Help Deprived Vishwakarma Artisans

My name is Bangaru Tata Rao Vishwakarma and I’m here to fundraise for VESSO, an NGO regd as society, has been striving hard for two years in Andhra Pradesh and also partly Telangana to uplift poor Vishwakarma artisans like blacksmiths, Carpenters, bronzesmiths, stone-carvers, and goldsmiths.  Due to technological advancement or economic reforms, many artisans either lost their work or were badly affected.  A few even committed suicide while a few others fell sick and died unable to afford good medical treatment.
Since May 2017, VESSO started reaching out to such families whose livelihoods have been badly affected and are struggling to survive.
Supplying sewing machines or wet-grinders to widows to enable them earn extra income;
Funding marriages of brides from poor families;
aiding students from poor families with tuition fee/books;
helping senior citizens, disabled, sick supplying rice/groceries;
giving monthly pensions of Rs.500/- each to old or sick or disabled;
financial assistance towards final rites when death occurs in poor families; and

• This apart, VESSO members perform Anna Danam at govt hospitals and also support a few orphanages at Miyapur, New Bhoiguda and Gurramguda, Hyderabad.

During 2018-19, while VESSO spent Rs.2.62 lakhs (see audited financial statement & Secretary’s Report 2018-19), around Rs.1.4 lakhs were contributed directly by VESSO Members/Donors particularly for funding marriages of girls from poor families, Anna Danam, support to orphanages.
Budget for 2019-20 envisages work to the tune of more than Rs.4 lakhs as detailed below:

	Charity work	Amount (in Rs.)
1	Support to widows	1,00,000-00
2	Support to marriage of brides from poor families	1,00,000-00
3	Aid to poor students	50,000-00
4	Aid to senior citizens, disabled, sick	50,000-00
5	Monthly pensions to senior citizens, disabled, sick	25,000-00
6	Financial assistance for final rites to poor families in case of death	25,000-00
7	Financial assistance to survivors of family in case of suicide by head of family	25,000-00
8	Other heads	25,000-00

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Please support VESSO by donating liberally to help deprived Vishwakarma artisans progress.