Happenings at Omashram 8.

Thank you iPass Charity Group, for your timely aid.

iPass group of employees concerned for the Omashram Elders came forward to Omashram’s aid and dropped in personally with gifts for the new premises on Sunday, May 17, 2009 with many needed items for the New 3rd Unit of Omashram which is getting ready.

The items donated are as follows:
1. 2 Aquaguard Water Filters
2. 4 Sanyo Emergency Lights,

3. 6 Plastic Buckets & Mugs
4. 20 Steel Plates
5. 20 Steel Tumblers & Spoons
7. A hamper of variety of fruits for the Elders
8. And Rs. 3,500 direct credit to Omashram account for purchase of 10 mattresses for new cots.
Four out of eight members of the group could came personally. The members who came on the visit are:

Murali Chakravarthy, Sunitha Sampath, Sampath Prahalad and Bhaskar Ramaiah

The other four members of the Group are: Kalind Shah, Umashankar Kamath, Vadivel Subramaniyam and Sujith Varijakshan

Report by Mohan Pai, Founder & Trustee

Happenings at Omashram 7.

From Philips India Secrtaries’ Group

...with Love

Beaming resident receives the gift of an alarm clock

On May 8, 2009 members of the Pihlips India Secretaries’ Group, escorted by Ms. Aruna of NGO Fundraisers, visited Omashram Old Age Home, Bangalore and spent some warm and memorable moments with the elderly residents.
The Group gave a very useful personal gift to each of the twenty elderly residents of Omashram - A beautiful small alarm clock.
And for the new premises which is getting ready to accommodate 15 more elderly, they donated quite a few useful Items:

Donated Items

The Secretaries’ Group

1. 2 Computer Tables for Computers being installed for the Computer Training Centre for the elderly being shortly launched at the new premises.
2. 6 Plastic Chairs
3. 25 Bedsheets
4. 25 Hand Towels
5. 25 Bath Towels
6. 25 Pillow Covers.
Our grateful thanks to the Philips India Secretaries Group for the ‘concern’ & donations and to NGO Fundraisers for liaising.

Blessings from the Elders at Omashram

1.With the Elders & Staff 2.Aruna of NGFundraiser(Second from right)

1. Giving solace to the old 2.Young visitor with Ajji

1. Chat with a blind resident 2. Ajji is grateful for the kindness

Happenings at Omashram 6.

The World’s Premier 10k Run for Charity

Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore - May 31, 2009

Suresh Heblikar to run for

the elders at

Omashram Old Age Home.

The well-known actor, film director and environmentalist, Suresh Heblikar has come forward to help his favourite charity - Omashram Old Age Home.

Join Suresh Heblikar and run for a cause, run for the elders at Omashram Old Age Home.
This is an earnest appeal to all of you to come forward and provide meaningful support to your favourite charity - Omashram Old Age Home, Bangalore. Please get your family, friends and colleagues involved by requesting them to support your run.Yes, registrations for Running for a Sunfeast World 10K Run has started and registration forms are available in various out lets + online registration too is possible. Please note that the latest run registration related information will always be at http://sunfeastworld10k.indiatimes.com/articlelist/2861973.cms. Please visit there for more details.Registration charges are Rs 100/ 200/- depending on the category. And if you are running in Marathon for a cause and raising funds for a cause you believe in, it is Rs 300/-. And of course we know that you will be running for Omashram Elders. It’s just registration charge for running which goes to the organisers. Be it any cause, any organisation, please come ahead and register and show your concern for social world. Omashram Trust has been registered as a charity for this run. For updates on organisations registered and participating in run log on to http://www.bangalorecares.in/

Thanks and looking forward for your valuable support to the Elders at Omashram Old Age Home.

Blessings from the Elders at Omashram.
For any help, please contact Mrs. Geeta Shankar, Managing Trustee, Omashram Trust. Phone: 9845567663

Happenings at Omashram 5.

Omashram Old Age Home is happy to announce the opening of its 3rd Unit in Bangalore.

Happier still, because we will be able to look after 15 more distressed elderly.

The third unit of Omashram is now open for admission to persons above the age of 60 years.

The Unit is located in Vijaya Bank Layout, behind IIM, Bilekahalli, Bangalore 560 076. The house is located just one hundred metres from our Unit no.1. This unit will extend residential accommodation to additional 15 aged individuals bringing the total number of residents at Omashram Old Age Home to 35 persons.

The new unit is an independent unit with fully equipped kitchen facilities, and supporting staff including geriatric nurses, cooks and attendants.

The Board of Trustees of Omashram Trust gratefully acknowledges the support provided by NGO Fundraisers who have helped us considerably by raising funds for starting this new unit.

For admission, please contact:

Mrs. Geeta Shankar,

Managing Trustee,

Omashram Trust.

Phone: 91-9845567663

Happenings at Omashram 3.

The World’s Premier 10k Run for Charity
Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore - May 31, 2009




Run for a cause, run for
the elders at Omashram
Old Age Home.


This is an earnest appeal to all of you to come forward and provide meaningful support to your favourite charity - Omashram Old Age Home, Bangalore. Please get your family, friends and colleagues involved by requesting them to support your run.
Yes, registrations for Running for a Sunfeast World 10K Run has started and registration forms are available in various out lets + online registration too is possible. Please note that the latest run registration related information will always be at http://sunfeastworld10k.indiatimes.com/articlelist/2861973.cms. Please visit there for more details.
Registration charges are Rs 100/ 200/- depending on the category. And if you are running in Marathon for a cause and raising funds for a cause you believe in, it is Rs 300/-. And of course we know that you will be running for Omashram Elders. It’s just registration charge for running which goes to the organisers..Be it any cause, any organisation, please come ahead and register and show your concern for social world. Omashram Trust has been registered as a charity for this run. For updates on organisations registered and participating in run log on to http://www.bangalorecares.in/
Thanks and looking forward for your valuable support to the Elders at Omashram Old Age Home.
Blessings from the Elders at Omashram.

For any help, please contact Mrs. Geeta Shankar, Managing Trustee, Omashram Trust. Phone: 9845567663

Happenings at Omashram 2.

FREE EYE CHECK-UP, TREATMENT AND GLASSES FOR OMASHRAM RESIDENTS

Dr. Usha Sridhar, a Consulting Opthalmologist of Pooja Eye Clinic, Bilekahalli, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore and her husband R. V. Sridhara are providing free eye-care for Omashram residents ( 20 numbers). This includes eye check-up, treatment, medicines and glasses free of cost. The couple has been very active in social service area and has been doing commendable work in rural areas for more then a decade. Omashram Management is very grateful to the couple for this much needed service.

Happenings at Omashram

Parents are Assets
By Geeta Shankar, Managing Trustee, Omashram Trust.

We are now living in a very, very competitive society. Everyone appears to be scouting for shortcuts to success! It’s just by serving our parents with devotion and sincerity that one can hope for the grace of the Almighty.
A look into the Old Age Homes around Bangalore reveals the realities and a sad tale. One can see how the mentally battered, physically debilitated elderly are fending for themselves, after being left in the lurch, by their own offsprings. It is really unfortunate that these abondoned parents are the ones, responsible not only for giving birth but also instrumental in bringing them up and their educational and professional success, their social status, on the whole their children’s overall development. The parents would have pledged and sacrificed their prime years to protect their progeny with patience, love and care. Parents all along have provided them with best comforts, protected them against dangers, nursed them during their sickness. And then, they unconditionally gift away their beautiful product of their sweat and toil to their child’s partner, at the time of marriage.
So, in return for their selfless love, what these parents receive back is desertion and abuse from their children, especially when they are helpless in their old age!!
Should we forget that history repeats itself ? Don’t our children imbibe all our traits and qualities ? So before it is too late, let us fully seize every moment for making our parents happy !!
At Omashram we enjoy every moment of making other’s parents happy by providing care & succor and entertainment to the abandoned elderly ... In the evening of their lives!
Young and enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers spend a lot of their spare time with the elderly residents of Omashram and help break their isolation and bringing in a ray of sunshine in their lonely lives.
Here are some photos of the events like the Independence Day, Xmas Day, Republic Day, Valentine’s Day, Birthdays, etc. with gifts galore:

Xmas Day 2008

Birthday December 2008

Valentine's Day 14/2/2009