APDF’s ’Prathi Manege Sauchalaya’ project marks Anniversary with 11 Free Toilets

APDF’s ’Prathi Manege Sauchalaya’ project marks Anniversary with 11 Free Toilets

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, March 21, 2020: APD Foundation has completed the first successful year of its project Prathi Manege Souchalaya (PRMS) with the construction of its 10th and 11th free toilets. The tenth and eleventh toilet were constructed for two beneficiaries residing in Urva Store-Ashoknagar locality of the Mangalore. Both toilets were partly funded by Lions Club Mangalore-Balmatta.

March 12, 2020 marks the first anniversary of the launching of APDF’s project Prathi Manege Sauchalaya. The project aims to build free toilets for needy households which live below the poverty line. It will improve quality of life, health and hygiene. Though Dakshina Kannada was declared open defecation free in 2017. However a social audit conducted around the same time found about 4590 households in the districts had no toilets of their own.

Prathi Manege Sauchalaya project was inaugurated last year with the handover of the first toilet built for an elderly lady at Kunjathbail. Subsequently APDF has been continuously identifying needy beneficiaries and providing toilets for them with the help of donors. “I am delighted that APDF has been able to reach this milestone achievement of completing 11 toilets. We have plans to reach out to more such needy families in the future,” said Abdullah A. Rehman, Founder and CEO of APD Foundation.

The 10th beneficiary is the family of Mrs Chandrakala, a 40 year old lady who is struggling to raise her family with a sick husband and two small children. 11th beneficiary is the family of Asha, a mother of four who works as a domestic help. Both beneficiaries live close to each other in the same locality. The construction of the toilets was undertaken by a professional contractor of APDF. Members of Youth Friends, a neighbourhood youth group provided volunteer service (Shramadan) in the construction work.

Both toilets were handed over to the beneficiaries on 2nd March, 2020 by Lion Jerry Crasta, President of Lions Club Mangalore-Balmatta in the presence of Manoj Kumar, corporator of the ward, Lion Noel F. C. Pinto, SwachBharath coordinator of Lions District 317D, Lion Avil D’Souza, Arjun Rai - Director APD Foundation and Team APD members Vanishree, Megan D’souza and Dhanush Desai.

APD Foundation invites individual and corporate sponsors of free toilet under Prathi Manege Souchalaya (PRMS). In order to elicit crowd funding for the project, APD Foundation has installed drop boxes for people to make donations at popular venues like Baker’s Treat, Misbah Supermarket, S.L. Shet Jewellers, Kamath & Co., the Baklava Company, Jerosa Company, La Pino’s Pizza, Just Juice and The Boutique (City Centre), Juice Junction, Nilgiris Supermarket (Empire Mall) and Lincoln Cafe.