| I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' St.Mathew 25:40 |
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PEEK Project
 | 1. PEEK (Primary Education
Essential Kits for financially poor students)
We live in a world where there are many children who do not get the chance to realize the dream of attending a school because their parents cannot afford the cost of even primary education. To help these kids, PEEK project provides essential kits for primary school children. |
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The aim of the project is to encourage financially poor families to send their children to school. GRACE operates two balavadi's which consists of 57 children from very poor families. Two teachers are employed to provide tution to the children.
This project was started by GRACE under the leadership of the late H.G. Augen Mar Dionysius, Metropolitan of Idukki diocese.
Click here to view the Project Help Request from GRACE Charities. This document is a precious document as it is cosigned by the late H.G. Augen Mar Dionysius thirumeni
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FEED Project
 | 5. FEED (Feeding the orphans)
While we are blessed with our daily bread, there are people who look forward with uncertainty for their next meal. FEED project will feed 10 orphanages on our anniversary.
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There are many orphanages operated by IOC. We realize the need to
support these and on our Anniversary, as part of the FEED project,we
plan to feed 10 orphanages in the financially backward areas such as
Sultan Battery and Malabar. We also focus on new organizations.
The need is huge and it is atmost necessary that the details about the
charitable projects are shared by churches and institutions. In such a
pursuit, we are publishing the details to help more churches to contact
them and help them.
The following organizations have been selected.
1.
St.Gregorios School for Mentally Challenged
Olivumala, Kottakunnu, Near Don Bosco College,
Sultan Battery, Wayanad, Kerala, India
2.
Karunya Balika Bhavanam
St.Marys Cathedral Compound,
Sultan Battery, Wayanad, Kerala 673592, India
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Prerana Special School for Mentally Challenged
St. Thomas Orthodox Seminary, Ubali Road, Brahmani P.O.,
Kalmeshwar, Nagpur, Maharashtra 441501, India
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St.Pauls Balika Bhavan
Puthuppadi P.O, Kozhikode,
Kerala, India
5.
St. Gregorios Daya Bhavan
No. 69, Vanighere Village, Bhaktharahalli P.O, (Via) Kunigal,
Tumkur Dist, Karnataka – 572120, India
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St. Thomas Ashram,
Nellippathy, Agali P.O, Attappady,
Palakkad District, Kerala – 678581, India
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Mar Baselios Childrens Home
Mannapra P.O, Vadakkencherry
Palakkad, Kerala 678685, India
8.
Mar Baselios Balika Sadanam
Mount Hermon Aramana, NIIT Campus P.O
Calicut, Kerala 673601, India
9.
Feed One Lakh Project
Mount Hermon Aramana, NIIT Campus P.O,
Calicut, Kerala 673601, India
10.
Baselios Marthoma Didymos 1 Balika Bhavan
Othukal, Uppada P.O, Nilumbur,
Malappuram Dt., Kerala 679334, India
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HEAP Project
 | 2. HEAP (Higher Education
Affordable for the Poor)
The cost of higher education has skyrocketed in the past many years and has reached a point where the financially poor families are unable to afford it. The HEAP project provides education assistance to students who would like to pursue their higher education.
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Unfortunately, she is unable to continue her because her parents are so
poor that they are unable to pay the fees.
The aim of the HEAP project is to provide financial educational
assistance for pursuing higher education to such students from
financially poor families in financially backward areas of Kerala. This
year, 22 students have been selected as part of this project. Out of
them, 18 students are from Idukki diocese and 4 are from Thrissur
diocese. The project works in cooperation with the ICON Charities REAP
Project for the selecting students from Idukki diocese. The project
works in coordination with the Anveshi project to support the students
of Thrissur diocese.
Click here to visit ICON Charities
REAP Project
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KNOT Project
 | 4. KNOT (A helping hand to
overcome the financial burdens of marriage for the poor)
While the extravaganza of marriages of rich families increases every day, there are many young girls who are unable to get married because they cannot afford the cost of even the simplest marriages. KNOT project will provide marriage cost assistance to a girl from a financially poor family.
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daughters from getting married. In order to help such girls, we provide
marriage assistance to such families to conduct the marriages and start
a better family life.
The project is done through the help of GRACE Charities, an charitable
organization of the Idukki Diocese of the Indian Orthodox Church.
The KNOT project help was distributed on Oct 23 at Idukki Aramana
Chapel in an event organized by Grace Charities.
Click
here to view the Project Help Request from GRACE Charities on behalf of
the beneficiary
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ROOF Project
 | 3. ROOF (A shelter for the
homeless)
It's hard to imagine plastic cement bags as the outdoor walls of a house, trash metal from tins as your roof and old sarees and cardboard boxes as your room separators, but these are the unfortunate reality in some parts of our state. The ROOF project will build a low budget shelter for one such family.
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 | Imagine a house that has collapsed in a rain and has been repaired by using few sticks as the support for the roof so that a family can live under it for one more season till the next rain. Surely, the house will not survive one more monsoon.
The aim of the project is to build a shelter for such a family in a financially poor backward area of Kerala. As part of this project, a house is being built in Cumbemettu, Idukki.
The house is being build under the supervision of GRACE Charities, an charitable organization of the Idukki Diocese of the Indian Orthodox Church. The volunteers provides non skilled labor to reduce the total cost of construction.
Click here to view the Project Help Request from GRACE Charities on behalf of the beneficiary
Click here to view the House Plan and the estimate
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CDs for Charity is an initiative launched by the Sunday school and the
Gregorian Media of St. Gregorios Orthodox Church Austin, TX. The
initiative aims at
1. Creating awareness among people about charitable initiatives in India
2. Motivating people to feed
orphanages and support charitable projects in India
In addition to the two published aims of 'CDs for Charity'
project, there is a third hidden aim: to regain the lost confidence of
people in charity that has resulted due to lack of follow up and lack
of accounting transparency. We hope to achieve this by proper awareness
campaigns and prompt follow up.
How does 'CDs for Charity'
work?
- The Gregorian Media Labs (the
media group of St. Gregorios Orthodox Church Austin, TX) creates
CD/DVDs of various church programs and these CD/DVDs are given to
people as a gift for donating to charity.
- CD/DVDs are created by video
recording various church activities
- An orphanage/charitable
initiatives are focused in each CD/DVD series. Information about the
charity is included to create awareness.
- For each person feeding an
orphanage or supporting a charity project, a CD/DVD is given as a gift.
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Feed 1 lakh a year project
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 | 'Feed 1
lakh a year' project is an initiative launched by the Malabar diocese
of the
Indian Orthodox Church under the leadership of H.G. Zachariah Mar
Theophilos
thirumeni to feed 1 lakh (100,000) poor people during 2006 in the
financially
backward areas of Malabar.
According
to H.G Theophilos thirumeni "The program encourages parents to fast on
Wednesdays and Fridays. When they fast, it is their duty to feed the
hungry.
Charity, in the form of feeding, is the fruit of prayer and fasting. We
are men
of prayer and fasting. If we do not produce these fruits, we are
fruitless
trees."
The 'Feed 1 lakh a year'
project plans to provide food for at least 100 people for
365 days at the Calicut Guidance centre. The project will be extended
to 4
other centers in Kannur, Palakkad, Malapuram, and Kasargode districts
to feed
the hungry on Wednesdays and Fridays of every week. All together, the
plan is
to feed 1 lakh people by the end of the year. In addition to these,
individuals
can feed one or two people weekly by their fasting.
According
to H.G Theophilos thirumeni "Let our fast be a blessing to our neighbor
by
feeding them".
For a minimum
of INR 500 ($12) 100 hungry souls can be fed with Kanji or for INR 650,
lunch
can be served for 100 hungry souls. |
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SUNDAYS:
Morning Prayer: 9:00 AM
Holy Qurbana : 9:30 AM
Sunday School: 11:30 AM
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