Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Kannur Residents Turn Onam Flower Sales Into Transplant Fund
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.
Residents and youngsters in Chala are raising money for class 11 student Sreedevina’s kidney transplant.
Sreedevina requires dialysis three times a week because of severe kidney disease.
Her transplant and follow-up care are estimated to cost around Rs 30 lakh.
The Chala Changs youth group and local residents bought flowers worth about Rs 2.5 lakh for Onam sales.
All flower-sale collections, along with payasam sales and other donations, will support her treatment.
- Who
- Class 11 student Sreedevina, the Chala Changs youth group, local residents, and traders.
- What
- A community campaign is raising funds for Sreedevina’s kidney transplant and follow-up care through flower and payasam sales.
- When
- During the Onam season; the articles do not provide a specific date.
- Where
- Chala in Kannur, Kerala, with stalls also being set up elsewhere in Kannur.
- Why
- Sreedevina has severe kidney disease, requires dialysis three times a week, and needs about Rs 30 lakh for treatment.
- 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