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Feedback received from Sahaara, Mumbai: 8-year-old Raja is one of the many destitute boys at Sahaara's Mahima Home. These boys are abandoned, orphans or have terminally ill parents, Most of the children hail from illiterate families. Some children were abused periodically, some were employed in onerous child labour and one of the children even watched his own mother committing suicide.
A mix of such tragedies dealt death blows to these children’s priceless future; added to this, the children suffered from malnourishment and immunity-deficiency due to the absence of a regular balanced diet. Raja is one such child that Mahima Home took under their loving and holistic care.
His health was restored with medicines, supplements and wholesome meals and he is full of vigour and vitality today! The rich nutritional diet at Mahima Home provides essential carbohydrates, vitamins, calcium, minerals, dietary fibre and protein inputs, in his crucial growing years.
It is the support of donors that hascontributed towards making the above life change possible!
Feedback received from IDEA Foundation:
This is the feedback a donor received from IDEA Foundation via GiveIndia for a Rs.3,000 donation to educate a very poor child for a year.
13 year old Tejal and her 9 year old sister Komal lost their father in 2004, who was working as an auto rickshaw driver as he was affected by a dreaded illness. Their paternal relatives just disowned them and their mother Sandhya after the death of their father. Sandhya’s widowed mother came to their rescue and sheltered Sandhya and the tiny tots in her single room house. Since then the mother and the two children are staying with the granny in Shravandhara slum which is located in Kothrud in Pune.
Foundation for Initiatives in Development and Education for All (IDEA) has chosen Shravandhara slum in 2006, as its’ project area when a baseline survey revealed that there are many school drop outs in this slum and majority of the people are working as rag pickers / construction workers / small vendors. IDEA is the only NGO working for the deprived women and children in the slum.
IDEA is helping Tejal’s family since 2006.The financial condition of the family is very miserable now as Tejal’s mother is unable to contribute towards the family income by stitching clothes at home as she is suffering from kidney stones and is under medication. The old grandmother is struggling to meet the medical expenses of her daughter and the educational and other needs of her granddaughters by sitting just in front of their house and selling match box, soap, toffees, and other small items. Tejal and Komal are in Std 8 and 4 respectively and they are excellent in studies! Tejal got 78% in her last annual exam.
The donation amount will enable IDEA to help the family for the educational expenses of Tejal during the academic year 2008-09. Tejal also regularly attends the study centre run by IDEA in the slum.
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| Purpose of the donation |
: General Fund |
| Amount |
: Rs1000 |
| AMBA has utilized this amount to meet insurance expense of one of its members. |
| Beneficiary Details |
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| Name |
: Radha Bharat |
| Village |
: Lohanagar Centre, Rajkot, Gujarat |
| Occupation |
: Readymade garment vendor |
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 Radha is an AMBA member since last 3 years. She deals in readymade garment sales in slum areas through weekly fairs organized in Rajkot and other surrounding areas.
Radha had to borrow money on heavy interest rate to run her business. Her life changed when she came into the contact of AMBA. AMBA gave her first loan and then repeat loans of Rs5000 each at low interest rate.
In Radha's own words, "Since the interest is low and repayment installment is weekly in small amounts, I am able to pay the loan in time. I am earning good money through this small trade. I feel happy that AMBA gives me loan at a speedier and simpler procedure. I feel a lot secure after getting insured. Infact I am asking my other business members to be regular in repayment of loan and take benefit of insurance scheme. I hope that my children get a proper education."
AMBA SEWA Insurance Scheme is a unique scheme in which a poor working woman is covered under Life Insurance by paying one time premium of Rs1000 which covers following benefits:
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Rs2000 every year for hospital treatment
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Rs5000 immediate support in case if loss or damage the member's business due to disturbances, fire, natural calamities etc
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Rs3000 on account of natural death
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Rs40,000 on account of accidental death
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Rs15,000 on account of member's husband's death
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Old age benefit - Dentures, Spectacle, crutches |
| Purpose of the donation |
: Child's rehabilitation & education for a month |
| Amount |
: USD 34 |
| Beneficiary Details |
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| Name |
: Shiv Kumar |
| Age |
: 14 yrs |
| Address |
: Banaswadi, Bangalore |
| Name of the school |
: Ananya Shikshana Kendra |
| Standard |
III |
| Hobbies/Interests |
: Table tennis, pottery |
| No. of family members |
: 5 |
| Monthly family income |
: Rs300 |
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 What was the background of the beneficiary before rehabilitation?
Shiv Kumar comes from a single parent family. He has an elder brother, one younger brother and one younger sister. His mother works as a housemaid and had a hard time taking care of herself and her children. She left Shiv Kumar's elder brother in her village. Shiv Kumar was sent for work, doing odd jobs as a carpenter, a tailor and a painter to supplement the family income. She was looking for a hostel where she could leave the kids so that she did not have to take care of them. When we approached her about admitting her children in our school she gladly agreed hoping her food bills would come down and free 'baby sitting' facilities would be provided for her three children. Shiv Kumar had never been to school and had no exposure to any kind of a learning environment.
What kind of training was given to her-how was the child rehabilitated?
What started as a 'baby sitting' service from Shiv Kumar's mother's point of view turned out to be a challenge for us. We were constantly battling with the children's hunger for learning and their mother's callous attitude towards education. It was an uphill task for us to make their mother see the educational value of their stay with us. At Ananya, we provided Shiv Kumar with an environment in which all the tools of learning and creativity were at his disposal. He had the time and space to work with these materials without any constraints and explore his potentials.
What is the situation after the rehabilitation-is child enjoying her school/vocational training-her progress?
This atmosphere free from all pressures made life thrilling and the academic progress became an integral part of the exploration. His curiosity for learning and his playful nature has demanded from us that we become more creative and innovative in our teaching.
What does child feel about new life?
While his stay at Ananya has been very satisfying and fulfilling for Shiv Kumar, he has to constantly fight the demands of his extended family to quit school and go back to work.
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Feedback report received from Bharath Charitable Cancer Hospital & Institute (Trust) (BCCHI)
| Purpose of the donation |
: General/Cancer Camp in Rural Areas |
| Amount |
: Rs4000 |
| The following are the details of the camp - |
| 1. Total Number of people who attended the camp |
105 |
| Male |
16 |
| Female |
89 |
| 2. Blood Pressure (BP) recorded |
93 |
| High BP |
11 |
| Low BP |
07 |
| Normal BP |
75 |
| 3. Number of cases referred to different hospitals in Mysore - |
| District Govt. Hospital, (KR Hospital) |
05 |
| Bharath Hospital & Institute of Oncology |
01 |
| JSS |
02 |
| A General Checkup was conducted for all the patients and free medicines like BCT, FS (Iron), Septron (antibiotic), CPM, B-Complex etc. were given to patients. |
Feedback report received from Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti
| Purpose of donation |
: Sponsor education of a poor girl child |
| Amount |
: Rs1000 |
| Beneficiary Details |
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| Name |
: Kumari Santo |
| Age |
: 12 years |
| Address |
: Kailano Ki Baas, Village/Post Duddu, Phalodi,
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India |
| Name of the school |
: Balika Vidyalay, Kailano Ki Baas |
| Standard |
: 3rd |
| Hobbies/interests |
: Studying, Dancing |
| No of family members |
: 4 |
| Monthly family income |
: Rs900 |
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 What is the family background of the child?
Although the child, Kumari Santo, comes from a small family of four, the challenges in front of this small family are overwhelmingly big. Santo's family is distressed by extreme poverty with a meager monthly income of Rs900. To make matters worse, Santo's mother is suffering from Tuberculosis (TB). Thus, there is a lot of pressure on Santo to drop out of school not only for financial constraints but also to take care of the household chores since her mother is not well enough to carry out these duties on her own.
What does the beneficiary and parents feel about his education?
Santo's education would not have been possible without the backing she received via GRAVIS and GiveIndia. Thus, naturally, both Santo and her parents are extremely grateful for this opportunity for Santo to carry on with what she loves the most: studying!
Progress report -
Attendance record: 90%
Behavior in the school: Excellent
Favorite subjects: Hindi
Performance etc: Very Good
What are the child's future plans?
Santo aims to become a nurse as she has seen her mother suffering from TB. helplessly. With her education she wants to equip herself well to aid people suffering from various diseases. |
Feedback report received from Kutumba
| Purpose of Donation |
: Donate to the Corpus |
| Amount |
: Rs6000 |
Your contribution has been added to corpus of Kutumba.
Kutumba is a charitable society that has been running a home for the disabled since 1991 in Bangalore. Here, shelter is provided to destitute women, children and the disabled. Most of those who come to Kutumba are afflicted with cerebral palsy caused by brain damage contracted before or during birth, or during early childhood, which results in difficulty in coordination. Though the damage is irreversible, children can be taught to cope with it, and to share opportunities, challenges and responsibilities.
The residents of Kutumba's (literally translated to mean "family" in Sanskrit) home hail from the rural areas of the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. They are generally referred to Kutumba by hospitals, other NGOs, and even some members of Kutumba's Board of Governors.
Kutumba is a force to be reckoned with. Though the group foster care program (the home for the disabled) can house only about 10 children at one point of time, over the years it can be seen that it has succeeded in changing many lives for the better because of Kutumba's timely intervention. It brings a lot of joy to the hearts of the people working at Kutumba when they see young people go out ready to face the world with a trade in their hands, after having come in during times of dire need.
Kutumba has saved about 3lacs in corpus. This has been deposited with the Andhra Bank. They are working towards building a corpus of 30lacs by the year 2010. |
Feedback report received from Sarada Ramkrishna Sevashram
| Purpose of Donation: |
Sponsor a child in an orphanage for a month |
| Amount |
: Rs957 |
 The fund was utilized towards the expenses of Sonali Mondal. The details of the expenses are as given below -
| Food and Tiffin |
: Rs600 |
| Doctor's fees, Medicine & Health care |
: Rs100 |
| School fees, Drawing book etc |
: Rs75 |
| Purchase One Frock & one Ezare |
: Rs125 |
| Administrative Cost (Posting Photo) |
: Rs57 |
| Name of the Father |
: Late Biswant Mandal |
| Age |
: 7 Years |
| Address |
: ViIIage/Post Office -Gabberia Dist. -24 Paraganas, West Bengal |
The helpless and destitute girl Sonali Mondal was living with her mother after the death of her father. Unfortunately, her mother became mentally ill and she was compelled to leave her home and she worked as a maidservant. Painfully she was passing her life at the custody of her uncle, who approached us to look after the child -Sonali. Observing the helpless and neglected conditions, we gave her shelter and are providing her all help including schooling. |
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