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.