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Helping build a life back to normalcy!

Applicant
Yohannan AS (Mobile: 9539867510)
Alancheril Puthenveedu
Pandanad, Chengannur, Kerala

Application
"I can't forget the scene of the water rushing in and forcing us to leave our things in the small house that we live in" sobs Yohannan as he speaks to us over phone. According to the local person who visited him personally, there has been serious structural damage to their house and his three buffaloes, which were the only source of my livelihood, too have been lost. The local Vicar, Father Jason P George, who recommended the case also adds that the person concerned is a differently abled person and a chronic patient too. All certificates and pictures pertaining to his claims have been shared with the committee. "I request the members of the society to kindly help me financially to get back on my feet" Yohannan writes in Malayalam.

Recommendation
The committee after looking into the case approved Rs.40,000 and dispatched from the collected funds as a minor support for the applicant to get a cattle in-order to help him get back to normalcy.

Pictures
Mr.Yohannan receiving the cheque from the local Vicar
in the presence of our local representative.

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