All the 28 beneficiaries of the Wayanad landslide victims were given the raised funds of over £ 100 Ks at Meppady Panchayat hall, Wayanad on 20th November 2024. The local MLA Mr T  Siddique was the chief guest in the brief ceremony and local Panchayat president Mr K Babu presided over the meeting. Mr. Shajan Skariah, Chief editor of Marunadan Malayali & the founding chairman of BMCF, Mr. Soni Chacko, the advisory committee member of BMCF were also in the meeting. Mr. Pankajakshan, director of Santhigram, a local charity in which BMCF implemented the project and the local Panchayat members along with local representative Mr. Ajay were other attendees in the meeting.

This was the single largest fund ever given by British Malayali Charity Foundation along with Marunadan Malayali, an online newspaper based in Kerala India. The BMCF funds were sent through Santhigram, a local charity in India since BMCF was unable to channel the funds due to the restrictions of FCRA regulations in India. An amount of £ 71,600.00 was raised by BMCF through skydiving charity event conducted at Nottingham on 9th September 2024 and this fund was transferred to Santhigram’s bank a/c which realised in the tune of Rs. 77,44,000.00..

Also, a separate campaign was run by Marunadan Malayali to raise funds in India and an Rs. 36,26,251.36 received in Santhigram’s bank a/c including the receipt of Rs. 21,361.00 in director’s Google pay a/c in India. A grand total fund of Rs. 11,370,251.36 was raised/transferred and out of which Rs.1,12,000,00.00 given to 28+1 landslide victims. 

Out of the remaining Rs. 1,70,251.36 from the above, BMCF trust decided to send another £ 1,250.00 ( Rs. 1,25,000.00) to utilise the remaining funds to support 5 bright but financially backward nursing students in Kerala , India and also to organise some medicines for the affected poor people in the Wayanad tragedy.

From the total balance amount of Rs. 2,95,251.36, it was decided to support 5 nursing students with Rs.50,000.00 each to the total amount of Rs. 2,50,000.00 and the remaining balance fund of Rs. 45,251.36 earmarked to buy medicines.

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Benoy Augustin (49) from Belfast suddenly passed away in the morning of 7th November 2024. He was suffering with pancreas related health problems for some time and was not able to work. He will be sorely missed and survived by his wife Shiny, his son, two daughters, his parents back at home and a sister. Benoy is from Moolamattom, Kottayam dist., Kerala, India. Due to his ill health Shiny was the sole bread winner for the family for sometime. Their rented home and all the family expenses were met with her income. Shiny and their children wants to do the funeral close to them and they are requesting for financial assistance from kind hearts. BMCF is very greatful to all for the responses we recieved for our appeals in emergency and we urge you to help this family in whatever ways you can. Please donate by clicking on this link and please do not forget to give consent to reclaim gift aid if you are eligible. Income from your Jobs are normally eligible to claim gift aid as it is taxed. Every £ 1.00 you donate will get enhanced to another £ 0.25 by reclaiming the gift aid from HMRC and all the fund of your donations including gift aid ( 125%) will directly go into the hand of beneficiaries after a very nominal fee of ( 3 to 4% ) fundraising platform. 

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Many people are missing and the rescue operations are still undergoing while we issue the appeal as numbers of human remains are recovering from the debris. The natural disaster struck in such an unimaginable scale that the Indian army has been called in to assist the rescue operations as many inhabitants of the village is still unaccountable as the dead bodies had been found kilometres away in rivers due to powerful landslide. The army had to erect a temporary bridge to connect the isolated Mundakkai village as the bridge was destroyed in the backlash of the floods.  It has been reported as the largest landslide as Kerala State  ever  has seen in the history. Killed over 500 as per the available latest report  and almost three villages in Wayanad District known as Mundakai, Chooralmala and Mepady are washed off completely leaving the fertile land left with just muds and rocks.

BMCF trustees took an immediate decision to issue an emergency appeal and further course of action including the distribution of funds will be decided later once the full scale of casualties /damages made available.

The trustees urged everyone to come together to support theiy fraternity in Kerala same like they did during 2018 Kerala floods appeal as an overwhelming amount of Rs. 88.00 lakhs raised and given to the Govt. of Kerala for rehabilitation purposes.

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While he has shown his courage and enthusiasm in reporting the news to support the oppressed ones in the society, he has now come forward to give a hand to the poor nursing students by taking up a physical challenge also. Shajan has already been working in the society by helping the underprivileged and deprived and he wants to make a positive impact in their lives by pursuing  english version of charity wherein the fundraiser always needs to do something like a run or any other physical activities to raise funds. The nursing profession has made a very prosperous change in the financial equation of Kerala as many struggling families have been able to have a better life with economic stability. The keralaites were always in the forefront to grab every available opportunities around the globe including UK for the high demand of nurses. Not only they were able to settle well around the world but their families in Kerala also benefitted from their overseas jobs. 

British Malayali Charity Foundation had conducted these events previously as well and hundreds of nursing students were  supported financially out of the funds raised. 

There are many people from several walks of life such as priest, businessman & woman, doctors and young students of 16 have joined the team of skydivers, which is scheduled to be held at Langar, Nottingham, England on Sunday, 8th September 2024. There are few more places available if anyone wish to jump and please contact at [email protected] 

Please support Mr. Shajan Skariah in his noble attempt to wipe out the tears of many by clicking onto the following link. If you are paying from UK and eligible, please give consent to claim gift aid from UK govt as every £ 1 you donate to get enhanced ced to another £ 0.25 by reclaiming the gift aid. If your earnings are salary paid, you are normally eligible as this provision is only for registered charities such as BMCF. Please do not give consent to claim for gift aid if you are paying from outside UK. 

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As a successful businesswomen, Shinu Mathews  from Bolton, England hailing from Ayarkkunnam, Kottayam is also one of the skydiving challenger this year.
Apart from her busy schedule of  business ventures and other social commitments, she came forward again  in supporting each others to overcome the various crisis being faced by the fraternity. She said instead of  settling with a better life and resources in overseas, it is her passion and desire to help underprivileged and downtrodden brothers and sisters in Kerala, India who struggle to cope with their daily life due to life threatening diseases and financial difficulties. This is the second time Shinudoes  the skydiving apart from the three peak charity challenge undertook in 2018.  She was able to complete her skydiving challenge in 2017 by raising a considerable amount of fund, which paved the way for better education of financially unsound nursing students.

Please support Shinu by clicking on the following link:

https://www.kindlink.com/fundraising/British-Malayali-CharityFoundation/shinumathew

Fr. George Puthur is a strong supporter of British Malayali Charity Foundation and  took part in 2017 skydiving challenge with raising a considerable sum of fund.

Fr. George is a well known household name in UK amongst the community due to his extra -spiritual activities in the field  healing and evolving the the people’s lives through various teachings. His motivational and inspirational speech has changed the lives of many and he lives in a very modest way amongst English community with a great bondness with Malayali fraternity. His slight physical disability, which occured due to the polio disease  in the childhood, never was a hinderance in undertaking challenges such as skydiving to support the poor people across the world. He hail from Kochara , Kumaly , the high range district of Idukki, Kerala, India.

Please support Fr.Geeorge by clicking the following link:

https://www.kindlink.com/fundraising/British-Malayali-Charity-Foundation/frgeorgeputhoor

Dr. Angela from North Wales is also participant in the skydiving event as she thinks education is the powerful instrument in combating poverty and deprivation in the society. As a doctor herself Angela has been in the forefront to support others through various charity works throughout her life. She has the full support and inspiration from her husband Ashik and Angela hopes to raise a substantial amount of money through skydiving.

She has been living in UK with her 2 years old son and husband and she has come forward in the challenge despite of her hectic work and family busy life to support others. Let us give our support by giving whatever way we can by clicking the following link;

https://www.kindlink.com/fundraising/British-Malayali-Charity-Foundation/angelasteffi

Kayal Restaurants, the heart of Traditional Kerala Cuisine in England is thrilled to announce their participation in the British Malayali Charity Foundation’s 2024 charity skydiving event! This year, their passionate Founder, Jaimon Vanchinthanam, on behalf of Kayal team and operation directors will be taking the plunge to support underprivileged nursing students and others in need in Kerala.

Please support Jaimon by clicking the below link

https://www.kindlink.com/fundraising/British-Malayali-Charity-Foundation/jaimon

The youngest participant of BMCF Skydiving 2024 challenge is Noel Sabu from Manchester. 16 year old Noel is the son of BMCF chairman Sabu Sebastian Chundakattil and they are from the native of Athirampuzha, Kottayam dist. Kerala. His inspiration is mum Smitha as Noel thinks that he and his family has been able to achieve a better life in UK due to Smitha’s profession as a nurse as she was able to train in India. Now, as a young teenager he wants to give a hand to his elder nursing students fraternity in India to complete their training as nurses. Hence, he was waiting all the way to become the legal age limit of 16 to kick start  his social and charitable works  followed by the footsteps of his dad Sabu. Now, let us encourage this young boy’s motivation and dedication by clicking on the following link:

https://www.kindlink.com/fundraising/British-Malayali-Charity-Foundation/noelsabu

Another young talent  taking part in the event is 18 years old Stefan Holms Skariah, the son of founding chairman of British Malayali Charity Foundation & Managing Editor of MarunadanMalayali, Mr ShajanSkariah and Olympian Bobby Aloysius.  Stefan with his mum and siblings migrated to UK couple of years ago to fulfill the dream of Bobby to utilise the vast sporting opportunities in UK for her children, the same way she got years ago. Stefan has completed his +2 before migrating to UK and have secured a place in AI in one of the great universities in England. Stefan wanted to follow the footsteps of his dad, Shajan, who not only a free and fair journalist but has been in the humanitarian field assisting the people with financial difficulties. It is Shajan, who took initiative in forming British Malayali Charity Foundation alongside his media works through British Malayali online news. Stefan’s attempt has been greatly appreciated by the local Malayali community in Telford and across Britain and expect to raise an overwhelming fund to support aspiring nursing students in Kerala, India. Please support Stefan by clicking the following link:

https://www.kindlink.com/fundraising/British-Malayali-Charity-Foundation/stefanshajan

23 years old Beffin Jose is the another young participant in the charity skydiving event. Apparently, he is the son of charity foundation’s secretary and also known as Angel from Belfast, Biji Jose.  Biji has earmarked a lion share of her lifetime for the needy people around her. As her son, Beffin has always the natural instinct to support others, which he see in his everyday life through his benevolent mum. In other words, this is charity family as one person alone cannot do humanitarian works without the support of others in the family. They set aside their own priorities and find out  time and energy to the needs of others, who are struggling to cope with their daily life due to limited resources. Beffin is a mechanical engineer aspiring to become a pilot in the future. Beffin is excited to merge his technical expertise with his passion for aviation. He wantz to fundraise for charity because he believes in making a tangible difference in the lives of those in need. Beffin  says supporting charitable causes is a way to contribute positively to his community and beyond, addressing critical issues like poverty, education, and healthcare. By raising funds, he thinks he  can help provide essential resources and opportunities to those who might not otherwise have them, fostering a sense of hope and empowerment.

https://www.kindlink.com/fundraising/British-Malayali-Charity-Foundation/beffin-jose

The challenge is open to all public from the age of 16 but to some maximum weight restrictions.. The trust is planning to conduct the event with the participation of at least 30 people, who will be flying high sky at a height upto 13500 ft. for a free fall skydiving at Langer, Nottingham.Many people including the trustees, business persons & a priest  have already come forward to participate and if anyone wishes to participate, please contact at [email protected].

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