Sewing machine for Dhivya

I have been following the struggles of Parvathy’s family with Jinesh's help, and their situation has only worsened with heartbreaking losses. With Parvathy and Nidhin’s passing, three young girls are now orphaned, and the eldest, Dhivya, is trying to rebuild their lives. 

To help her start a livelihood, we are looking to arrange a sewing machine setup (costing around 15-20K) so she can work from home. Given their circumstances, I believe we must come together to support them. 

We first helped them during covid time by giving tabs so that they could attend the online classes.

Please see the mail from Jinesh below:

Dear Antony,

Monthly Grocery kits for 9-10 children from Matha high school , Mannampetta

Last December, we distributed Christmas kits to 20 underprivileged children at Matha High School, Mannampetta, Thrissur. Each kit included a monthly grocery supply, cake, and festive goodies. Seeing the financial struggles of some of these children, we decided to extend our support beyond the holiday season.

Starting in January, we began providing a monthly grocery kit (approximately ₹1,000 per kit) to 9-10 children. To ensure smooth distribution, we have partnered with a grocery shop near the school and are directly coordinating with them.

This initiative is currently not funded internally, but I have assured them that we will explore expanding it to support more children and assess the possibility of funding it through internal resources.

I have also created a separate Google Sheet to track each month's distribution. For privacy reasons, I won’t be sharing the list publicly, but I will share it separately with those who need access.

Please find a letter from School HM below:

Christmas Kit for 20 kids (Matha High School, Mannampetta)

Last December, we provided Christmas kits to 20 children from financially struggling backgrounds at Matha High School, Mannampetta, Thrissur. Each kit included a month's worth of essential groceries, along with a cake and festive goodies to bring them some holiday cheer.

This initiative was funded from our internal fund. The request came in at the last minute, but after a quick discussion with Shyju, we decided to go ahead and make it happen. It was heartwarming to see the joy it brought to the children, and we hope to continue such efforts in the future.

Total amount came to Rs 22,113 /- (20663 + 1450 cake). Around 1100 Rs per kit.

CMS LP/School IJK - Bench/Desks delivered

Delivered benches/desks to CMS LP School Iringhalakkuda last week and school organized a small inauguration function in the presence of parents, teachers , ward councillor, priest and few others.  

We got 3 estimates through School for making benches/desks and all were on the higher side. Finally, we got it done directly, with the help of Francis mash of Matha high school Mannampetta. The total cost for  9 benches and 9 desks is 60,000 Rs. 

Desk/Benches for CMS LP School Irinjalakkuda (Thrissur)

Got this request through my cousin and its a genuine case. I spoke to Shiji teacher who is the headmistress of the school and then she sent me this message below. She also got few estimates (attached below) and I found it to be expensive. I have requested my cousin who teaches in Matha High shcool Mannampetta to get few more quotes and requested his help in sourcing and delivering this.

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ഞാൻ ഇരിങ്ങാലക്കുട സി.എം. എസ് എൽ.പി സ്കൂൾ പ്രധാനധ്യാപിക ഷൈജി ടീച്ചർ. വളരെ നിർധനരായവരുടെ മക്കളാണ് ഞങ്ങളുടെ വിദ്യാലയത്തിൽ പഠിക്കുന്നത്. അവർക്കാവശ്യമായ യാത്രാസൗകര്യങ്ങളും പഠനസാമഗ്രികളും പൂർണമായും സൗജന്യമായാണ് ഞങ്ങൾ അധ്യാപകർ ചെയ്തു കൊടുക്കുന്നത്. 

1st term school fees | Savio & Sales (Academic year 2024-2025)

 We had helped Savio (now 10th grade) and Sales (now 6th grade) 2 years back (2nd term fees for the Academic year 2022-2023).

Their mom, Santy is a heart patient. Her Husband abandoned her few years back and she is not able to go to work because of her heart condition (had a major block). Her aged father (80+) also stays with them.

Financial support for a nursing student | Request from Sr Rose Mary

 Dear Anto & friends,

Hope all are happy and doing good. This is Sr. Rose Mary here. I am working in Gujarat for the past 3 years. 

I get all your updates on all the work that you render to the under privileged children and families from Anto. I really thank God for such generosity and willingness that you show to uplift the downtrodden.

Now I request you to extend your generosity to a girl who is aspiring to be a nurse. Miss. Jibina is from a very poor family. Family cannot take loan as they don't have any  land/property. Her father works as a daily wager. Mother is unhealthy to go for work.

Her parents enquired about the possibility of enrolling her for nursing in Kerala and Karnataka. It costs more than 5 lakhs to complete the course.

That's when they came to know from a known sources about few hospitals run by sisters in Germany, who helps underprivileged girls, they are ready to teach them in their nursing schools in Germany. Candidates must be good in German language before they reach Germany. After reaching there, candidate will be given part time job which will enable them to cope up with their studies. So, they decided to pursue that as they need not spend anything further.

At present she is studying German language with the help of few well wishers like you.

Now they need financial support for booking tickets and for visa charges. I request your generosity to support this girl.

Thanks,

Sr Rose Mary.

Adjustable cot/bed for Akashaparavakal

Akashapravakal needs one Fowler bed (head and knee adjustable),  as one of the resident is bedridden now. Sr Elishamma called me this morning and requested whether we can buy it for them. I checked with few vendors and I got a quote from a reliable vendor. Its 18,000 Rs (Manual one) and he will give life long support.  This is the picture that he shared.

Aadharam/sale deed hand over & letter from Matha HS

Financial assistance to avoid seizure/auction of house of two students

Abel KR (6th Grade) and Joval KR (4th grade) are the students of Matha HS , Mannampetta (Thrissur).  Their mom committed suicide couple of years back and dad sells water melons on the roadside.

Food/Onam Kit for Palliative care patients (Mala, Thrissur)

We have received a request from sister (Elizabeth Augustine) who is currently in Bangalore but supporting a palliative care (Alpha) unit in Kerala. Please refer the attached PDF for their request and more information about the Palliative care services.

 

Monthly Lunch and B'day celebrations of the 45 residents @ Akashaparavakal

Updated on June 10 , 2023

Number of lunch/dinner provided  ->  65+ days (from Jan 2019)

Birthdays of the inmates on a monthly basis

TOTAL

Rs 4,47,110

School/Uniform/Book Fees for children @ Snehasadan | 2023-2024

Last year we had 18 girls @ Snehasadan hostel and this year we have 21. We also have added additional 3 kids (one from same Anugraha School and two from Sneha Jyothi school). So, we have 24 kids this year.

 

Educational Financial Request for Ayesha and Ujefa | Sneha Jyothi School (Raichur, North Karnataka)

Ayesha is in 2nd standard and Ujefa is in 3rd standard. Their dad committed suicide in 2018  because of financial issues.  School is giving 50% concession. So, it will be Rs 5500 for Ayesha and and Rs 6000  for Ujefa for the whole year.

We can pay it using our internal  fund if we don't get any family to sponsor them.

 

Please see the letter from Fr Wilfred below:

Education support for Soabhavati's (widow) son | Bidar, North Karnataka

Hope you remember Sobhavati for whom we had constructed a small house couple of years back. She works as a help in Anugraha school (same school where 18 kids from Snehsadan hostel are studying). Sobavati's Son Francis studies in 7th standard in the same school. School has given 50% concession (5000 Rs out of 10000 Rs) and Sobavati paid 1000 Rs yesterday. She is struggling to pay the rest and have requested for help. 

Let's pay remaining 4000 Rs from our internal fund.

 

 

15 year old suffering from Cancer (Kamlesh)

 

Hi All,

 

I came across a case of a 15 year old suffering from Cancer. His father is a carpenter and working in the house of My friend’s colleague who works in CTS. They are finding it tough to raise money

 

Sports items for children @ Snehasadan hostel

Lets do this also from our internal fund with a budget of 10K. I will order it online.

Dear Antony,

Our students are not only excellent in studies but they are good in sports also. It is my kind request to you, that will you provide the sports items for our students. Here I list out the necessary play items for our kids:
Indoor games items:
 

Recognizing top performers @ Snehasadan

I had requested Sr Ashley to send the list of top performers @ Snehasadan so that we can recognize them  by giving them some small gifts. Sr also agreed that it will be a great motivation for them. Sr suggested to give them a school bag.  

I'm keeping a budget of 500-750 Rs per head and lets do this from our internal fund. I will order it online.

Good news is 10 out of the 18 children have scored more than 90% !!!

Sneha Jyothi School (Raichur) Lab set up | Message from Fr. Wilfred

Update from Fr Wilfred on https://tinyinitiative.blogspot.com/2022/11/lab-equipments-for-sneha-jyothi-high.html

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Greeting of peace and joy from Fr. Wilfred Naveen D’Silva

 As it is said gratitude is attitude of the heart. With heart filled gratitude I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart towards science laboratory for the children at Sneha Jyohti Vidyalaya school, Pothnal. 

 

 

Help for Anurag's surgery

 Antony,

 

  Below is the case we discussed. Have spoken to father. They are planning to do surgery this month. Hospital has not given a clear estimate. They said they have seen misuse of it and later becoming case against hospital. Expect expense of 5 to 6L. He will need multiple surgeries. This is the first among them. If the surgery is not done then spine will crack and he will be bed ridden for life. there is a video of the procedure as well.

 

 

Fund raising for Vinayan and family - Request for support

Hi Antony,

I am driving a fund raising to support a family in my hometown.

His name is Vinayan, a daily-wage worker who is suffering from lung issues leading to reduced oxygen level in blood. This issue started few years back, and then onwards he is not able to work, or even walking 100 meters makes him breathless. His father had same disease and that lead to death around 2017 timeframe.

College fees for Excillina - Garopara village (Recurring)

We started supporting this case from last June through external funding based on a request that came from Fr Augustine (Guwahati, Assam).

Excillina and her family is from Garopara village in Goalpara district , Assam.  It's a tribal belt and there's hardly any one from that community who goes for further studies even if they complete 10th or 12th , primarily because of financial problems. There are no colleges nearby and most of the girls get married at very young age as there is no scope for further studies. What I have been told is that she is the first girl from her community to pursue higher studies and hopefully she will inspire many !!

 

Children @ Snehasadan | Half yearly updates (2022-2023)

Just wanted to share few updates about the children. We are in regular touch with Ashley Sister who is doing an amazing job not only in taking care of the kids but also in nurturing and bringing the best out of each of them !! All the 18 girls are doing well both in academics and in co-curricular activities.  

Please check the links below for all the details and let me know in case you need any additional information or if you have any suggestions.

Lab equipments for Sneha Jyothi High School | Pothnal , Raichur (North Karnataka)

To,

           Antony

           Tanisandara, Bengaluru

 

Subject: Requesting the lab equipment support for quality education At Sneha Jyothi Vidyalaya school, Pothnal, Raichur (Karnataka)

Greeting from Fr. Wilfred to your Dear Antony & all the friends of Antony.

Request for a laptop to conduct free online english coaching | Tamalpur (Assam)

As you know, we have been working closely with Fr Augustine from last 4 years.  Here's a request from Augustine achan asking for one laptop for conducting free online English classes for college going students in Tamalpur Assam. I enquired for a second hand laptop and these are the configurations/quotes that I got so far.

Dell Latitude 5490 8th Gen , Core i5 8th Gen, 8GB DDR4,256GB SSD, Windows 11, 14 Inch Display Price 25,000 Rs (yet to negotiate, he said its unused)

Lenovo L460, ThinkPad (Busines edition) Intel i5 6gen, 8gb ram, 250gb SSD, good battery backup    Price 18,000 Rs (yet to negotiate, used one)

 

Gas Stove for Akashaparavakal

Akashaparavakal's existing gas stove stopped functioning and they requested whether we can buy a gas stove for them. We bought it and gave it to them using external fund.

 

One month's medical expenses | Akashaparavakal

Got a request from Akashaparavakal for buying one month's medicine for the inmates. We bought it and gave it to them using external funding. The bill amount was 14,615 /- Thanks Cindu chechi for the help.

School fees for all the 18 girls @ Snehasadan for the academic year 2022-2023

New academic year of Anugraha School (Bidar, North Karnataka) has started last month. As per the commitment that we gave in April, we will be taking care of the school expenses of ALL the kids at Snehasadan boarding from this academic year.  18 children have joined the boarding now and all of them are from a very poor background. 

2nd term school fees | Savio & Sales

Santy is a heart patient and she stays near Riya's place (Chakkaraparambu). Her Husband abandoned her few years back and she is not able to go to work because of her heart condition (had a major block). Her aged father (80+) also stays with them. 

Water purifier for the children @ Snehasadan

 Thanks to Walter and family for contributing towards this cause. 

 

Fans in the dining area | Akashaparavakal

Akashapravakals requested for 3 fans in the dining area last summer (March 2022). We got it and delivered the same weekend. Thanks to Cindu chechi for funding it.Total cost was Rs 6900/- (2300 * 3).

School fees for all the 15 children @ Snehasadan boarding (servants of the poor) from next academic year (2022-2023) - Bidar, North Karnataka

As you are aware, we have been working with Dina Sevana Sabha (Servants of the Poor) and Anugraha school (Bidar, North Karnataka) since almost an year on few initiatives including the house construction for a widow and couple of others. 

 

Handed over the tool kit for mechanic | Syed (22 years, Bidar- North Karnataka)

 Dear Antony, Jithesh

Greetings of peace and joy from Fr. Wilfred.

With gratitude I thank you sincerely for helping to buy a mechanic toolbox. On behalf of him I thank you sincerely for doing the needful. 

As I had said that 5000 would be sufficient to buy toolkit. But it went up to 9260.00. Syed gaus said that he would also spend rest of the amount on his own to buy a better one.

Once again I thank you very sincerely for doing the needful. My prayers and support are always with you.

Thanking you

Fr. Wilfred Naveen D'Silva

 

 

Tool kit for mechanic | Syed (22 years, Bidar- North Karnataka)

 Please find a request from Fr Wilfred (Bidar)

Dear Antony

 

Greetings of peace and joy from Fr. Wilfred Naveen.

Since I have been rendering my service in the school and as I take care of school buses. I came across a 22 year old young man, who has been working under someone as a mechanic. His name is Syed Gaus who has to take care of his family. He is the second son and his elder sister is married.

I found him as a skilled mechanic and if he begins all by himself as free lancing he can earn little more. 

As for now he has been drawing the salary of 7 thousand per month. If he starts all by his own, he may be great support to his family. 

Handed over Oxygen cylinders to Vazhathope PHC (a public health center in Idukki)

 https://tinyinitiative.blogspot.com/2021/06/covid-care-oxygen-concentrator-for.html

Jinesh handed over 2 oxygen cylinders along with a flow meter, oxygen spanner key and a flexi mask to the staff @ Vazhathoppu public health center in Idukki couple of weeks back. We will buy more cylinders after monitoring its usage and  based on the requirements. Thanks to Shyju's pre-degree friends for sponsoring these (Rs 17, 240) .

Bidar house construction | Letter and account details from Fr Wilfred

 

Dear Antony and Friends,

Perfect is the word that comes to mind when I try to describe your love and support towards building of this house of a widow. I don’t think I myself even could have done anything better. Only someone with great taste will be able to do what our Lord has called us to do so. Your generosity is as great as your sense of style.

These are the words of Shobavathi,l who has been helped by you all. “it was my hearts desire to build for me a house, but when I used to look at my situation where I could not manage my daily food, I used to question God why at all you gave me a birth. But my God did not leave me. He gave me a shelter to live. I am thankful to all those who have supported me to build the house. I would never forget till my death the help that I have received from all.” I have drafted as it is the words of her without any exaggeration.

Bidar house construction | Keys handed over to Shobavati

We handed over the keys to Shobavati in May itself even though painting/plumbing/electrical work etc were not complete, as she (a widow) and her son were staying in a temporary shed. More over, second wave of pandemic had started by then and we wanted them to move to a safe place before the rainy season.  I thought of sending the updates only after all the work is completed and hence the delay. All the remaining work got completed only by end of June , thanks to the lock down. 

Online Classes | Handed over Tabs to the kids @ SMUPS Nediyashala

 We got this request on June 5th and Tabs were handed over with in 3 or 4 days, with Jinesh's help. Thanks to Martin for chipping in, rest of the fund was taken from our internal fund. 

 1  ആൽവിൻ ജോസ്  - പിതാവ് ജോസ് ബുദ്ധിപരമായി കുറവ് ഉള്ളയാൾ .മാതാവ് ജിൻസി മാനസിക രോഗത്തിന് ചികിത്സയിൽ .മൂത്ത മകൾ അഞ്ചന ജോസ് മാനസിക രോഗത്തിന് ചികിത്സ പൈങ്കുളം സ്കൂളിൽ പത്ത് കഴിഞ്ഞ് ഇരിക്കുന്നു ഇളയ കുട്ടി ഇവിടെ പഠിക്കുന്നു .സാമ്പത്തികമായി വളരെ പിന്നോക്കം നിൽക്കുന്ന കുടുംബം ( BPL)

 

Covid care | Oxygen concentrator for a Public Health Center (PHC) at Vazhathope panchayath (Idukki)

I asked Jinesh whether we can help in any way when he mentioned about the struggle people are going through post covid, because of the lack of medical facilities in his panchayat (Vazhathope, idukki).  Since lot of people there needs Oxygen support, I proposed donating an Oxygen concentrator.  

Enable children to attend online classes (SMUPS, Nediyashala, Idukki)

A request for enabling children to attend online classes that came through Jinesh. The mail below is written by the headmaster (Mr Jobin Jose) of the school  (SMUPS, Nediyashala, Idukki). 

 

Bidar House Construction | Construction progress and other updates (March 23rd, 2021)

First of all, thank you so much for the quick response.  Based on that response, I had given our commitment to support  by contributing Rs 1,00,000 /- (50k from our internal fund and 50k from our extended group). They started the work in the same week itself and it's progressing really fast. 

House construction for a widow (Shobavati) | Bidar Karnataka

Shobavati is a widow and she is working as a helper (aaya ) in a school in Bidar (north Karnataka). Currently she is staying in a small shed made of tin sheet. She has two children, 20 year old girl (already married) and 9 year old boy (3rd standard and studying in the same school).  Her husband died 5 years back because of heart attack. Here's few pics of her house and the school (Anugraha school, Bidar) where she is working.

 

Fund raising request | Marriage expense for Jermaine (Akashaparavakal)

As I mentioned in one of the earlier post ,  Akashaparavakal's responsibilities are not just limited to taking care of the mentally challenged women who are picked up from the streets, they also take care of the children of these women. 

Jermaine came to Akashaparavakal when she was 2 or 3 years old along with her mentally ill mother many years back.  She was given proper education and bought up by Akashaparavakal since then. We noticed her the very first time itself when we went to Akashaparavakal couple of years back as she was enthusiastically running around to do the daily chores at the Ashram. She has a special knack in dealing with the in mates there and we have always felt that each of the women there have a special bonding with her. 

Completed | House construction @ New Moskuli (Assam)

Second house construction in Assam was completed in Oct 2020 and keys were handed over in last week of October 2020 itself.  Sorry for the delay in posting this. 

Medical aid request for Shreehari (6th standard student)

During our "Enable children for online education" drive, we had given a laptop to Pranav (9th grade) and his brother Sreehari (6th grade). Jinesh had mentioned to me about Sreehari's medical condition (kid on the right in the pic below) at that time. His kidneys are affected and he is having high BP, sugar and Cholestrol coz of the side effect of the medicines that he is taking since last 8 years (he is 12 years now).   

I spoke to his dad Ratheesh yesterday and he said Sreehari had siezures day before yesterday.   Ratheesh is a mason and he told me that he is not able to go to work coz of the continous hospitalization of the kid. 

Completed | House construction for a single parent @ Garopara village (Assam)

Glad to let you know that house warming of zenkina (Garopara village, Assam) has been completed and they have moved in. It's a small house and the total budget was just 60,000 /-.  They were short of 15K and thanks to my cousin brother Augustine for taking care of that expense. Big thanks to Fr Augustine for all the co-ordination and the actual execution.

Online class support for 19 students completed | Mail from Jinesh

Dear Antony and Team,

On 20-Jul-2020 we completed the distribution of the 10th device and completed our planned student support initiative. We could help 10  families  with 5 Laptops and 5 Tabs (19 students) through this initiative. 

 

Request help for the treatment of the student that we helped

While doing the background check of the families of the students that we helped with laptops/tabs, we had figured out that they have much bigger problems that are health related and financial issues. I had requested Jinesh to keep some of these families in the radar and had asked him to reach out to us if any of them needs any help.

Got a call from Jinesh yesterday around 1:45 PM for a financial help to discharge (M.O.S.C medical college hospital, Kolanchery) one of the student that we helped. They were short of 8000 Rs. I spoke to them immediately and  we transferred 8K by 2PM. Big thanks to my friend Praveen and his sister for bearing these expenses!

Hand over of laptops/tablets to students

 

I don't think  I should write anything as these pictures speaks for itself :-)  :-). 

Fund raising request | House construction for a single parent @ Garopara village (Assam)

This also came through Fr Augustine. They have already got a commitment of 25K, another 35K is needed as its a simple house with bamboo wall and tin sheet.  Construction has already started and you can see the pics towards the end. 

Raised 1 Lakh | Enable children for online education

Fund Raising Request - http://tinyinitiative.blogspot.com/2020/06/fud-raising-request-enable-children-for.html

Updates - June 19, 2020

We got a commitment of 1 Lakh Rs (50 k from our internal fund and 50 k from outside). Through Sreeju's contact in Bangalore we bought 5 second hand Laptops (10,500 Rs each) with the below configuration.

Raised 72,500 Rs | House construction @ New Moskuli (Assam)

We had sent a request for fund  raising for a house construction @ New Moskuli (Assam)  back in Feb - http://tinyinitiative.blogspot.com/2020/02/fund-raising-request-house-construction.html
Plan and detailed break-up of the budget is available in the above link.

Fund raising request | Enable children for online education

I called up Jinesh yesterday the moment i saw this news about girl committing suicide because she did not have a TV or smartphone at home to attend the online classes.

Kuttayi's leg surgery | Updates (Mar 19, 2020)

I'm  constantly in touch with Kuttayi's family since last couple of weeks and he is recovering well :-) :-)  Please see the detailed updates from Jinesh below. Totally, we gave 30k so far (20k from internal fund that Mathai transferred, 5k from Lijo and 5k from Raman). Big thanks to all.

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Dear Antony and Team,

Today I met Kuttai's relatives. This week he is in Idukki, next week he will be going to Jubilee mission hospital. His condition has improved drastically. Now blood circulation restarted on his foot.. some more puss is there but now that is very less compared to earlier conditions.

His body color itself is getting changed to the original color. They expressed their immense happiness for your timely support. Now he can avoid amputation. He got his leg back.. your team's prompt support deserves due credit for this. 

Keralakoottam (Zurich) | Medicine for the month of March

Keralakoottam (Zurich) had given 30,500/- Rs  for AKashaparavakal.

Out of that, 19.5 K we had used for buying medicines for the month of Jan - http://tinyinitiative.blogspot.com/2020/01/akashaparavakal-medicines-for-one-month.html

Rest of the money (11 K) , we had given for hospital expense of one of the inmate - http://tinyinitiative.blogspot.com/2020/02/keralakoottam-zurich-hospital-expenses.html

But when the hospital management, heard about this story , they gave a discount and we had to use only 5K.

Balance 5K was used to buy few medicines in March and 1K to buy some fruits in August 2020. Here's the bill for the same. Once again, thanks to the folks at Keralakoottam.

Request for help - Kuttayi leg surgery (Cheruthoni, Idukki)

Dear Antony,

Hope you are doing well. I have received a request for support. I did the preliminary data collection and found to be a genuine case.

This is the case of a road tarring worker, who is suffering from femoral occlusion. This medical condition is caused due to his work, ie, melting bitumin and also due to smoking. No blood flow into his feet. As per the Idukki medical college, left foot requires removal.  Left leg is full of puss. Right leg is also infected. They suggested to shift the patient to Kottayam medical college for the surgery, but the family is unable to carry out the surgery due to lack of money.

Keralakoottam (Zurich) | Hospital expenses for Kochurani

Kochurani came to Akashapaavakal Ashramam when she was just 3 or 4 years old.  Her mom had committed suicide and dad had abandoned her.  Sisters @ akashaparavkal adopted her and raised her as their daughter. They educated her and got her married to Samson couple of years back (Kochurani served as a volunteer at Akashaparavakal till she got married). Samson hails from Karwar and he is also an orphan. When Kochurani was 7 months pregnant, sisters went to Karwar and brought her back to asharamam in bangalore as that is the tradition ("Kooti kondu pokal"). They have been taking care of her since then including her regular check-ups/scans etc.

Fund Raising Request | House construction @ New Moskuli (Assam)

During the Kerala floods,  we had helped Mr Kumar's family in the house construction and painting.  This case was referred by Fr Augustine from Angamali (He came to know about our group through  a common friend).  Fr Augustine had done an amazing job in owning/executing this project and rehabilitating Kumar's family - http://tinyinitiative.blogspot.com/2019/08/kumar-house-warming.html.  Shyju had gone for the house warming of Kumar and he had met the father during that time.

Akashaparavakal | Medicines for one month delivered (Jan 2020)

We bought the medicines and delivered to Akashaparavakal yesterday (Jan 09, 2020). As mentioned in the earlier post, most of these medicines are for  psychiatric disorders. The total cost is Rs 19,500/-

Once again, big thanks to each and every one in Keralakoottam (Zurich) for this help.  Care takers at Akashaparavakal have requested us to use rest of the collected amount also for buying medicines if possible (next month).

Keralakoottam (Zurich) - Standing up for Charity

Extremely happy to see the below message from Madhu, a big thanks to each and every one in Keralakoottam.  I'm sure this is just a beginning. 

As discussed, we will use this amount for buying medicines (psychiatric drugs) for the 45 ammammar @ Akashaparavakal.

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Pulickaa,

Happy New Year  2020.

Keralakoottam – A Switzerland based Malayalee gathering group , was planning a get together for celebrating Christmas and New Year during first week of Jan 2020. Sunitha – one of our beloved

Solar water heater for Trithwa Ashram | Installation done on Dec 12, 2019

Good news !!  All the inmates @ Akashaparavakla are getting sufficient hot water for bathing after we installed the new 500 LPD solar water heater (Installation was done on 10th December 2019 and plumbing was done by 12th December) ! It was not easy otherwise for the inmates, especially since they are old and most of them are physically very weak.

Thanks to Regu, Ananth and Sandeep for the contributing towards the cause. Total expense was Rs 43,500/-. We got 28K from Regu, Ananth and Sandeep and rest from our internal fund (12K + 2.5K plumbing + 800 Rs servicing existing solar)!

Fund raising request | Solar water heater for Trithwa Ashram (Akashaparavakal)

Current solar water heater that is installed at Trithwa Ashram is of minimum capacity and its enough for only 6-8 inmates. As the winter is slowly setting in Bangalore, they have requested for Solar water heater that can be used by 40 inmates.

Kerala Floods | Windows for Shaji's house

With Jinesh's help, We are still tracking all the 21 families (who lost their homes) that we helped  after Aug-2018 flood.  Unfortunately, some of them are still struggling. One of them is Shaji whom we had helped with the house construction last year.  When I contacted him 2-3 months back to enquire his whereabouts, he mentioned that he has moved to his new house with his 2 month old baby.  Jinesh used to share the construction pictures at every stage and he had mentioned that windows are not fixed as he was short of funds. Even though, Shaji didn't explicitly asked for any help, we decided to pitch in.

Surprise birthday celebration of two Akashaparavakals - Mariya Amma & Jeremy

Delivered | Steel Almirah for Akashaparavakal (Friends of the Birds of the air)

When I visited Akashaparavakal (Trithwa Ashram) last week , they had requested for a steel Almirah.


Big shout out to the residents association of the house of Hiranandhani (Bannerghatta road) who came forward to help this case. They bought the steel Almirah using the money they raised by selling  old news papers !! Excellent initiative and probably other residents associations should take cue from this.

Thanks to Prabha, Regu and Kavitha for coordinating and making it happen.

Delivered Rock Sand required for Santhosh's house construction | Kerala flood relief

Delivered one load of rock sand  for Santhosh's house construction. Thanks to Joe Thoma and Aju for taking care of the expenses,  and Jinesh for co-ordinating.

http://tinyinitiative.blogspot.com/2019/05/request-for-support-santhoshs-house.html

 

A heartening and inspiring update from Maniyarankudy (Idukki).....

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From: Jinesh Jose <jj.india@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: Kerala Flood Relief | It's a wrap !
To: Antony Pulicken <antony.pulicken@gmail.com>

Dear Antony and Team,

Greetings from Maniyarankudy!

This is just an update from our side. Due to god's grace, this rainy season has not created much troubles in our place.

Our Onam with Akashaparavakal... | Onam 2019

Onam 2019

Delivered household items for Sunitha's family

Big thanks to Leo for helping us to buy the household items for Sunitha's family !

As mentioned in the link below, her husband had abandoned Sunitha and her 9th standard son and he had taken all the household items along with him when he left.

We bought them 1 dining table, 4 plastic chairs , 1 cot and 1 study table. Here's the pics/bills

http://tinyinitiative.blogspot.com/2019/05/dear-antony-as-we-over-phone-i-am.html

Kumar | House warming

Kumar's family was affected in 2018 flood and we had helped them in the house purchase/renovation and painting.

I'm really glad to share that we have handed over the keys and family has been living there since last July.  Once again thanks to Martin, Smilan, Lijo, Libu, Satya and Atul for contributing towards the house purchase/renovation and to Shyju and Sarish for contributing towards the painting of the house.

Shyju was present during the house warming/key hand over function.

Iron Grill Front Door and flower pots/plants for Akashaparavkal | Friends and the birds of the air

We wanted to do something for Akashaparavakal when our Poluttan was born. When we checked with them they said it would be nice if we can fix a iron grill front door so that they can keep the wooden door open during the day to allow sunlight and air. It will definitely be an additional level of security for them as well.  In addition to that, we bot some flower pots/plants for them

Support for Sunitha's family (Pathipally, Moolamattam)

Dear Antony,

As we discussed over the phone, I am sending you the details of  a family for any possible support. This is the case of Sunitha K.B and her son who is studying in 9th standard.

School Fees for Pavan (2nd Grade) for the academic year 2019-2020

Hope you guys remember Pavan, son of a BBMP sweeper (Mrs Indra). We had got him admitted to a school in South Bangalore 2 years back (2017-2018).

http://tinyinitiative.blogspot.com/2017/04/it-simply-cant-get-any-better.html

http://tinyinitiative.blogspot.com/2017/05/taking-it-further-schooling-of-pavan.html

Painting expense for Kumar's house | Kerala flood relief

We have been tracking all the 21 families (most of them through Jinesh) that we helped.  

We had contributed 50K towards the construction of house for Kumar from Athani, who lost his house during the flood.

http://tinyinitiative.blogspot.com/2019/04/kerala-flood-relief-house-for-kumar.html

http://tinyinitiative.blogspot.com/2019/01/flood-relief-athani-kerala-house.html

Request for support : Santhosh's house construction

Even though we had officially closed the Kerala flood relief campaign,  we are still tracking all the 21 families that we helped. All the families that we helped had lost both house and land.

There were few other families whose houses were damaged. Even though we did not help them so far, we have been tracking them.  Jinesh visited one such family last week end and he has requested us whether we can help. Check the details below and let me know what you think.



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 Dear Antony,

Sorry for the delayed update. On this Monday I visited Mr. Santhosh's house. Let me explain the case.

School shoes for the children living with HIV @ Sneha Care Home (Snehadhaan)

Like we do every year, I contacted Snehadhaan last week to find the number of school kits they need for next academic this year (2019-2020).  They said it would be good if we can buy school shoes for the children.  I readily agreed and asked them to share the age group, color  of the shoes , number of boys/girls etc.

Here's the list that they shared today. Color of the shoes is Black.