thiruvarunai: December 2007

Tsunami in Asia

please visit this site to know more about Tsunami victims & help

http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com/

The Rotary international

The The main objective of a Rotary club is service -- in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world. Rotary International (RI) has developed a broad range of programs designed to help clubs carry out this vital mission. Some of these programs have been underway for many years, while others have been developed more recently to meet emerging needs.
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
First. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
Second. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
Third. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
Fourth. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

please visit http://www.rotary.org/

you can make a difference in the lives of needy and, of course, in yourself.

HELPING HANDS

UDAVUM KARANGAL

UDAVUM KARANGAL (HELPING HANDS) is a registered non-governmental non-religious and non-profit social service organization, established in 1983., with sole objective of serving people in distress who are orphans & destitutes.

pl. visit to know more -

http://www.udavumkarangal.org/

u can make a difference

Disturbing sacrifice

I was very deeply disturbed by this news and the clips on TV news.
Ultimately the sacrifice of a mother has gone waste, because the children were not in a position to receive the donated eyes.
My idea of publishing is to prevent others from doing such foolish things; also, if the medical world can help the deserted boys this blog's purpose would be served.

Now, read on the news article from "The Hindu"

Ends life to give vision to her children

CHENNAI, MARCH 19. In a bid to help her children get vision, a 36-year-old woman, allegedly committed suicide in her house at Kodungaiyur, on Friday.
According to C.Sylendra Babu, Joint Commssioner of Police, North, Tamizh Selvi's two sons — Kumaran (17) and Mohan Kumar (15) — are visually impaired. A few months ago, the woman pledged her eyes with Sankara Nethralaya.
Before hanging herself, she wrote a note that she had pledged her eyes for her sons.
The police informed Sankara Nethralaya authorities and the eyes were removed, Mr. Babu said.

The news that the eyes could not be used was subsequently published by other papers.