JANUARY 2008 REPORT

REPORT for the month of JANUARY 2008 :-
# A 5-day collection program = Rs. 5,859/-
# A total of 812 students contributed liberally.

MISSION’S ACTIVITIES :-
1. NEW BRANCH of Mission5 STARTED :-
- On 01-01-2008 , students of Kristu Jayanti College, Naraynpura, started Mission5 in their college. They began their initiative by celebrating New Year with the children of Infant Jesus Children Home [HIV] at Kothanur Post, Narayanpura, Bangalore-77.

2. 2,700 BRAILLE PAPERS TO RAKUM BLIND SCHOOL :-
- Donated 2700 Braille Papers to Sri Rakum School for the Blind, Indiranagar, on 22-01-2008. The event was participated by the CNN IBN crew members and 14 members of Mission5.

3. STUDY MATERIALS, ESSENTALS TO ORPHANAGE :-
- An orphanage at Parvati Nagar, a home to 24 children. We donated two
packets of cooking oil, two packets of washing soap, bathing soaps - 2,
2-kg of washing podwer, coconut oil - 2, on 12-01-2008.
- Distributed notebooks and slates to all the children on 27-01-2008.
- Celebrated New Year 2008 & Republic Day with the children here.
We offered them fruits, chocolates and sweets.

4. RICE TO ELDERLY HOMES FOR MENTALLY RETARDED :-
- Donated 10-kg rice to Sree Sai Krupa Vrudhashram & Mentally Retarded,
KR Puram, on 27-01-2008 and 50-kg rice to Sree Shirdi Vrudhashram &
Home for Mentally Retarded, Kihiganur on 31-01-2008.

5. ‘ONE OF THE 6 BEST CITIZEN HERO INITIATIVES’ – CNN IBN :-
- CNN IBN, an English News Channel, nominates MISSION5 as one of the 6 best CITIZEN HERO INITIATIVES from across India. The students’ initiative achieved this in just less than a year of its initiation, of service to the disabled and deprived. It was telecasted on The CJ Show on Republic Day.

- Watch our video @ www.ibnlive.com/cj