Neat ! Good start for Bangalore members. This is long weekend for us...and I actually have frnds at home too. Have to get up early tomorrow for some outing plan.
Shall reply tomorrow late night my time..or...early tuesday hrs PST. In short though...OK funding for the girl requiring the ear machine. Can perhaps know more about her as Prasanthi suggested...and then decide. Also agree that unless u want' to...u need not come up with extra amounts of money apart from monthly donations. We have quite a surplus here..and if more needed we can always share the contributions. -Divya ************************************************************** --- In [email protected], raghu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear MAD Members, > > > > Yesterday was one of the wonderful day in the History of MAD Bangalore. > Infact yesterday may be considered as the start of events day for > Bangaloredivision of > MAD. > > > > We, Myself, Pavan, Raj and Omkaram went to meet some of the NGO's in > Bangalore. > > I would like to mail u guys about the proceedings that went on in detail. > Also I add the points in precise at the end of the mail, for the people who > doesn't have time. > > > > Firstly we started with the organisation called "Child Fund Association", we > went to the house of one of the trustees namely Mary Isaac. She explained me > that the organisation is for children who are orphans and children below > poverty line. There are 88 students in the organisation and there are quite > a number of people who are funding them. As of now she explained us that the > students are doing good in the kannada medium but not as good in English > medium. For that to be achieved she asked us to appoint a teacher for the > children who can teach for standard 1 students. > > We asked her that can any one of us can teach them over the weekends, but > she ruled out the option telling us that the organisation consists of High > School going Gals. > > > > Also she told about a gal who is an orphan, studying in class IX, passed in > Grade B+, is having problems with hearing. Her one ear is 60% damaged and > the other 40% damaged. She urgently needs a hearing machine that will cost > 12000 INR. We met the gal and I am ok to sponsor 2k out of the required > amount. > > > > Then we moved to the second NGO, called as Basavashrama, but we went to the > house of its Ex-President and gave away over contact numbers as she told she > doesn't have the correct address of the organisation and let us know in a > couple of days. > > > > Then started the trouble for us with Rain coming now and then, addresses > were not correctly placed and we struggled for more than an hour to finally > landing up with to "Samarthanam" an organisation which brings Hope to > Disabled. > > > > There we went and explained them what we are expecting with them. They asked > us to be seated in a room. We all four sat there and a guy came there, we > introduced with each other, talked for some 15 mins. He told us that there > are quite a number of children who are physically disabled and these guys > are giving them the education, the hope to live life as any one else. To > know more about those please visit the website, www.samarthanam.org. > > > > He told us how we can help them in many a ways, I have to write a note of > the entire things, discuss in the next week meeting and will post to the > group. > > > > We had our lunch there with them in Samarthanam and came out with wonderful > feelings. > > > > Here we observed an interesting thing, When we talked to the guy in > Samarthanam, he is Mahantesh, came to the place where we are sitting, > switched on the light, came to all of us to the seat where we are seating > and shook hands. We talked to him for 15 mins then we went to see a audio, > video film in the system and there he was searching for keyboard and monitor > same as blind people do. We got a feeling that is he "blind?" When we had > our lunch, then we came to know that he is visually ill person. We are > shocked to see a guy like him. Who has very high confidence even he is > physically disabled that too with no eyesÂ….amazing!!! > > > > Now points in precise. > > > > 1. We met Child Aid Foundation, where a gal named Sangeetha needs a > Hearing machine which costs 12000. (I am ok to give 2k, rest u people > decide) > 2. Those people who are 88 in number are doing good in Kannada medium > but not in English Medium, so they need a teacher. It may cost > 2-2.5ka month. > 3. We went to "Samarthanam" which is an NGO for physically disabled. > They have good funds but lack of volunteers. > 4. It would be good if we become volunteers for the organisation for > many a activities. I will mail the activities after the monthly meeting. > > > > Now frnds, first decide on the hearing machine. Any volunteers??? > > > > Regards, > > Raghu >
