Karen Nivedita Foundation- Miles to go before we sleep!

 Nivvy Baby!You have brought change in lives of many! And the change is happiness!

When Karen came into this world as the child of Christopher it soon followed with the birth of "Karen Nivedita Foundation" a brainchild of Christopher!

The foundation represents fountain of unwavering feelings of empathy that heart of Chris harbours always for the disadvantaged. How many of us have felt this empathy for the Housekeeper in First Ac who makes your bed but has his bed in a cramped space just near the toilet!

A visit to the Government Hospital on one {not a fine} morning for both of us. What we witnessed troubled our minds.The distressing and miserable conditions in the wards.Surely millions of miserable ones
receive a raw deal which is flat denial of basic amenities that Karen Nivedita could reach out!
The seeds of the Foundation were sown in the mind of Christopher that moment!

We were not aware of Millennium Development Goals but we later realised that the goals and objectives synchronised with his aspirations .

Karen Nivedita Foundation took upon itself the following mission:

1.Strive hard to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

2.Enable primary education

3.Reduce child mortality

4.Improve maternal health

5.Combat HIV/AIDS

Objects of the trust include:

1.Establish or subsidise orphanages

2.Run medical camps

3.Construct or help constructing hospitals

4.Construct or help schools with secular education

5.Cause of animal welfare

6.Alleviating human sufferings at times of calamities

AND MANY OTHERS.


Karen Nivedita Foundation has enabled:

*construction of 5000 sq feet paediatric ward

*Construction of Ramp at Little House of Divine Providence Cottolengo the Sisters Home for disabled and handicapped children.

*Construction of a modern state of the art and a class apart ICU unit exclusively for the newly born  at government Hospital Coimbatore.

*Regular donor of "Aravannaikum Anbu Illam

*Donor through "Freedom through Education" Project

*Various amounts spent for cause of deserving students who are economically backward .
* Meeting medical and marriage expenses of disadvantaged poor and cancer patients.

* Regular contributions to the Artificial Limb Project
* Construction of toilet blocks for Government Primary Schools
Our heartfelt thanks to all those people who supported us to make this happen!

Summing Up

We have come a long way. The country as a whole might have made vast strides.But lives of many remain pathetic. Dr Manmohan Singh"s dream that  the benefits from rich will percolate to poor has not happened!

Crores are below BPL.

Let us not forget the maxim that" We live in a world of our own making"

There is a purpose  for this article:

Drops make the ocean! If an individual"s hand is strengthened with noble gestures of many hundred more things can be done to alleviate people"s misery.Towards this purpose Karen Nivedita Foundation has been accorded with 80 G EXEMPTION by Income Tax Dept from March 2010.

Do not send any donation now. After the right project is identified we will ensure end use and complete transparency and right to know how each rupee is spent I may publish an appeal in this column . But we need your response now telling us what you think and if you would be interested in being part of our initiatives. Inherent faith in the goodness of people is the driving force of this Foundation.