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Samarpana, Home for Mentally Challenged children

The beautiful Sunday started @10:00 AM. We were 10 volunteers travelled together to SAMARPANA. We were given a hearty welcome by every person over there. According to the needs given by the ‘in charge’ Mr. Bhavani Sridhar, we had taken fruits, snacks and a book case along with us.

We spent some time with the children, dancing, playing, looking around their daily living activities, and we served lunch for them.

•1 year back when we went to the same organization we met Swetha, 4 years old. She was suffering from multiple disabilities. God’s grace she is with him now. Lot of pain in missing you.

We miss you Swetha.

MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PEACE

Chennai/Jan 2011

A Visit to Grace Home, Home for orphan children

On oct 4th , Monday Mr. Vijay( Uma – HHF member’s Uncle ) has reached to grace home with the house hold appliances which we have promised them that we will donate. He got a warm welcome from grace home caretaker Mr.Anand and 27 children residing in the home. The home’s environment was so pleasant and clean as for the Vijay’s views and he has spent much of time with children and gave sweets and chocolates which he has taken along with him.

We have donated the below items to the home :

1. Aqua Guard water purifier2. Crompton greaves table fan

RAJAHMUNDRY / SEPTEMBER 2010

Poor Students Association

INTRODUCTIONI am glad to share with you all that we have completed another activity successfully along with the Poor Students Association by donating below furniture items for their new school building.

1. 8 chairs2. 2 computer desks3. One bookcase

DESCRIPTIONOur members Madhu, Srikanth & Divakar are travelled to M.chithamoor village, near madhuranthakam , kanchipuram (100 KM from Chennai) on 25th of July. Our members participated along with Srikanth in a blood donation camp organized for the villagers of M.chithamoor, which they were conducting from years as part of their poor students association activities. After the blood donation camp our members have visited the schools which are organized by Srikanth and visited the re-construction of the some of the buildings. Finally we handed over the furniture items to the school association and returned to Chennai.

KANCHIPURAM / JULY 2010

A visit to a special orphanage – CHILD

It was a long drive from Thiruvanmiyur to Korathur (30 KM); we got a warm welcome form CHILD-The children orphanage team. It is very small house which is giving shelter for 17 abandoned children.

Highlights:

* Aravinthan (HHF active member) had a great time with children by distributing chocolates. They were under control of Aravinthan until he had chocolates with him. I think I no need to explain what happened once chocolates are over. * Aaadi Murthy (child with yellow strips pant), very energetic and naughty boy. Roaming, singing, jumping, teasing, fighting etc…Are his usual activities. More than this he is O+++ (outstanding student in school). Appreciable. * Tamil Ansari (Child with yellow shirt), he too very naught boy, He will do everything else except talking.

KORATHUR, TN/MAY 2010

T Raja – Real Heroes from the South announced by CNN IBN

Little did we realize that we are meeting a magnanimous person who has dedicated his life to people whom we as society are least bothered of.

We were told that the organization is providing food and shelter to 300 people. It prides itself of having provided home for 3000+ lives, rescued 1400 people. We handed over the groceries to them and were pleased to meet the founder of this organization.

Bangalore/Apr 2010

T. Raja – Social Welfare

An errant child, T Raja, found himself living on the streets of Chennai. His parents had given up on him and he was given to stealing and substance abuse. By the time he was 15, Raja was behind bars but the two months in jail changed him. Once out he started driving an auto rickshaw to earn a living. As he drove through the city, images of poor and homeless kept reminding him of the drudgery and neglect that he had once been a part of. Raja then set up the Home of Hope to give street dwellers a shelter. Over the years more than 3000 people have been looked after by Raja at this home.

A day at the Multi purpose Community Centre

On the 13th March we set out to visit a home that serves as a haven for mentally retarded children. We were taken to our destination in a van provided by the center. It is situated in a village named Vallam, roughly 2kms away from Chengelpattu. The institution is run by Mr.Jeevanandam of MCC.

This home houses 21 children who were abandoned due to poverty. However they are not orphans, their parents come to visit them once in a while. The children are aged between 5 to 16 years of age.

In spite of their disability, the children were really smart and talented. After gladly receiving the chocolates that we distribute to them, the little ones enthusiastically recited to us the rhymes that were being taught to them. We then distributed the mats, pillows and blankets which we had bought for them. Before settling down for lunch, the students sang a prayer song. During lunch the sweets that we had taken for them were given away.

CHENGELPATTU, CHENNAI/MARCH 2010

Sri Gayathri Seva Hrudhay

We are back here to share our experiences of a day at Sri Gayathri seva hrudhay. We reached the ashram on 7th of Feb; we got warm welcome by the seva hrudhay care taker Kalyana chakravatry.To our surprise he is too young to maintain a ashram like this. He completed his Ph.D in home science, while doing the thesis realization has struck him and he started serving old people. It is his kindheartedness that he is helping 40 old aged people through his ashram. Though he is like their son, he ironically is a “mother and father” to those 40 people. We all need to really appreciate him for his effort in doing so.

Though we have planned to donate 20,000 for construction; we got the donations more than what we expected. So we finally have donated 35,000/- (30,000 for construction and 5,000 for cots).

REPALLI, AP/FEB 2010

Before

During Construction

Sri Arunodayam Charitable Trust

There is a small charity organization named “Sri Arunodayam Charitable Trust” in Chennai outskirts (Kolathur) which is serving totally a 150 mentally retarded children (50 children are below 5 years).

We provided them lunch, donated the water dispenser and required groceries (dettol, soaps, washing powder etc). Few of our charity group members, visited the place and served them food.

Since it is a big task feeding small children, one person is dedicated to one child for feeding. Around 50 helpers would be coming daily by 12:30PM (Lunch) & again 8:00PM (Dinner) time. All these “Helpers” are normal family people (like home makers/old women) who won’t be getting a single rupee for doing all this, but even then do it for their satisfaction. Every day two hours of their life they had dedicated to charity.

KOLATHUR, TN / DEC 2009

An Event @ Samarpana Orphange

The first impression one gets of the place is that its very well maintained. We get invited to the office by the lady who runs the place along with her husband. We talk about how this place was started and the kind of work that goes on in the place.

We were led to the children in the school. Two minutes were enough to get ones’ eyes moistened.

* A little girl Shweta(8 yrs old), but looks like a 3 year old having heart complications and a major damage of the brain leaving her with weak muscle co-ordination. She sits in a baby chair all day and has to be looked after periodically. * We later met a girl (9 years old), very possessive of the lady who runs the place and yells when she talks to someone. The lady is proud of her achievement for this is a girl who could barely stand till 5 and had absolutely no emotional side and with years of therapy, she walks now and her yelling is a clear indicator of her emotional growth.

More stories follow, each giving out a dual feeling of sadness at the state of the children and admiration for the work done by the people. We then served food for the children and spent some time with them post-lunch.

OUTSKIRTS OF CHENNAI/MAY 2009

Helping Prerana with Basic Necessities

Earlier this month we paid a visit to Prerana Resource Centre, an organization serving as a home for 120 women (blind / physically disabled etc…), situated approx ~25 kms from the center of Bangalore city.

We were greeted with their amazing singing talent. They all sung in unison… with one voice in praise of the god. Latter we had a sneak peek inside the hostel and learnt about the facilities and services rendered by the Prerana management.

At around 1 PM we served lunch for them and we also had a taste of the pretty decent lunch. Though they are physically challenged, their talent was visible through the handicrafts (toys, paper bags, showcase items etc.,) that were at display at the Prerana office. That was amazing!

We have provided them with few items they are in need of (basic necessities like soaps, toothpaste, few bags of food grain, rice/oil, Mixie Grinder etc…).

BANGALORE/APRIL 2009

Event at LEBENSHILFEVISAKHAPATNAM / MARCH 2009

On March 29th we have visited a school for Mentally Retarded and Handicapped in Visakhapatnam. We distributed some furniture in need to the school and also arranged a few events/games with all of them to cheer them up.

Lebenshilfe, the then West Germany gave initial support to start Lebenshilfe, Visakhapatnam in India in 1980.In German ‘Leben’ means Life and ‘Hilfe’ means Help. Lebenshilfe thus means Life Help.This 28 year old service-oriented institution is situated in a building generously allocated by the Municipal Corporation, Visakhapatnam at M.V.P. Colony located on the sea shore and opposite to Lumbini Park.

Basic Electrification of a school in Vendikole

In Jan 2009, we have chosen a school in the village Vendikole (near Hyderabad) which doesn’t even have basic resources like (power connection, fans, lights etc…).So we plan to spend a few days and setup proper fans, lights etc… for the school (may not be more than a few rooms). This activity has been coordinated by Srinivas from Hyderabad.

VENDIKOLE, AP / FEB 2009

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