A 5-DAY collection program totaled = 7,461/-
Students of II and III years from 12 UG & 3 PG courses contributed liberally.
MISSION’S ACTIVITIES:
1. MISSION 5 STARTS IN PUNE:
After one and a half years that Mission 5 - a students' initiative started at GCC in Bangalore, the youth drive has now spreaded its wings to a new city in India.
On 26 July 2008, Mission5 started in Pune. A group of 5 members led the initiative and decided to begin its course by supporting Hermann Gmeiner Centre for Street Children, Shivajinagar, Pune-411005, a home to 48 children from a nearby slum.
On 12 Sept 2008, the newly started branch carried out its first activity. A group of 20 students visited Hermann Gmeiner Centre for Street Children, Shivajinagar, and donated study materials to all 48 children here.
2. 4,000 BRAILLE PAPERS TO BLIND SCHOOL:
Donated 4,000 Braille Papers to Sri Rakum School for the Blind, Indiranagar, on 03-09-2008. 20 members participated in the event.
3. ESSENTAILS TO AN ORPHANAGE:
Donated wheat flour-5 kg , rice-25 kg, moong daal-1kg, tur daal-2 kg oil-2 liters , detergent powder-2 packs, chana-2 kg, suji- 2 kg, detergent soaps-2 nos. bathing soaps-5 nos.,to an orphanage, Kannada Adarsha Mahila Sanstha, Parvati Nagar. [ 20-9-08]
4. 4 LITRES MILK EVERYDAY TO AN ORPHANAGE:
Mission5 is providing 4 litres of milk everyday to children of an orphanage, Jeevitha Anathashrama, Anandapura.
5. ESSENTIALS TO ELDERLY HOMES:
Donated 10 kg rice and 5 kg wheat flour to Shree Sai Krupa Vrudhashram, K R Puram. [ 14-9-08].
Donated 50 kg rice to Shree Shirdi Sai Vrudhashram and Home for Mentally Retarded, Kithignur. [21-9-08]
6. AHAR PROJECT:
Mission5 is providing a daily nutrious diet of 1egg + fruit + 1glass of milk to children of an orphanage, Kannada Adarsha Mahila Sanstha, Parvati Nagar.
7. Rs. 3,000/- to PURSHOTTAM:
Purshottam, a 6yr old boy, had 60% burning injury due to an accident on 22-09-08. the poor family could not bear the hospital expense of Rs.24,000/- . Mission5 donated an amount of Rs.3000/-, a part of its collection, to help the suffering family.
8. Rs 4,100/- FOR BIHAR FLOOD VICTIMS:
On 15 Sept 2008, Mission 5 - a students' initiative, raised a sum of Rs.4,100/- from 4 colleges in Bangalore, and donated it to the Bihar flood victims through the Deccan Herald Prajavani Relief Fund, Bangalore.
The amount was raised through a 5-DAY collection drive by the student volunteers of Mission5.
Four branches of Mission 5
1. Central College - Rs 1,900/-
2. Garden City College - Rs 1,000/-
3. SFS College - Rs 1,000/-
4. H.K.E.S College - Rs 200/-
The total amount was then forwarded to Deccan Herald Prajavani Relief Fund, Bangalore, on 15th of September 2008.
9. 3 HELP 1 CHILD:
[A project of MISSION 5, funding education of 23 underprivileged children, in St. Antony’s and St. Gasper Vidyalaya].
Paid fees of 16 children studying in St. Antony’s school on 6 Sept 2008.
Total collection for “3 Help1 Child” in the month of Sept 2008 = Rs 3,450/-
