News Letter of Rainbow Homes

Fallow the link to see the news letter of Rainbow Homes.

http://lsnfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/news-letter-period-of-june-to-nov-12-11.pdf

Sucess Story of Family reunion @ LSN Foundation

"Laxmi and Sunitha with their Dad"

 Family reunion @ LSN Foundation

Sunita (17) and Laxmi (14) grew up in a small village on the outskirts of Hyderabad. When they were young their mother died from an unknown illness. The girls were left with  one parent, a drunken father who rarely works and does not make enough money to cover their basic needs.

Sunita was sent by her father to work at a factory while Laxmi was still attending school. Sunita was paid a small amount once a month which her father used to support his drinking habit. The money Sunita was making wasn’t enough to support the family. The girls were struggling daily for food and were in a constant dilemma whether to forego their pride and beg for food or simply to go hungry. When their father decided to send Laxmi to work as well, Sunita knew something had to change. She did not want her little sister to be deprived of an education too Finally, 3 years ago, a concerned member of the family (a sister of the deceased mother) decided to take action. The aunt called an acquaintance who worked at the LSN Foundation. The girls were immediately taken away to a Rainbow Home where they were provided with food, accommodation and education. Their father was not at home at the time the girls were taken and had no knowledge of what happened to them. 

Within the last month the Rainbow Home staff began noticing that the girls were not eating and were becoming less sociable. They were dreaming of their father often and feeling guilty. The girls decided they needed to see their father. At first the Home’s staff rejected the request and explained that they did not know the father's whereabouts and even if they could find him he might be a danger to them. Eventually the foundations' management found the father and decided to arrange a meeting. The girls were taken to a supervised 3 hour visit and saw their father for the first time in 3 years. The father is in Dhulapalli, near Kompally, a village on the outskirts of India. He is currently living in a small hut on the property of his employer. His job includes cutting the logs and other physical work. The father continues to abuse alcohol and is ill. When the girls saw him they asked if he ever wondered where they were or felt the need to see them. Their father replied he that he had inquired about them for two years without success. When Sunita saw the state her father was living in, she began cleaning his hut and washing the dishes. 

After 3 hours of talking the girls concluded the meeting and gave the father a staff member’s phone number in case he wanted to contact them.

At this time the father is living as a homeless man and LSN is working to put him into one of their overnight shelters and help him get his life together. Maybe someday these people will be a family once again.

Spring Well Sleep Exchange

	2012
	LSN                                             Foundation

[Spring well sleep exchange intiation for the cause of homeless ]

The whole document includes the Mechanics of the cause and the work taken up by LSN Foundation in association with Spring well,

Introduction:-

Saatchi & Saatchi and spring well Mattresses are in association with LSN Foundation for a noble cause, the initiation as “spring well sleep Exchange” main aim is to provide a bed the homeless.

LSN Foundation’s one of the major area is to support the homeless .We have two well established homes in the area of supporting the Homelessness. We are thankful to associate with the spring well for the noble cause.

The Mechanics of the initiation:- 

The mechanics ‘of the cause. When a customer will approach a spring well dealer for a new mattress. The spring well team will make him fill a promise to donate his old mattresses to a NGO/Homeless shelter. On exchange. Spring well will give him a discount of up to Rs 1500 on a new spring well mattresses. The dealer will then handover the duly signed promise note to the NGO/HOMELESS Shelter will have get the old mattresses picked p from the respected customer house. On each promise note, spring well will also donate Rs 100 on exchange of every double mattresses and Rs 50 on a exchange of every single mattresses to the NGO/Homeless shelter as their part of the contribution for the cause.

The bellow picture describes about the Mechanics of the initiation:-

As per the article In Hindu given by spring well has given a much publicity and awareness about the spring well Sleep Exchange intuition. Many of the Hyderabad people expressed their interest in donating their mattresses without availing the season discount of spring well limited.

Receiving the mattresses from the customer’s house

Lsn Has received the information about the people who want to donate their mattresses through the spring well marketing executives. According to the meeting with the spring well marketing executives, LSNF team had delivered a plan to do the first round initiation of picking the beds from the customers.

NGO Partners , who all are associated with Saatchi & Saatchi and Spring Well .

The Attached Document is about the First round pickings from the customers

Details of the customers from whom LSN Team received Mattresses:

Customer Donating her mattresses to the Homeless

                                                                      

LSNF Team Member arranging the mattress at NGO Head Office 

Foundation Brief