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The Kerala Government
appreciates Aarogya Poshanam Project
Attappady: The Government of Kerala appreciated the Aarogya
Poshanam Project (Health Enhancement
Life Project-HELP) initiated by
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church to tackle the malnutrition problems faced by
Adivasi children of Attappady. The project started on 2 June, 2013 by Attappady
St.Thomas Ashram, Nellippathy is a windfall to children, lactating mothers and
pregnant women of eight adivasi hamlets in Agali and Sholayoor Grama Panchayaths.
Within two months of initiation the number of benefactors has risen from 65 to
500 comprising Nellippathy, Boothuvazhy, Karara, Kathirampathy, Guddayoor
(Agali Grama Panchayath), Kottamala, Chundukulam and Venkakadavu (Sholayoor
Grama Panchayath) adivasi hamlets. Every day volunteers from the Ashram visit
adivasi settlements and supply boiled egg, milk and bread to children below 15
years old, lactating mothers and pregnant women as part of their mission.
The Honorable Minister for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes
Kumari P.K.Jayalekshmi appreciated the efforts of the Ashram and the Orthodox Church
to provide nutritious food to adivasis. In her letter to Ashram Superior
F.R.M.D.Yuhanon Ramban, she said that “the Government considers your mission as
great as the children of adivasi hamlets who are backward in the social stratum
are provided with nutritious food through your efforts. Moreover this service
is a role model for others”.
The Aarogya Poshanam Project started as a constructive
response to deal with the recent malnutrition hazards faced by adivasi
community in Attappady. The project received considerable support from the
general public and church members. F.R.M.D.Yuhanon Ramban is the Director of
the Project. Fr.S.Paul is the Treasurer and Dr.Siby Tharakan, Mission Project
Director serves as the Coordinator.
The project initially formulated for one year will be
reviewed stage by stage and if necessary will be extended to other villages in
due course.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Dear friends
Greetings from Attappady, Kerala!
It has been a long time since I
heard from you. Trust you are doing fine. Please find attached the details of
an interesting project I am involved in. Now I am at Attappady, a mountainous
forest region on the Western Ghats bordering Kerala and Tamil Nadu, two
neighboring states in South India. Attappady is just two hours journey from the
famous Silent Valley National Park in Kerala and the beautiful Oottacamund (Ooty)
in Tamil Nadu. Me and my family have been here since May,2013.
When we first came to this place we
were welcomed by a herd of wild elephants, wild pigs, goats and beautiful
peacocks. After that we always meet them whenever we visit Adivasi
(aboriginals) villages near and inside forests.
There are about 187 Adivasi
villages in Attappady and they are away from most of the developmental
activities taking place in the main land. They don’t have the privileges like
basic education, health care facilities, nutritious food, good housing, safe
water, transport facilities and other basic amenities. In the interior forest
areas they live in huts made out of mud and grass. But those hamlets which are
near to main land areas have the luxury of single bedded houses donated by government
agencies. Their traditional agricultural life style had been disrupted by land
grabbers and agricultural migrants from the main land area.
Recently more than 40 infants
died due to malnutrition in various tribal hamlets in the region and this tragic
incident prompted the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) to initiate a
project named Aarogya Poshanam (Health Enhancement Life Project-HELP). The
UNICEF team visited this place recently identified this region as a ‘high
priority area’ to address the child mortality and maternal health issues
following the child malnutrition deaths reported in Attappady. Please follow
the web links below to know more about Attappady and the recent child deaths in
the region.
With warm regards.
Yours sincerely
Siby Tharakan
Director-Mission Projects
St.Thomas Ashram
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Nellippathy, Agali P.O
Nellippathy, Agali P.O
Attappady, Palakkad Dt.Pin-678581
Kerala, India
Ph: +91 4924 254430
Cell: +91 9446029859
Cell: +91 9446029859
E-mail:sibytharakan@gmail.com
Web links on
Attappady child deaths
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Aarogya Poshanam Project-St.Thomas Ashram, Attappady
Aarogya Poshanam Project
(Health Enhancement Life project-HELP)
St.Thomas Ashram, Nellipathi, Agali, Attappady, Palakkad Dt. Kerala, India, Pin-678581
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is celebrating its centenary of re-establishment of Catholicate in India. The star glitter of this celebration is the Aarogya Poshanam Padhathy (Health Enhancement Life project-HELP) started on 2nd June 2013 by Attappady St.Thomas Ashram as a mile stone in its missions.
All the national media have been publishing the news of kids dyeing of malnutrition in different tribal villages of Attappady from April onwards. This invited the nationwide attention to this area. Ministers both from Central and State Governments, and Politicians from various parties visited the area. A Comprehensive Special Development package by the Central and State Governments have been declared for Attappady. Let’s view this as a good initiative.
The problems in Attappady are neither new nor started on a fine morning. Poverty deaths, epidemics and death due to malnutrition are not new to Attappady. All these were there but it was brought to media attention now only. That may be the reason why this problem of the tribals of Attappady has not been included in the mission programmes of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church until recently.
The mission efforts of Bishop Dr. Geevarghese Mar Osthathios are great and it gave a new dimension to the mission programmes of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. Under His Grace, the Church Mission Board and Mission Society had worked selflessly for the underdeveloped communities of North India. Though he went to his heavenly abode, his influence and prayers are leading us even today.
On the situation of repeated child death, the disciples of Bishop Dr. Geevarghese mar Osthathios and the leaders of Church Mission Board, Bishop Dr. Yoohanon Mar Chrisostamos (Chairman),Bishop Dr.Yoohanon Mar Thevodoros ( Co –Chairman) and Fr. K.I Philip Ramban (Director) have taken the initiative under Church Mission Board and Dubai Friends Society to distribute to 400 kids school kits worth Rs.2.5 lakhs on 28th of May 2013 .Following that they visited the Nellippathy village of Attappady were 4 kids died due to malnutrition .The Bishops who came back to St. Thomas Ashram, Attappady discussed on the programmes to be continued there. As a result the Aarogya Poshanam Padhathy (Health Enhancement Life project-HELP) has been formulated.
Initially it was decided to distribute bread, milk and egg to 295 kids of Nellippathy, Bhoothu vazhi (Agali grama Panchayath), Chundukulam and Kottamala tribal villages (Sholayoor Grama Panchayath), as evening meal . Food is being given daily to children below the age of 15 years, pregnant and feeding mothers and old people. Boiled egg and milk are prepared from the Ashram and are brought to the villages and distributed by the volunteers. The programme was inaugurated by Mr. Oommen Chandy,the Chief Minister of Kerala by distributing the kit to 85 kids of Bhootha Vazhi Village. The Chief Minister described the programme as a new initiative among the various social development programmes of Malankara Orthodox Church .
The Aarogya Poshanam Padhathy which started on 2nd of June 2013 has reached a new level on 30th June, 2013 as a major programme giving nutritious food to 500 children in different villages of Attappady. On that day 205 children from Venkadavu (Sholayoor Grama Panchayath), Gudayoor ,karara, and kathirampathi villages (Agali Grama Panchayath) became benefactors of this programme .
“Aarogya Poshanam Project has received wide support from various quarters so far. The Catholicose His Holiness Moran Mar Beselius Marthoma Paulose II has blessed the programme. The Youth of Kalloopara St Mary’s Church under Niranam Diocese contributed Rs.60500, they collected , to the Ashram and for one day joined the distribution programme at Attappady .Fr.Mathew K John, the Kerala Orphanage Association President and the Pampadi Dayara Manager and members of various churches in and around Pampady visited the tribal villages and initiated measures to give necessary egg and milk for 200 kids. The members of the Orthodox Christian Youth Movement(OCYM) from the Diocese of Chenganoor under the leadership of Bishop H.G.Thomas Mar Athanasius visited various villages in Attappady and distributed food provisions and study materials in Vadakke Kadampara, Vellakulam and Thekke Kadampara villages of Sholayoor Grama Panchayath. The Dioceses of Kottayam, Kandanad Kottarakkara –Punaloor, Chenganoor and Ranni-Nilakkal have also promised to participate in the programme.
It is calculated that for a month Rs. 600/- on Rs. 20/- per day and Rs. 7,200/- per annum for a child as the expense for giving the food. The total cost of the project is estimated to be Rs. 40 lakhs (USD 80,000) . So the whole hearted support of all the church members, Institutions, public and well wishers are essential for the success of this programme. This programme which started on 2nd of June 2013 is scheduled to complete by 31st of May 2014.It will be evaluated on a structured basis and if necessary will be extended for another one year to cover other villages of Attappady.
Fr.M.D Yuhanon Ramban (frmdjohn@gmail.com), the Superior of St .Thomas Ashram is the Director (Cell: +91 9447277690) of the programme. Fr.S.Paul is the Treasurer (Cell: +91 9446789602) and Mission Project Director Dr. Siby Tharakan (sibytharakan@gmail.com) is the Project Coordinator (Cell: + 91 9446029859).
All your contributions and valuable suggestions for making this mission successful may please be forwarded to the address below:
Director
Arogya Poshanam Padhathy
St.Thomas Ashramam
Nellipathi,Agali
Palakkad Dt.Pin-678581
Kerala, India
SB A/c No.0287053000013959
A/c Name: “Arogya Poshanam”
South Indian Bank
Goolikkadavu Branch, Palakkad
IFSC Code: SIBL0000287
(Health Enhancement Life project-HELP)
St.Thomas Ashram, Nellipathi, Agali, Attappady, Palakkad Dt. Kerala, India, Pin-678581
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is celebrating its centenary of re-establishment of Catholicate in India. The star glitter of this celebration is the Aarogya Poshanam Padhathy (Health Enhancement Life project-HELP) started on 2nd June 2013 by Attappady St.Thomas Ashram as a mile stone in its missions.
All the national media have been publishing the news of kids dyeing of malnutrition in different tribal villages of Attappady from April onwards. This invited the nationwide attention to this area. Ministers both from Central and State Governments, and Politicians from various parties visited the area. A Comprehensive Special Development package by the Central and State Governments have been declared for Attappady. Let’s view this as a good initiative.
The problems in Attappady are neither new nor started on a fine morning. Poverty deaths, epidemics and death due to malnutrition are not new to Attappady. All these were there but it was brought to media attention now only. That may be the reason why this problem of the tribals of Attappady has not been included in the mission programmes of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church until recently.
The mission efforts of Bishop Dr. Geevarghese Mar Osthathios are great and it gave a new dimension to the mission programmes of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. Under His Grace, the Church Mission Board and Mission Society had worked selflessly for the underdeveloped communities of North India. Though he went to his heavenly abode, his influence and prayers are leading us even today.
On the situation of repeated child death, the disciples of Bishop Dr. Geevarghese mar Osthathios and the leaders of Church Mission Board, Bishop Dr. Yoohanon Mar Chrisostamos (Chairman),Bishop Dr.Yoohanon Mar Thevodoros ( Co –Chairman) and Fr. K.I Philip Ramban (Director) have taken the initiative under Church Mission Board and Dubai Friends Society to distribute to 400 kids school kits worth Rs.2.5 lakhs on 28th of May 2013 .Following that they visited the Nellippathy village of Attappady were 4 kids died due to malnutrition .The Bishops who came back to St. Thomas Ashram, Attappady discussed on the programmes to be continued there. As a result the Aarogya Poshanam Padhathy (Health Enhancement Life project-HELP) has been formulated.
Initially it was decided to distribute bread, milk and egg to 295 kids of Nellippathy, Bhoothu vazhi (Agali grama Panchayath), Chundukulam and Kottamala tribal villages (Sholayoor Grama Panchayath), as evening meal . Food is being given daily to children below the age of 15 years, pregnant and feeding mothers and old people. Boiled egg and milk are prepared from the Ashram and are brought to the villages and distributed by the volunteers. The programme was inaugurated by Mr. Oommen Chandy,the Chief Minister of Kerala by distributing the kit to 85 kids of Bhootha Vazhi Village. The Chief Minister described the programme as a new initiative among the various social development programmes of Malankara Orthodox Church .
The Aarogya Poshanam Padhathy which started on 2nd of June 2013 has reached a new level on 30th June, 2013 as a major programme giving nutritious food to 500 children in different villages of Attappady. On that day 205 children from Venkadavu (Sholayoor Grama Panchayath), Gudayoor ,karara, and kathirampathi villages (Agali Grama Panchayath) became benefactors of this programme .
“Aarogya Poshanam Project has received wide support from various quarters so far. The Catholicose His Holiness Moran Mar Beselius Marthoma Paulose II has blessed the programme. The Youth of Kalloopara St Mary’s Church under Niranam Diocese contributed Rs.60500, they collected , to the Ashram and for one day joined the distribution programme at Attappady .Fr.Mathew K John, the Kerala Orphanage Association President and the Pampadi Dayara Manager and members of various churches in and around Pampady visited the tribal villages and initiated measures to give necessary egg and milk for 200 kids. The members of the Orthodox Christian Youth Movement(OCYM) from the Diocese of Chenganoor under the leadership of Bishop H.G.Thomas Mar Athanasius visited various villages in Attappady and distributed food provisions and study materials in Vadakke Kadampara, Vellakulam and Thekke Kadampara villages of Sholayoor Grama Panchayath. The Dioceses of Kottayam, Kandanad Kottarakkara –Punaloor, Chenganoor and Ranni-Nilakkal have also promised to participate in the programme.
It is calculated that for a month Rs. 600/- on Rs. 20/- per day and Rs. 7,200/- per annum for a child as the expense for giving the food. The total cost of the project is estimated to be Rs. 40 lakhs (USD 80,000) . So the whole hearted support of all the church members, Institutions, public and well wishers are essential for the success of this programme. This programme which started on 2nd of June 2013 is scheduled to complete by 31st of May 2014.It will be evaluated on a structured basis and if necessary will be extended for another one year to cover other villages of Attappady.
Fr.M.D Yuhanon Ramban (frmdjohn@gmail.com), the Superior of St .Thomas Ashram is the Director (Cell: +91 9447277690) of the programme. Fr.S.Paul is the Treasurer (Cell: +91 9446789602) and Mission Project Director Dr. Siby Tharakan (sibytharakan@gmail.com) is the Project Coordinator (Cell: + 91 9446029859).
All your contributions and valuable suggestions for making this mission successful may please be forwarded to the address below:
Director
Arogya Poshanam Padhathy
St.Thomas Ashramam
Nellipathi,Agali
Palakkad Dt.Pin-678581
Kerala, India
SB A/c No.0287053000013959
A/c Name: “Arogya Poshanam”
South Indian Bank
Goolikkadavu Branch, Palakkad
IFSC Code: SIBL0000287
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