By Janet Preethy | Project Leader
Greetings to our loyal supporters! I wish I could write with better news, but new regulations in India are making it temporarily impossible for Global Giving to disburse to us the donations we have received, and it is likely to be well into next year before they are able to do so. So for the time being, we have not been able to get started with the tree replanting. We are actively looking for other ways to raise funds to help the farmers struggling to recover, but have not yet been successful.
We have, however, managed to raise enough funds locally to purchase some saplings that we gave to children at the Siruganur School to plant, and have been busy getting ready for International Day of Disabled Persons December 1. And I have been fortunate enough to participate in several Global Giving and Google workshops that have taught me a lot about how to use the funds that we can access as efficiently as possible.
I will let you know right away when Global Giving is able to release your donations, or when we are able to secure a grant elsewhere. In the meantime, we will be thinking about ways we may be able to mobilize volunteer activities to help the farmers to at least get their land cleared so they can be ready to replant when the time comes.
Thank you so much for your past generosity. We are doing everything we can to try to make you proud to have supported us.
With heartfelt best wishes --
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