WATER FILTER WORTH 13,000/- at OLDAGE HOME

On 11-05-2008, Mission5 donated a WATER PURIFIER to SREE SHIRDI VRUDHASHRAM & HOME FOR MENTALLY RETARDED, Kithiganur.



The water salinity at this old age home earlier was 1,030, which was 930 above the standard drinking water salinity. After purification the salinity reading reduced to 115 points as seen in the pic.




For 2 months we raised a sum of Rs. 13,000/- from various sources and finally, were able to acomplish this BIG PROJECT of installing a water purifier at this elderly home for the mentally retarded.

ACTIVITIES REPORT OF APRIL 2008

REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2008 :-

# A 5-day collection program = 4,343/-
# Students from 2 boys’ hostels and 8 girls’ hostels donated liberally.


MISSION’S ACTIVITIES :-
1. COMPLETION OF “3 HELP 1 CHILD” [ APRIL ’07 – APRIL ’08 ] :-

- ‘3 HELP 1 CHILD’ – an educational project of Mission 5 helping 22 poor children go to school, completed its first year April ’07 – April ’08.

- 22 underprivileged children, identified through a survey from 6 villages
around TC Palya, were admitted into St. Anthony’s School, Bosconagar.

- Another set of 20 children, excluding a few from the previous list, will be
sponsored of all educational expenses for the next year Apr ’08–Apr ’09.

2. CLOTHES TO ALL 19 CHILDREN AT AN ORPHANAGE :-

- Donated a set of clothes each to all 19 children at Kannada Adarsha
Mahila Sanstha, an orphanage at Parvati Nagar. [15-04-’08]

- A shirt and pants for the boys, and a shirt and a frock for the girls - so
that an outsider can recognize them as children
from under one roof was our idea.

3. 55-kg RICE TO ELDERLY HOMES FOR MENTALLY RETARDED:-

- Donated 50-kg rice to Shirdi Sai Vrudhashram & Home for Mentally
Retarded, Kithigannur [13-04-2008]& 5-kg rice and 1-kg fruits
to Sai Krupa Vrudhashram & Mentally Retarded, KR Puram.[20-04-2008]


4. NEW BRANCH OF MISSION 5 – CENTRAL COLLEGE, B’LORE :-

- Our 3rd branch of students’ initiative started at Central College [BU],
B’lore in January 2008. Students from the Dept. of Elect. Media, Mass Comm.
& Commerce have taken the initial stride,and aim to spread to other courses.

- On 19-04-2008, a joint activity by M5 at GCC & M5 at CC donated food stock,
essentials to Kannada A. M. Sanstha.
Read more @ mission5cc.blogspot.com

5. 120 litres milk to an orphanage – Donated 4 litres milk everyday, to the
children to Jeevitha Anathashrama at Anandapura, in the month of April 2008.

6. 2,000 Braille papers to Sri Rakum School for the Blind, Indiranagar. [07-04-2008]

7.EMPOWERING WOMEN –
a project of Mission5 providing employment to the poor
women in the village of Parvati Nagar. 6 women, 10am – 1pm, make papad.
Our volunteers then do the packing and selling, to pay them a daily wage of Rs 30.

- - Students and teachers willing to buy papad [1 pack – 15 pieces – Rs 5/-]
can contact us at 09964537600 / 9886802039.

NEW BRANCH OF MISSION5 - SFS COLLEGE, BANGALORE

On 11-03-2008, Team Mission5 from GCC went to St. Francis de Sales [SFS] College,Hoskur Gate, Bangalore, to make a presentation on starting Mission5 there.
A short speech was followed by a photo documentary and CNN-IBN video of Mission5.

Following, a group of 10 students began surveying the locale and started Mission5 in their college on 27th March 2008.
They identified Assisi Charitable Trust for the Handicapped, Hoskur gate, as the place to begin helping with.


As per their requirement, the students donated 50-kg rice and 10-kg sugar to the physically challenged members here on 27th March 2008.


As of now, they look forward to donate 50-kg rice every month to the trust.

On 14th April 2008, they donated 50-kg rice again.

This branch of Mission5 is our 3rd branch in Bangalore;

M5 at Garden City College,
M5 at Central College and
M5 at SFS College.

Celebrating EARTH DAY - 22 April

On the occasion of WORLD EARTH DAY - 22 April, Mission5, alongwith Dept of Media, GCC, organised a poster making competition on the theme - ENVIRONMENT.

8 students from various courses participated in the program, and exhibited the deteriorating environment in posters, painting and collage.

The exhibits were then showcased for all students to see in the college so that the youth do their little bit in bringing a change, and tryst take efforts to contribute to abate the increasing global temperature and the changing climate.

Later, in the evening,
a team of 22 volunteers of Mission 5
watched the documentary -
THE GREAT GLOBAL WARMING SWINDLE..

NEW BRANCH OF MISSION 5 - CENTRAL COLLEGE, BANGALORE [BU]

Our new branch of students' initiative started at Central College, Bangalore, in the month of January 2008, headed by Shailesh Kumar, s student of Ist year M Sc. Electonic Media.

It started its journey from the Dept. of Electronic media and is slowly spreading the idea to the other departments of the same college.

On 19/04/2008, Mission5 [Garden City College, Bangalore] and Mission 5 [Central college, Bangalore], conducted a joint activity and donated food stock to an orphanage, Kannada Adarsha Mahila Sanstha, Parvati Nagar.

The report for the month of Jan-Feb 2008 can be read @ mission5cc.blogspot.com

[click on the title of this report and read the new branch's blog]

CLOTHES to ALL 19 CHILDREN at ORPHANAGE

On 16-04-2008, Mission5 provided a set of clothes each to all 19 children at Kannada Adarsha Mahila Sanstha, Parvati Nagar.




The idea was to provide all children clothes of a common colour so that they can be recognized as children from under one roof..

Vireesh, the boy sitting in colour dress, fractured his arm on the 15th, so he is not wearing the dress given by us...

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’.

Mission5 IMPACT

Mission5 IMPACT -
Siddharth S. Ghosh, an alumnus of GCC, donated a cricket bat & 2 balls to an orphanage, Kannada Adarsha Mahila Sanstha, on his birthday. [18-2-2008]

Update on activities in March '08

A few activities conducted by Mission5 in the month of March 2008 :-

1.70-kg rice to an Old age home, Shirdi Sai Vrudhashram & Home for Mentally Retarded, Kithigannur. [09-03-2008]

2. Presentation on starting Mission5 at SFS College, Hosker Gate, Bangalore. [11-03-2008]

3. 18 toothbrushes and 6 towels to children at an orphanage, Kannada Adarsha Mahila Sanstha, Parvati Nagar. [16-03-2008]

4. Visited Prescilla Kumari's house at Tin Factory, a group of 10 members on 15-03-2008.

5. 10-kg rice and 5-kg flour to an old-age home, Sree Krupa Vrudhashram, at KR Puram on 23-03-2008.

6. MISSION5 IMPACT :-
Dept. of Psychology, GCC on 12-03-2008 organized a social service program to help an orphanage, an old-age home and a school for the blind, under the guidance of Mission5.
The oldage home and the orphanage were helped with food stock, while the school for blind was given 4,000 Braille papers and fruits.

SLIPPERS TO ALL 18 CHILDREN AT ORPHANAGE

On 02-03-2008,
Mission5 donated
a pair of slippers each to
all 18 children at
Kannada Adarsha Mahila Sanstha,
Parvati Nagar, Bangalore-49.