Pumpkin House for Children Trust : New Building Project Update by Laurent Weichberger Boulder, CO (November 2011) A fundraiser is in progress to assist the expansion of Pumpkin House for Children Trust in Vidyanagar, India. We have been raising funds specifically to construct a new building at the Pumpkin House for Children. In August 2010, we wrote a proposal to raise funds for the new building needed by the children, who up until now have been living in the home of Ms. Stella Pillai, the Head Mistress of the orphanage. The two-story building will include a dormitory, educational facilities, and bathrooms. The projected cost of the expansion is $21,550. Our aim was to raise $10,000 for this building and many of you immediately responded with generous contributions. Thank you! Here is the fundraising information to date from Charlie Gard’ner at Pumpkin House USA: “As of now we have raised $8,020 (this includes $ 5,020 from contributions, and $3,000 from Pumpkin House USA).” We are still raising money, with less than $2,000 needed to reach our goal. The original project proposal is available here: http://www.ompoint.com/PumpkinHouseProposal.pdf This email update came to us back in April from Stella in India Subject: Pumpkin House for Children Trust Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Dear Laurent: Work has begun and is gaining speed. Due to the upcoming monsoons we have employed more labour. Material required for the initial stage is bought. Attached find the pictures of the work in progress. We have finished with the complete concreting just one more slab remains which will be completed soon. Once the slab is over we will start with complete plastering, plumbing, Painting electrification etc. We will be completing the construction by Jan 2012. On every floor we will be having halls and toilets. The hall will be for multipurpose use. They would serve as study halls, classrooms etc. We have also finished a new hall for the children adjoining Pumpkin House. attached kindly find the pics. In His Service, Mrs. Stella Manuel
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