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.

A million thanks and wishes from Idukki

Even though Jinesh did all the work on the ground, he was generous in sending a mail like this  :-) :-) Thanks to Jinesh and his dad for all their efforts !!! 

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From: Jinesh Jose <jj.india@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 11:40 AM
Subject: A million thanks and wishes from Idukki
To: Antony Pulicken <antony.pulicken@gmail.com>

Dear Antony and Team,

We reviewed the cases of all the 20 families who received support from your charity initiative.

Most of them have started the construction of their houses through the philanthropic efforts from various corners. Remaining cases are also expected to conclude very soon. So now we can safely say that it is the time to conclude the disaster relief efforts from your program. There is one outstanding request for support for a paralyzed person's house, but that is unrelated to natural calamity.

Kerala Flood Relief | House for Kumar (Athani, Aluva)

Thanks to the contributions from Martin, Smilan, Lijo, Libu, Satya and Atul. We could chip in 50k towards buying a house for Kumar (a mason who lost his house during last year's flood.)

You can find all the details about this case here:

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


Land/house has been registered in Kumar's name. Currently, some renovation work is going on before handing it over to Kumar. Plan is to hand it over to Kumar and family by May 15th.  Here's couple of  pics of the new house.

Updates on Chandana (10th standard, Mysore)

Chandana's parents had decided to stop sending her to school when she finished 7th and that's when Sr Rosemary told about her to us couple of years back. She was studying in a different school then.

As you know, we discussed this case and immediately agreed to help and requested Sr to get Chandana admitted in Sr's school itself (Presentation school, Mysore).  We have been helping her since then every year and she is in 10th standard now. You can find more details about her family background in the link below:

http://tinyinitiative.blogspot.com/2016/06/school-fee-for-8th-standard-girl-june.html

Supplied foundation stones and concrete building blocks for Shaji's family

Supplied 4 loads of foundation stones and 2 loads of concrete building blocks to Shaji's family.  Thanks to Jinesh for coordinating it, Vineeth and 2 other friends for chipping in with Rs 68,700.

Updated account details can be found here

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13IxY159UUokkUNaSj9fZ0-6qq6xBGN8LF5hlk6C7V-8/edit?usp=sharing

Currently, they are staying in the temporary shed that you see in the picture. More details about this family can be found here

http://tinyinitiative.blogspot.com/2019/01/concrete-bricks-for-house-construction.html

Financial support for Ms.Pooja's medical treatment (cancer patient)

This came through one of my friend and it's genuine case.  They have shared all the medical records of Pooja. We can either transfer directly to the hospital (Tata Memorial Hospital , Mumbai) or to her account directly.  I have attached the hospital details after the mail below along with the process.  My suggestion is to release 50K from our internal fund.  Please post your comments and let us close it this week itself.

Dear Mr.Anthony,

 

 It was pleasure talking to you over the phone, as discussed please note Ms.Pooja ( Patient ) is a resident of Goa and her father Mr.Kamlakar Shetkar is a farmer . Mr.Kamlakar has three kids and wife with Ms.Pooja being the eldest. Their financial condition is very poor. The only income source is Pooja. Since she has been hospitalised, the  family is suffering due to financial crisis, they are not in a position to raise the funds for the patients treatment.

Flood Relief (Athani, Kerala) | House construction for Kumar and family

Dear Friends,

Please see the mail/pics from Fr Augutine.  Kumar is a Mason and he is basically from Tamilnadu. He's been living in Athani since many years and Fr has helped in the past to get him some work.  This is a genuine case and I think we should help. Please note that this family is from Athani (Angamali). I have already told Fr that we will directly buy the required materials and give it to the affected family and won't transfer money to any individual or organization. I think we will allocate 50K to start with and then we will see based on the progress. Let me know what you think by posting your suggestion in the comments. Shyju will co-ordinate this. 

Concrete bricks and big metal stones (foundation) for house construction | Shaji

Shaji's house got severely damaged (got split) during the landslide. But he is NOT eligible to get ANY benefits from the government as his house is not fully gone (even though its not livable and the site doesn't have pattayam).  Jinesh visited both the earlier site (damaged house) and the new site (where he is currently living in a temporary shed).

We have decided to buy/sponsor the concrete bricks (around 70,000 Rs) required in the construction of the house. Each concrete brick will cost around 35 Rs and they will need around 2000 of them. We are in the process of negotiating with the contractor and the cost may come down slightly.

Maniyarankudy Rehabilitation | Updates

Dear Antony and Team,

We wish you and TinyinIniative team a very happy and prosperous new year. May almighty bless you in abundance for all your great humanitarian efforts.

After distributing furnitures to 19 families, we were keeping quite to extend our support during their house construction. They all wanted us to help them during their house construction time. Let me give you a quick update on the situation.

1. Government provided 10K relief support and closed the relief camps and support.