Big Dreams come true.
With the support of many.
We had renovated the dining room of Free Birds Open Shelter Home for Boys into a beautiful & hygienic Cafeteria in March 2016. Now the strength of the home had gone up and the boys were finding it really tough to have food sitting together. So we thought of renovating the adjacent room in which seating arrangement can be done for 15-20 kids.
The kids of Free Birds follow a system of self service and so we constructed a Food Counter also in this room where food can be kept & served. There will also be a shelf to keep grocery & other stuff. With this additional room, we have also ensured that the sponsors who come here to serve food for kids can have food sitting along with kids.
The remodeling work started with a contribution from the actor Joy Mathew on his birthday in September 2016. And with more birthdays, anniversaries etc in the months ahead, we completed the false ceiling, flooring, electrical, painting & other decorative works. Itz was our dream that the kids there have food in dignity & with convenience. Now they have the following.
1. A dining room where around 40 kids can have food at a time.
2. A Pantry room adjacent to Kitchen
3. A Portico in front of Pantry room, where sponsors of Food can interact with Kids.
The entire project was finished in a span of 6 months with a budget in excess of 2 lakhs & the inauguration of this much awaited Food Corner was done by 3 little boys of the home. A very informal inauguration session was followed with a dinner for all.
> The entire mason work of the Pantry room including the cost of materials was done with the amount shared by the actor Joy Mathew on his birthday.
> To make the room more bright & child friendly, PVC ceiling work was done with the support of Sebin – Jisha couple, who were celebrating their 1st wedding anniversary on 25th October.
> The floor tiles were bought with the amount shared by Navya from UAE to celebrate the 3rd birthday of her daughter Tanvi on Oct 31. The stylish floor tiles of matt finish were bought for a discounted rate from Spaniso Studio at Chelavoor and the owner Nisha also contributed an amount for purchasing the tiles over & above the discount offered.
> The cost of electrical materials & labour for electrical wiring work were met with the amount shared by Nibin Raj whose son Harshavardhan is celebrating his 1st birthday on 7th November.
> The entire Wall Tiles needed for the project were purchased for the Joy of Maanav from Sharjah, on the occasion his 16th birthday in February.
> The labour cost for the paving of Floor tiles in the Pantry room was met the amount shared by Sathyanathan on the occasion of his 60th birthday, on 23rd February.
> 4 LED Panel Lights so as to make the Pantry Room at Boys Home of Free Birds bright & attractive, were bought with the support of Vinitha who wanted to share the joy today on the occasion of the wedding anniversary of her parents, on 26th February.
> The tiling work of the walls of Pantry Room which also includes the paving of tiles on the seating arrangements was done in the memory of Balagopal whose death anniversary was being observed on 11th March.
> The wall fans needed for the Pantry room were bought for the joy of Sri. Sankaran who celebrated his 70th birthday on 13th March.
> A brand new 2.1 music system of Philips was gifted to celebrate the birthday of Madhavan, who turned 9 on 13th March. Apart from FM radio, USB & Memory Card options, the system also has Bluetooth facility, which will enable the sponsors of food to play their favourite songs from portable devices like Mobile phone, while serving food for kids.
> The outer walls of the Pantry room and the floor of Cafeteria were made child friendly with beautiful tiles. The work was completed with the amount shared on the 25th death anniversary of Bhaskaran Nair, by his loving daughter.
> The Fibre door and the sliding window for the Pantry Room were fixed for the joy of Gangadharan - Padmini couple who were celebrating their wedding anniversary on 25th March.
> Three dining tables with metal frames & granite top for the Pantry Room were made with the amount shared to celebrate the birthday of Sreekutty by her parents.
> The Paint, Putty & other allied materials needed for the Pantry room were purchased on the occasion of Smt. Sudha celebrating her 62nd birthday on 4th April.
> The entire decorative work of the same so as to make it as colorful & child friendly as possible, was done with the amount shared in the name of Adi mon from Kozhikode who was celebrating his birthday on 8th April.
> We could ensure a colourful & convenient Sliding shelf for keeping the plates & other things of kids & also a child friendly Sliding window, with the amount shared by Ajith from Melbourne on the occasion of his son Aryan’s birthday on 6th May.
> The Jugs, rubber mats, clock & frames for the Pantry room were bought with the amount shared on the birthday of Manav Shankar mon on 14th April.
> All the miscellaneous decorative works in PVC were done with the amount shared by Rineesh from Kozhikode to share the joy on the occasion of his house warming which was in March.
