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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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
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:
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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% !!!
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.
Antony,
Hi Antony,
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 !!
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.
To,
Antony
Tanisandara, BengaluruSubject: 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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thanks to Walter and family for contributing towards this cause.
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).
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.
Dear Antony, Jithesh
Please find a request from Fr Wilfred (Bidar)
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) .
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.
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.
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)
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
