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- Today we enrolled Salma into a great school near the slum! She is starting early which mean her rate of success in staying in school for years to come will be much higher!
The entire school year has been covered by a donation from our supporter: Toby Wolter
To get involved today, please visit: www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Today we took Sarberi to the medical clinic for some chest X-Rays, she's been coughing for a while and we are trying to figure out the cause.
After the test, we treated her and Banu to a breakfast! The expense for the procedure was covered by a donation from: Matthieu Guibert
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Here we're on our way to take Tudtuki and Firoj to get them enrolled in school, they are 2 of the five children of a new family we are working with in the slums and the newest kids that we have enrolled in school this week with donations of Ms. Williams' 2nd grade class (see how the donation came about here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=195749443769439&set=a.161818227162561.42375.115409021803482) as well as with an additional donation from our friend and supporter Katie LaKamp.
In the next month they will begin in school and will be off the streets, a move that will surely change their lives!
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Meet Tudtuki (middle) and Firoj (tallest) brothers, they are the 2 of the five children of a new family we are working with in the slums and the newest kids that we have enrolled in school this week with donations of Ms. Williams' 2nd grade class (see how the donation came about here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=195749443769439&set=a.161818227162561.42375.115409021803482) as well as with additional donation from our friend and supporter Katie LaKamp.
In the next month they will begin in school and will be off the streets, a move that will surely change their lives!
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- I am not afraid.. if I ever was, I held your hand and the fear that once gripped me has now left me. I am not disgusted, your dirt is nothing more than days and nights filled with worries that dressed your body, and just as easily as it overcame you, it too will be washed off...
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- Today donations from: Nikita Carter, Jackie Butler and Bonnie Farion, allowed us to provide Soni, a mother of two: a new roof, repair of one failing wall and the re-pavement of the floor in her home in the slums.
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- This is Intiach and Seripa, standing in front of their home before it is dismantled. And today he, his wife and baby who was born a little over a month ago have moved to a new slum about 80 kilometers from where he's lived for the past 7 years. He explained the move will allow him better work opportunities and a larger home.
The entire cost of dismantling his home, transporting the materials to be reused and the new materials for the construction of a larger one have all been covered by a donation from: Maria Cecilia Diaz & Alex Batista.
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Today we stopped by the hospital to visit Sarfaroz, a boy from the slums in Kolkata we had met two days ago in need of immediate medical care for a rare blood disease: thalassemia. The cost of the hospitalization in its entirety so far has been covered by donations from: Kaylen Fredrickson & Ryan Thoren.
Here our founder and our nurse Celine, from our health partner charity: Gimme Shelter India, making a long term commitment to the health of this young man.
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Our nurse Celine returned from holidays and it's back on the ground addressing the medical issues of the families we're helping.
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Javeda and her son Yarap receiving seed money for the fruits and vegetables they sell in the local market. With our help they will continue to earn an honorable living. This was made possible by a donation from our friends and supporters: Lorraine Fattore, Maure Briggs-Carrington and Golden Carter
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Today these families received five brand new stoves, two thermal bottles and two cooking pots, all made possible by donations from our friends and supporters: Matthieu Guibert, Robyn Martins, Dave Van House and Rai Guerra!
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Pulti, Babli and Pinky after each receiving lunch money for 10 days which they use when they go to school. This donation was made possible by our friend supporter: Gabriella Hurtado
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Chandra goes back home to Sweden, after spending a month with us volunteering, we sadly bid her a warm goodbye and thank her for her amazing energy and work with the families in the slum. Here we are ready to go to work with bags of Chandra's donation and our weekly run of milk for the babies of 13 families.
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Meet Parvis and his two sons. Parvis is paralyzed and lives in a rat infested shack in the slum with his two boys. His wife died seven years ago and he has limited mobility of his hands which he uses to manufacture some crafts inside his home to earn a living...
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- A donation from Dorothy and Ron Famiano allowed us to purchase a two week-regiment of antibiotic injections for a homeless man in need of a leg surgery. The hospital will not admit him for the procedure until the current infection is cured, our nurse Celine will follow this up until he's ready.
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- $180USD - 12/2/10-2/1/2011 - Tech - Phone, Internet, local, domestic long distance and international call charges
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- $93USD 12/2/10 - 2/1/2011 - Taxis, Transportation, Meetings, Metro, buses and or trains
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- $22USD - From 12/1/2010 - 2/1/2011 - Domain renewals, web hosting and or website maintenance.
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- $137.61 - Processing charges for all donations received from 1/1/11 - 1/31/2011
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- When I arrived in Kolkata at the beginning of December, I felt a bit overwhelmed with the amount of necessity and tasks I felt that Responsible Charity needed to take on to truly make a difference in the lives of several families in a slum in the City of Joy. But after a few days and a slow but sure readjustment to the pollution, weather and constant noise, things started to become clearer...
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- This is Farida and her husband, the newest family in the slums which we are now helping. They have five children and they all live in a shack that is 5X8 feet and caving in but that has changed today. We are standing inside the structure of their new home which has expanded the space, ceiling height and permeability.
The entire cost of this project has been covered by a donation from our supporter Phillip Schaub!
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Meet some of the children of Farida and her husband, the newest family in the slums which we are now helping. They have five children and they all live in a shack that is 5X8 feet and caving in but that has changed today. Behind them is the structure of their new home which has expanded the interior space, ceiling height and permeability.
The entire cost of this project has been covered by a donation from our supporter Phillip Schaub!
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Meet Jen, our newest volunteer who has joined us for a few weeks from Vancouver, Canada. She is a registered nurse and is helping us address some of the health issues of our families in the slum.
Here's she administering antibiotics to a Ajmeri's son who has had diarrhea for the last two days, the medicines were covered by a donation from our supporter Ada Levin!
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Today we delivered hygienic supplies to 15 families which include shampoo, soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes. These basic items in western life are tools that prevent other diseases here in the slums. All of it was covered by donations from Rebecca Madan Kollaras, Bianca Khan and Daniel SoLl!
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- This is one of the mothers and babies who we now supply milk to on a weekly basis. This is crucial for some of the toddlers who are older and breastfeeding is not possible for, as the milk formulas are very expensive and the parents often put off buying them which can result in malnutrition and chronic health issues for the child growing up. We are now preventing a chain reaction of problems with this program.
A month supply of milk for 13 families and their children was purchased with donations from: Victoria & Eric Elliott, Usama Issa, Anna-Helena Svensson, Patty Abbott, Mike Brown, Keith Ashley, Elizabeth Wagner and Eric Vasallo!
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- This is one of the mothers and babies who we now supply milk to on a weekly basis. This is crucial for some of the toddlers who are older and breastfeeding is not possible for, as the milk formulas are very expensive and the parents often put off buying them which can result in malnutrition and chronic health issues for the child growing up. We are now preventing a chain reaction of problems with this program.
A month supply of milk for 13 families and their children was purchased with donations from: Victoria & Eric Elliott, Usama Issa, Anna-Helena Svensson, Patty Abbott, Mike Brown, Keith Ashley, Elizabeth Wagner and Eric Vasallo!
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Meet Farida, mother of five, pictured here with her youngest, Ranjani, after receiving her second (and now weekly) milk delivery from us. She, her husband and five children are the newest family to join our program. They all live in a shack that is 5X8 feet and in terrible condition.
Starting next week, we will place three of their children in school and will rebuild their home entirely. All of this will be made possible by YOU, our supporters and we can't wait to post whose donations allowed us to achieve this! We are about to positively change the lives of seven people!
To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- A batch of medicines which includes cough syrups, antibiotics, pain relievers, antiseptic and burn creams and baby cold and fever analgesics were all covered by the donations from a yoga class by Stacey Glassman, to learn more about her work, please visit www.facebook.com/beachyoga - To get involved with us today today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Today we covered Rani's monthly salary and kerosene supply with a donation from Justin/Jennifer Kemp, this will allow her to stay home and look after her youngest child while her daughter Pinky (10) goes to school, a cost which also has been covered by another one of our supporters - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Outside of Sultani, her husband and their three children's newly rebuilt, the entire cost of this project was covered by a donation from Antti Toumikoski, Leila and Jaakko Tuomikoski and Anni Holopainen and family, as well as a new and safer stove covered by a donation from Robyn Martins - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- We rebuilt a home entirely for Sultani, her husband and three children, the entire cost of this project was covered by a donation from Antti Toumikoski, Leila and Jaakko Tuomikoski and Anni Holopainen and family - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Anni celebrates her birthday in the slum and brings sweets for all the families :)
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- Another day, another round of cures - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- A smile is all that we ask in return for what we do, and we get plenty of those :) - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- The kids love all the games we got them over the holidays, in particular: UNO! - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Today's round of medicines and prescriptions were covered by a donation from Jim Turner - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Anni and Chandra sharing a heavy bag of supplies on our way to the slum :) - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Back near my hotel we got called outside when one of the local homeless men injured himself badly after falling. I called our nurse Celine immediately who incidentally already looks after him, he is a long time heroin user, infected with both HIV and Tuberculosis and is in pretty bad shape; we bought him a blanket and Celine administered some medicines and gave him warm food. The blanket was purchased with a donation from Jim Turner - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Today we bought Sultani a kerosene stove, it's not ideal but it's better than the wood burning pit inside her home which keeps the fumes circulating and making her tuberculosis worse, not to mention the health of her three children. The stove is small enough for her to bring it outside the house to cook and then back inside when she's done. This purchase was made possible with a donation from Robyn Martins - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- We got a belt for one of the fathers of the families, he is a rickshaw driver and was complaining of muscle pain from the strain of his daily work, this was covered by a donation from Robyn Martins - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- We bought the vitamins, mouth wash and asthma pump PLUS two first aid kits with a donation from our friend and supporter Carrie Rodriguez. - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- This is a two week supply run of milk for adults, one week of baby and toddlers and two weeks of hygienic products, all of this was made possible with donations from our friends and supporters: Jeff Feldman, Michelle Greenpahn, Henry Cuellar, Jesse Nelson, Hari Chengalath & Tammie Oliphant Halcomb - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Our amazing volunteer Anni handling the cures and dressings round - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Assisting our nurse on another round of cures, children from other families have heard about us and are beginning to appear with some burns, cuts, and other infections which need immediate treatment. Medicines for today's cures were purchased with a donation from Paul Franco. From the Park Circus slum in Kolkata, THANK YOU :) - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- children from other families have heard about us and are beginning to appear with some burns, cuts, and other infections which need immediate treatment. Medicines for today's cures were purchased with a donation from Paul Franco. From the Park Circus slum in Kolkata, THANK YOU :) - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Today complete reconstruction of one of the houses in the slums began. It was in pretty bad shape, with leaks and rats coming in and out of the house, this is also where Amin and Pinky, two of the children we have sponsored into school live. The entire cost of the roof, walls, and support bamboo beams was covered by a donation from Chad Turner, from the park circus slum in Kolkata, THANK YOU :) - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Lice treatment, necessary and ongoing hygienic task which we happily perform on the women, children and the men who are affected. - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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- Over the last two weeks we have purchased over 60 kilos of fresh fruit which we have given to a family in the slum to sell and earn a honest and decent living for themselves. The purchases were all made possible by a donation from Thamia Nieto and Annette De Ponce, here's the father of the family on the rails of the train station where he sells the fruit. From the Park Circus slum in Kolkata, THANK YOU :)
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- we took a mother and her two children to get tested for Tuberculosis, they've had symptoms of it for the last few months, the cost of x-rays and blood test for all three were covered by a donation from our supporter Randal Melton
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- we bought three weeks worth of baby milk for about 11-12 babies and toddlers, this was made possible by donations from Yeka Morales, Bob Evangelista and Maria Angela - To get involved today, please visit www.responsiblecharity.org/donate
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