Charity crosses the milestone of £ 200000.00 (In Rs. 2 Crores); 58 individuals/7 institutions benefits; the great story of UK Malayalis’ compassion and empathy continues…
It is an important landmark in the history of UK Malayalis’ social commitment and dedication through our charity by giving away an amount of over £ 200000.00 in order to wipe out the tears of many suffered from hardships and miseries of life. The supporters and the team members of the charity can be proud of themselves since this has been achieved without incurring much expenses rather than spending a tiny amount for audit/bank charges… Unlike other charities registered in U.K, it is seldom to find charities such as BMCF operating very transparently with nominal expenses and publishing all the details of transactions/bank statements both in ‘British Malayali’ news portal and website.
Right from the inception in 2012, the charity has been able to help 58 families to fight against their loved ones’ life threatening diseases/emergency situations along with 7 institutions/groups for the common causes through 24 appeals. Its journey began with the assistance of £ 9237.00 to Ms. Ashby, a student nurse in September 2012 for the treatment of her kidneys… While a total amount of £ 198524.55 were collected from U.K donors, an amount equal to £ 3000.00( Rs. 3 lacs) was given by a U.K philanthropist and businessman in India thereby a grand total amount of £ 201524.55 were distributed by the charity so far..A total amount of £ 204461.46 has been collected by the charity during this period including the money generated through virgin money and an amount of £ 5936.97 has been set aside in general fund to meet the resources for emergency funds, if any. It is pertinent to note that merely £ 1364.00 was spent all these years for running the charity, that also for bank/audit/website fees.
The charity, headed and run by the Chairman Francis Antony & Secretary Sabu Chundakattil has 13 trustees altogether and mode of operation is very simple and transparent. Each and every applications received are gone through stringent verification by the trustees before short listing and thorough investigations/enquires via local predominant personalities such as Panchayat Presidents/Local Priests etc. Regular follow-ups are carried out even after the disbursement of funds to the eligible beneficiaries to ensure that the funds are used properly for the reasons applied/sought
Summary of cases/projects undertaken by BMCF up to ‘Onam Appeal 2015’
| Case No | Month&Year | Fund/Appeal Name (Beneficiary & details) | Fund Handed Over In £ |
| I | Sept 2012 | 1.Ashby Fund (Ashby John), U.KKidney Transplantation, Dialysis, Renal Treatment | 9237.00 |
| II | Oct 2012 | 2.Baiju Fund (Baiju George, Kothamangalam), Treatment for Necrotic Pancreatis and Bilateral Pleural Effusion | 13330.75 |
| III | Dec 2012 | 3.NICU (ICH Kottayam) –To Procure and install four Pulse Oxymeter | 3475.00 |
| IV | Mar 2013 | ‘Kidney Appeal’
8.Rakesh babu – for Kidney trans.& Dialysis
10.Joy Ulhannan- for Kidney trans & Dialysis |
5555.00
5555.00 3703.00 4320.00 3086.00 4320.00 1234.00 |
| V | Feb 2013 | 11.Pushpa Fund -Repatriation | 4220.00 |
| VI | April 2013 | 12.Jawahar Fund -Repatriation | 4000.00 |
| May 2013 | Kidney Federation of India (fr. Chiramel)Submitted more than 300 organ donor application to NHS during BM award night | No fund involved | |
| VII | June 2013 | 13.Uttarkhand Fund ( Chief Minister’s relief fund to help for people affected by floods & land slides ) | 2658.00 |
| Case No | Month&Year | Fund/Appeal Name (Beneficiary & deails) | Fund Handed Over In £ |
| VIII | July 2013 | 14.Albert Fund (Albert Xavier) Treatment for backbone, Hep. B | 5905.80 |
| IX | Aug2013 | 15.Vijay Fund ( Repatriation purpose) | 4000.00 |
| X | Sept 2013 | 16.Paily Fund (Joseph Paily –Treatment for cancer | 7283.00 |
| XI | Nov 2013 | 17.Antony Nolan Trust (Blood cancer charity,UK) | 1000.00 |
| XII | Jan 2014 | 18.Aakash Appeal ( Treatment for Haemophilia, 8 year old boy) | 5165.00 |
| XIII | Jan 2014 | 19.Ibrahim Appeal (Family support- Fund handed over to his wife in U.K) | 3500.00 |
| XIV | Feb 2014 | 20.D .Sundaran (Repatriation- Fund handed over to wife in UK) | 1000.00 |
| XV | March2014 | 21.T.J Joseph Appeal | 1555.00 |
| XVI | May 2014 | May Appeal22.Thomas Mathew-Trtmnt for cancer
23.Sridevi- support for house building 24.Nikhil – heart patient 25.Jalaja- Trtmnt for cancer 26.Shaji- Trtment for kidney |
3250.00
3250.00 2000.00 3250.00 3250.00 |
| XVII | July 2014 | July Appeal 27.Shibi-Trtmnt for kidney
28.Regimon- heart patient 29.Nidhin- Child 30.Mathew George-kidney trtment 31.Abel -Child |
2250.00
1500.00 2250.00 1000.00 2250.00 |
| XVIII | September 2014 | Onam Appeal ( Amount of additional Rs. 3 lakhs given in India- each Rs. 75 thousand)32.Remya –kidney trtmnt
33.Narayanan 34.Sivanand(child)
|
2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 |
| XIX | October 2014 | 36.Biju Augustine Fund (Repatriation –Fund handed over to his wife in U.K) | 4000.00 |
| XX | November 2014 | November Appeal37.Dec(Ebola)
38.Diabetics uk |
1250.00
1250.00 |
| XX1 | Dec 2014 | Christmas Appeal 2014 39.Tanya Binoy , 16 yrs. bonmarrow
40.Atual ramanan 15 yrs. Kidney treatment 41.Jeevan Deepak, Treatmnt for Lukamea 42.Tina Johnson, Chrones Ulcer (student) 43.Ajimon, liver diseases 44.ramachandran, Trtmnt for cancer 45.Bindu Baby, Treatment for brain tumor
47.Ravindran, Tretment for lung cancer
53 Naiby Thomas
|
3000.00
3000.00 3000.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 1150.00 1050.00 1050.00 1050.00 1050.00 1050.00 |
| XXII | March 2015 | 54.‘Easter Appeal’ (Support to ‘Gandhibhavan) | 11472.00 |
| XXIII | May 2015 | 55.’Nepal Appeal’‘ (Support to people in Nepal affected by earthquake) | 11500.00 |
| XXIV | Aug 2015 | ‘ Onam Appeal 2015’56.‘Anagha 8th std student for blood cancer trmtnt
|
1350.00
1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 |
| Total (in £)Fund received in India for ‘Onam appeal 2014’
Approx Grand Total (in £ ) |
198524.55Rs.3,00,000.00
201524.55 |