The document provides summaries of various charitable activities conducted by Helping Hearts Foundation between 2009-2011. These include distributing supplies and renovating facilities at special needs schools and orphanages in India. Key events summarized include donating furniture, household items, food and conducting activities with children at facilities in Chennai, Bangalore, Rajahmundry and other cities. The foundation also fundraised through donations to support these social welfare initiatives.

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2. Samarpana, Home for Mentally
Challenged children
Chennai/Jan 2011
The beautiful Sunday started @10:00 AM. We were
10 volunteers travelled together to SAMARPANA. We
were given a hearty welcome by every person over
there. According to the needs given by the „in charge‟
Mr. Bhavani Sridhar, we had taken fruits, snacks and
a book case along with us.
We spent some time with the
children, dancing, playing, looking around their daily
living activities, and we served lunch for them.
•1 year back when we went to the same organization
we met Swetha, 4 years old. She was suffering from
multiple disabilities. God‟s grace she is with him
now. Lot of pain in missing you.
We miss you Swetha.
MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PEACE

3. A Visit to Grace Home, Home for orphan
children
Rajahmundry / September 2010
On oct 4th , Monday Mr. Vijay( Uma – HHF member‟s
Uncle ) has reached to grace home with the house
hold appliances which we have promised them that
we will donate. He got a warm welcome from grace
home caretaker Mr.Anand and 27 children residing in
the home. The home‟s environment was so pleasant
and clean as for the Vijay‟s views and he has spent
much of time with children and gave sweets and
chocolates which he has taken along with him.
We have donated the below items to the home :
1. Aqua Guard water purifier
2. Crompton greaves table fan

4. Poor Students Association
kanchipuram / July 2010
INTRODUCTION
I am glad to share with you all that we have completed another
activity successfully along with the Poor Students Association by
donating below furniture items for their new school building.
1. 8 chairs
2. 2 computer desks
3. One bookcase
DESCRIPTION
Our members Madhu, Srikanth & Divakar are travelled to
M.chithamoor village, near madhuranthakam , kanchipuram (100 KM
from Chennai) on 25th of July. Our members participated along with
Srikanth in a blood donation camp organized for the villagers of
M.chithamoor, which they were conducting from years as part of their
poor students association activities.
After the blood donation camp our members have visited the schools
which are organized by Srikanth and visited the re-construction of
the some of the buildings. Finally we handed over the furniture items
to the school association and returned to Chennai.

5. A visit to a special orphanage – CHILD
Korathur, TN/May 2010
It was a long drive from Thiruvanmiyur to Korathur
(30 KM); we got a warm welcome form CHILD-The
children orphanage team. It is very small house
which is giving shelter for 17 abandoned children.
Highlights:
* Aravinthan (HHF active member) had a great
time with children by distributing chocolates. They
were under control of Aravinthan until he had
chocolates with him. I think I no need to explain what
happened once chocolates are over.
* Aaadi Murthy (child with yellow strips pant), very
energetic and naughty boy.
Roaming, singing, jumping, teasing, fighting etc…Are
his usual activities. More than this he is O+++
(outstanding student in school). Appreciable.
* Tamil Ansari (Child with yellow shirt), he too very
naught boy, He will do everything else except talking.

6. T Raja – Real Heroes from the South announced by
CNN IBN
Bangalore/Apr 2010
Little did we realize that we are meeting a
magnanimous person who has dedicated his life to
people whom we as society are least bothered of.
We were told that the organization is providing food
and shelter to 300 people. It prides itself of having
provided home for 3000+ lives, rescued 1400 people.
We handed over the groceries to them and were
pleased to meet the founder of this organization.
T. Raja – Social Welfare
An errant child, T Raja, found himself living on the streets of Chennai. His parents
had given up on him and he was given to stealing and substance abuse. By the
time he was 15, Raja was behind bars but the two months in jail changed him.
Once out he started driving an auto rickshaw to earn a living. As he drove through
the city, images of poor and homeless kept reminding him of the drudgery and
neglect that he had once been a part of. Raja then set up the Home of Hope to
give street dwellers a shelter. Over the years more than 3000 people have been
looked after by Raja at this home.

7. A day at the Multi purpose Community Centre
Chengelpattu, Chennai/March 2010
On the 13th March we set out to visit a home that serves as a
haven for mentally retarded children. We were taken to our
destination in a van provided by the center. It is situated in a
village named Vallam, roughly 2kms away from Chengelpattu.
The institution is run by Mr.Jeevanandam of MCC.
This home houses 21 children who were abandoned due to
poverty. However they are not orphans, their parents come to
visit them once in a while. The children are aged between 5 to 16
years of age.
In spite of their disability, the children were really smart and
talented. After gladly receiving the chocolates that we distribute
to them, the little ones enthusiastically recited to us the rhymes
that were being taught to them. We then distributed the
mats, pillows and blankets which we had bought for them. Before
settling down for lunch, the students sang a prayer song. During
lunch the sweets that we had taken for them were given away.

8. Sri Gayathri Seva Hrudhay
Repalli, AP/Feb 2010
We are back here to share our experiences of a day
at Sri Gayathri seva hrudhay. We reached the
ashram on 7th of Feb; we got warm welcome by the
seva hrudhay care taker Kalyana chakravatry.To our
surprise he is too young to maintain a ashram like
this. He completed his Ph.D in home science, while
doing the thesis realization has struck him and he
started serving old people. It is his kindheartedness
that he is helping 40 old aged people through his Before
ashram. Though he is like their son, he ironically is a
“mother and father” to those 40 people. We all need
to really appreciate him for his effort in doing so.
Though we have planned to donate 20,000 for
construction; we got the donations more than what
we expected. So we finally have donated 35,000/-
(30,000 for construction and 5,000 for cots).
During
Construction

9. Sri Arunodayam Charitable Trust
Kolathur, TN / Dec 2009
There is a small charity organization named “Sri
Arunodayam Charitable Trust” in Chennai outskirts
(Kolathur) which is serving totally a 150 mentally
retarded children (50 children are below 5 years).
We provided them lunch, donated the water
dispenser and required groceries
(dettol, soaps, washing powder etc). Few of our
charity group members, visited the place and served
them food.
Since it is a big task feeding small children, one
person is dedicated to one child for feeding. Around
50 helpers would be coming daily by 12:30PM
(Lunch) & again 8:00PM (Dinner) time. All these
“Helpers” are normal family people (like home
makers/old women) who won‟t be getting a single
rupee for doing all this, but even then do it for their
satisfaction. Every day two hours of their life they had
dedicated to charity.

10. An Event @ Samarpana Orphange
Outskirts of Chennai/May 2009
The first impression one gets of the place is that its very well maintained. We
get invited to the office by the lady who runs the place along with her husband.
We talk about how this place was started and the kind of work that goes on in
the place.
We were led to the children in the school. Two minutes were enough to get
ones‟ eyes moistened.
* A little girl Shweta(8 yrs old), but looks like a 3 year old having heart
complications and a major damage of the brain leaving her with weak muscle
co-ordination. She sits in a baby chair all day and has to be looked after
periodically.
* We later met a girl (9 years old), very possessive of the lady who runs the
place and yells when she talks to someone. The lady is proud of her
achievement for this is a girl who could barely stand till 5 and had absolutely
no emotional side and with years of therapy, she walks now and her yelling is
a clear indicator of her emotional growth.
More stories follow, each giving out a dual feeling of sadness at the state of
the children and admiration for the work done by the people. We then served
food for the children and spent some time with them post-lunch.

11. Helping Prerana with Basic Necessities
Bangalore/April 2009
Earlier this month we paid a visit to Prerana Resource Centre, an
organization serving as a home for 120 women (blind / physically
disabled etc…), situated approx ~25 kms from the center of
Bangalore city.
We were greeted with their amazing singing talent. They all sung in
unison… with one voice in praise of the god. Latter we had a sneak
peek inside the hostel and learnt about the facilities and services
rendered by the Prerana management.
At around 1 PM we served lunch for them and we also had a taste of
the pretty decent lunch. Though they are physically challenged, their
talent was visible through the handicrafts (toys, paper
bags, showcase items etc.,) that were at display at the Prerana
office. That was amazing!
We have provided them with few items they are in need of (basic
necessities like soaps, toothpaste, few bags of food
grain, rice/oil, Mixie Grinder etc…).

12. Event at LEBENSHILFE
Visakhapatnam / March 2009
On March 29th we have visited a school for Mentally
Retarded and Handicapped in Visakhapatnam. We
distributed some furniture in need to the school and
also arranged a few events/games with all of them to
cheer them up.
Lebenshilfe, the then West Germany gave initial
support to start Lebenshilfe, Visakhapatnam in India
in 1980.
In German „Leben‟ means Life and „Hilfe‟ means
Help. Lebenshilfe thus means Life Help.
This 28 year old service-oriented institution is situated
in a building generously allocated by the Municipal
Corporation, Visakhapatnam at M.V.P. Colony located
on the sea shore and opposite to Lumbini Park.

13. Basic Electrification of a school in
Vendikole
Vendikole, AP / Feb 2009
In Jan 2009, we have chosen a school in the village Vendikole (near Hyderabad) which doesn‟t even
have basic resources like (power connection, fans, lights etc…).
So we plan to spend a few days and setup proper fans, lights etc… for the school (may not be more
than a few rooms).
This activity has been coordinated by Srinivas from Hyderabad.

14. Helping Hearts Foundation‟s Successful
Fund-Raising Stories continue …..
These were only a sub-set of the events that we covered
since HHF inception.
We thank all of HHF members and supports for encouraging
us and lending a helping hand to us in making all our events
a great success.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT
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