When a total amount of £ 16,340.00 raised through kindlinkplatform,an amount of £ 3,194.00 gained through gift aid £ 1,280.00 received directly into the bank a/c. Kindlink deduction works out to be £ 814,00 and the rest of £ 20,000.00 earmarked to Jibin, which was decided to hand over in two instalment of £ 10,000.00 each. The trustees had decided to give £ 19,600.00 initially and announced accordingly but another £ 400.00 received after closing the appeal which added into the hand over fund to make it to £ 20,000.00

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The general public including various local community contributed overwhelmingly to the appeal issued by the foundation and a whopping amount of over £ 30 Ks donated. 

Since BMCF is a registered charity with charity commission, England & Wales, 25% gift aid also given to the donations by the HMRC. When an amount of £ 30,908.00 raised through kindlink, giftaid  expected from HMRC is £  4409.75.  £ 1,996.00 received directly into the Bank a/c and kindlink fee £ 1,236.50 deducted by the platform before sending the proceeds to charity’s bank a/c.  In the meantime trustees decided to make the appeal amount a round figure  of £  36,100.00 by adding £ 22.75 from general fund. 

This is the 4th largest fund collected and distributed by British Malayali Charity Foundation, which is formed years ago by the  great visionary ShajanSkariah ( Managing editor, Marunadan Malayali)with a view to give comfort and care to the Malayali fraternity in UK whenever they are in utter dismay and need for support. BMCF is a public community charity of keralaites run by trustees across UK and our each and every policies and programs are drafted and implemented only after necessary consultation with the wider community and updated through our online news portal.   The decisions are made after elaborate discussions weighting the prones and cones of the cases/appeals gained through  the public debate and opinion.   

It is needles but to mention that the  UK Malayali community has shown a great trust and  confidence in BMCF by generously supporting to its appeals issued from time to time. 

It has been BMCF ‘s  long policy to distribute the raised fund equally to the surviving family members in the event of overwhelming support with a substantial amountin the event of any unforeseen situation wherein other dependants are not being looked after well in the future. The genorisity and kindness of the general public was overwhelming in this appeal due to  the overall situation of the affected family including the age and number of very young children as dependants, which is a major factor behind flooding unexpected volume of over £ 30 Ks

In view of our above adapted policy,  the BMCF trust will be  distributing the overall Sanju Appeal fund of £ 36,100.00 to SeethuSanju in the tune of : £ 21,100.00 and the rest £15,000.00 to the 3xchildren.

Also, this years’ local local charity support is given to Northern Irelan’s charity. St.Vincent de Paul and ClonardMonastry in Belfast  received together and amount of  £ 750.00, which issued in two different cheques of £ 500.00 and £ 250.00 The cheques were handed over to the charities by the Secretary Biji Jose at Belfast. These organisations are always in the forefront to support people without houses including migrants who struggle to survive in their day today lives. The fund was taken from the general fund.

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An application was received from ClinsmanBabu and wife Reny from Northampton requesting us to support them in their crucial stage wherein their 4 years old son diagnosed with blood cancer and their newborn baby also had some medical complications. The trustees decided to support the family by allowing to use # 1,000.0 750.00 from general fund.

It was with heavy heart that Mrs. Seethu Sebastian from Essex, England  had to send an application to BMCF seeking for financial assistance as she was in a state of profound shock and despair. Untimely and very unfortunate sudden demise of her loving husband Sanju left her with no choice but to seek the help of others from the community. Sanju (39) was an active young father of three lovely children aged 7 years, 3 years and the youngest one is only 6 months. He collapsed and died of a heart attack while he was playing much loved cricket. Sanju is from Palakkad, Kerala and Seethu is from Pala. They were having and happy and joyful family life when suddenly this tragedy happened. Being in the UK for only 4 years they were surviving on nursing and caring jobs.. Not being from a finacially sound family background, Seethu  requested for  financial help for the repatriation of Sanjusremains and related expenses. Biritish Malayali ChairtyFoundation  expressed their gratitude to its supporters for the wonderful support they provide every time when some one is in need. So far the ‘Sanju Appeal’ generated over £33 Ks and expected to receive more friends even though the appeal is officially closed

It is also a policy of BMCF to show the solidarity and the support to the local community in UK, wherein the Malayali community integrated  and settled well. As  a token of BMCFs appreciation and understanding to the local community in UK, this year’s local charity support is given to St. Vincent De Paul Charities in Belfast with an amount of £ 750.00

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Divya Sijo arrived in UK last year same like everyone dreaming a better life for her family and bagun her career as a staff nurse at Bath hospital. Divya hail from Kayamkulam in Kerala and her dreams were shattered in the form of life threatening disease of luekemia, which diagnosed within an year of her arrival. She has her husband and two young children and now they are struggling to cope up with the unexpected twist in their life and fell into the financial difficulty also due to the sudden illness of the main bread winner of the family. Husband is unable to go for work since he has to look after his hospitalised wife along with two small children. .Life can take unexpected turns in our lives. While most of us are in the festive mood, a lot of them among us are not. Constant worry about their health and the financial implications due to their ill health is ruining their lives. When Divya came to UK exactly an year ago, her dreams were to build a stable life here and support her parents and in laws back home. Everything turned upside down with diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. Only in work for les than an year, she is only qualified for full sick pay for couple of months. Divya and her family do not know how to maneuver around the difficult corner in their life at the moment. Being ill with two very small kids means her husband can not work to earn any living for the family. We fellow human beings can help them at their difficulty. Divya is very hopeful that she can get back to life after good treatments here. What more good we can do than helping a person who is in desperate need of our help. British Malayali Charity Foundation is thankful to its contributors the generosity they have shown towards our recent appeal. We are hopeful that your generosity will help Divya and family to get back to their lives. Let us be hopeful and keep them in our prayers during this special time of the year.

In the meantime, charity has concluded the ‘Bobbin Appeal’ with an approx. fund raised of 11,600 pounds. The exact figure will be released once the gift aid also received from HMRC. An interim relief of 5000 pounds transferred to the family upon their request to meet the repatriation expenses.

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The above said appeal was issued in order to support people affected by the landslide and floods, which occurred during to the month of Octiber 2021 in   Koottickal, Yenthayar, & Kokkayar regions of Mundakkayam in Kottayam district. A total fund of Rs. 18,00,000.00 equivalent of about £ 18,000.00 given to the beneficiaries of above appeal in a brief function organised at Panchayat Hall at Koottickal, Mundakkayam, Kerala on 14th April 2022. The function was presided over by the local MLA Mr. Sebastian kulathumkal and inaugurates by Mr. Roshy Augustine, Minister for water resources, govt of Kerala. 

The public function was started at 03.00 pm with a prayer followed by the welcome speech by Ms. Mini Mohan, Chairperson of AWAS and she appreciated the support and cooperation extended by the people for identifying the most vulnerable people for this support. She also welcomed all the dignitaries, chief guests and beneficiaries for the program.  Mr. Sebastian Kulathungal MLA  narrated about the severity of the disaster and the journey it took forward since then during his presidential address. This was followed by the introductory speech of Mr. Shajan Skariah, editor of Marunadan Malayali. He explained how AWAS and BMCF took its shape and briefly explained their activities done so far for supporting the people in distress. He emphasized the money collected is purely the result of generosity of the readers of British Malayali/ Marunadan Malayali and reminded the beneficiaries to use it wisely. The meeting was officially inaugurated by lighting the lamp by Mr. Roshi Augustin, Hon’ Minister of Kerala for Water Resources and other distinguished guests.  He appreciated the efforts and commitment of AWAS and BMCF for supporting the survivors of the landslide and flood in this region. He pointed out the importance of charitable organizations such as AWAS and BMCF while addressing issues related to natural calamities and also said the government machinery alone cannot do much without the  support of such organizations. The gathering felicitated Mr. Shijo Mathew and Mr. Justin George for their outstanding efforts they took for rescuing the flood affected Kootickal residents during the disaster. The Minister handed over mementos to them as a token of appreciation. The Minister officially handed over the cheques to the beneficiaries.  Mr. P S Sajimon, President of Kootickal Gramapanchayat appreciated both AWAS and BMCF for identifying the most deserving families for giving the financial assistance. Mrs. Jessy Jose, Vice President of Kootickal panchayat, Mrs. Sindhu Muraleedharan and Mr. K N Vinod, Members of Kootickal panchayat, also addressed the gathering. 

Mr. Sony Chacko, Trustee, BMCF and Mr. Tomichan Kozhuvanal, Trustee and former chairman of BMCF were also present in the inaugural function. The meeting was concluded at 05.30 pm with the vote of thanks and gratitude by Mr. Shaji Lukose, Trustee and former chairman of BMCF and national anthem. 

All 24 beneficiaries received their share of funds jointly raised by BMCF and Awas  through “Christmas New Year 2022” in brief function organised at Panchayat Hall at Koottickal, Mundakkayam, Kerala. BMCF raised an amount of £ 6,027.00 from the public and used £ 2,973.00 from its general fund. Out of £6,027, an amount of £ 4,946.00 received from fundraising platform of Kindlink and £ 1,081.00 directly from bank a/c.    The BMCF fund was given to 22 beneficiaries and £ 500.00 each were given to 10 most needed ones and £ 300.00 each to 12 others.  The Awas also raised Rs.9,00,000.00 and distributed their share accordingly. 

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