Thank you for helping Yogish

Thank you for all your help and support, we have been able to collect the required amount of Rs 30000 towards the wheelchair expenses shortly. Yogish will soon be visiting specialists to begin treatment.

Watch out for this space for more updates!

For the last SIX years Yogish Shetty has not placed his foot on the ground. He spends 24 hours a day confined to his bed in a small room. The 30-year-old cannot do anything without help. He can neither eat food by himself nor attend the call of nature. What is disheartening is that the chances of him regaining his health are getting bleak with each passing day.

An enthusiastic lad, Yogish was working in a restaurant in Mumbai. One fateful day at the beach shattered all his dreams. While swimming he suffered a stroke in which his spinal cord (C5, C6) was fractured. Yogish has no strength from his waist and below. His hands too are affected and he can barely brush his teeth. The C5 and C6 fracture is known to paralize a person neck down.

At Majal Thota in Ranipura about 16kms from Mangalore city is a small-two room house of Mallikarjuna, a security guard and Rajani, a beedi roller. Yogish their oldest son lives in this house and is attended round the clock by his mother. 

It has been months since Yogish has seen the world outside his room. Mallikarjuna’s meagre salary makes it a hand-to-mouth existence for this family.

An enthusiastic young man, Yogish had dreams to work hard and earn good money for himself and his parents. His state today does not permit him even to move an inch. Doctors have suggested that he will be permanently bedridden and this has been traumatic for him.

Amidst this turbulence there is a sparkle in Yogish’s eye. He has fought depression and is still hopeful of a better tomorrow.

You can make it possible by reaching out to Yogish.

Expert ortho-physicians have recommended a customized wheel chair for Yogish. He will have to make a visit to Mobility India, Bangalore, one of the nation’s top centres for providing mobility equipment for disabled. The subsidized cost amounts to Rs 30,000 and includes all his expenses for the wheelchair, his travel to Bangalore and his stay in the city.

 A wheel chair is what he needs to move out of his bed and look at life with new vigour. Your contribution, no matter how small it is, will help transform his life.

 The Reach Out Club calls you to contribute and give Yogish a better tomorrow.

Contributions can be made in cash or through cheques drawn in favour of ‘Family Service Agency, Roshni Nilaya, Mangalore’.

For more details on how you can help, please feel free to get in touch with Melisha on 9886771435 or Vinod on 9886724631 (after 9pm) or write in to us at therocteam@gmail.com

The list of those who have contributed so far

Vikas Pandey	1000
Dielle D’Souza	1000
A well wisher (p)	1000
Banhishikha Majumdar	1000
Bibhash Dash	1000
Glady’s Noronha	500
Shruti N	1000
Aditi Mallya	560
A well wisher (g)	2,500
Mohan Kumar	500
Lekshmi Kumar	1,000
A well wisher (s)	1,000
A wel wisher (n)	1,600
Soumya Acharya	2,500
Dolfred D’Souza	1,000
Royster D’Souza	5,000
A wel wisher (r)	1,000
Sangeetha Pai	1,000
A wel wisher (l)	2,200
A wel wisher (m)	2,200
Patrick D’Souza	500
Sushma K Nair	100
Murali Raj Uchil	150
Yogesh Bolar	500
Shiva Prakash Acharya	500
Robert Netto	200
Loyed Fernandes	200
Dhiraj Shetty	500
Naveen VP	500
Sunil D’Mello	100
TOTAL	31810