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Social Cause
Join hands to help the less privileged
Suggest ideas to share resources (skills, money)
Funding for Development Projects in Kerala/India
We could begin with Trivandrum and identify one school, or a health
service centre, or an organization that runs such services that is in
need. Preferably an NGO without any political ties. Let us see what we, as
a collection of individuals from the NOBLES batch and others who are our
friends and are interested, can do to improve the effectiveness of that
organization in serving those in need.
I'm sure we should all be
able to contribute some amount every month towards this.
There are
a couple of organizations that are US-based that collect money from
Indians in US to start developmental projects in parts of India. We could
also think of identifying projects that are genuine and require help (this
would have to be done by those who are in Tvm), and then the guys in the
US in univs that have branches of these organizations can do the work of
informing them of the project and asking for help.
This need not be
restricted to Trivandrum if we can know for sure that a project needs
help. Since we have all known each other for a significant part of out
lives, we can easily work with and trust each other. We need to be able to
identify projects correctly so that people do not take us for a ride.
There could be millions of causes.
If we are genuinely disturbed by
the way things are going and really want to do something to make a
difference, I think this is a small way in which we can make a start. Let
me know what all of you think.
Share your views with Anand R (1993).
Anand R is
with CodecX Technologies, California, US. A leading quizzer during school-days,
Anand is a LOBA member, and regularly contributes to the NOBLES discussion
list.