Urgent Assistance Required

 Usha, a blind girl and an ex-student of Mathru Educational Trust for the Blind, Yelahanka met with a major road accident recently, while one of the well-wishers of Mathru was taking her on a trip.  Usha is a bright young lady persuing her studies in the Government College, Yelahanka and residing in a hostel.  She is from a very poor family and her widowed mother works as an Ayah in a school.  

Usha was admitted to St.John's Hospital, Bangalore on 10th March, 2013, the day of the accident in a very serious state with punctured lungs and edema to the brain.  She was on the ventilator for a week.  She needs to undergo a major surgery for serious complications including bone grafting for crushed thigh bone.  She is suffering intense pain and waiting for the surgery to relieve her, but is running short of funds.  The well-wisher who admitted her and is still taking care of her had to meet heavy expenditure for the other two blind students who too were hospitalised as well as her own son who is still under treatment.  The estimated cost of this surgery is Rs.2 lakhs.

Hence, Usha seeks for financial help from other well-wishers too so that she can be operated upon soon and she will be relieved of her pain.  

SAHYOG calls for donations to help this poor girl to come out of this crisis, so that she can also finish her studies and support her aged mother.  

Donations can be directly deposited into the account no. 694104000002592 of SAHYOG at IDBI Bank, Yelahanka Satellite Town, Bangalore, IFSC Code IBKL0000694.  However, please do not forget to send a mail with full details of the name of the donor, address (India) and PAN No. to wordsofsudha@gmail.com.

Donors, hurry up!  Come on!  Help Usha and also contribute regularly to SAHYOG to help many such poor patients, who are in need of your kind donations!

Blood Donation Camp - a grand success!

As scheduled, SAHYOG in association with the Lions Club of Sanjaynagar and Dr.Rajkumar Blood Bank, Bangalore conducted its first Blood Donation Camp at the SAHYOG office in Yelahanka, which happens to be the residence of two of its Founder Trustees Sudha and Narasimhachar.  The Camp started at 11 in the morning and closed down at 4 in the evening.  There was a doctor from the Blood Bank, besides 5 other technicians.  Mr.Mansoor and Mr. Alphonse Kurien (Lion) too assisted a lot in making the camp successful. In an 41 donors were able to donate blood on that day, while five or six people who wanted to donate could not do so because of their health status.  The Blood Bank team was very satisfied.

We hope to conduct more such camps and campaigns.

Blood Donation Camp

SAHYOG in association with Bangalore Sanjaynagar Lions Charitable Trust is organising a Blood Donation Camp on 16th February,  2013 at Manjusha, HIG 1212, 8th B Cross, Yelahanka Satellite Town, Bangalore from 11 am to 3 pm.  we hope to make this event a success thanks to your support and cooperation. 

Rebirth of Mahesh

SAHYOG was born with the inspiration that we got from little Mahesh, who was diagnosed of blood cancer in the year 2008.  God has been very kind to this little kid and today, Mahesh is studying in the sixth standard and leading a normal life, except that he has to go for a check-up every three months.  Recently, I happened to attend his School Day function and it was so touching to see Mahesh dancing to happy tunes.  I felt like sharing this positive story with all our friends who have helped us in the journey of getting Mahesh treated and are still supporting us to help many needy people.  

Long since we communicated.  Just that we were busy otherwise.  We have to announce with grief that Smt. Ramanamma, for whom SAHYOG lent a helping hand lost her fight to the dreaded disease cancer and breathed her last during June, 2012.  She was a good soul and as per her wish, her son donated her eyes after her death, thus enabling two blind persons to enjoy the comfort of seeing this beautiful planet.  We, from SAHYOG pray that Ramanamma's soul rests in peace and her son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter  are blessed with a peaceful future.

Our contribution for a big relief in a small way!

Mrs.Swamy is a frail middle-aged woman, weighing just around 40 kgs. But she had been carrying a tumour weighing 58.5 kgs. in her stomach for quite sometime. Thanks to the efforts of some well-wishers and M.S.Ramaiah Hospital authorities, she was recently relieved of this burden through a complicated surgery. This being a rare kind of tumour, the hospital authorities took care of all the expenses of the surgery. Mrs.Swamy is an orphan, living in an orphanage in Tumkur. Now, she needs a lot of medicines and nutrition supplements during her post-surgical period, to get back to normalcy. SAHYOG pitched in Rs.15000/- towards these expenses, so that she can at least be physically independent.

Up Again!

SAHYOG was inactive for some time due to various reasons. We are beginning our activities of the year 2012. Bharath, a youngster belonging to the lower income group is suffering from thyroglossal fistula. He needs to be hospitalized and treated for the same with a possible surgery and post-surgical medicines. The cost of the treatment would roughly cost around Rs.15000/-, as per the estimate of M.S.Ramaiah Hospital, at a subsidized rate. SAHYOG donated Rs.10000/- for this purpose and wishes speedy recovery to Bharath.

Await our next blog on our future projects for which we need great support from all our friends.