Monday 30 January 2012

Fund Drive for Vaidehi Ashram of Destitute Girls, Hyderabad

Siri of Cooking with Siri is organising a fund drive for Vaidehi Ashram which is a home for destitute girls based in Hyderabad, India. The fund drive is from 26 January 2012 to 25 February 2012.To encourage people to donate to this wonderful cause, she has rallied together more food bloggers to sponsor raffle prizes. You can donate any amount with a minimum of $10 or Rupees 500. Each $10 donation will give you one raffle ticket towards a raffle prize of your choice. For Example, a donation of $20 will fetch you 2 raffle tickets which can be used to choose on any of the raffle prizes. You can use all your raffle tickets on one prize (in turn increasing the chances in the lucky draw) or on different prizes. Some prizes will only be shipped within India or US or UK and a few of them can be shipped worldwide. So choose a prize based on whether it can be delivered to you. You can see the list of prizes and the codes here.
Once the donation process is completed, please forward your payment confirmation message to info(dot)siri(at)gmail.com, clearly specifying which raffle prize(s) you are interested in. Within 24 hours, your name and contributed amount will be added to the 'Fund Drive Supporters List' at the very end of Siri's blog post here. If you want to stay anonymous, please let Siri know in advance. For any correspondence/questions/queries, please send an email to info.siri@gmail.com.
When i heard about the fund drive, I wanted to contribute a raffle prize so much, but i was too late as the fund drive had already begun. Now all i can do is urge you to support in this good cause and help Siri collect as much as possible for those dear girls. $1764 have been contributed till now. All photos are by Siri.

10 comments:

  1. I think I would like to donate. It seems like such a noble initiative and I would love to be a part of this. Thanks for sharing this La.

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    1. Anita, you can choose a raffle prize that you would like shipped to someone in India, maybe your parents. It really is a wonderful initiative. Thanks for participating

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  2. Lovely post..wat a wonderful gesture..

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  3. A wonderful gesture! Those girls look so cute.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  4. Such beautiful and yet heart-wrenching pictures. Thank you for sharing this...

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  5. This is amazing - I would be most happy to send a check - could you please email me with the details about this ashram at priyamahadevan@hotmail.com

    Wonderful work, Siri - all the best with this venture

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    1. Priya, I have asked Siri to send you the details by mail. Thank you kindly for participating.

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  6. very touching... the 1st pic is really endearing. hats off to all the wonderful ppl who took time & effort to create awareness about this

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  7. great job by Siri...thanks for sharing this..!
    Tasty Appetite

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