REPORT OF DEC 2008 & JAN 2009:

• Total collection in month of December 2008 = 1,083/-
• Total collection in month of January 2009 = 1,336/-
• 140 students in Dec 2008 & 92 students in Jan 2009 contributed liberally.

MISSION’S ACTIVITIES :-

1. MISSION 5 STARTS IN HYDERABAD :-

• On January 1, 2009, Mission 5 started in Hyderabad.
• Close to its second-year completion on February 2, 2009, the youth campaign extended its helping hands to a few more disabled and deprived, in yet another city – Hyderabad, after Bangalore and Pune.
• A four-member core group from VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Bachupally, Hyderabad, began planning in the end of 2008, and successfully conducted their first activity on the occasion of New Year, Jan 1, 2009.
• A team of volunteers, on a 5-day collection drive in the college, raised a total of Rs 10,771/-
• They then donated few requirements like 15 plastic chairs, 2 table fans and craft materials to Adharana Special School for Mentally Challenged – a home for 45 mentally challenged persons of age-group 7-50 years.
• Also celebrated New Year with them by cutting a cake. A total of 15 students participated in the activity.

2. 4,000 BRAILLE PAPERS TO BLIND SCHOOL :-

• Donated 4,000 Braille papers to Sri Rakum School for the Blind, Indiranagar, on 24-01-2009. 20 students participated in the activity.

3. ESSENTIALS TO AN ORPHANAGE:-

• Donated 2 litres of mustard oil, 3 - bathing soaps,1- washing soap, 5 kg wheat flour, 1 kg detergent to Kannada Adarsha Mahila Sanstha. [04-1-’09].
• On the occasion of Christmas Day, Mission5 provided snacks of chocolates, and fruits to the children at Kannada Adarsha Mahila Sanstha. [25-12-08].
• Offered sweets to the children at Kannada Adarsha Mahila Sanstha on the occasion of Republic Day. [26-1-2009].
  

4. ESSENTIALS TO ELDERLY HOMES:-

• Donated 10 kg rice and 10 kg wheat flour to Shree Sai Krupa Vrudhashram,
  K R Puram. [17-1-2009].
• Donated 50 kg rice to Shree Shirdi Sai Vrudhashram & Home for Mentally Retarded, Kithiganur. [21-1-2009].
  

5. 4 LITRES MILK EVERYDAY TO AN ORPHANAGE :-

• Mission5 is providing 4 litres of milk everyday to children of an orphanage, Jeevitha Anathashrama, Anandapura.
  

6. ‘AHAR’ PROJECT :-

• Mission5 provides a daily nutritious diet of 1 egg + fruit +1 glass of milk – ‘Ahar’ - to the children of an orphanage, Kannada Adarsha Mahila Sanstha.
  

7. MISSION5 IMPACT:-

Abraham, a student of 3rd yr B. Sc. Physiotherapy, celebrated his birthday with the children at Kannada Adarsha Mahila Sanstha, on 21-01-2009.

Abraham provided lunch for all 20 children at the orphanage.

Team MISSION 5 requests students to celebrate their special occasions with the disabled and deprived.