January 2010 - Monthly Event


Beneficiaries for January 2010   -        211

Project #1

A Month’s Provision for a Destitue & Orphan Children’s Home @ Avadi, Chennai

For January 2010 month’s event, we visited Saranalayam (A Home for Destitute & Orphan Children), Avadi on 24th January 2010. At present, the organization takes care of 30 destitute and orphan children. This home provides free food, shelter, education, medical care and other basic needs to the inmates of the home. Mr. Kulandaivelu & Mrs. Kasthuri are taking care of this home and they are living along with the children. We provided a Month’s Provision for the home. We also setup a Books Library of various disciplines. We also provided them Ice Creams and Chocolates. We conducted various games such as Drawing Competition, Balloon Bursting Competition, Talent Show and awarded prizes to the children.





Project #2

Day-to-Day Basic needs for a Visually Challenged Women’s Home @ Mylapore, Chennai

Lotus Blind Welfare Trust of India was formed in 2002 by eight visually challenged persons, with the aim to support the visually challenged girl students hailing from poor rural families who come to Chennai for their further studies. At present, the organization takes care of 50 visually challenged students. Prof. Padmaraj Jain, who is visually challenged, and is working as Professor in Government Arts College, Chennai, is taking care of the home. This home provides free food, shelter, medical care and other basic needs to its inmates. These girls are studying in various government colleges in and around Chennai in various disciplines such as English, History, Tamil, etc. We came to know that there is an immediate need for their day-to-day basic needs. We provided them with Inner Wears as per the request of the Home


Project #3

Classes on “How to Prepare and Write the Exams” & “Career Guidance” for 10th Standard Girls of Government Children’s Home @ Purasawakkam, Chennai

Children who are poor, orphan, missing, abandoned, neglected, destitute and delinquent and Women who are victims of immoral trafficking from the age of 5 years to 18 years are brought to the Government Children’s Home for Girls at Purasawakkam, Chennai. Children of this home are studying in the residential school in the home itself. We had conducted the Classes on “How to Prepare and Write the Exams” & “Career Guidance” for the 29 Girls who are studying 10th Standard on Sunday, 17th January 2010, to help these girls choose their future career. Our volunteer C. Senthil Kumar, who is an expert in delivering speech on “How to Prepare and Write the Exams” & “Career Guidance” gave an interactive speech which motivated and encouraged these girls and gave a boost to their Self – Confidence and a new ray of hope. We also provided Long Size Notes / Geometry Boxes / Ink Pens / Ball Point Pens / Pencils / Sharpeners / Erasers / Long Size Scales / Chocolates and Snacks. We also provided Drawing Pencils along with Wax Crayons for the students who are attending Drawing Classes. We also conducted Talent show for these girls and we all enjoyed the session very much.


Project #4

Unpaid Rent for Two months provided for a Poor/Orphan Children/Old Aged/Mentally Retarded/ Handicapped Home (December 2009 & Janury 2010)

We already know this home (“Perumal – Subbaiah Memorial Orphan, Children, Old Aged and Handicapped Home – Karunai Illam”, with 20 inmates) and have already provided a month’s provision in May 2009 & August 2009 to this home and also paid rent of this home during September 2009 – November 2009. Last week we came to know that they have been struggling to pay their rent from December 2009. So, we provided the two month’s Rent for this home. (December 2009 – January 2010).


Project #5

Computer Tables for Poor Physically Challenged Women of Thiyagam Women Trust, Madurai

Thiyagam women Trust is registered under the charitable Trust Act, and is established to serve the rural women with disabilities and to empower them to stand on their own feet. Thiyagam Computer Centre is providing training and empowering the physically challenged and economically poor women from rural base and place them in suitable jobs. They are also providing a stipend of Rs. 500/- during the training. These women hail from poor background in rural areas around Madurai. These women are housed in a separate building called Thiyagam Home (which comes under Thiyagam Women Trust), which is rent-free. Currently, Thiyagam Computer Center got few old working computers from an Software Company as donation. To use these computers they required small computer tables. We provided them Five Computer Tables towards the Free Computer Training provided to the economically poor physically challenged women from rural base.


Project #6

Educational Aid for a Poor Student

We came to know about a Poor boy Kumaravel N. from Kanchipuram, who needed help for pursuing his education. He was referred & verified by our volunteer Hellan’s sister M. Rebeca Sofiya Joice, who is working as Lecturer in Madras Christian College. Student is doing his 2nd Year M.Sc., (Chemistry) in Madras Christian College (Evening), East Tambaram, Chennai. His father was dead last year and his mother is housewife, student is taking tuitions in the morning with that money he is taking care of the whole family. His elder sister got married. Kumaravel’s Second Year College Fees is Rs. 12, 680/- and needed our help for the same. We had provided the Second Year College Fees of Rs. 12, 680/-. 


Project #7

Milk for a Poor / Orphan  / Semi-Orphan / Destitute Women’s Home

We have been providing 6 Litres of Heritage Full Cream Milk on a daily basis for the past three months to Bharatha Matha Sevai Illam, Nandhiyambakkam, Chennai. At present this organization takes care of nearly 70 inmates (Orphan / Semi-Orphan Children – 60, Destitute Women – 10). We provided 6 Litres of Heritage Full Cream Milk on a daily basis for the month of December 2009 amounting to Rs. 6,300/. 


Project #8

Partial amount paid towards purchase of computer for deserving Poor students from Chennai.

We came to know about two poor girls from a family, who are studying college and needed computer for their academics and projects rather than paying higher fees to do projects / learn computer outside. This project was referred & verified by our volunteer Vinod from Vodafone. His father is working as Van Driver and mother is housewife. They have three girls. They are struggling for their day-to-day needs itself and they had a saving of Rs.5,000/- towards purchasing the computer and we provided the partial amount of Rs. 10,000/- towards the purchase of the Computer.

Attached is the Contribution & Expenses Open Account Sheet with Bill number column, for your reference, along with the scanned bills. We appreciate your valuable Suggestions/Comments about the event to plan and improve our future events. The excess amount of Rs. 14,181.10 would be utilized for February 2010 month’s event.


Below are the various organizations/groups to which our volunteers belong
1) ABB
2) Accenture
3) Asian Paints
4) Chennai Valzh Nallor Sangam
5) CMS Info Systems Pvt. Ltd.
6) GE
7) HCL Technologies
8) Hexaware Technologies
9) iSoft
10) “Nijangal (Uthavum Ullangal)” - An Orkut Online Community
11) Prodex Technologies
12) Scope International Pvt. Ltd.
13) Vodafone


January 2010 - Contribution & Expenses Sheet

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