New project in Vavipalayam - Hospital
It has been a long time since we have been actively participated and worked together. I am happy to write you about a new project being initiated at Vavipalayam.
Its about building a permanent hospital in our village, which will be useful to about 50 hamlets in and around our village. Quality health care is not reachable for most of the lower income people in these hamlets and they have to travel about 20 to 30 KM to reach a hospital. First Aid for accidents and snake-bite is never reachable on time, and the public transport facilities are either not available or insufficient. We have involved the local people right from this project inception. Actually, the requirement has been raised by the people only. A trust has been formed in the name of "Village People Welfare Foundation" (VPWF). There are 31 people from our and nearby villages as trustees in the trust. Each trustee has to make a minimum donation of Rs.10000 each for the trust (The total seed money of Rs.3.1 lacs). The trust is already registered and trustees would start meeting within themselves, and carry out their mission of building and operating the hospital at vavipalayam. As a person from the village, I myself is a trustee along with Sundaramoorthy, Velmani and other people.
The hospital is planned with a Consulting room for the doctor, one General Ward with 4 bed's, toilets, Doctor's Personal Room, and Personal room for the Nurse. Discussions were on with different organisations in and around Kovai to get their expertise in running the hospital. We are discussing with "Isha foundation" to provide the residential doctor and nurse, and the medicines to run the hospital. It has been felt that the doctor and nurse should stay with the hospital for effective running of the hospital considering the distance of the village from the nearby towns.
It is estimated that the total cost of the building would be about 15 lacs including the furniture, apart from the land for the building. The land is identified at very nominal cost for the hospital project. We are confident of collecting seven lacs as donation from the village people and other contacts around the village apart from the seed money of 3 lacs from the trustees. Rest of 5 to 6 lacs need to be mobilised by outside donations.
The bank account for the trust has been opened and about 2 lacs is already deposited by trustees. A detailed project report with a professional costing of the building and materials is being prepared which I will circulate, would provide a good insight about the project.
It is a pleasure to restart our activities, and please feel free to direct all comments, opinions and questions to me. I will be the contact/communication point between the team and the VPWF trust, and am responsible for timely and periodical updates and to air the views of the team to the trust and back.
Its about building a permanent hospital in our village, which will be useful to about 50 hamlets in and around our village. Quality health care is not reachable for most of the lower income people in these hamlets and they have to travel about 20 to 30 KM to reach a hospital. First Aid for accidents and snake-bite is never reachable on time, and the public transport facilities are either not available or insufficient. We have involved the local people right from this project inception. Actually, the requirement has been raised by the people only. A trust has been formed in the name of "Village People Welfare Foundation" (VPWF). There are 31 people from our and nearby villages as trustees in the trust. Each trustee has to make a minimum donation of Rs.10000 each for the trust (The total seed money of Rs.3.1 lacs). The trust is already registered and trustees would start meeting within themselves, and carry out their mission of building and operating the hospital at vavipalayam. As a person from the village, I myself is a trustee along with Sundaramoorthy, Velmani and other people.
The hospital is planned with a Consulting room for the doctor, one General Ward with 4 bed's, toilets, Doctor's Personal Room, and Personal room for the Nurse. Discussions were on with different organisations in and around Kovai to get their expertise in running the hospital. We are discussing with "Isha foundation" to provide the residential doctor and nurse, and the medicines to run the hospital. It has been felt that the doctor and nurse should stay with the hospital for effective running of the hospital considering the distance of the village from the nearby towns.
It is estimated that the total cost of the building would be about 15 lacs including the furniture, apart from the land for the building. The land is identified at very nominal cost for the hospital project. We are confident of collecting seven lacs as donation from the village people and other contacts around the village apart from the seed money of 3 lacs from the trustees. Rest of 5 to 6 lacs need to be mobilised by outside donations.
The bank account for the trust has been opened and about 2 lacs is already deposited by trustees. A detailed project report with a professional costing of the building and materials is being prepared which I will circulate, would provide a good insight about the project.
It is a pleasure to restart our activities, and please feel free to direct all comments, opinions and questions to me. I will be the contact/communication point between the team and the VPWF trust, and am responsible for timely and periodical updates and to air the views of the team to the trust and back.
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