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Kannur Residents Turn Onam Flower Sales Into Transplant Fund

Kannur Residents Turn Onam Flower Sales Into Transplant Fund
Kannur residents turn Onam flower sales into fundraiser for student’s kidney transplant · thehansindia.com

A student named Sreedevina in Chala has a serious kidney disease.

She needs dialysis three times every week.

Doctors say her transplant and later care may cost about Rs 30 lakh.

Local young people and residents want to help her family pay for it.

They bought many flowers and are selling them during the Onam season.

They are giving all the money collected, not just their profits, to her treatment.

They are also selling payasam and asking travelers and others to donate.

People from different communities are working together so Sreedevina can receive treatment and celebrate Onam next year.

Key facts

Student
Sreedevina, a class 11 student at Chala Higher Secondary School
Medical need
Kidney transplant and follow-up care
Estimated cost
Around Rs 30 lakh
Dialysis schedule
Three times a week
Flower stock
Flowers worth approximately Rs 2.5 lakh were brought from Karnataka and other places
Fundraising activities
Onam flower sales, payasam sales, and donations
Organizing group
Chala Changs, working with residents and traders

Quotes

A Chala Changs group member

Member of the local youth group organising the campaign

“We are also selling payasam to collect funds for the student’s treatment. All efforts are being made to ensure she gets proper treatment so that she can happily celebrate Onam with us next year.”
thehansindia.com
“There is no caste, religion or politics involved here. Everyone has come together with the single objective of saving this girl’s life.”
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