Support for families in West Bengal July 4, 2022

Dear Marc, 

Greetings of the day and hope you are doing well and enjoying your time with Max. 

Marc, the monsoons have already started in West Bengal and thank God it's cooler 

now with the occasional downpours. 

This month I distributed grocery items and some vegetables to 15 families, gave 

Mr Sethi Chowdhury Rs. 1500 ($19) for his transport and food as he had come 

all the way from Kakinara to my house and asked money to buy some food for 

his family as he had not found any job with the jute mill he was working in still 

closed, with no news of it opening at all. He had been asking for his cardiac and 

pressure medicines so i bought his monthly medicines which cost Rs. 2,600 ($31).

The old lady lying in bed is counting her last days and she is getting weaker 

and more sick with each passing day. I gave her the same groceries, biscuits 

and vegetables and a packet of horlicks so that she can be fed biscuits dipped 

in it as she is not able to eat any solid food. 

Marc, with the ₹20,000 ($252) you so kindly sent when you heard about the school, 

I have bought school accessories (small copies, big copies, erasers, pencils, drawing 

copies, crayons some biscuits and toffees) for the 50 kids which cost ₹ 8,000 and 

have kept aside ₹12,000 to pay the two teachers salary as will need to disburse 

₹1500 each to the two teachers every month. With the ₹12,000 I will be able to 

pay both the teachers for 4 months and you have helped taken a load off my 

shoulder for the time being. 

The children come most punctually to school and are fast learning and the community 

people are very happy that their children feel happy and eager to come to school. 

Just day before yesterday a friend of mine who works in Kultali BDO donated 

150 saplings free to me and it was distributed to the school children and community 

people who joyously received them. 

That's all for now and in case of any doubts or clarifications please unhesitatingly 

let me know. 

Money available for June ₹ 10,000

June Expenses

1. Grocery, Vegetables etc for 15 families - 300 x 15 - ₹ 4500

2. Mr. Sethi - ₹ 1500 + 2100 - ₹ 3,600

3. Old lady - Same + Extra Horlicks - ₹ 450

4. Transport - To buy and then distribute - ₹ 1300 

Total Expenditure - ₹ 9850

MONEY GIVEN FOR SCHOOL - ₹ 20,000

Bought School Accessories etc - ₹ 8,000

Have cash in hand - ₹ 12,000 to pay teachers salary for 4 months. 

Sending you photos by mail and more by whatsapp soon. 

Thanks and warm regards, 

Uttara

 

 

Malsawmi Sailo supporting an elderly couple in India July, 2022

 Dear Marc, 

Hope all is well with your end. Sending a few photos of my work of supporting an old couple whom we taking care through project since the beginning. Even though they are in good shape, they really need our support as they don't have others. I could buy food for them and will continue so. 

One sad newa is that one man from our first support refugee camp in Dapchhuah village drowned in the river and he died and am feeling very sad that this accident happened. I also will need to continue to keep an eye on them in any way if possible. It can be through village council member or someone else local.

Anyway sending all this is for an updates to you. 

Take care and God bless boss

Many thanks

Sawni

Malsawmi Sailo activities in Manipur, India July 2022

Hi Marc,

I hope you are doing well. I am also doing well and fortunately i could visit Sihhmui refugee camp which is around 15 kilometers away from my village this week. 

The population in this camp including children is 140 people.

40 of them were children and women took majority within the camp. They were looked after by local joint groups for refugee committees with limited source of income from our state government. For building bamboo houses by renting local land and rice and dal. 

Hearing from them, they can send their children to school in the village for primary and middle school. Also hearing that they are short of rice and dal as they stop receiving government rations in the last 2 or 3 months and they very much appreciated our help/support...bags of rice, dal, potatoes and sugar. I am attaching a few pictures with this mail. 

Expenses:

1) 3 bags of rice costs - 4500 Rs.

2) Sugar costs - 2250 Rs.

3) Alu (Potato)cost- 2000 Rs.

4) Auto hiring costs- 1000 Rs.