A Litter Of Pups - Adopt One !

 

 

 

 

From providing a wheelchair for a paralysed dog to bottlefeeding a litter of pups, Anand goes the extra mile in helping rescued dogs, says SRIYA NARAYANAN

Anand Krishnan Srinivasan takes on challenges that very few others dare to. The professional dog groomer who is just in his twenties is known to animal welfare circles in Chennai as a hero who turns seemingly hopeless situations into fairytale endings. A few years ago, he and two of his friends rescued a dog that had been paralysed by a hit-and-run driver in Oragadam.

They picked up the dog that had been lying in agony and got him medical treatment. When the veterinarian diagnosed that the handsome mongrel could never use his hind legs again, Anand adopted him, gifted him a custom-made wheelchair cart and named him Remy Martin. Remy is now a healthy, mischievous pet who skates around through his apartment and enjoys the company of Anand’s other pets. These pets include black cats that he adopted as kittens, after seeing that they were shunned or treated badly by people for superstitious reasons.

Anand’s most recent rescue was four times as magical, for it involved a litter of four puppies that he played father figure to - from the time they were newborns. His friends rescued them when they were just a few days old, after hearing that their mother had been run over and killed in an accident. “They were tiny… the size of my palm”, remembers Anand fondly. “And their eyes were still closed”.

He set to work with a feeding bottle and puppy formula, and the hungry pups held on for dear life. For three weeks, Anand continued this process and held his breath, heaving a sigh of relief when they graduated to drinking from a bowl. His greatest reward was watching them blossom from squealing young ones to boisterous, beautiful pups with distinct personalities.

He nicknamed the largest pup Gundu on account of his plump frame and his eagerness to finish his share of solid food and then start nibbling from his siblings’ plates. Gundu’s identical brother is a social butterfly, while the third brother is a shy one that hides when visitors arrive, only to creep out moments later and begin playing hyperactively. The fourth pup is their only sister – she flaunts a black, shiny coat and is nicknamed ‘cartoon’ for the funny faces she makes and her clown-like behaviour. Anand is now all set to relocate to his hometown Mumbai to pursue a career in companion animal care, but is eager to find adoptive homes for the puppies. “An ideal home is one that will never abandon their pet”, says Anand who adds that it will be a blessing to see them go to homes that will treat them like children and appreciate the unconditional love they give in return.

To adopt any of these two-month-old Indian puppies that are healthy, friendly and vaccinated, call 9884714699 or 9840411759

Donate A Book

 

Can’t think of a good use for your old and dusty Westerns, Sidney Sheldon staples or those hard-to-giveaway classics? Wishing for more room to accommodate new books you’ve been eyeing? In that case, consider your problem solved.

Starting today, ‘Books on Toast,’ a two-day book donation drive, will collect books for a month and put them up for sale at a nominal cost on December 30. All the proceeds will go to a charity organisation, Teach For India (TFI). The initiative has seen two events in Mumbai and one in Bangalore.

Inspired by a local library in the United States that raised funds for itself by holding book donation drives, 27-year-old freelance writer and social media consultant Anuya Jakatdar decided to start something similar and ‘Books on Toast’ was born.

“I ended up buying about 27 books for 10 dollars, and that too authors like Stephen King, Gregory Maguire, John Irving et al. It was brilliant. After I came back, I toyed with the idea of doing something similar here, found friends willing to help out and then went ahead,” Anuya says. The name, she says, was something they came up on a whim.

With popular authors such as Samit Basu and Ashok Banker tweeting about ‘Books on Toast,’ donating books for charity has never been more fun. If you’re thinking twice about giving away your books, you can still buy different ones at inexpensive prices.

Books can be donated at drop-off points across the city. You can contact Vaishnavi Prasad at 98844 08574 for more information.

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Nimmadhi -Senior Citizen Home

No 2/ 20, Raja street Extension ,Mandeveli
(Contact - Susheela /Kalyani - 24640092)
Originally started as a senior citizen home for the widows of men who served in the Indian army,ex servicemen ,and their dependents live here now.Run by the war widow welfare association presently 11 elderly women and 2 gents reside here.Medical check ups and physiotherapy exercises are conducted frequently.The residents keep themselves occupied by helping with the kitchen work of the home and relax by watching TV.They may be presented with sarees and sweets during diwali festive season.

Sai Krupa Government Aided School

This is Located at:
No 2,sundaram salai R.A.Puram (contact V.R.Udayashankar - 9841197841)
200 students studying in 10th standard study in his hostle.Donations odf sweets,tshirts and geometry boxes are welcome during festival seasons. Monetary contributions are accepted.This is a government aided school

Ramakrishna Mission Students Home - Mylapore , Chennai

  Ramakrishna Mission Students Home consists of three fully free educational institutions: a Residential High School, a Residential Polytechnic College and a Primary Day School. This residential Students Home is serving poor orphan and destitute boys selected from various places, mostly rural areas, to study in Residential High School and Residential Polytechnic College. Primary Day School does not have hostel and boys and girls from the local community are admitted as day scholars.

           Since it is meant only for the poor who cannot afford education, it provides free education, food and accommodation and other personal expenses to the inmates. It combines the ancient Gurukula system with modern technology under the care of monks of the Ramakrishna Order. It was started in 1905 by Swami Ramakrishnananda, a direct disciple of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna. Currently there are about 670 students in residence. The Home runs on the generous donations contributed by philanthropic public and institutions.

The Students' Home collects donations for its general expenses connected with providing free education, food and accommodation to the 670 inmates. These donations are eligible for exemption from Income Tax under section 80G of Income Tax Act 1961.

The Students' Home collects donations for providing food to all the inmates. Donors donate their might on the occasion of special days like birthday, wedding day, in memory of loved ones, festivals, celebrations and others. These donations are eligible for exemption from Income Tax under section 80G of Income Tax Act 1961.

ANNADANAM DETAILS 2013-2014

• MENUTOTAL BOYSPER BOY Rs.TOTAL Rs.
• Breakfast- Total 700boys                  Rs 8/boy             Totally Rs. 5,600
• Lunch(Ordinary)700Boys Rs.14/boy                             Totally  Rs. 9,800
• Lunch with Fruits700Boys     Rs.16(14 + 2)/boy            Totally Rs.11,200
• Evening Tiffin700Boys  Rs. 5 /boy                                  Totally Rs.3,500
• Dinner(Ordinary)700   Rs. 12/boy                                  Totally Rs. 8,400

On Sundays, Special items can be given at the time of lunch in addition to the usual items as per details given below.

• With Sweets                700  Boys                  Rs. 20(14+6)                   RS. 14,000
• With Sweets & Fruits  700      Boys              Rs.22 (14 + 8)                 Rs.15,400

Educational Donations

The Students' Home collects donations for free education to all the inmates. These donations are eligible for exemption from Income Tax under section 80G of Income Tax Act 1961.
We give below the Expenses we are incurring for maintaining and educating an Orphan and Destitute boy in our Home for the year 2013-2014.

Section	Institute & Extracurricular	Books Stationary	Uniform 3 Sets	Boarding & Lodging	Total Rupees
High School Std VI to X	4,800	1,000	1,200	13,000	20,000
Technical Institute	8,800	2,500	1,500	15,200	28,000
Primary School(CPS)	1,000				1,000

Endowment Donations

Endowments are created to serve a particular purpose – like annadanam endowment, education endowment or general endowment. The donated amount will be taken as principal and invested in bank FDs and others. The interest accrued from the investment will be used to meet the particular expenses for which the endowment is created. Endowments are named generally in memory of someone near or dear in the family. The Donor or his family members and relatives can add contributions to the endowments anytime. These donations are eligible for exemption from Income Tax under section 80G of Income Tax Act 1961.

• Swami Satyajnanananda, Secretary
  Ramakrishna Mission Students' Home
  No. 66, P.S. Sivaswamy Salai,
  Mylapore
  Chennai - 600 004
  India
• 

  Phone

  (+91 44) 2499 0264 / 2499 2537 /
  4210 7550

• Email : office@rkmshome.org 

  http://www.rkmshome.org/index.html

KIdwise - A child safety Book

Kidwise - A book on child safety is available free of cost .

To avail the book , contact the person below:

Contact Number : Program Coordinator : Mr.K.K.Sandeep (9382314839)
Email : info@eventainers.in

 Building’ child safety

Akshaya Private Ltd, a real estate developer, recently launched a book named Kidwise that teaches children how to stay safe
With a view to teach children on how to stay safe, Akshaya Pvt. Ltd., a real estate developer, launched a book on child safety titled KIDWISE recently. The first copy of the book was received by Y G Parthasarathy, dean and director, PSBB.
Speaking at the launch, she said, “This book is not just for children, but also for parents. Every child should compulsorily carry this hand book along with their school diary.”
The book includes safety tips that children should follow while in school, when travelling in the school bus, while using internet and mobile or while interacting with strangers. It also includes a list of emergency numbers in the end. Apart from a separate set of points for the parents, the book also lists tips on how to talk to children about safety without making them nervous.
Citing safety of children as the biggest challenge, T Chitty Babu, chairman and CEO, Akshaya Pvt Ltd, said that with the construction of schools, staircases, swimming pools and terraces, they themselves have been a cause factor in accidents. So it becomes their responsibility to do the little they can to enforce safety measures. The book is one such initiative.
Currently, Akshaya Pvt. Ltd. is targeting 50 schools, where 50,000 books will be distributed among students from kindergarten to standard five. The Tamil version of the book will also be out soon for the Chennai Schools. Further, Chitti Babu added that there are plans to make an e-version of the same.

How students of 30 schools cash in on waste

They collect small bits of paper, plastics, take them to school and get money in return

Students of 30 schools in the city have found a new way to make extra pocket money. They collect small bits of paper, plastics, metal, broken fashion jewellery, cartons and pet bottles and take them to their school to be weighed and get money in return.

“Though each student gets a small amount by collecting 7 to 8 kg of such materials each month, they are happy to get that in exchange for waste which would otherwise be disposed of in the bin,” said a teacher in one of the schools, in Triplicane, which have enrolled in ITC's Wealth Out of Waste (WOW) initiative. Students of classes IV to X are involved in the initiative.

The ITC had, in 2009, initially launched the WOW initiative along with the Chennai Corporation. It had been collecting dry recyclable waste from houses in Kilpauk zone. Over the past six months, it has expanded its services to 30 schools, 10 colleges, several IT majors and gated communities.

K. Ramanan, chief manager – material, ITC Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division said: “We have now reduced the number of individual houses and are concentrating on gated communities instead. WOW is also trying to rope in government offices. The AG's office is among our clients…they give us their sweeping waste and we collect about 1,000 kg from them.”

Ramky Reclamation and Recycling Ltd. handles the logistics part of the operations by collecting, segregating and sending the material for recycling. “Last month alone, WOW collected a total of 400 tonnes of recyclable material. We provide bags to students, residents of gated communities and collect the material on a regular basis,” said P. Madhusudhan Rao, senior manager (operations).

The collected paper goes to the ITC mill in Coimbatore to be made in pulp and then board. WOW, however, does not collect thermocol and paper cups.

The students have taken the message of recycling home too.

N. Srinivasa Madhavan, a resident of DABC Abhinayam Phase 2, Mogappair, said though WOW was launched only recently in his complex, he learnt about it from his daughter Sadhana, a student of class IX at TI School in Ambattur. “She used to get a bit of pocket money so she would collect quite enthusiastically,” he said.

What brings in pocket money for students brings the daily bread and butter for women who sort the material. Every day, B.Usha, Y.Shanti, M.Mala and E.Rani sort through 250 kg of bits of paper comprising bus tickets, bills, used envelopes, greeting cards, milk covers, card board boxes, dry plastic tea and coffee cups, polythene covers of all thicknesses, silver foil, broken safety pins, used soft drink cans, discarded toys, plastic ropes used to dry clothes, and a lot of other things. Hand-picked from among rag-pickers and those who have worked with garbage, these women take home a monthly salary of Rs. 4,200. It is a tough job, but the women say that though they would like Rs.600 more towards bus fare, they don't mind doing it.