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Good Day Team AB Charity,
After a total of 6 flights, spending 192 hours, visiting 150 needy families, giving books and writing materials to a school for 352 monks age from 5 to 10 years old, we can finally conclude Project Mundgod 2011.
75% of people in Mundgod, Hubli live in small houses not more than 5m by 7m. In such a small space they cramp a kitchen, sleeping area and made some makeshift sheds for storage. Everywhere we went we saw interesting green innovation which help save electricity and water. Though some houses have direct access to electricity from the government, the purpose of it is for lightings and very few have a television.
I learned the core of a corn when dried can be used to maintain a fire, manure from ox, sheep, cows and buffalo are used in different type of crops for better organic planting. Dried hay can be stored for many years when left expose in rain or sunlight if you stack correctly. A light to some homes is making a hole on the roofs. Mode of transport for some people is using an ox cart, within the monastery; every lamppost is equipped with a solar panel. No food is thrown away as they are collected and compile into feed for livestock.
Though we are there to do a little good, the small little green innovations, shows a little saving here and there can make a difference to the overall living. There is need to survive and it drives this community to extreme measures while living through such difficult conditions. Resilience is at its making when observing these live examples.
We managed to visit a school for blind that cater to 49 blind individuals ranging from age 5 to 30 years old. They can sing, study and speak in English though not fluent, however its programs are catered towards the correct direction. To get to the toilets, they had to feel the surface of the walls for orientation; also their uniforms are in very bad condition, some buttons missing, holes on the shirt, all wearing different type of shirts. We will be looking to cater some walking sticks for them and also some uniforms as well
We also visited an old folks home that cares for 119 elderly and living space is only measuring 2m by 3m, which is occupied by 2 persons. Every day there is a need to wash so many clothes but there are only 2 washing machines that can handle 6kg per load. There is also a room of 5 beds that is used to care for those who are sick. Usually when it reaches that state, it means their journey is almost coming to an end. It may seem a sad way to go, for the old folks their belief is they had already served their purpose in life and can’t wait to start the next. I see smiles when we came by and all lived by that code. We will be looking to provide 2 more washing machines in our next visit.
While we were giving out the provisions to different ethnic Indian groups, we also witness the daily struggles they face like poor sanitation, no electricity, working hard to survive. Though, the government provides raw materials like bricks and cement, the building process is upon self and the tiles for the roof are purchased through the sweat of the daily work. To earn salaries, they do farming, rubbish recycling and travelling to the cities to do hard labor. Mostly are not very well educated. I do see some children wearing school uniforms but most of them roam the streets.
Not wearing footwear is a norm in this village. Hence you will see many walking barefoot. We also understand that for some families who can’t afford a house are found living in the nearby forests. We did not distribute to them as the transportation are not able to reach these depths. To reach them, we may need to hire human labor or get them to come out and collect. I will study this plan again to see how we can reach them via a cost worthy approach.
Managed to visit many families and sent the food to their doorsteps. In some instances, the families gather at a place that resembles a community center alike ours in singapore. However the structure is very basic only. In this same space, they also run the nursery, pre-school and primary education.
We gave out a total of 280 sculptured balloons, though we had interrupted their class schedules, the teachers welcome us with open arms as we brought joy to the children. Though it’s an instant joy, being able to bring the balloons back home will remind them about this happy moment. Some classrooms are poorly equipped and do not meet the requirements of a conducive learning environment. So there is a need to do a study and understand how we can ensure all classrooms have the same amount of classroom furniture and materials.
Will be looking to launch several small initiatives in our next visit in Nov 2012. Provision giving will still be the main project and we will implement a selection process to select the ones who are most needy as there are other pressing initiatives that are equally important.
Conclusion: Mundgod is worth a few more visits before i find other more suitable ones. I was thinking of distributing in the slump areas initially, however there are safety and security issues to manage and manpower is not many hence i gave up the idea and move to a village instead. Mundgod will form a permanent slot in our curriculum of overseas projects. I will be surveying another area called Spiti also in India. I will be visiting in July 2012. I will raise funds for Spiti as well, regardless of the number of bags, i will still be going. Hope to receive your continuous support.
Yours Truly, GP.
We ordered the following for distribution:
1500kg of rice
1500kg of flour
750kg of lentils
450kg of cooking oil
704kg of salt
652 bars of soap bars for clothes
352 bars of bath soap
704 of books
352 of erasers
30 prayer flags
*Receipts will be presented in 5 days.
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Project Mundgod cost details:
Food Condiment Bags
1) For 280 needy families: SGD 40 per bag
- 10 kg of rice - INR 450 - SGD 12.85
- 10 kg of cooking flour - INR 385 - SGD 11.00
- 3 liters of cooking oil - INR 270 - SGD 7.71
- 2 kg of salt - INR 24 - SGD 0.68
- Dried lentil beans - INR 240 - SGD 6.85
- Transport charges - INR 66 - SGD 0.91
Grand total - INR 1400 - SGD 40.00
Children Stationary and Textbooks
2) Purchase of textbook and stationary: SGD50 per share
- Textbooks - INR 8750 - SGD 250
- Stationary - INR 9100 - SGD 300
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Contributors - Amount in SG
Food Condiment Bag - SG40 / share
01) Godma - 2.5 bags - FB - Received and verified
02) Weishun - 2 bags - FB - Received and Verified
03) bandofbrother - 2 bags - Received and Verified
04) AB Football Club - 56 bags - Received and verified
05) Asuras78 - 3 bags - Received and verified
06) Equilat - 1.5 bag - Received and verified
07) CLAY - 13 bags - with db27
08) robertthj - 2 bag - Received and verified
09) Autoexe - 3 bags - Received and Verified
10) Monopoly star - 1 bag - Received and verified
11) davidbeckham27 - 2 bags with db27
12) Valtron - 1 bag - Received and verified
13) Daro - 0.5 bag - Received and verified
14) GallopRacer - 13.75 bags - Received and verified
15) goodyear1 - 0.5 bag - with db27
16) anonymous - 2.5 bags - with db27
17) Jondi -2.5 bags Received and verified
18) Anonymous - 25 bags - Received and verified
19) Claron - 2.5 bags - Received and verified
20) Jonathan - 1 bag - Received and verified
21) Katherine - 3 bags - Received and verified
22) Huatx3 - 2 bags - Received and verified
23) Siaw68 - 2 bags - Received and verified
24) GP - 5.75 bags - Received and verified
Total: 150 bags
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Stationary Set - 11 shares - SG50 / share
01) Hong Sheng - 02 shares - FB - Received and verified
02) badtz - 01 share - Received and verified
03) Equilat - 01 share - Received and verified
04) CLAY - 05 - shares - with db27
05) robertthj - 01 share - Received and verified
06) Autoexe - 01 share - Received and Verified
Fully subscribed - Thanks.
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