Protect 20 children in Kolar from starving

Protect 20 disabled children in KGF from starving

Project #33104 from Balajothi Centre for the Disabled Trust

Funding goal : $20,000 / Funds raised to date : $4702.35

Project Report due on : Feb 26, 2021 / Report sent on : Jan 25, 2021

Summary

This project is created to gather funds required to provide food provisions and necessities to currently identified 20 severely disabled and neglected children from very poor families, in the defunct mining town of Kolar Gold Fields (KGF), Karnataka, India.

Challenge

An unseen humanity survives among the abandoned mining town of Kolar Gold Fields with a society full of children with profound disabilities. Most of them suffer from Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, Epilepsy, Autism and need lifelong care . These children have a single parent, mostly mother. As the child is severely disabled the mother cannot leave the child alone, in order to go to work. Hence, most of the time , the children are starving or at most get one meager meal a day.

Solution

We have identified 20 families in similar such circumstances , and we started providing these children with monthly food provisions, which included rice, wheat , oil , dhal , sugar and other basic daily need items .

Ramya (name changed) is one among the 20 children who are being supported by Balajothi under our CBR (community based rehabilitation) program.  She is provided with good and regular food and clothing and is growing to be a healthy child.  In addition she is also provided therapy and training by caregivers who visit her home regularly.

Balajothi thanks YOU, DONOR, for your generous donation of $4702.35 to date.  This amount is being utilized to support 19 other children.  They are safe and free from the COVID-19 pandemic as every care is being taken to protect them from the corona virus scourge.  YOU, DONOR, are the reason for this life changing support.  We thank you for your continued support !!

Balajothi thanks GlobalGiving for their support in raising funds for this noble cause, without which we would not have been able to do this service to the poor disabled community. Thank you GlobalGiving !!

Project leader