vadodara budding chartered accountants cas from the city have added lessons of charity to their curriculum a group of 50 final year ca students from the institute of chartered accountants of india icai is working hard to raise funds to support tuition of 10 orphans studying in class 10 the students under the group ray of hope are collecting pasti from citizens to finance the cause the idea began with a conversation among five people we formed three teams to conceptualize the event later on other students were mobilized said ashutosh soni 21 we started this activity voluntarily with the support of our coordinators sanket bakshi and janki joshi our effort is to encourage people to reach out to those who are in need said another ca student bhusha trivedi 22 the 50 students have a target of collecting scrap and accepting voluntary donations from a minimum of five people in the city the group has collected a tonne of newspapers and old books in a span of two weeks the students will be monetizing the scrap and donating the money to fatehsinh arya anath ashram in the city which has 35 boys the activities at the orphanage will take place on july 5 so far we have collected rs 25000 in cash the tuition fees required for the students amount to around rs 55000 we are hopeful of collecting the remaining amount too said smit manik 21 the group also plans to spend time with the inmates of nizampurabased old age home it will also donate funds for their welfare we send regular updates to people who donate through mobile messaging application we will be celebrating the birthday of 35 children in the orphanage on july 5 our group is active on social media and will encourage the upcoming batches also to continue working towards social causes said arpan shah 22