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Weʼve raised £500 to help fund charity "ashraya orphanage" that supports young,old, destitute physically and mentally ill people in rural area of andhra pradesh
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Funded on Friday, 19th January 2018
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Where To start- being totally crazy and spontaneous one fine day i gave in to an insanely fit friend's wish to trek mount kilimanjaro, little did i research before signing up and ouch ... you can imagine. Since registering we are joined by another friend who is fitter than us and "Team possible " formed.
kilimanjaro is the tallest free standing mountain in the world standing majestically at height of 20,000ft- it has various climates as we trek upwards starting from rainforest to dry arid weather and at uhru peak totally arctic climate. Temperatures range from +20 degres celsius to -20 degress celsius.
Lemosho route is a 7day trek up the mountain, has a treacherous climb called Baranco wall .The whole seven days we will be living closer to nature with limited facilities and comforts of modernworld .It is an experience of life time .It needs enormous amount of determination and physical as well as mental endurance.
preparing for the trek meant to sacrifice a lot of work time , family time and personal time in training, equipment sourcing and planning . I am grateful to all the friends , family and colleagues who are supporting me in this adventure.
I am looking to raise money to fund a charity called ASRAYA which is local to my native village and where i get to see the direct utilisation of funds for the most needy in society. Please read below for more info and how to donate.
Asraya Meaning shelter- was a project initiated to support the poor and destitute adults and children from the local area.
Anantapur is a district in andhrapradesh which is adversely affected by draught and heat, where temperatures sore to 45 degree Celsius in summer months, with little access to drinking water and exposed to heat these most vulnerable members of society succumb every year.
Farming being the major occupation, with current hostile climate - most of the helpless farmers are taking to streets. children left orphaned due to raising suicide rate among farmers.
Asraya founder being from a local community and highly qualified given up regular job and decided to provide shelter and food to as many people as he could, it has grown with time and with support of local community
I also have a personal interest as my parents have been involved in supporting a 4 yr old SIRI who was just a baby when they first met her.
Asraya also retrieves lifeless bodies of the destitute and provides a proper funeral.
DIGNITY IN LIFE AND DIGNITY IN DEATH is the Motto
Any amount donated will contribute towards building more shelters, providing food and water , medical care and education for the children. The charity is not selective or discriminative of age or gender and aims to support everyone who have been unfortunate to be in this state.
please visit www.asrayahome.org for further information and a small you tube clip- unfortunately its in local language but pictures speak hundred words.
Thank you for your generosity- please include- team possible as a reference if you are transferring funds directly to the account mentioned in the website
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Anonymous
Oct 19, 2017
Akshatha Ranganath
Oct 18, 2017
All the best Sam. Very proud of you.
£25.00
Padma Bhaskar
Oct 18, 2017
Wishing you the very best !
£30.00
Anonymous
Oct 15, 2017
Great work Samatha!
Prathyusha Bachali
Oct 8, 2017
Good luck Samatha akka!!!!
£50.00
Nayana Shekar
Oct 5, 2017
Good luck Samatha....
£20.00
kshamta purohit
Sep 28, 2017
£30.00
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Samatha Chinnakotla
Manchester, United Kingdom
Hi All I am soon setting off on an adventure to conquer Mount KIlimanjaro after a crazy momentary decision made in May this year. I am hoping to raise funds for a local charity where it would be put to greater use.please read through the details below. Thanks Sam