Mission 8: Financial Help for a Cancer Patient

In the month of May, 9 year old boy, Pruthiraj, was diagnosed with bone cancer. According to the treating Doctor, cancer is at second stage and can be cured with the chemotherapy treatment. Treatment is going to last for an year. Total estimated cost of treatment would be approximately 2.5 Lacs. Treatment is already in progress and his father has spent close to Rs. 80,000 so far. He needs support to continue with the ongoing treatment. His father is working at petrol pump and his earnings are not sufficient to support the treatment.

Do Positive has decided to contribute towards the treatment of Pruthiraj. It has already raised Rs 33001 and handed over the sum to his father. We wish Pruthiraj a speedy recovery and wish him all the very best!!

Mission 7 - School at Wagheshwar

The mission 7 of the do + completed on 26th January 2011, 62nd republic day of India. I along with Madhusudan and Ganesh (new members) visited school. We have handed over 270 food plates. Also, we gave 10 Pocket Dictionaries (English –Marathi) to the scholarly students. Madhusudan and Ganesh had helped for getting the plates and dictionaries.

I would like to mention some of the highlights from our visit. It was a pleasant surprise to know that students get balanced exposure of regular curriculum + Life Skills + Sports + IT. i.e. 90 % of the outgoing students i.e. 7th std are computer literate. There are three desktops per class and are available to the students to be used without time limits.

Coming back to our support, we had asked for a feedback from headmaster in what way the food plates will help them. In his words, “With these plates students can take full diet, they will gain weight, improve on health/attendance and help to reduce food wastage”. This is yet again reinforcing our thought that “small help can go a long way given at right place”.

Not to forget, this was made possible by positive thinking and support from all of you. Thank you once again for your commitment.

Mission 5 and 6 - Ashram at Kothimbe

I am happy to inform you that mission 6 of Do+ movement was accomplished on 24th July 27, 2010.

This time team was myself, Tausif and Jaijeet (newly joined members) and Mr. Mutha, who is actively involved with the ashram activities. On Saturday, 24th July, we went to Kothimbe. It is a half an hour drive from the city of Karjat (Raigad district). We met the caretakers and children there. We had a little change in our plan. On the same day, some group from Mumbai agreed to provide uniforms for all the children. Hence, caretaker requested for other essentials.

With the collected funds, we have helped for following items ( Total : Rs 5900 )

1. Innerwear – for 41 Children ( Rs. 3850 )
2. 9th Std books – 4 Sets ( Rs. 1400 )
3. 11th Std books – Marathi and English book ( Rs. 170 )
4. Long Notebooks – 3 dozens ( Rs. 480 )


We bought these items at Karjat and handed over to the caretaker.

We really had nice time with the children. We spend close to 2 hours with them. Some of them gave impromptu performances.

Apart from the satisfaction from overall activity, we could enjoy beautiful nature throughout the journey ( it was raining all the way), food prepared on chulha at ashram and mouthwatering vadapav/tea at Karajt. (Checkout snaps attached)

Thanks a lot for contributing to this initiatives and helping to create positive impact on their lives.

Mission-3

Hi All,

I am happy to inform you all that we have completed 3rd mission by giving helping hand towards medical treatment of severe anemia. I have attached snap of handing over the sum to Dr. Nikam. Interestingly, Dr Nikam has liked the concept of DoPositive and agreed to be part of it going forward.

It is indeed good start. From concept to the execution of 3 initiatives; we were able to make positive difference to 125 lives with sum of INR 22,000.00 contributed by you all.

It gives sense of satisfaction that thought process of “more action than words” (i.e. DoPositive) has motivated to go on.

Regards,
Mahendra

Mission-2

Hello Folks,

Second Mission of the Do + movement was to provide Food grain for children of an Orphanage at Kamshet. It was accomplished on March, 07 2010.
It was a call by the Orphanage caretakers on Saturday, 6th March that triggered this mission. This orphanage was in urgent need of food grains as their regular supply did not come in time. I along with my Cousin (Narendra Pendse - He also works for Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram) discussed with Orphanage caretakers about their need and what exactly needed. They needed Rice, Wheat and Edible Oil the most. Estimated cost of this stuff was about Rs. 5500. We felt that we needed to help here.
On Sunday, 7th March, we went to Kamshet marketplace and bought required food grain material. Loaded the bags into my vehicle and went to the Orphanage. We met the caretakers, Teachers and the children there. Handed over the bags to them. And after spending some time and snaps (attached), returned back to Pune with a very content feeling.

Overall - it was a fantastic to be able to contribute to their lives in some way. I am sure, it was small but positive help from our side. But, looks like the very reason that DoPositive is needed was very evident in this mission. The nature of the need was urgent and relatively small for established NGOs. Here, someone like DoPositive can swiftly mobilize resources and help in the tactical way.
Some details:

Total expense was around Rs.4336.
Food grain donated
· Rice 100Kgs
· Wheat 100 Kgs
· Edible Oil Can 15 Ltr
· Sugar 5 Kgs
· Groundnut 2 Kgs

Something about the Orphanage:
This is run by a trust called "Ushataai Lokhande Charitable Trust". They have a school from 8th till 10th Standard and then Junior College as well. The Orphanage has children from around 7 till 18 years. I have attached the leaflet from the charitable trust here. They seem to have some NGOs helping them along the way.
Regards,
Datta

Mission 1

Dear friends


Mission 1 of the Do + movement, to provide school uniforms to the Kids at the Remand home in Karad, kicked off on January, 17 2010. It is an auspicious start to the year and we should aim at one such event per month going forward.
I had gone to Karad along with Mahendra yesterday and we met the Remand home officials and the 94 kids and got an idea of the sizes of the uniforms they needed. We had asked a few tailors to come over and give us a quotation for the uniform - white shirt and khakhi pant, the kids needed. The quotation from the tailors was around Rs 180 per uniform and they were not in a position to provide the uniforms in time for the January 26 timeline. They were however of the unanimous opinion that ready made uniforms would be available immediately and at lesser cost.

After visiting a few stores in Karad Market, we finally found the uniforms at Ashirwad Stores to be reasonable and the store owner was in a position to deliver all the uniforms yesterday itself. The cost of a uniform was around 110 rs and we found the material to be decent. The uniforms were delivered and handed over to the Remand Home officials and we matched the kids with the various sizes of uniforms as received from Ashirwad Stores. These uniforms will be officially handed over to kids on January, 26.

All in all, it was a pretty satisfying experience to see that with our initiative, we could do something small yet significant towards improving the condition of the kids at the Remand home. We have clicked snaps of the entire process from purchase to delivery and Mahendra would share the same along with the expense statement and purchase receipts soon.

Looking forward to active participation from all for our forthcoming initiatives.
Regards

Aniruddha

Do Positive - a Primer

Hello!! Here's a short write-up to explain about this initiative.

What is ‘Do Positive’? And ‘Do Positive’ what?

Surely the most basic of English knowledge allows us to understand that Positive is an adverb and not a verb. And yet we chose this as our site name. Because we want people to ask this very same question of themselves “DoPositive What?” The longest of journeys starts with but a small step. This can be that small step. We have taken it, You can too..
This is an effort to help those amongst us who need a little help to progress in life. This is an effort to make available resources to those who need them most and have them least - the future of our country. This is an effort to create a link in our society between the haves and the ‘have nots’.

Why us?
There are a good number of organizations, groups, government agencies and NGO’s who are already working towards nurturing a better society. We know that whatever the scale of their operations, it is still not enough. We also know that every one of you is already doing your bit towards social responsibility – financially or otherwise – by extending your support to these organizations.
This effort is a little different. It is more in the NOW, it is real time. It is small in scale (atleast at present). We as a group plan to concentrate on very small problems / issues / concerns, the ones which need small but immediate effort. It is an effort to make each one of us socially responsible. Some of the activities that we are looking to help are: School students in remote regions in need of Books, Uniforms, and Footwear.
It is a tactical approach. And, we are sure you will agree that to sustain life one needs tactical help. The bigger organizations/NGOs are working with the goal of strategic/long term objectives. Hence, we plan to act as a bridge to give the much needed tactical support. We intend to be Friends In Need. We understand, this is a very small amount and will make little or rather very little difference. But, that’s the objective of this group; attend to SMALL and IMMEDIATE IMPACT concerns. This is an effort to answer the Do Positive “What” question. This is our small step towards positive thinking. And we are sure we are not alone.

How to ‘Do Positive’?
We plan to list needs which will require small sums - less than INR 5K. And, address one need at a time. A need is assessed for the potential impact it will have on the needy community and its financial requirements. Some of us will possibly visit the beneficiary and take first hand information. We will circulate the information and the members would contribute towards this need. After we have the requisite amount ready, we will work towards fulfilling the need. The remaining / surplus funds will be kept for the next requirement. And it goes on.

Excited ?

To join us, please write to us on info.dopositive@gmail.com

Or visit our Google Group at : http://groups.google.com/group/dopositive

Positively Yours – Do “+”