BCCHI conducted a General Health Checkup camp at Begur, Gundlupet Taluk, Karnataka on 29-01-04. The medical team consisted of one Male Medical Officer, two interns, four Social Workers and one Driver.  

Propaganda had been done in Self Help Group meetings which was arranged in Begur. The Cancer camp commenced at 11am and concluded at 4 pm.

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.

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.

The fund was utilized towards the expenses of Sonali Mondal. The details of the expenses are as given below -  

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.