Oz family on a mission

Kiriya Pushpa Family Helper project manager Fr Joanes and Baburaj, staffs and schoolchildren received the Australian family at Bandipalya at 3.30 pm. The team later walked through Gundurao Nagar, Muneeshwara Nagar, Dharamsingh Colony and reached Kiriya Pusha, partner organisation of Child Fund India, at Silk Factory Circle.

Campaign

The campaign under the aegis of Child Fund India, a NGO intends to raise funds for the education of  underprivileged children in south India.

The seven member family led by Nick Petrucco will meet representatives, leaders of various organisations, agencies, schools in the city during their stay.

In a function to be held on December 15 at Kiriya Pushpa campus, the Australian family will distribute bicycles for girl children, school kits to children, educational packs for orphaned children, medical kits for HIV affected, drinking water facilities for 67 Anganwadi centres and Balavadis. The team will resume its journey on December 16 to reach Bangalore via Bannur on December 21.

The walkathon was flagged off at Kozhikode on December 9 and will culminate on January 11, 2012 at Chennai.