YOUR HELP IS NEEDED! ONLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! We have decided to name this colony "New Life" because it's original name is the name of a Hindu goddess. Since most of the residents living at this colony have received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior it is indeed "New Life" for them spiritually. We also want to make a difference in their physical lives also and stop the suffering! Since this colony is basically in need of everything, we thought the best place to start would be for sufficient food and medical needs.We want to help New Life leprosy colony become more self-sufficient.

Immediate needs: sufficient food and medical needs for around 140 to 150 residents:

1). Medicine/bandages - $300 per month

2). Water well and pump for healthy drinking water and to irrigate agriculture. (Estimated cost to build this well is $4000) - This is much more than digging a well for drinking water, it is also for watering fields so they can do some agriculture to help feed themselves. The colony has many acres of land but no way to grow crops because of lack of water and no resources to get plants or seeds. Also in the near future, the government is widening the road near the colony and and this will destroy the well from which they are getting drinking water now. When this happens, even drining water will be scarce and they may have to drink contaminated water which will cause more suffering. We want to drill a large well that can supply both drinking water and enough water to enable them to grow their own vegetables and fruit to eat.

3). Agriculture - Rent a tractor to plow the land, and then buy seeds and fruits trees to get their farming started. (estimated cost $500).

4). Rice and vegetables - to be provided to help the hunger until the agriculture plan is established. (It will cost approx. $700 to provide rice and vegetables for one meal per day for the whole colony per month).

5). Exterminator - to get rid of the parasite insects in their rooms. In the rooms of these people there are insects that torment them making it hard to sleep. They are some kind of blood-sucking insects and there are thousands of egg sacks on the walls of the rooms. (estimated cost $600).

6). Karigiri Leprosy Team Medical outreach - we will invite the Christian medical team from the Christian hospital in Karigiri to come and do checkups for the patients, and to get the vision-impaired eyes fixed. (We have to pay the transportation and food for the medical team to come. We may have to pay some of the medical treatment depending on what it is. The hospital will do some work freely if the patient can get there). Then we want to take these lepers to get their eyes operated on. Many of the people have eye problems that can be corrected so they won't have to walk around half blind.

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