My response as a member: I might have exams in July and there is very less time for me to read. So I might not be able to participate in visits until August.
Except for the meetings I cannot attend any other events. Reg. the Thalessemic test, I will request our members to let us know their interest to be checked. I wish to propose it in our meeting with other groups. Meanwhile all of you talk with your friends and prepare a list of interested people. Once we will get a required number we will block a date (probably a weekend) and let ourselves tested. By the way, interested members who are willing to be eye donors and organ donors, do it asap. Thank you. --- In [email protected], "Lakshmi Prasanthi Uppalapati" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Friends, > > Good Morning/Evening. > > This is the MOM of May. > > Participants: Prasanthi Uppalapati, T. Murali Mohan, Chandrasekhar_B, > Jagadish Kotagiri, Srinivas, Krishna, Sravan Kumar Patnaik > 7 members. > > Ratan ji, Doctor Syam Sundar ji, Sowmya, Jairam, new members Anitha and > Kalpana couldn't attend due to various important reasons. > > We spoke on the 4 topics in the agenda and two more. > > 1. Thalessemia Disease and our support to TSCS: > > Donating Money > > We can donate money from our monthly contributions. > > (While typing this I got an idea of why not raise funds specifically for > this disease as we do for Sireesha or Raju's case) > > Awareness > > Before we try to create awareness, we, members, mainly the unmarried ones, > get ourselves tested. The test costs Rs. 500 but if all of us can fix a date > and go at a time it would be between 300 to 400 rs. per person. > > Visit TSCS in our free time and counsel the parents who bring their children > for treatment. (As Thalessemia is an inherited disease, there might be > potential carriers in those families and it is highly required that all of > them be tested and take necessary precautions not to give birth to one more > Thalessemia Major kid). > > Every member take the responsibility, talk to the HR and try to arrange a > session in the company premises for the employees so that Dr. Suman Jain can > explain to them reg. the disease. > > Last but not the least, forward the details of Thalessemia to friends and > then explain/educate them reg. the disease and encourage them to undergo the > test and if they are interested, make them participate in our efforts to > create awareness. > > Blood Donation > > First of all prepare a donors' list from the interested members of our > group. Give the list to Dr. Suman Jain and also take the list of all > registered kids and their addresses. Pass the kids' details to the > respective group people and vice versa. Later on the kid's parents should > keep in touch with us when they need blood. That is how we can become a > permanent/regular donor and can adopt a kid. > > Also encourage Red Cross to give the donors' list on group basis and let > them explain about Thalessemia whenever and wherever they conduct a blood > donation camp. Also encourage them to let the patient know who is the donor > and the donor about the patient so that every donor can feel happy to see > the beneficiary. > > 2. Reg. Sireesha's case: > > I happened to visit CARE hospital on Sunday to meet grandpa (Sri KVB Sastry) > and as I went there I tried to meet Dr. Nageswara Rao or Dr. Gopichand or > Mr. Srinivas who is the assistant of Dr. Gopichand. As it is sunday, they > are not there and one Mr. Pavan in the reception let me speak with Mr. > Srinivas on phone. What he told me was Sireesha's case has been given > priority and Snehalatha garu (Hrudaya Foundation Chief) is taking every care > and we will be getting the date soon. I didn't get any chance to talk more > clearly. > > During discussion what the members felt was that if doctors are ready to > operate and the funding is ready and when operation is compulsory (at any > time, even after 1 year or 2 years), it is better to get the girl operated > to avoid any unnecessary hassles. > > Date of Operation: > Krishna garu told that Dr. Gopichand is the chief and he is the person who > does the surgery and so his word is final and on 10th of this month we will > be knowing the date of the operation. > > With Rotary Club: > Rotary Club has agreed to bear the complete operational expenses. Why they > requested again is if we can give any amount (how > much less it might be), they can spend it on another child among a long list > of waiting children like Sireesha. > > Member's opinion: Explain Rotary that as we are bearing the pre and post > operation expenses, we cannot give any money towards operation expenses. (If > Bangalore or US members or any member have any objection, you please mail to > the group) > > > 3. Reg. the decision to deal with new cases: > > If we are sure about the genuinity of a case, first announce the case to the > group and ask if anyone are interested to donate on project basis (other > than the monthly contributors). We should follow the same procedure for any > number of cases that might come up. Announce a date and seek response > within that period. > > From the monthly amount of the group, announce some money that we are > willing to give to a particular case. If any member have any objection, they > can mail within the stipulated time. > > Reg, giving money only for establishing genuinity or only giving medicinal > expenses and not to bear operation costs, we opined that there cannot be any > thumb rule and based on the issues on hand, we have to take the decision. > For some cases, if the patient is not a kid, money might not generate. For > some cases, we cannot bear the full amount. > > So it would be good if we can say to the patient's family that we can give > certain amount of money and we will give it at the time of operation or else > we will buy the medicines. > > 4. Reg. the monthly donations: > > We need not block the money but let the members send their contributions > every month. > > It would be great if we can proceed in a different way other than making > proportions every month and waiting for particular areas to spend the money. > > What are we going to do with the money? > > We will first ask the monthly contributors about their area of interest to > spend the money. > a) Any case (Go by group's decision. No objection whatsoever) > b) Interested in particular domain (Education - orphan kids, servant maid's > kids, economically poor kids, higher education, Medical Help - Kids, Youth, > Aged ones, Old Age Homes) > > Based on the members' response, we will get an idea of how much money is for > particular areas and how much money is based solely on group's decision. So > we will spend that amount only for medical help and NGO help. > > Whatever be the reason, we do not let the money pile up in the bank (except > for the amounts specially designated for particular cases and specific > causes) > > Identifying NGOs > > Based on members' association with them and group's acceptance. We trust our > members but at the same time, we will be cautious too and take a second > opinion from the remaining group. > > For example, I suggested Ashray Akruti and Thalessemic Society. We > shouldn't donate money as I suggested and as I have good rapport with them. > Instead we, (some of our members), visit the NGO for two to three times. > (need not be the same members again and again) and if we are all convinced > of their working, then only we can donate to particular NGO. > > I WANT TO MAKE SURE ONE POINT HERE AND IT IS BETTER IF ALL OF US KEEP THIS > IN MIND. NO MEMBER (HOW GREAT THEIR SERVICE MIGHT BE) IS MORE THAN THE GROUP > AND EVERYONE SHOULD ABIDE BY THE GROUP'S DECISION. THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO > ANYONE FOR WHATSOEVER BE THE REASON. > > WE ARE NOT GOING TO RELY ON ONE PERSON. THIS GROUP IS MADE OF MEMBERS NOT > INDIVIDUALS. > > On Field Activity > > So far our wok didn't include/involve much of on field activity. > > We can visit orphanages, old age homes and also can teach in schools. > > Anyone who are interested and can spare some time during weekends, mail your > availability, no. of hours you can work and at what time and any areas of > preference (both work wise and place wise). > > Miscellaneous > > Received monthly donation of May from Jairam (500 rs) and bi-monthly > donation(May-June) from Chandrasekhar_B (500 rs). > > Decided to change the meeting time to morning instead of evening. It would > be 10 am in the morning. > > Thank you. > > -- > with regards, > PRASANTHI. > ---- > When you want something, the whole universe conspires in helping you to > achieve it. >
