We hope this finds you safe and well, especially those of you in Sydney, Northern NSW, the Illawarra and other areas, who presently are overwhelmed by the rain and floods. We are writing to give you a quick update, and a word of thanks for making it possible for Project Help to help Sunita and her family. You may recall back in mid February we put out an urgent call for assistance. Sunita lives with her elderly mother, and four older children, one with polio - causing significant mobility impairment and never being able to attend school because of this. Then while visiting our projects in Bijnor, we had the opportunity to visit the family. At the time I (Doug) reflected that I had never seen a family live in such miserable conditions, it really was very distressing to observe and to experience.
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Following our call for help, a number of amazing people responded which made it possible for us to commit to the task, to go ahead and to give Sunita the good news. Straight away, we provided Sunita with some urgent supplies, some beds, blankets, basic food items, along with plastic sheeting for the roof as an interim measure - to protect the family when it rains. We promised (and hoped) that the major structural repairs to the house might be underway by Easter. Sunita was overwhelmed, breaking down in tears, as she thanked Amrit who made the delivery. She said that she had never felt so loved before.
Great job Amrit …thanks for all your hard work, to make this happen.
This week, the renovations commenced. We are so pleased to have been able to start, with the hope that everything will be completed before the monsoon rains hit in early-mid May.
Yep, we are over budget
Our initial estimate for the repairs was lower than required ...no surprises to most of us that most renovations go over budget. This is fine because we able to draw on funds away from other projects funded within our regular budget, however, if you could help, we would be most grateful.
We anticipate needing approximately another $1000. Please let us know if you can help. You can make your donation by clicking the DONATE button at the top of the page.
Thank you so much.