Donors,

Thank you for your wonderful support.

On 15th September 2018,  we handed over the cheque for Rs.10,00,000 to Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) through Mathrubhumi (a reputed media house). On realization of the cheque we will get a certificate from Chief ministers office. I will post as soon as I get them.

Thank you everyone once again!

 

Donors,

First, I want to thank you all again, without your support this wouldn’t have been possible. Thanks for your support.

I want to give an update of all the spend we have done so far and what’s the plan for the rest.

Spend 1 - Rs.1,30,000 - For Immediate relief – (From 17th Aug to 21st Aug)
We’ve send items to Flood Relief Center Mananthavady and to the General Hospital Ernakulam.
We’ve sent 125 kg rice, 5000 biscuits, 50 bedsheets, 50 towels, 50 toothbrush, 500 sanitary pads, 100 Nighties, 100 under wears, 100 sandals, 100 T-shirts, 50 underskirts, 50 lungies, 45 sweaters, 5 carton box general medicines and 1 carton box of books.
You can find pictures and receipts for all the items from my earlier updates (Please visit updates tab at https://milaap.org/fundraisers/flood-relief-kerala#updates-tab)

Spend 2 - Rs.3,00,000 - For Immediate rehabilitation – (24th Aug)
We distributed "Back to Home - Kit" for 75 families (at Thundathumkadavu, Ernakulam) to start rebuilding themselves. Each kit was worth Rs.4000. This was done through Welfare Services Ernakulam (50% tax exempted through 80G). Each kit contained food, cooking, cleaning and dress materials. Please find the pictures below





Spend 3 – Rs.1,02,500 – For rehabilitation – (30th Aug)
We bought 250 – “Back to school kit” for the affected school children. We will be distributing this to the school kids at Wayand. Each kit contains 1 school bag, 4 notebooks, 2 pens, 2 pencils, 1 scale, 1 eraser, 1 sharpener and 1 pencil box.





Spend 4 - Rs.10,00,000 – For long term rehabilitation
We’ll be contributing this amount for long term rehabilitation to CMDRF - Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund (100% tax exempted).
We will hand-over the cheque to one of the district collector and will get the receipt. Will post the picture when we do this.

The rest of the fund will be maintained for the tax liabilities, I will give you an update on the exact tax liabilities soon.

Update on the rehabilitation efforts: 

Back to home Kit: We are working with Welfare Services in Ernakulam, Kerala to distribute "Back to Home - Kit" for families to start rebuilding themselves. Please find the items in the kit and the cost below. We are working with groups that can source, pack and distribute to people asap. We are planning to distribute this by Sunday / Monday (Aug- 26/27) if everything goes by plan. We are planning to sponsor 75 - 100 families at Ernakulam district.

	Material	For One Family
		Kg	Rate
FOOD ITEMS	Rice (White)	10.000	460
	Dhal ( Parippu)	1.000	75
	Green Gram ( Cherupayar)	1.000	92
	Red cow peas ( Van Payar)	1.000	75
	Bengal Gram ( Kadala)	1.000	80
	Atta ( Wheat)	1.000	50
	Rava	1.000	50
	Onion large	2.000	55
	Salt	1.000	10
	Chilli Powder	0.250	40
	Turmeric ( Manjal) Powder	0.100	25
	Coriander( Malli) Powder	0.250	40
	Sugar	1.000	45
	Tea Powder	0.250	75
	Cooking Oil ( 1pkt)	0.500	50
	FOOD Total	21.350	1222
CLEANING MATERIALS	Soap  ( 2 Nos)	0.200	45
	Paste & Brush	0.200	45
	Bleaching Powder ( 2Pkt)	1.000	35
	Washing Powder	0.500	35
	Dettol (200 ml)	0.200	70
	Candle & Match Box		15
	Broom Stick hard type (Coconut Leaves)	0.500	25
	CLEANING MATERIALS Total	2.600	270
DRESS MATERIALS	Nightie (2 Nos)		460
	Bathing Towel(2 Nos)		35
	Dhothie ( 2 Nos)		220
	Ladies Undergarments ( 3 pairs)		450
	Men Undergarments ( 3 pairs)		300
	Children Dress ( 3 Pairs)		550
	Sanitary Napkins -1pkt		30
	Sleeping Mat - Plastic ( 2 Nos)		180
	Bed Sheet (2 Nos)		300
	DRESS  Total	2.000	2525
	GRAND TOTAL	25.950	4017

Back to School Kit: We are planning to distribute Back to School kits to 100 school children who are studying at a remote Government Lower Primary School at Makkimala Wayanad, the school and it's surroundings where the kids live are impacted by rains and heavy landslides. The kit will have a school bag, notebooks and stationeries. We will source and distribute this personally by mid-next week when the school reopens.

We will post the pictures of Back to Home and Back to School kits soon.