Beltangady: Generous family that helps others now in dire need of home


Daijiworld Media Network – Beltangady (SHS/SP)

Beltangady, Apr 13: Here is a family that has been serving the needy in spite of finding it difficult to make both ends meet. Humble members of this rare family are Margaret, Celina, Reeta, and their mother.

Recently their condition worsened, with heavy rains further damaging the house that was built about two decades ago.

Of the four, Margaret is married. Her husband works in Bangalore. The couple has a two-year-old daughter. Reeta is a first year BCA degree course student at SDM College, Ujire. Reeta is a brilliant student, a topper in her class. Celina is a nun in Dominican order. Margaret’s father was an alcoholic, who deserted them when they were badly in need of his support, leaving them to fend for themselves.

In spite of the poor financial condition of the family, Margaret generously provides herbal remedies for patients suffering from kidney stone ailment, free of cost. Margaret is running the family, in addition to taking care of educational needs of her younger sister, with great difficulty. As the family has no male member to fall back on, Margaret’s husband has been extending support to the family to the extent possible, from out of his moderate salary.

Margaret's husband works as a small-time sales man in Bangalore earning a meagre salary of Rs 7,000. Out of this money, apart from his day-to-do expenses for food and other necessities, he also has to pay rent for his accomodation in Bangalore. The remaining amount is hardly enough to sustain the family in Beltangady.

"My husband was earlier sending money and looking after our day-to-day expenses and also my sister’s education. He now earns less and is unable to save enough for the family," Margaret says, requesting for help to repair the house her family stays in.

The family’s house is in dilapidated condition. It is in such a state of disrepair that it might crash anytime. The rain that lashed a few days ago has further damaged the house. Part of the roof has come off and another portion was destroyed when a tree got uprooted and fell on the house. They do not even have sufficient water supply.

Though the family has tried to sustain itself by growing rubber near the house, it is not yet ready for tapping. Hence all sources of income are as good as closed. "I give people herbal medicines for kidney stones but do not charge them. Charging money would weaken the power of the medicine," says Margaret. Her mother Mary has undergone uterus operations, which deters her from doing any heavy work.

The family requires financial assistance to build a small home for itself. Construction of a small 600 sq ft house will require about Rs 3,50,000.

Those who wish to help the family and bring them out of their misery are requested to send in their contributions to the following account:

Margaret Mathais
SB Account No: 105701011000406
Vijaya Bank, Dharmasthala Branch
Beltangady taluk
Dakshina Kannada district, India.

IFSC No: VIJB0001057

  

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  • KGShenoy, Mangalore

    Tue, Apr 15 2014

    I appreciate DW for publishing this article to help distressed helpless family.Is it possible for DW to provide their contact details(postal or tel)?

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  • Munna, Mangalore

    Tue, Apr 15 2014

    I appreciate Daiji for the great work and also appreciate the generous donors. I hope they will have a good house soon enough.It will be good if Mis. Reeta is provided with a good job opportunity, as soon as her education is done. As she is good at studies, it will be great and Degree in Computer Applications is very good.

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  • Thomas M., Kuwait/Alangar-Moodbidri

    Tue, Apr 15 2014

    Surely this family needs financial help from people who have generous hearts. My part of the contribution I have sent today, may God bless all those people who pass through similar condition around us.

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  • WALTER MONTEIRO, ABUDHABI

    Tue, Apr 15 2014

    Now it is the time of holy week. Please Donate one MASS collection to this needy family. With the help of DW readers, they can build a decent shelter for them.God bless Margaret Family

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  • Alwin, India

    Tue, Apr 15 2014

    We have to help this family and i too.please help us to how we can.

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  • shrinivas Rao chitradurga, udupi

    Mon, Apr 14 2014

    karmanye vaadhikarsate, ma phaleshu kadaachana =you have the right to perform your actions, but you are not entitled to the fruits of the actions
    ma karma phala hetur bhurmatey sangotstva karmani = do not let the fruit be the purpose of your actions, and therefore you won’t be attached to not doing your duty ….bhagavadgeeta
    WHAT WE DO FOR OUR LESS FORTUNATE, GOD WILL KEEP AN ACCOUNT ..WE SHALL DO GOOD, NOT EXPECT THANKS FROM THEM IN RETURN.

    THOSE WHO HELP THE NEEDY, NEVER FIND SHORT OF FUNDS FOR them...THATS THE BLESSINGS OF GOD

    I have seen many WHO BLESSED WITH WEALTH , BUT NEVER SHARE A LITTLE WITH POOR , HAVE WRATH OF GOD AND THEY WILL SUFFER WITH MENTAL TENSION,NO PEACE AT HOME .
    THEIR ACCUMULATED WEALTH is SPENT IN HOSPITALS AND liquor BARS !!!

    what i have seen,experienced is this . readers are welcome to show me a wealthy but stingy man who is happy and healthy ...!!!

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  • Ronald P Dsouza, Mangalore

    Mon, Apr 14 2014

    Hatts of to you mr.Sachidanand for your good gesture and This is the good example of our old mangalore how we help each other with out any cast and religion.May god bless you

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  • DS, DUBAI

    Mon, Apr 14 2014

    DW

    PLS PUBLISH IN FUTURE AS WELL THOSE WHO REALLY NEED FINANCIAL HELP

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  • Kavita, M'lore / Kuwait

    Mon, Apr 14 2014

    Dear Friends,
    My kind request for you who are working in gulf or anywhere abroad, if they can help Margaret’s husband by bringing him here and giving some decent job to help himself and his family.

    Thanks.

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  • Ambrose, Mangalore

    Mon, Apr 14 2014

    Dear DW it is wonderful humanitarian people saving mission that you are doing! It is praiseworthy!

    By this, DW forum has created a worldwide network of donors and beneficiaries. I hope Mrs Margaret Mathias and family gets enough financial help from the well-wishers from all over the world. God bless your mission of kindness! Very good initiative of DW.

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  • Aparimith, India / Kuwait

    Mon, Apr 14 2014

    Time and again the readers of Daijiworld have requested that a fund is set up wherein we can contribute and Daijiworld can distribute accordingly to the needy. This will greatly assist in timely receipt of required funds

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  • Bryan, Bahrain

    Mon, Apr 14 2014

    The way we read comments, they will be a shower of helping hands to come in rescue of this family...

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  • robert Dsouza, mangalore

    Mon, Apr 14 2014

    Indeed we will help them. I note this family used to help others and now they are in trouble. Very sad. Ungrateful society who takes help in their both folded hands, but when its their turn to help they show their back and show a empty hand. Hope many will help this family .They deserve our help

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  • Shiva Avadani, Manipal/Dubai

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    The best thing is more likes and less comments. But there are some people who dislike I don't know Up to what they.

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  • Sylvester Rego , Mangalore/Dubai

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    It's Holy week, our Lenten sacrifices to reach to the correct place and people. Thank you Daiji.

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  • Ronald D, Udupi

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    For this one disagree, I am feeling like paying more by sacrificing further this week!!

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  • Rajesh, Mangalore

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    Thanks Daijiworld for this call to help. All the comments out there are very encouraging one and we need to support this family. I am amused to see how people can dislike a comment concerning such a noble cause !, what kind of person he or she may be ?, what if, let the person who had disliked the comments or may not liked the appeal would have been in this situation like this family is in ?. Pathetic and shame on them, I say to them beware! God is watching you.

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  • Ronald D, Udupi

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    This family needs help. We should help them with whatever little we could.

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  • santoshprabhu, india

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    Dear Alexander P menezes karkala/dubai. well said to sachindananda shetty. please note that 99.9% here commenting on any issue are not hardliners in either way. The argument happens as there is a difference of opinion on the definition of secularism with 2 groups. Otherwise, all of us are humans and like to help each other as we have been doing for thousands of years. Above that all of us have at least 1 best friend in our personal life who is from another religion. Right?

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  • Allen, Mangalore

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    Thanks to DW for the kind gesture as always! Hope this Easter will bring hope and happiness to this family!

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  • Mohsar, Udupi / Fujairah

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    It's hard to see the pictures, most of living and trying for having luxury, but see our neighbors are not having shelter. Definitely Almighty asks about it with us in judgement day..
    Dear brother and sister now it's our turn to hold hands together..
    let bring smiles on our neighbors' faces specially this mother...
    A special thank you to Daiji..

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  • nelson pinto, oman/ udupi

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    " feeling sad "

    As i remember, Once upon a time our church fathers use to Visit all the Parishioners’ house, and then all the comity members [ as you know all of you ]use to collect the fund and church fathers use to help these poor and needy people.
    But nowadays, our poor brothers and sisters need to solve their [OUR ] problems with the help of "Daijiworld ".

    Thanks to Daijiworld, please keep it up.

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  • pius, belman/dubai

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    Dear Friends,
    Judging by the condition of their home, the family genuinely needs our financial support. During this holy week, let us join together and support them with our contributions.

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  • santoshprabhu, india

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    a small token of gesture sent to the account. should be there on tuesday - daiji please follow up and publish the amount totally received. If there is a short fall we all will contribute again

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  • Gretta, Mangalore

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    Thank you Daiji for publishing the requests of the needy people, which has helped many people in their dire need. Hope many generous hearts may come forward to help this family and invoke special grace and blessings from the Almighty.

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  • ISMAIL.K.PERINJE, PERINJE-YANBU/KSA

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    May god shower his divine power to fulfill just need of this lovely family.

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  • tauro, mangalore/malad

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    Thanks Daiji for bringing this family needs to the readers, God bless you and all the supporters.

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    Come on friends, this is the time to render our services to the common people those who are in trouble. We can blame everyone starting from PM to MP or CM to MLA or Mayor to Corporator but this kind of problem never heard by them, but together we can make a little change in their life for sure

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  • Lydia Lobo, Kadri

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    Sachidanand,

    I would have added the religious heads too to the list of individuals you have pointed out. Never mind - Bharat Ratna Shri Vishweshwarayya said, Hani koodi Halla, Thene koodi Khanaja.

    Lets be the sand grains and be there for there for the poor family - God will be there for all of us.

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    Wonderful words Madam, rightly said.

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  • Alexander P Menezes, Karkala/Dubai

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    Dear Sachidananda Shetty,
    As you rightly opined, I gave you a like to make the total of likes to your comment to 200. I am glad to hear this comment coming from you. At times I feel that you are too much into Hidutva and you hate other religions. But At times like this, I come to know the real of you. I am sure with like minded people like you in this forum, we will be able to pitch up to this task and help this poor family and become the real heroes in front of our Lord. Thank you for your kind words towards this distressed family.

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Sun, Apr 13 2014

    Thank you friends for your kind gestures, I didn’t realize that my comment will touch so many of our friends. As a token of gesture I did my little contribution of Rs 5,000/- today. After all, we are all humans and we need to contribute something to this society to those who are really in need of it. Normally my wife advises me to contribute whenever she sees some article in “Udayavani” which we read daily. This is the lesson I have learned from someone who paid my hostel bill for one full term when I was in dire need of money during my Article Ship. When I went back to pay this amount, he firmly told me that “This money is not for payback instead you need to forward to those who are in need of it”

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