Empower 240 children and adults with disabilities

Thanks to your kind support, we have raised nearly $9,000 so far to support the youngest that live with us. We really appreciate your contributions.

Your donations support many children, including a young boy called Kevin. Kevin came to the Infants Home as a baby in 2016 with his mother. His mother also lives at Prithipura and is employed as a Carer. Along with his friends Ashu and Poorne, Kevin recently moved onto our residential school, Cotagala School, where he can further develop independent living skills as well as attending school full-time.

Cotagala School, as with all our locations, has a philosophy of nurture and caring and allowing each person the chance to find things that they are good at and contribute in their own way to the daily life of where they live. Kevin and his friends will get the chance to take part in many activities in addition to the traditional school subjects. Extra-curricular activities include art, music, sport and dancing and they will also learn important skills for life such as looking after themselves, cooking, gardening, farming and much more besides!

We are delighted with the progress Kevin has made over the last few years. He has certainly benefitted from remaining close to his mother as well as receiving specialist care and therapeutic support at the Infants Home. We are sure that he and his friends will continue to thrive at Cotagala School.

We are also relieved that despite these worrying times, all those who live with us, including our youngest, continue to remain happy, safe and well. Having been on lockdown for several months, we had slowly been relaxing our restrictions that had been put in place to shield those who would be vulnerable to COVID-19. However, in the last two weeks, there has been a large cluster identified close to the Infants Home. As such, we remain extremely cautious and very careful with the measures we have in place to protect the vulnerable who live with us.  

If you would like to continue to support us, please do consider setting up a small regular donation to help with essential running costs – support which is much needed due to the COVID-19 pandemic:

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Like us, we hope you are continuing to keep safe and well during this challenging time. Thank you once again for your support!

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The last few months have seen a dramatic change to the lives of people all over the world due to the COVID 19 pandemic, and this is also true for all of us at Prithipura Communities. We have been on lockdown for 3 months now – no-one is entering in or leaving our premises and all our essentials are being delivered. We are pleased to report that we remain healthy, happy and safe. This includes the babies and toddlers who live with us, who continue to grow and thrive.

Our days continue with the usual routines and there is always time for fun and laughter. Our youngest have particularly enjoyed splashing around in the pool on a sunny morning and they have also got creative in the schoolroom with Priyanka, our nursery teacher.

We can’t go out but have celebrated birthdays and key religious festivals on-site and ensured that everyone is included. This week, Eleesha turned two and we celebrated with a party and cake for everyone. Eleesha came to the Infants Home as a small baby and her carers are delighted at her continued progress.

Prithipura Communities has always had a spirit of togetherness and this has been enhanced by the current crisis. Our team of carers do what they do to care for and protect the vulnerable. They are aware more than ever of how vital their work is. They support those they care for as well as each other. Daily acts of kindness and helping each other will ensure we continue to thrive.

A drop in local donations that provided our daily needs such as food, medicines, and other essentials has been very worrying, but we have been heartened with the support for this that has come from far and wide. So far, we have weathered the storm both health-wise and financially and we remain ever thankful for this. We know that many of you have already donated to our COVID-19 appeal. If you would like to contribute towards our essential costs for June, you can do so here:

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Thank you for your donations as well as your kind words of support – it means the world to us.

Links:

• Prithipura Communities Newsletter 2020