Featuring: Belaku
Visit: www.belaku.org
Belaku was started in May 2000 with the intention of providing a home for orphans and and destitute children and helping them become valuable citizens. It currently houses about 20 children ranging from 6 - 22 years. It aims at providing a comfortable and secure life for children having no parents or children with single parent of poor socio-economic backgrounds. It is run under the observation and guidance of 13 like-minded and dedicated trustees and wholly on donations and does not have any government aid.
Belaku considers it their responsibility to provide and house the children until they have completed studies and are settled into a feasible job which can provide for them comfortably. The children are sent to schools and colleges and some are doing B.Com, some P.U and some more in school. They are provided professional counselling if necessary. They arrange and participate in cultural programs regularly and also take the children on excursion every year. From the first batch, 2 girls have completed their D.Ed and have secured teaching jobs. One girl has moved out of Belaku and another is still in a temporary job currently. Belaku ensures that the resident is in a secure and well-providing job before they move out. They have and also need dedicated and service-oriented people to volunteer.
When questioned whether they have thought about marrying off the girls, they stated that they have not encountered such a situation so far, since the very first batch of girls are just 22 years old. However, if anybody comes forward to marry, Belaku would encourage the same.
Belaku Shishu Nivasa, Basavanagudi, Bangalore
Belaku Vruddhashrama, J.P.Nagar, Bangalore
Belaku Vatsala Dhama, Mysore
All these are run by the same management and the Vruddhashrama and Vatsala Dhama houses destitute women above 65 years of age. They have also begun a work to start Belaku Vidya Samsthe, a free school for rural children in Ramenahalli (about 132 km from Bangalore) and hope to start in the coming academic year. They wish to start a Primary Health centre in Kanale, near Shimoga.
Belaku proudly celebrates it's 10th anniversary in May 2010.
Grant A Wish
Everyone has wants and wishlists. But not everyone is fortunate enough to have a loving family or friends who can help fulfill those wishes. Grant A Wish is a charitable organization that is committed to fulfilling the individual wishes and wants of the underprivileged.
We do not accept general monetary donations. We just request you to fulfill one wish from the wishlist of the children and the elderly in our wishlist section.
You can either send us the item or make a contribution equivalent to the price of the item.
