Harsha Thomas needs our financial support to complete her post-graduation course in MSc. Physics. She is the eldest of 6 children in a family that’s struggling to make ends meet, along with the education of the younger children. Thomas, her father is a daily wage worker and also does some farming to support his family.
Oct 18, 2012: MicroCharity raised Rs. 10,000 from 8 different individuals in 2 days. The fund is transferred to Nimal’s family.
Feb 4, 2013: Raised Rs. 10,000 from 6 different donors in 6 days.
May 2, 2013: Raised Rs. 10,000 from 5 different donations in 3 days.
Aug 21, 2013: Raised Rs. 10,000 from 10 different micro donations in 4 days.
Nov 15, 2013: Raised Rs. 10,000 from 6 different micro donations in 2 days.
The family is unable to keep up with all the medical expenses. MicroCharity approves an increased quarterly support amount of Rs. 50,000 this time, to help the family with the medical expenses.
Feb 6, 2014: Raised Rs. 50,000 from 23 micro donations in 3 days.
Apr 16, 2014: Raised Rs. 10,000 from 5 micro donations in 1 day.
Jul 31, 2014: Raised Rs. 10,000 from 5 micro donations in 7 days.
Oct 18, 2014: Raised Rs. 10,000 from 6 micro donations in 11 days.
Jan 19, 2015: Raised Rs. 10,000 from 5 micro donations in 7 days.
Apr 27, 2015: Raised Rs. 10,000 from 5 micro donations in 6 days.
Oct 26, 2015: Raised Rs. 10,000 from 6 micro donations in 6 days.
Feb 5, 2016: Raised Rs. 10,000 from 6 micro donations in 6 days.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs.10,000.
April 15, 2016: Raised Rs. 10,000 from 4 micro donations in 1 day.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs.10,000.
July 8, 2016: Raised Rs. 10,000 from 5 micro donations in 1 day. Amount will be transfered to Nimal shortly against medical expenses.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs.10,000.
Oct 28, 2016: Raised Rs. 10,000 from 5 micro donations in 2 days. Amount will be transfered to Nimal shortly against medical expenses.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs.50,000.
Jan 09, 2017: Raised Rs. 50,000 from 15 micro donations in 17 days. Amount will be transfered to Nimal shortly against medical expenses.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs.10,000.
May 22, 2017: Raised Rs. 10,000 from 5 micro donations in 4 days. Amount will be transferred to Nimal shortly against medical expenses.
MicroCharity approved fund request of Rs. 10,000
July 02, 2017 : Raised Rs. 10,000 from 6 micro donations in 5 days. Amount will be transferred to Nimal shortly against medical expenses.
MicroCharity approved fund request of Rs. 10,000
Sep 22, 2017 : Raised Rs. 10,000 from 4 micro donations in 1 days. Amount will be transferred to Nimal shortly against medical expenses.
Nimal, who is paralyzed waist-down is still in need of our financial support. MicroCharity continues to support her every quarter.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs. 10,000.
Dec 20, 2017 : Raised Rs. 10,000 from 4 micro donations in 7 days. Amount will be transferred to Nimal shortly against medical expenses.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs. 10,000.
March 28, 2018 : Raised Rs. 10,000 from 4 micro donations in 4 days. Amount will be transferred to Nimal shortly against medical expenses.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs. 10,000.
June 30, 2018 : Raised Rs. 10,000 from 5 micro donations in 3 days. Amount will be transferred to Nimal shortly against medical expenses.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs. 10,000.
Oct 04, 2018 : Raised Rs. 10,000 from 4 micro donations in 7 days. Amount will be transferred to Nimal shortly against medical expenses.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs. 10,000.
Dec 20, 2018 : Raised Rs. 10,000 from 4 micro donations in 5 days. Amount will be transferred to Nimal shortly against medical expenses.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs. 10,000.
March 8, 2019 : Raised Rs. 10,000 from 5 micro donations in 1 day. Amount will be transferred to Nimal against medical expenses.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs. 10,000.
June 7, 2019 : Raised Rs. 10,000 from 4 micro donations in 4 days. Amount will be transferred to Nimal against medical expenses.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs. 10,000.
September 20 – Fund raising closed for this cause. We will be paying he amount to Nimal against her medical bills.
Latha and her three children, aged 18,14 and 13 have gone through more misfortunes than most of us can imagine. Latha was working as a kitchen assistant in a hospital. But she suffered severe burns from a kerosene stove explosion, resulting in her leg being amputated eight years back. She has not been able to work since then, and is still in need of medication and treatment about a decade after the mishap. She is also allergic to most medications making it extremely difficult to treat even minor illnesses.
Latha’s husband was working a plantation. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and passed away in February 2018. Now there are no earning members in this family and their basic survival is in danger. Vismaya, the eldest daughter completed her 12th and joined CMA foundation course. She was recently taken to the doctor with severe bleeding and abnormal behavior. She was diagnosed with PCOS and severe depression, possibly the result of her seeing her dad go through cancer and death.
The family is surviving on support from NGOs, neighbours, well-wishers and the church. Annemarie foundation is paying their monthly rent, neighbours and the church is paying for groceries and basic expenses. With help from the block panchayat, 10 cents of land was purchased last year. But they have no money to start any construction. The family is completely broke and unable to build the house, provide medical treatment for Latha and Visamaya or even take care of their basic expenses.
Latha and her three children, aged 18,14 and 13 have gone through more misfortunes than most of us can imagine. Latha was working as a kitchen assistant in a hospital. But she suffered severe burns from a kerosene stove explosion, resulting in her leg being amputated eight years back. She has not been able to work since then, and is still in need of medication and treatment about a decade after the mishap. She is also allergic to most medications making it extremely difficult to treat even minor illnesses. Latha’s husband was working a plantation. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and passed away in February 2018.
His family is struggling financially as his father is under treatment for Kidney failure. The only income the family has at the moment is his mother’s pension which is not enough to meet the expenses.
Joseph has to complete his studies to support his family. He approached MicroCharity for financial support.
MicroCharity approves fund request of INR 90,000
Fund raising closed for this cause. Rs. 90,000 raised from 14 micro donations in 30 days.
Joseph from Mundakkayam, Kerala is doing his BTech in Mechanical Engineering. He will be able to enter the final semesters of the course only if he remits the college fees on time.
His family is struggling financially as his father is under treatment for Kidney failure. The only income the family has at the moment is his mother’s pension which is not enough to meet the expenses.
But the house is leaking badly during this time of the year, and she needs to do some urgent repairs. The proposed solution is to cover the entire roof with roofing sheets at an estimated cost of INR 65,000. Since Jainamma has no way to raise this money, she approached MicroCharity for financial assistance.
MicroCharity approves fund request of INR 65,000
Jainamma Joseph from Changanassery, Kerala has to face the heavy Kerala monsoons under a leaky roof. She’s single and living all by herself. She is also offering services as a counsellor at a retreat center close to her house. After Jainamma recovered from a very serious illness, she decided to dedicate her life to the Lord. She is currently living in a small house in 4 cents of land, constructed with help from the Panchayat and well-wishers.
Total fee for the year comes to Rs. 35,000 of which they can arrange Rs.15,000. The family requested MicroCharity to help with Rs. 20,000.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs. 20,000.
26-July-2019 : Fund raising is closed for this cause. Rs. 20,000 is raised from 8 micro donations in 11 days. We will be paying the fee to college shortly.
MicroCharity has been supporting Merlina from 4th standard. In spite of many adverse condition like her father’s death, her mother’s inability to go to work, and living with her uncle who wanted them to move it, Merlina got decent marks in her 1st PUC examication. She’s in 2nd PUC now, and the family is in no position to pay the college fee.
The fee for both children combined come to Rs.25,700 for this year. The family approached MicroCharity for assistance in paying the school fee.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs. 25,000.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs. 30,000.
Twin sisters, Jeraldina and Jeromina’s story is not different from many lower income families in Bangalore, India. Their dad Sesu Raj, the sole bread winner of the family makes about Rs.200 per day working as an auto driver. But he is a chronic alcoholic and does not go to work regularly. The family is now struggling to get the kids to school. The little girls are in 1st standard and at a risk of not going to school at all, due to their financial difficulties. They have other loans to pay off and also a monthly rent of Rs.1500 for the house they are staying in.
“I realize that every mature tree by photosynthesis absorbs 20kg of CO2 every year. By the same process, each tree lets out about 14kg of O2 every year.”
This is part of the environment oath taken by every member who planted a tree during this tree plantation drive. JCI Nalukody with support from Junior Jaycees, the children’s wing, organized a tree plantation drive on World Environment day. JCI took order from people for different fruit trees, by publishing on social media. Those who gave the order were supposed to have pits ready for planting trees in their compound. JCI members procured the saplings from nurseries and took them to these houses. They planted the trees together and also took an oath promoting awareness of environment protection and importance of trees.
Following the massive success of this program, JCI and MicroCharity are now extending this for the whole of June. For a contribution of Rs.222, a tree will the planted in your name in a house and will be taken care of by the owners. For those of you living in cities with no option to plant a tree in your backyard, this is a golden opportunity to make a difference to mother Earth on this Environment day.
“I realize that every mature tree by photosynthesis absorbs 20kg of CO2 every year. By the same process, each tree lets out about 14kg of O2 every year.”This is part of the environment oath taken by every member who planted a tree during this tree plantation drive. JCI Nalukody with support from Junior Jaycees, the children’s wing, organized a tree plantation drive on World Environment day. JCI took order from people for different fruit trees, by publishing on social media. Those who gave the order were supposed to have pits ready for planting trees in their compound. JCI members procured the saplings from nurseries and took them to these houses. They planted the trees together and also took an oath promoting awareness of environment protection and importance of trees.
His Father is a Salesman in an Optical shop nearby and mother is a housewife. His father cannot afford school and medical expenses for Jibin from his Salary. Yearly fee in the Special school is Rs 13,750. School uniform, Bus fare, Books & sensory kit will cost another Rs 8,900. Yearly Medical expenses will be approximately another Rs 10,000.
MicroCharity is continuing to support Jibin by raising Rs. 10,000 for year 2014.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs.10,000.
MicroCharity approves fund request of Rs. 10,000.
MicroCharity continues to support Jibin, who has been affected with autism and cerebral palsy since birth. For the 7th year now, we are providing Rs.10,000 financial support for the family.
Jibin Joseph is a severe autistic baby with cerebral palsy by birth. He has no sense of hearing and is unable to speak. He walks a little. He cannot feed himself. He is studying in Adarsh Rehabilitation Centre, Tripunithura, Ernakulam – A Special school for the habilitation of children with Cerebral Palsy. His mother takes him to the school everyday. They rely on public transport to commute to the school. Also, the mother has to be with him throughout the school time. He is on medication for the last few years. Every month he is taken to a hospital for medical checkup.