Thank You!

A big Thank You goes out to all the volunteers who helped make our programs rock! May God bless you and the family.

In Guntur - Mr. Suresh, Deena Kumari, Automan Nageswara Rao and Driver Javed and his son.

In Chennai - Nalini Mohan, Anita Mawdsley, Judy and Shoba.

And the Winners are...!

Sangeetha Sakariya and family from America

Divya Vigneswaran, Sangeeta Veena, Anita & Kevin Mawdsley, Aunty Hermie and their families, and the staff of GMMCO, Engine Transportation Business from Chennai

Julie John from Chirala

Preeti from Guntur

Biju & Sudha Damodaran from Muscat

Maria & Savio D'mello, Mary & David Roberts, Mahalakshmi & Lakshminarayan, Balu & Eswar and their families from Mumbai

Anil & Niveditha from Sharjah

Maureen & Cedric Pinto, and Helen & Ashley Bakes from Sydney

Beliz & Cuneyt Meran from Turkey

Let's give them a big hand for their generosity and all time support rendered to Whispering Hope. May God bless each of them and their families.

 

It's a New Year!

Goodbye 2015, Hello 2016!!

What's a better way to celebrate the beginning of the year instead of the usual rigmarole? 

Whispering Hope invited six teenagers and gave them their first lunch of 2016 in the all time favourite Hotel Blue Diamond on Poonamallee High Road.  The teens have never entered a hotel in their lives! They live close to this hotel, but didn't imagine that they would one day step in and have a feast.  Feast their bellies they did with a fabulous spread. 

Thank you Maureen and Cedric Pinto from Sydney Australia, for making a dream come true.

The little things

Even if its just a little thing, it matters a lot and is considered a real big thing by some folks like us.  Whispering Hope firmly believes in this and never hesitates to do the little things that warms the cockles of our hearts.

From health drinks to blankets, from medicines to chocolates, from pocket money to linen, from soaps to towels, from slippers to clothes, from a coffee to a hearty breakfast, from biscuits to a sumptuous meal, from kind words to kind deeds - Whispering Hope has done it all.

Loads of biscuits, toys, and toiletries were given to two orphanages and a home for the aged.

The happy look on the faces of the people who receive these small things, makes us feel so blessed and we are just happy to keep doing the little things in a big way!

May God bless the sponsors and their families who contributed generously to spread miles and miles of smiles.

Strange but True!

People say 'God's ways are strange'.  This came to pass on the Sunday after Christmas.  I had given a hamper to a family - The Connors - on Christmas Eve.  On the Sunday, I thought I would give them a call and check if they had a good Christmas.  They said that they did and when I asked if there was anything they needed for their home, Mr. Connors said he would let me know.  When wishing the wife, I asked her the same thing and she mentioned that they couldn't think right as the kitchen ceiling had collapsed just a while ago, narrowly missing her daughter and herself.  They had just seconds before moved away from the kitchen.  They were in despair. 

I said I would see what I could do.  Called a contractor and he said he was available to repair the ceiling immediately.  In no time, he got his act together and arranged for the masonry work to be done and the Connors could only thank God for helping them out in time of their need.

I needn't have called them; the contractor doesn't work on Sunday, neither do the labourers, but they were there; the contractor was in the same vicinity as the Connors and could go across immediately; I withdrew money from the ATM on the Sunday even though I had originally planned to do so only on the Monday, so had the cash to pay upfront.

Strange but true!

The Childrens Ward, Cancer Institute, Adyar

On the 22nd Dec, we had a date at the Adyar Cancer Institute, Children's Ward.  A very disappointing experience and one not to be repeated due to the red tape involved.  Mrs. Nalini Mohan and Mrs. Anita Mawdsley joined me on this trip.  Goodies for the kiddos were packed and imagine our disappointment when the bags couldn't be handed over by us to the children or their attendants.  Mr. Manohar, the Adminstrator, informed us that we could not do so and he would take the responsibility of handing them over.  Was this done? No idea!  In spite of all the reassurances on the phone, we went all the way only to be stumped.

Felt extremely sad, when one little girl kept following us and asked us 'when will you give my gift', 'did you bring me a doll'.  Heart rending and pitiful that we had to say 'it will come to you later'.

Gods grace was such, that all the other stuff remained in the car, and as soon as we were given a firm refusal, I called another orphanage and delivered the rest of the goodies there.  Amazing - and a silver lining to the cloud that surrounded us.

And off to Chennai, we went!!

After an amazing time in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, Whispering Hope packed its bags and boxes, bundled up in a taxi and down the road we went to Charming Chennai. 

Chennai, the throbbing place we call home, was as scintillating as ever, in spite of the recent rains and floods.  Though the people's morale was low, it picked up momentum just before Christmas and as the day dawned, the joy of the Christmas season spread its warmth on all of us.

Whispering Hope took this one step further and distributed food hampers to about 20 families.  A helping hand was given wherever it was needed.  Our photos speak for themselves.