Rev. Dr. Fr.
John Alwyn Dais
B.A;M.A; Ph.D President
Rev. Dr. Fr.
Paul Melwyn D’osuza B.A;M.A; Ph.D
Vice President
Rev. Fr.
Maxim Dsilva
B.A; B.Ed; M.Ed
Secretary
Rev. Fr.
Vijesh Loyed Menezes
B.Com; MBA
Treasurer
Rev. Fr. Elvin Santa Lopes
B.A; DJMC
Member
Rev. Fr. Arun
Lobo B.A; PGDHRM;M.S.W
Member
Rev. Dr. Fr. Sathish Fernandes
B.A; M.Sc; PGDHRM; ;M.A; M.S.W
Member
Rev. Fr. Vinod Mascarenhas, B.A;L.L.B;M.A; M.S.W
Member
Rev. Fr. Vincent D’souza
B.A;M.A; M.S.W
Member
Knowledge indeed transforms the children
but the proper environment and the basic facilities in imparting the education
enables the children all the more to be the best.
Vimukti Trust® Pothnal is making a
difference by prioritizing in support of the children to obtain a decent
education with the right environment.
COME LET’S JOIN OUR HANDS FOR THIS
GREAT CAUSE BY BRINGING SMILES UPON THEIR FACES MAKING THEM OUR OWN CHILDREN IN
SUPPORT OF THEM.
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Join your hands with Vimukti Charitable Trust® A Social
Action Initiatives of Capuchins …
We Rise by lifting others. A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal. This little
child is on a verge of loosing her both kidneys, in spite of all difficulties
wants to study. Your kind help would mean a great blessing to this child. Let us
pray for her and contribute in whatever way we can. God bless us all.
Vimukti
Pothnal Celebrated Easter with migrant families- “the great gift of Easter is
HOPE”: “The
best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others”- Mahatma
Gandhi Vimukti Pothnal organized the "joy of giving" activity in an
Endeavour to make Easter celebration special and reached out to the 150 migrate
families at pothnal on 8th of April 2023, Saturday. Easter festival makes us
join with our brethren in doing little something extra for someone. It is joy,
for giving and sharing, for laughter, for coming together with less privileged
families and children. Easter is an important time for us to not only reflect on
God’s love, but to share His love with those around us through our concrete
actions. Vimukti always believes in saying “great opportunities to help others
seldom come, but small ones surround us every day,” with this motto vimukti
celebrates Easter along with migrant poor families who have traveled from
different states in search of jobs and staying in the temporary tents. On this
occasion we distributed stationery items, like notebooks, pens, tooth brush,
tooth paste, washing soaps, clothes for children etc., encouraging, and
motivating parents to send their little children to continue their education. On
this occasion children and parents were distributed a sumptuous meal and a
health checkup was organized. Nearly 275 stakeholders benefited from this
program.
Creating
awareness about Health check-up through Health check-ups camps: Vimukti Pothnal Vimukti
Health for all programs ensure that everyone stays healthy. To do that, we
organize health checkup camps in remote rural villages. So far hundreds of
patients have benefited and the trend does not stop here. We have plans to go
the extra mile with these health checkups soon. Our health staff nurse provides
consultation and health awareness sessions on various topics. Women and children
came to the health checkup with complaints of abdomen pain, cough, headache,
fever, skin diseases, etc. the staff nurse advised the patients that such
problems were seen due to not paying attention to personal hygiene, and not
drinking sufficient water. further she guided the parents and children who came
to the camp for check-ups to pay more attention to food and hygiene rather than
medicine. Nearly 75 women and children received free health checkups and free
medicines.
Vimukti
support to Transforming the lives of special challenged children: Vimukti
Pothnal
“Disabled
children in Manvi Taluka miss out due to lack of support services…”
On 27th March, 2023, Vimukti organized a Counselling and training program to all
the specially challenged families at Vimukti premises. Vimukti staff with the
support of MRW and VRW members identified differently abled children in the
entire Manvi taluka. 60% of children with disabilities do not attend schools for
various reasons. Three- fourths of the children with disabilities at the age of
five years and one-fourth between 5-19 years do not go to any educational
institution. However, only 2% of Children with disability in Manvi Taluk from
low- and middle-income families attend school. Children with disabilities have
generally poorer health, lower education achievements, fewer economic
opportunities, and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities.
This is largely due to the lack of services available to them and the many
obstacles they face in their everyday lives. They even do not have medical
certificates to ascertain disability, leaving them out of the radar of many
government schemes. Keeping these thoughts in mind, lately Vimukti conducted a
survey report provides the best available evidence regarding children with
disability (physically handicapped, Blind, Deaf, Dumb, lame, leper, crippled
etc.,) and what works to overcome barriers to health care, rehabilitation,
education, employment, and support services, and to create the environments
action for government to help these beneficiaries.
Training
on various Government Schemes to Unorganized youths: Vimukti Pothnal The
Vimukti Charitable Trust ® Pothnal also conducted the informative training
program for the youths to know and to utilize the available Government Schemes
on 17th March, 2023 at Vimukti Premises. The VCT had invited the resource
persons were Mr. Charlie and Mr. Jaysheela gave the detailed useful information
on government’s 33 departments like SCSP/TSP under scheme on: youths
self-employment, land rights, Ganga Kalyana Scheme, Individual Irrigation,
Borewell Scheme, how to avail a relief to the scheduled caste victims of
atrocities scheme, and various scholarship for the children and lot more
information on how to tap the various financial benefits and schemes from the 33
government departments come under the talukas. 70 unorganized youth were able to
profit for their life and to help others in return.
INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN’S DAY- “Opportunity to Make a Difference”: Vimukti Pothnal Vimukti
Pothnal in collaboration with Devipura women SHG groups came together on 23rd of
March 2023 to celebrate International Women’s Day at Devipura village. The
day-long event was not only filled with fun, food, and entertainment but also
workshops on health, financial literacy, etc. Mrs. Amramma SHG President
Chikotnekal ensured that the women not only had a wonderful time but also
enriching time with one another during the day. The eminent speaker Mrs. Gagamma
Vice president, Mrs. Umadevi Teacher, Mrs. Jyothi Taluka GP member, Manvi, Mrs.
Shilpa Staff Nurse vimukti and Mrs. Jecintha Vimukti staff were guests on the
dais. After the sumptuous lunch, various lucky games were conducted and all the
SHG members actively participated with meaningful messages like: save a girl
child, gender equality, save the planet, etc. The day ended with a small
surprise gift for all the women who participated in the event. Empowering women
as a concept is noble but practical implementation is a challenge. VIMUKTI has
accepted this challenge and is working to give women the opportunity to make a
difference. Nearly 74 women joined and participated in this program.
International
Women’s Day- “Innovation and technology for gender equality -2022” Vimukti
Pothnal The
Vimukti Charitable Trust® Celebrated the International Women’s Day on the 8th
March 2023. The International Women’s Day, 2023 highlighted the Motto:
“Innovation and technology for gender equality”. Mr. Charlie Vimukti coordinator
gave a key address saying that ‘women live amidst the four walls called a house
and a family. In this 21st century, today women need to grow socially,
literally, and politically to make known the capacity of her to the inside and
outside world. For a better tomorrow one must work today in instilling the seeds
of the equality of gender’. Mrs. Jacintha vimukti staff, advised the women
saying equality should begin firstly in our own homes by eliminating the
inequality of the gender to build a better society. Women must be very keen on
this issue and can be overcome by giving them the social and mental support and
apt education will help the women to face tomorrow. Mrs. Eshyamma vimukti staff,
in her inaugural speech motivated the women to stand firm in facing their
problems. No doubt, the violence is increasing against women because she is
considered a weakling. But remember that a woman should not forget that if she
wills, she has the greatest strength to protect herself. Therefore, she must
strive after giving the girl child education and equality in her own home first.
This motivating factor helps her to become a better citizen tomorrow.
Exposure
Visit of unorganized youth to National Seed Corporation Limited, Jawalgere farm:
Vimukti Pothnal Vimukti
in collaboration with unorganized youth representatives along with staff visited
National Seed Corporation Limited Jawlegere on 19th March, 2023. The overall
objective of the exposure visit was to exchange ideas and experience regarding
challenges in implementation of agriculture productivity while decreasing
production costs and minimizing environmental impacts. Secondly, to see hi-tech
farming and the use of improved varieties and farm resources. Thirdly, to know
the working of precision farming on the farm and how to use new technology and
training on micro-irrigation systems. Mr. Arun Kumar, Asst. Supervisor NSC-CSF
Jawalgere explained and demonstrated the various bio-pesticide formulations and
explained the complete details in growing organic rice, other products. He
introduced high technology tools that are so effective and more accurate, cost-
effective and bringing awareness and motivating especially farmers for
increasing their income. All the participants visited various organic sites and
there were healthy debates and discussions over myths about organic culture and
financial benefits. The events also enabled participants to know some of the
traditional organic farming methods, such as the formation of vermi-wash/vermicompost,
herbal pesticides/insecticides and treatment of seeds and soil management, etc
Vimukti
CCFF, VDC and SHG Members demanded concerned health department to provide basic
facilities in the Pothnal PHC and sub-Centers: Vimukti Pothnal On 2nd of March, 2023 a report in the form of Memorandum was submitted to DC,
CEO, DHO, and THO. The CCFF, VDC and SHG members in their respective villages
monitor the PHC and sub centers for the past few months and come together and
discuss, identified the major problems in the PHC and Sub centers at their
meetings. They collectively prepared the memorandum stating all the difficulties
faced by the public, during the PHC and sub center visits for their health
facilities. All the beneficiaries/ public opinion suggestions were listed out
clearly in the form of a booklet and submitted to the concerned higher authority
and demanded in writing when they will solve these major problems and provide
basic facilities for the public without fail. The focus of all the center’s is
to improve the health conditions of women and the children.
Let
us march forward to awaken the humanity to restore the worth of human dignity:
Vimukti Pothnal
The Vimukti Charitable Trust ® requesting to help a disabled parent’s family
from sindanuru, Raichur District with four kids who are in a dire need of the
financial support both for the daily sustenance and to have a decent house to
live in. Their disability has deprived them to have hardly one meal for the day.
Will you be a help to this needy family? You may not have plenty but give from
your little available resources. Even the one or two rupees that you contribute
to this family is worth. Therefore march forward to awaken the humanity to
restore the worth of human dignity. Inspire others by sharing it. Contact:
9448335778. May God Bless you all!
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Extending our hands to the poor and needy during
Covid-19
During this period of struggle, the Vimukti Charitable Trust® team extended our
concern and solidarity for the poor and the neediest around us. This was a
moment of witnessing the real Franciscan spirit.
COVID-19 Pandemic
Capuchin Friars in Solidarity
Holy Trinity Province Karnataka
We thank all our friars, communities,
coordinators, volunteers, support staff and
others who are connected with the pandemic
initiatives and responses. Let us pray for the
humanity and help the needy. God bless us all.
ABOUT US VIMUKTI
CHARITABLE TRUST is a social action unit of the Capuchin Franciscan of
Karnataka Province, Registered under the Trust Act bearing number,
Trust/718/10A/Vol-II/V-299/2000-2001 Dated 01.05.2000. VIMUKTI is
integral liberation as understood popularly and it undertakes and
executes socio-economic empowerment activities among the disadvantage
and the vulnerable sections of the society. As the activities of the
province became widespread, ‘Vimukti’ came into existence in 1999 to
co-ordinate, document, monitor, review and evaluate the social work
intervention activities to ensure greater efficiency and increased
accountability towards the same.
STATUTES The
Karnataka Capuchin Province has established a registered trust called,
Vimukti Charitable Trust for social service and developmental activities
in the Province. The goals and objectives of this trust are to be
attained in a systematic and cohesive manner. For this purpose the
Province shall establish in a suitable place a well furnished central
office to plan, coordinate and supervise all the programmes and the
activities. The Statutes are applicable to all the Friars of the
Province who are involved in this ministry. So that all the Programmes
function effectively and achieve the expected goals and objectives.
These Statutes are to be read along with the Constitutions of the Order
and also the Statutes of the Province.