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(Click on each project title for details)
11. Aid for
Nursing Studies for a Widow's Daughter
12. Educational
Aid for a Family in Malabar
13. Church Construction aid at
Bison Valley
14. House Construction aid at Ettumanoor
15. Medical Aid to a Family
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PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED
PROJECT NO. 11
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Aid for Nursing Studies for a Widow's
Daughter.
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DATE:
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August 23, 2001
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DONORS:
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Fr. Abraham Mutholathu
Jacob
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SPONSORING AGENCY:
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Kottayam Social Service Society
(KSSS), Kerala, India.
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AID GIVEN:
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Rs. 5,000 (US$ 106.40)
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PROJECT SUMMARY:
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The project was to support the
nursing studies of the daughter of a widow in a remote village in Kerala,
India.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
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The widow has three children and had difficulty in educating her children.
One of her daughters got admission for nursing studies. Nursing education
is expensive in India especially because this student got admission
outside Kerala state.
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PROBLEM IDENTIFIED:
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The widow could
not find means to educate his daughter for nursing. If job-oriented
education is not given in time, the child would later become a dependent
of the society and the mother would find it difficult to arrange marriage
for her.
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ACTION PLAN:
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The aid was only a partial help for
nursing studies.
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RESULTS:
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This timely help provided
enough support to continue the studies of the student. This would
eventually lead to employment of the girl.
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PROJECT NO. 12
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Educational Aid for a family in
Malabar
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DATE:
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September 5, 2001
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DONORS:
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Fr. Abraham Mutholathu Jacob
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SPONSORING AGENCY:
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Kottayam Social Service Society
(KSSS), Kerala, India.
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AID GIVEN:
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Rs. 5,000 (US$ 106.40)
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PROJECT SUMMARY:
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The project is to support a poor
farmer's family in a remote village in the Malabar region of Kerala State
in India to meet the educational expenses of his four children.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
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The head of the
family is a hardworking farmer. His wife is a housewife and is sick. Their
four children are good in studies. However, they had to travel 10
kilometers by bus to go to their school for studies. The head of the
family became sick and had two surgery. So he could not work. His wife did
not work outside home.
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PROBLEM IDENTIFIED:
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Because of
agricultural failure and because the value of agricultural products in
Kerala went down, agricultural families in Kerala have great difficulty to
meet their day to day living expenses. Since the breadwinner of this
family became sick, the family had difficulty in finding money to meet
their day to day living expenses, educational expenses of children, and
medical expenses.
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ACTION PLAN:
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Agape Movement offered Rs.
5,000 as partial support for the educational expenses of children.
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RESULTS:
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Support from Agape Movement helped the
continuation of education of the children and a relief to the family.
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PROJECT NO. 13
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Church Construction aid at Bison Valley |
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DATE:
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September 15, 2001
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DONORS:
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Fr. Abraham Mutholathu Jacob
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SPONSORING AGENCY:
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Chaithanya Pastoral Centre,
Thellakom, Kottayam, India.
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IMPLEMENTING AGENCY:
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Parish Priest and Church Construction Committee of Bison
Valley Parish.
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AID GIVEN:
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Rs. 10,000.00 (US$ 212.77)
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PROJECT SUMMARY:
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The project was to help the
completion of the church construction in Bison Valley.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
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Bison Valley is a
remote village in the Hi-Range Region in Kerala state in India. The Catholic
Diocese of Kottayam has a parish in this village. The church built was old
and needed reconstruction with more space. The parishioners raised their
own money and from others to construct the church. Since they could not
complete the work with the fund they had raised, they approached Agape
Movement.
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ACTION PLAN:
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Agape Movement offered Rs. 10,000.00 that
could be used to meet the expense of carpets needed for the church.
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RESULTS:
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The help given to the parish could help
the completion of their church in its final states.
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PROJECT NO. 14
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House Construction aid at Ettumanoor
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DATE:
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September 15, 2001
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DONOR:
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Fr. Abraham Mutholathu Jacob, USA
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SPONSORING AGENCY:
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Kottayam Social Service Society, Thellakom, Kottayam, India.
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AID GIVEN:
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Rs. 10,000.00 (US$ 210.54)
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PROJECT SUMMARY:
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The project was to help a patient
in Kerala to complete his house construction.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
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The head of the
family was working and supporting his wife and children. Since he became
sick, he could not go for work. He had two surgery and still did not
recover fully.
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PROBLEM IDENTIFIED:
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His relatives and
friends helped him to construct a house because his wife and children were
living at his wife's house because of lack of a stable house. However, he
could not complete the house because of lack of fund for his medication,
education of children, food and other primary needs.
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ACTION PLAN:
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Agape Movement supported him with Rs.
10,000.00 The director of KSSS assigned a project officer to supervise the
progress of the completion work.
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RESULTS:
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The house construction is completed
though all his financial needs are not met fully.
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PROJECT NO. 15
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Medical Aid to a Family
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DATE:
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September 20, 2001
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DONORS:
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Common fund |
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SPONSORING AGENCY:
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Kottayam
Social Service Society (KSSS), Kerala, India.
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| AID GIVEN: |
Rs. 1,000.00 (US$
21.28) |
| PROJECT SUMMARY: |
The project was to
support the medical expenses of a patient who has other family
responsibilities. |
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INFORMATION: |
The patient has been
sick for long time. She and her husband could not go for work. They had only
one daughter who was married and had gone to her husband's house to live.
Because of her chronic illness she need medication to survive. She
approached Agape Movement for partial help. |
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After making proper study on the case
through the staff of KSSS, Agape Movement issued Rs. 1,000.00 for her
medical expenses. |
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RESULTS:
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The support of Agape Movement
could help the patient to purchase some medication. This help was only for
temporary relief for the patient and her husband.
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