chavan Memorial (YCM) Hospital, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pimpri Chinchwad, Maharashtra- 411017

Time : 5.30 PM onwards

Event: Stand-Up Comedy Show by Schitzengiggles and a Performance by Children.

Comedians: Karan Talwar, Tanmay Bhat, Gursimran Khamba, Aditi Mittal, Varun Grover and Azeem Banatwala.

Entry is for people aged 18 and above.

Tickets: Rs 250 (Stalls) and Rs 300 (Balcony)

To buy tickets, get in touch with any of these numbers:

1) Raghvendra Rao-+91-9158894507
2) Ankit Agnihotri-+91-8600313802
3) Mahesh Yadav-+91-7620040230
4) Sparsh Balgram Office-+91-2025823700