We lost a good friend, too soon. Sometime in June, our colleague and friend, Avinash, was suddenly diagnosed with a life threatening disease. In spite of the bleak news, we were hopeful that he will be able to overcome it with the right treatment. However things did not work out in his favor. The treatment was still in its early stage and Avinash passed away.

Avinash left behind a beautiful family which has his wife, 2 yr daughter, siblings and parents. He had been the sole care taker for his wife, daughter and parents. As the family grapples with this devastating loss, we are looking at ways to make this journey better for them. 

We cannot in any possible way reduce the pain and grief of his family in terms of them missing their beloved dad, husband and son. However we can make things a little better by not letting the family slide into a reduced quality of economic life due to a financial crisis arising out of this situation. 

We are setting up this fund raiser to primarily take care of the education needs of his daughter. We arrived at the amount by looking into the expenses required to cover education until graduation of the child while maintaining a standard close to what Avinash may have imagined. This is purely a personal initiative that some of us in the team have started.
All the proceeds will be handed over to his family and the funds will be set up to take care of the child’s education needs over the next 15-20 years. We request you to make your contributions to this cause.  There is no big or small contribution, whatever you do to help will go a long way in securing a family’s future.
We think this is the only way that communities can become stronger together.

The family has been very accepting of our proposal to set up this fund. However they also want to ensure their dignity while seeking funds. While they are happy to accept contributions from communities that Avinash was part of, they have requested us not to seek contributions from outsiders. We request you to keep the family’s wishes in mind as you navigate this. Thank you very much for your contribution.