BEd student from Orathanadu

We got a request for help from a visually challenged student from Orathanadu, Thanjavur District. She is doing B.Ed (English) course at 'Out Lady College of Education', Maduravoyal, Chennai. Her total college fee is Rs.50,000, out of which she has already paid Rs.10,000. She hopes to get Government scholarship of Rs.6500 and also hoping to get Educational loan of Rs.15,000 from Bank. Disha trust would be providing Rs. 5000. HM has decided to help her and provided Rs. 10000 towards her college fees on 16th Dec '09.

Mess fees for Dharmapuri MBBS student

We paid Rs. 2347 towards the mess bill for Dharmapuri MBBS student on 16th Dec '09.

Children Magazines for Govt school near Tirupur

We received a request for few children magazines from the Head Master, Government Middle school, Kenganayakkanpalayam,Tirupur Dt for the school library through our member Balamanikandan (Mani). Mani had validated this request through his friend. HM has decided to support the request and provided the monthly subscription for the magazines Namadhu Nambikkai, Thulir, Chutti Vikatan, Gokulam (Tamil & English). The total cost for this request including the postal charges is Rs. 804.

Theni BE student at Pollachi college

Here is one request I had missed to update in the blog. We got request for help from a brilliant and a very determined student from a very poor family, hailing from a small village near Theni district, Tamilnadu, through Disha trust. He is doing 3rd year BE EEE at Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi. His mother is toiling hard as a coolie & his father is earning a monthly income of Rs.1100. His parents are uneducated but are having high-dreams to bring up their son as an eudcated. Inspite of their old age & poverty, they are striving hard to support the education of their son. Anand keeps up his parents's hopes too....He is doing good and has secured 86 percentile in the recent sem (3rd sem) and an overall percentile of 80.5 so far. He aspires to come up well and change the fortunes of his family. He has got bank loan for partial fees amount. HM has helped him with Rs. 10000 towards his college fees on 20th July '09.

BEd student from Kattucherry

HM got a request for help from a B.Ed student from Kattucherry, Nagapattinam district. She has got 82% in B.Sc Chemistry, was a University topper and Gold Medalist from Bharathidasan University. She is now doing B.Ed at RVS College of Education, Karaikal. Her father is a flower vendor and earns very less money. The fees for the BEd course is Rs 60,000, payable in six installments. They have already paid three installments by borrowing from others. Her collegemates have promised help for one month. They have now asked for assistance from HM. A Chemistry Professor at TBML college, Porayar where she studied BSc, had seen the HM report in Indian Express and had suggested her to contact us. HM member V.Bala validated the request. HM Trust has decided to support her and paid Rs. 10000 towards her college fees on 11h Dec.

Diploma student from Tharangambadi

HM trust got a request for help from a diploma student from Kidarankondan near Tharangambadi, Nagapattinam district. He is studying diploma in Information Technology in 3rd year at AVC Polytechnic college. He has scored 86% and 82% in the first and second years. His father is a carpenter earning very meagre salary. HM trust has decided to support this request and paid Rs. 5000 towards the college fees on 11th Dec 2009.

Support for teacher salary for a Govt school near Nagapattinam

HM got a request for help in paying teacher salary for Government Higher Secondary school at Akkur, Nagapattinam District. This school has 980 students from 6th to 12th standard. There are 162 PUC Students (11th 180, 12th 182 students) and 6 groups available for PUC students (Maths, History, Bio-Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics and EDA EMR group). EDA EMR - Electric Domestic Appliances and Electric Motor Repairing and Rewinding course - is a special group. Govt provided equipments from Hair dryer to Washing machine to set up a Laborary, which is worth Rs. 2 lakh. These equipments are required for this course. However, govt did not provide any teacher with right skills to continue this group. The interesting news is that 7 students are studying B.E from this group. This is one of the highest record from this school. The Head Master of the school requested for supporting the salary for the teachers. HM trust has agreed to provide support for Rs. 1500 per month for one teacher. India Sudar trust has agreed to provide support for one more teacher for this school. Thanks to Ravikumar from IndiaSudar trust who did the validation and co-ordination for this request.

HM trust has paid Rs. 1500 on 30th November for the November salary.

MBBS Student from a village near Dharmapuri

HM got a request for help from a MBBS student from Molayanoor village near Dharmapuri. He has got 1154/1200 in 12th std. They are trying for the bank loan, it seems the bank is delaying. His father has somehow managed to pay the college fees with all his savings, but finding now difficult for getting the books, dresses, shoes, mess bills. The student is the first graduate in the family. HM has decided to support the mess fees for the student. HM has paid Rs. 2339 on 24th Nov towards his mess fees.

Continuing help for Saravanan - 4th Semester

Saravanan is doing B.E. Computer Science at Anna University Trichy - Panruti campus. He has got a transfer to Trichy campus now. Helping Minds trust has helped him for his semester fees for the past semesters. He had got 81% in second semester and waiting for results for the third semester. He has requested help for this semester also. HM trust has given Rs. 10855 towards his college fees on 27th Nov '09.

Mess fees and teacher salary for October 2009

HM has paid Rs. 810 and 1020 towards the mess fees of Arani diploma student and Tuticorin BE student respectively on 3rd and 10th Nov.

HM has paid Rs. 1800 towards the teachers' salary for the Nagapattinam tuition center for November on 10th Nov 2009.

HM has also paid Rs. 1600 towards the college fees for the Avadi B.Ed student on 24th Nov as she had to pay this pending fees to get the college certificates.