SPANDANA - SJ COVID RELIEF 2021

Tuesday 8 June 2021

Distribution of Ration Kits to Migrants of Raichur in Banaswadi

Bengaluru, SJII, 8 June 2021: Distribution of Ration kits to Migrants (Raichur) at Banaswadi, Bengaluru

Planning for the Distribution of Ration Kits to Transgenders

Hassan, 8 June 2021: Dialogue with Transgenders today about the difficulty during lockdown... Distribution of Ration kits is planned with them.

Mangalamukhis and Blind Persons Receive Covid Relief

Manvi, 8 June 2021: 15 Mangalamukhis and 5 blind persons were supported with the food kits at the request of Manvi Tahasildhar Ms Santoshi.

Assisting Various People during the Covid Times

Bengaluru, SJC, 7 June 2021:

SJC- Covid Relief Service:7-6-21

Ration kits distributed

1. Senior Citizens -24

2. Heart Patients- 8

3. HIV infected- 15

4. Covid infected- 2

5. Poor coolie workers- 12

Total= 61

Grand total:476+61=538 Ration kits have been distributed

Thanks to all the volunteers.

Food Kits to Poor CLC Families

Mangaluru, FRH, 7 June 2021: Food kits were distributed to the poor CLC families of the Bajal parish. Thanks to Fr Melwin Rector of St Aloysius College for the support.

Sunday 6 June 2021

KAR Jesuit Disaster Management Team Meeting

Bengaluru, 6 June 2021: Time to time, the Karnataka Jesuit Disaster Management Team consisting of 17 members meets under its coordinator Fr Jason Furtado, SJ. The second Corona wave is still active and there is news of an emerging third wave.

Today's meeting tried to answer a number of questions, which would help in the future to deal better with the situation in our settings. The following questions were very much to do with our Jesuit way of proceeding and the process of discernment:

1. After a month-long active involvement in the relief work, what has been the gut-level feeling of your community? Happy, satisfied, hopeful, unhappy, disturbed…..

2. What is your view about collaboration: among Jesuits, with our stakeholders, NGOs, FBOs, PHC/DHC, government officials, local church (Diocese), other religious, etc.?

3. What are the strengths discovered during this humanitarian work? What are the areas to be improved upon (opportunities)?

4. Are we really reaching out to the needy? Are we distracted by taking up too many activities (having a saviour complex) and executing without proper planning, execution, monitoring, accountability? Are we feeling saturated or running short of ideas?

5. What are your plans apart from relief work for your educational institutions, social work centres, formation and retreat/spirituality centres?

Since the Covid second wave began in the month of May, we started our covid relief work. Each community under the guidance of the Jesuit nodal office is actively involved in the relief work. We are involved in distributing dry ration kits, food kits, medical kits, oxygen concentrators, etc. We are actively collaborating with government agencies, NGOs and FBOs in establishing CCC’s, isolation centres, reaching out to the infected and affected people, creating awareness etc. We are also providing counselling support to our collaborators, stakeholders, and others. Through various activities, we are engaging the students. We had a common prayer with the family members of Jesuits. We have received tremendous support from donors and alumni. God has been generous and kind to us; he has blessed us with good health. After the initial surge in the infections, no new cases. Most of our Jesuits have received at least the first dose of the vaccine.

Collaborating with the Muslim Community in Covid Relief Work

Vijayapura, 6 June 2021:

St. Joseph's Covid Isolation Care Centre, Bangalore - "Vision to Reality"

Bengaluru, SJC, 6 June 2021: Please click here to view the video on St. Joseph's Covid Isolation Care Centre, Bangalore - "Vision to Reality"

SJC- Covid Relief Service:5-6-21

1. Ration kits for one student: 1 kit.

2. 90 poor families, who are construction workers, auto drivers, painters, widows and coolie workers: 80 ration kits.

3. Financial help to one student: Rs 10000.

Grand total: 396+80 = 476 Ration kits have been distributed

Thanks to all the volunteers.

Prayer Service to Stay Together in this Pandemic

Bengaluru, SJC, 6 June 2021:

The Campus Ministry, SJC invites you all for a Prayer Service on 7th June 2021 from 12:50 to 1:30 p.m. on MS Teams.

Let us all join together as a Josephite family to pray for all those who are sick and for our dear ones who have lost their lives.

Details of the Prayer Service are in the poster.

Link to the Prayer Service 👇🏼

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a5a3bc1bd764a4b8cb5916ff78e430fba%40thread.tacv2/1622702031548?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2248f03a7e-fd72-4960-98a8-25a72d082a48%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220b36c160-8ea6-4b17-a20c-ed31c1157dff%22%7d

Fatima Retreat House Distributes 150 Food Kits

Mangaluru, 6 June 2021:Fatima Retreat House distributed 150 food kits to the poor and the needy families. Most of them are poor Christian families. Thanks to St Aloysius College community members for their support.