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"It is better to provide education to a poor person than to build a thousand temples" - Tamil poet Avvaiyar - 100 B. C. |
We use the donations to buy sewing machines, pay school and college fees etc. Our services are done in Tamil Nadu, in the southern part of India. Our charity projects are mostly done in the town Tuticorin, and in the nearby village of Pudukottai. Our achievements to-date: * Paid teachers salaries for 3 years at Imayam High School * Donated money for student lunches for 3 years * Bought 2 sets of uniforms for 2 years, for the school children * Bought sewing machines for 37 women and 1 man. * Bought 42 goats, and 2 cows for poor women * Paid a semester college fees for three young women. * Paid medical college fees for a disabled young man for 4 semesters * Bought 3 cycles, 1 rickshaw and 1 commercial grinder * In 2005, we collected 2000 dollars for tsunami relief and bought 10 fishing nets for the fishermen * Helped build a principal's office and library at Imayam School * Bought 2 new computers for the school * Built a science lab. at Imayam School * We collected 700 dollars for tsunami orphans in Sri Lanka. Dr. Clubwalla of New York helped with purchases of clothes, shoes and books for the children in the Sri Lanka orphanages. * Have sent 10 American volunteers to work at Imayam School to teach conversation English. Our volunteers worked at the school for 3 - 4 weeks * Donated 100 shade trees to the school * Bought 3 milk cows for the school children * Paid bonuses to teachers since the salaries are very low, and our finances are limited * Bought over 500 books for the Imayam School library * Donated lego, mechano sets, scrabble, chess and other education games to the school *Donated dictionaries to all the children * Donated art supplies like canvases, acrylic paints, stencils, crayoons, and brushes * Bought Indian musical instruments - harmonium, tabla etc. for the school |
| Our donors in the United States are from all parts of the United States of America and India Some Oracle employees at their Denver facility had a luncheon and collected money for our charity. Many donors chose to donate to us in lieu of Christmas gifts for their friends. We thank all our donors for their generosity, and want them to know that 100% of their money is being spent for the benefit of the poor. |
| Kolam Charitable Foundation, Inc. 6213-A Kahiliholo Road Kilauea, HI. 96754 |
| We are a Kauai based, tax exempt non-profit organization, and our name is Kolam Charitable Foundation, Inc. Our organization was started in 2004 by a few women who wanted to help the very poor and disadvantaged people in third world countries. We help a poor school run by Imayam Trust. Imayam Trust is a nonprofit entity. |
The Goals of our organization is to provide in third world countries: * Vocational training for marketable technical skills. * School and college tuition. * Providing tools and equipment to make a living. * Providing livestock to make a living – goats and cows. * Providing basic medical assistance with eyeglasses and other implements. |
| Kolam: The art of drawing with dots, curves and lines. It is done near the front entry of the home every morning with rice flour. The purpose of this art is to feed the ants and insects. The Tamil people have done it for at least two thousand years. The Kolam art is done by women in the family, and is passed on from mother to daughter, and there are very few published books to teach this art. A few ladies clubs have compiled lists of kolams. Girls learn to make the kolams at a very young age. Rice flour is trickled between the thumb and index finger in a steady stream and the designs are created. Each family has its own collection of Kolams that are recorded in notebooks. Friends share kolams with each other. |
Kolam Charitable Foundation, Inc. 6213-A Kahiliholo Road Kilauea, HI. 96754 |
