Mangalore, July 23, 2012 

Thank You : Daijiworld Campaign for Lingappa Generates Rs 5.02 Lac in 8 Hours

Mangalore, Jul 23 : On Monday July 23 morning, when we made an online appeal for young Lingappa Poojary who needed immediate financial assistance for kidney transplantation, we never expected help would pour in so quickly.

We expected the required fund of Rs 4 lac to come in within 48 hours, but as soon as the appeal went online on Monday at around 11 am, support flooded in from all corners.

By 9 in the evening, approximately Rs 5.02 lac was pledged by generous readers from all over the world.

Lingappa Poojary (25)

While we thank all those who contributed for the cause, we assure that our team will follow up on Lingappa Poojary's treatment and will keep you informed.

We have generated over 5.2 crores of rupees through various appeals on daijiworld in the past 11 years, but this was the first time that we initiated an INSTANT online appeal to generate this fund, in the shortest possible time.

What impressed us the most was the fact that the donors' list had different names, but they were all from one single community, that is, HUMANITY.

May God bless us all. Though cases like Lingappa Poojary's are painful to hear, they bring us closer together, break away differences and take us forward towards a single goal, the goal to make someone's life better.

Thank you all.

Walter Nandalike
Editor-in-chief
Daijiworld.com

The contribution .....

Ismail K Perinje - Perinje-Yanbu/Saudi Arabia : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
SKS - Mangalore : Rs 2500 (Direct Bank)
A M - Doha : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
G Rai - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
Javid Mohammed - Muscat : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
S M - Qatar : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
Guru Prasad R Amin - Haleangady : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
Lobo - Udupi : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
Billawas Bahrain - Rs 25,000 (Direct Bank)
Ashu and Sunita Menezes - Dubai : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
Crasta Wilfred - Dammam : Rs 2,500 (Direct Bank)
Sandesh D'Silva and Yogish Pai - Kuwait/Mangalore : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
Vincent Misquith - Dubai : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
P Noojipady - Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
S S - USA : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
P M - Mangalore : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
Preetham and Preema D'Souza - Mangalore : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
V A - Dubai : Rs 2000 (Cheque)
V N - Mangalore : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
I P - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
W P - Ireland : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
M L - Sharjah : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
E D - Dubai : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
D D - Dubai : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
Ramesh Prabhu - Mangalore : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
P D - Mangalore : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
D L - Delhi/Mangalore : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
Sunil Saldanha - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
A D - Mangalore : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
Sherline Sequeira - Pangla/Kuwait : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
Lester Rosario - Mangalore : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
F N - Kuwait : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
W S C - Doha/Udyavar : Rs 10,000 (Direct Bank)
Heri Fernandes - United Kingdom : Rs 4000 (Direct Bank)
Reeta Martis - Mumbai : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
Johnson Mathias : Dubai - Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
N D - Sharjah : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
F A - Kuwait : Rs 2000 Direct Bank)
Jason D'Souza - Bangalore : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
Violet D'Souza - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
Manjunath Pai - Oman : Rs 4000 (Direct Bank)
Ravi Shetty - Doha Qatar : Rs 10,000 (Direct Bank)
C P - Abu Dhabi : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
Olwyn Lancy Rodrigues - Abu Dhabi/Ruwais : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
A C - Canada : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
Praveen Kumar - Attavar/Dubai : Rs 10,000 (Direct Bank)
M M - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
R D - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
KSMS - Saudi : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
M P - Abu Dhabi : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
Vishwanath Poojary - Jeddah : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
Rashmi RR - Bangalore : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
R M - Muscat : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
S U - Doha : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
Gangadhar Poojari - Muscat : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
A M - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
N P - Dubai : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
K N - Dubai : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
V D - Mumbai : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
Nelson D'Mello - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
IT - Mangalore : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
Usha Sharma - Mumbai : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
Simon Miranda - Bahrain : Rs 5000 (Cheque)
E C - Mangalore : Rs 500 (Direct Bank)
Rajesh - Udupi : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
S S S - Dubai : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
Subramanyam Bhat - Kasargod : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
A C D - Karkala/Qatar : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
V D - Dubai : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
Shantharam Achar - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Cheque)
J D - Kanajar/Dubai : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
Tony Serrao - Kuwait : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
A Aranha - Sharjah : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
S L - Dubai : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
Jason D'Silva - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
D Bhat - USA : Rs 2,500 (Direct Bank)
C Cardoza - Dubai : Rs 3000 (Cheque)
A D - Dubai : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
Umesh Kuckian - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
M D J S - Qatar : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
Ashok Dias - Dubai : Rs 10,000 (Direct Bank)
Kushal B - Muscat : Rs 5000 (Cheque)
Stany Prasanna - Mangalore : Rs 4000 (Direct Bank)
Karnataka Sangha - Sharjah : Rs 25,000 (Direct Bank)
Harish Kumar - Bahrain : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
R M - Qatar : Rs 2,500 (Direct Bank)
S V Suvarna - Muscat : Rs 4000 (Direct Bank)
L F - Dubai : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
D S - Dubai : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
S K - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
Ady - Al Ain : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
Ambrose D'Silva - Dubai : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
J D - Muscat : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
A T - Dubai : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
R D - Moodbidri : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
Nelson Crasta - Bajpe/Dubai : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
O P - Dubai : Rs 1000 (Direc Bank)
G P - Mangalore : Rs 2,000 (Direct Bank)
K M Prasad - Saudi Arabia : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
Good Samaritan - Ireland : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
W N - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
V P - Dubai : Rs 1000 (Cheque)
Ashok Fernandes - Dubai : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
Milagreans Kallianpur - Dubai : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
V C- Kuwait : Rs 4000 (Direct bank)
P D - Dubai : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
R N - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
CJD - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
P D - Mukamar : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
J D - Kuwait : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
GTB - Saudi : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
N D - Saudi : Rs 1500 (Direct)
Henry Almeida - Bahrain : Rs 5000 (Direct)
Shivaprakash Kumpala - Muscat : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
Cynthia Goveas - Sharjah : Rs 1500 (Direct bank)
C P Qatar : Rs 5000 (Direct bank)
Sandeep Dsouza - Dubai : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank) 
D A  Dubai : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
Ronald Fernandes - Dubai : Rs 10,000 (Direct Bank)
P N - Doha : Rs 3000 (Direct Bank)
S P - Dubai : Rs 10,000 (Direct Bank)
JD - Bahrain : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
Daniel Pais - Mangalore : Rs 1000 (Direct Bank)
V D : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
S P - Kadri : Rs 5000 (Cash)
W Aranha - Dubai Rs 2000 (Direct bank)
A C - Dubai (Rs 10,000) (Direct bank)
N Poojary - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Direct bank)
Henry Lewis - Kuwait : Rs 2000 (Direct bank)
Little Flowers - Dubai : Rs 2000 (Direct bank)
F D - Dubai : Rs 1500  (Direct Bank)
P Dsouza - Dubai : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
Ramesh Shetty - Kuwait : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
Ashok Kunder - Dubai : Rs 2000 (Direct Bank)
Dayan Dsouza - Dubai : Rs 5000 (Direct Bank)
Hemacharya - Mangalore : Rs 2000 (Cheque)
Ronad Vaz - Kuntikan : Rs 3000 (Direct bank)

Dear Readers,

We are presenting here an appeal for help, for a case which has been studied by our correspondents Naveen Menezes and Brijesh Garodi. On examination of the case, we realized that 25-year-old Lingappa Poojary needs IMMEDIATE financial assistance for kidney transplant.

On humanitarian grounds, we appeal to the readers to pledge your support online. Approximately Rs 4 lac is required for kidney transplant. We have attached an online form to pledge your support either by direct bank transfer, cheque, cash or any other form convenient to you.

Once you submit the form, we will verify and publish the name of the person along with amount on this page (you can withhold your name if you wish. We will put only initials). We will run this campaign for 48 hours, and if the desired amount is collected before that, we will close the campaign with gratitude.

For any clarification on the mode of payment, you may contact the following persons;

In India : Praveen - 0091-9980184340
In Dubai : Dayan D'Souza - 00971-50-6547235

Note :

1. Cheques, drafts etc should be addressed directly to the beneficiary (Lingappa Poojary). We will not accept any cheques, drafts etc in the name of DAIJIWORLD.

2. The form is only to pledge your support to the cause. The amount pledged may be sent to the beneficiary at a later date (within a week).

Thank you for your support.

Walter Nandalike
Editor-in-chief

Mangalore : Lingappa Poojary(25) Battles Renal Failure, Mother to Donate Kidney

Naveen Menezes
Pics: Brijesh Garodi
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore

Mangalore, Jul 23: At 25, most people look to settle in life either with a good job or marriage. It is the turning point of one's life, where dreams learn to take flight and plans for the future get shaped.

Not so with Lingappa, who at 25, is battling a life-threatening ailment.

Son of Thimmappa and Yamuna Poojary, Lingappa is a resident of Addoor in the outskirts of the city and earns bread for the family as an electrician.

However, the kidney ailment has forced him to spend all his earnings and savings on his medical treatment. The ailment first affected him six years ago, and over the years worsened to such an extent that it became chronic and the doctors have advised him to undergo kidney transplantation at the earliest.

More importantly, until kidney transplantation, he has to attend dialysis sessions thrice a week, but due to poverty he manages to go only twice. "If not, his legs and face swell, and he begins vomiting," says Yamuna Poojary, his mother.

Close to Rs 2 lac has already been spent on dialysis and other treatment. The money has come not only from his savings, but also from sympathetic neighbours and his generous boss who continues to pay him the salary even though he cannot work regularly.

What is more heart-rending, his mother Yamuna (who is 50, but looks older) has voluntarily come forward to donate one of her kidneys for her son. She is certified medically fit for the donation. A good sum of money was also spent on her medical tests. In addition, the family is also struggling to go through the legal procedures, as prior to the donation, approval from Bangalore is required.

Initially, the family lived in a small hut. "Looking at our condition, Dharma Jyothi Social Centre, Vamanjoor extended financial support to construct a small house. My father is a coolie and mother rolls bidis," Lingappa said while speaking to Daijiworld,
"I began earning for the family as an electrician soon after the completion of my ITI course."

He recalls, "I was very active in my primary school. The convent sisters sponsored my education seeing my desire to study and the poverty at home. Sometimes, on festive occasions, my teachers would even give me groceries, school books and clothes."

According to Dr Janaradhan Kamath of KS Hegde Hospital, Lingappa has end-stage renal failure due to chronic interstitial nephritis and will require renal replacement therapy in the form of either regular haemodialysis thrice weekly or renal transplantation.

The annual cost of treatment (haernodialysis and medications) would be approximately Rs 1.5 lac. The cost of kidney transplantation would be approximately Rs 4 lac in KS Hegde hospital.

As he comes from poor socio-economic background, financial assistance will help him immensely in continuing medical care, stated a letter from his doctor.

Those who wish to donate for the cause and help Lingappa lead a normal life again may send their contributions to the following address:

Lingappa
S/o Thimmappa Poojary
Nooyi, Indira Nagar House
Addoor Post and Village
Mangalore – 574145

Mob: 9845875996