REPORT of FEBRUARY - MARCH 2008

REPORT for the month of FEBRUARY - MARCH 2008 :-
# A 5-day collection program = Rs. 7,810/- & Rs. 6,215/- [ Feb & Mar ’08]


MISSION’S ACTIVITIES :-

1. EMPOWERING WOMEN – Papad making by poor women :-
- Our new project of Mission5, providing employment to the poor women in the village of Parvati Nagar. 6 women, 9am-1pm, make papad.



- Student volunteers pack and sell papad packets to pay them a daily wage of Rs 30/-.
- Plain papad packet – 15 pieces – Rs 5/- per pack

2. 15,207/- TO PRESCILLA FOR OPEN-HEART SURGERY :-
- Prescilla Kumari, a 12-year-old girl at Tin Factory, underwent an open heart surgery at Narayana Hrudayalaya. We helped her poor parents bear the cost of the operation by donating Rs 15,207/- [19-2-2008]

3. 4 LITRES MILK EVERYDAY TO AN ORPHANAGE :-
- Mission5 is providing 4 litres of milk everyday to the children of an orphanage, Jeevitha Anathashrama, Anandapura, starting from February 2008.

4. 2,000 BRAILLE PAPERS TO RAKUM BLIND SCHOOL :-
- Donated 2,000 Braille Papers to Rakum School for the Blind,Indiranagar. [6-3-’08]

5. 18 SLIPPERS, TOOTHBRUSHES, TOWELS & ESSENTIALS TO ORPHANAGE :-
- Donated wheat flour – 5kg, tur daal – 2kg, green moong – 1kg, cooking oil – 1 pack, washing powder – 2 packs, dettol – 2 phials. [17-2-2008]
- A pair of slippers, a toothbrush & 6 towels for all 18 children of an orphanage, Kannada Adarsha Mahila Sanstha, Parvati Nagar. [16-3-2008]

6. 90-kg RICE TO ELDERLY HOMES for MENTALLY RETARDED :-
- 20-kg rice, 5-kg flour, oranges to Sree Sai Krupa Vrudhashram, KR Puram.



- 70-kg rice to Sree Shirdi Vrudhashram & Home for Mentally Retarded, Kithiganur. 20 students visited the elderly homes each time. [09-3-2008]

7. “DRISHTI”– Photo Exhibition during Gardenia [11-16 Feb ’08] :-
- 73 photographs, CNN-IBN video describing one-year completion of Mission5.
- Raised Rs14, 963/- during the 6-day exhibition to help Prescilla Kumari.
- Distributed a PAPER BAG for FREE to all the visitors – ‘Say NO To Plastic’.