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.
Regards
Aniruddha
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