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Team Idhayangal and all our children and families

December, 2025

Rewarding year for Idhayangal supporting 3652 children with type 1diabetes across India, 8 states supported, 2 lac insulin cartridges, 50 lac insulin shots, 30 lac glucose strips, 20 lac pain free needles, 275 insulin pumps, 30000 pump consumables, 8 type 1diabetes specialized care centres across Government medical college hospitals, 100 girl children supported for college education translating to more than 90% reductions in diabetic emergency admissions across state, zero kidney failure and blindness. Highlight of the year has been the partnership with National Health Mission Tamilnadu state in setting up Centres of Excellence across major Government medical college hospitals providing high quality Type1 diabetes care on par with best clinic practice anywhere in the world, we profusely thank each and everyone of you in enabling Idhayangal reach the unreached, wishing you all happy New Year 2026 on behalf of Team Idhayangal and all our children and families

Whose lives are transformed, are idhayangal stars of the month

December, 2025

NHM-Idhayangal colloborative partnership group is delighted to inaugurate the 8th Type1 diabetes specialized care centre at Theni Government medical college hospital, Theni. This unique model of excellence in Type1 diabetes care with joint NHM NGO CSR partnership is revolutinizing Type1 diabetes care across Tamilnadu state bringing high quality investigations including Hba1c kidney function Thyroid test and retinopathy screening along with analogue basal bolus insulins, glucometers glucose strips insulin pumps and CGMS, all completely free of cost, at the doorstep of underprivileged children with type 1diabetes across state at their local Government hospitals, currently NHM-Idhayangal partnership has been instrumental in establishing centres at Chennai Salem Thanjavur Trichy Tirunelveli Dharmapuri Namakkal & Theni with further centres at Chidambaram Madurai Tiruvarur and Tirupur for the next round, dream is to ensure no single underprivileged child with Type1 diabetes in Tamilnadu is left out and this model serves as template for type 1 diabetes care for the nation. Deeply indebted to Dr Arun Thamburaj NHM MD for his relentless visionary support, Dean Theni GH Dr Muthu Chitra, HOD Medicine Dr ThirunavukarasuDr Sopnajothi Asst Prof Medicine. Special thanks to TVS Motors CE for his enormous support for this centre and Shri Vijayaraghavan for his efforts. Theni district children with type 1diabetes and their parents, whose lives are transformed, are idhayangal stars of the month

Treatment are Idhayangal stars of the month

December, 2025

Project Red Arrow, a visionary thought from Team Idhayangal focusing on poorly performing children with type 1diabetes and Hba1c)9, is off to a great start across Tamilnadu state, three children of different age groups coming to Idhayangal yesterday with excellent glucose control and Hba1c (7, heartwarming to see the happiness in children's faces receiving the Idhayangal Red Arrow award, Team Idhayangal with their relentless 24*7 work ethic and single minded dream of ensuring no single poor child with type 1diabetes suffers for want of best efforts and treatment are Idhayangal stars of the month

God blessed Nishitha is Idhayangal star of the month

December, 2025

Heart melting moments with Nishitha from deep interior Salem district, this bright child with multiple admissions with severe hypoglycemia, poverty and very challenging socioeconomic circumstances fought back with grace and determination with insulin pump therapy through Idhayangal, now doing extremely well with A1c at 7 with no hypos, sweet moment when this kid hesitantly asked whether she could gift Team Idhayangal, happily giving all of us special peanut candy from her town, things that money cant buy moments and no amount of crores will equate Nishitha's love and gratitude, God blessed Nishitha is Idhayangal star of the month

All the Stakeholders are idhayangal stars of the month

December, 2025

NHM-Idhayangal colloborative partnership is delighted to announce the inauguration of 7th Type1 diabetes specialized care centre at Namakkal GH this Friday, this centre brings our dream closer of ensuring every single underprivileged child with Type1 diabetes gets the best investigations and treatment at a Government Hospital at their doorstep. We profusely thank NHM MD Dr Arun Thamburaj for the relentless support, entire NHM team, District Collector Tmt Durgamoorthi IAS, Dean Dr Santha Arulmozhi, Prof Suresh Kannan and entire Namakkal GH Pediatrics DEIC team. It was such a fitting tribute for Dean Dr Santha on the eve of her retirement to be a part of the inauguration. Heartfelt thanks to ACSEN Agrisciences MD Shri Senthilnathan and Mrs Chitra Senthilnathan for sponsoring the entire centre, Rotary club of Coimbatore Metropolis led by Rtn Sheilendra Bhansali and his team. This mammoth effort encapsulates the power of combined Government, NGO, industry and Rotary partnership, all the stakeholders are idhayangal stars of the month, Theni Chidambaram Madurai and Tiruvarur are next on the list on this dream come true journey

Suba clinic are Idhayangal stars of the month

November, 2025

Deeply humbling moments when Dr Sekar from Vadamadurai Dindigul Dt, a huge Idhayangal supporter and renowned doctor donated all funds marked for his centre towards a diabetes course for his staff to Idhayangal, truly humbling moment when all his staff (attendees) joined hands together inspite of their difficult finances to add Rs 10000 of their hard earned money as Guru Dhakshanai to be added to Idhayangal contribution, there is a reason why it still rains in our part of the world, Dr Sekar and his entire staff at Suba clinic are Idhayangal stars of the month

NHM-Idhayangal collaborative group

November, 2025

NHM-Idhayangal collaborative group is delighted to announce the inauguration of our 6th Type1 diabetes specialized care centre at Dharmapuri GH last week. Heartwarming to see hundreds of underprivileged children especially from tribal areas now get access to best type 1diabetes management with basal bolus insulins, glucometers, glucose strips, sensors, comprehensive retinal renal Thyroid and anaemia screening along with 24*7 emergency helpline support, we are greatly indebted to NHM Mission Director Dr Arun Thamburaj for his untiring support to our dreams of ensuring no single poor child with type 1diabetes in Tamilnadu is left out, Dharmapuri District Collector Shri Sadheesh IAS for giving one hour of his valuable time to interact with our children, Rasi Seeds Team for their generous visionary funding for all the 6 centres, Dean Dr Manohar for providing his absolute support, Pediatrics DEIC and Medicine Teams at Dharmapuri GH, children and families. We are looking forward to inauguration of more centres at Namakkal Theni Chidambaram and Madurai shortly, thanks for all your support and wishes

Nila is idhayangal star of the month

November, 2025

Team Idhayangal is blessed to serve children like Nila, battling Type1 diabetes, Down's syndrome, learning difficulties and abject poverty, this God blessed child remembers to bring Jasmine flowers from her backyard for Team Idhayangal inspite of 350 kms travel from deep interior Ariyalur district, having recovered from a serious infection and major diabetic emergency admission. This simple act of love and selflessness from a child who apparently has nothing to give and everything to complain reinforces our faith in humanity and kindness, rich in thoughts Nila is idhayangal star of the month

Yamuna and her parents are idhayangal stars of the month

November, 2025

Type1 diabetes is no deterrence to achievements Seb Sasaville climbed Mount Everest with Type1 diabetes, our Yamuna from Salem with Type1 diabetes climbed her own little Everest by winning 5 medals in her school competitions beating every competitor, a beaming Yamuna with her proud parents at Salem GH camp with equally proud doctors! Yamuna and her parents are idhayangal stars of the month

Dhiyash and his mother are idhayangal stars of the month

October, 2025

Heartwarming to see Master Diyash at Tiruvarur GH camp recently, the 350 km trip was worth it just to see the pure innocence and happiness in Diyash face on seeing us, this God protected child was diagnosed with Type1 diabetes as one-year old, showing so much maturity and happiness at such tender age inspite of 4 times a day insulin and persistent glucose monitoring, wants to become a police officer to protect our country, let's pray for Diyash to be bestowed with excellent Health and achieve his dreams, Dhiyash and his mother are idhayangal stars of the month

Deepavali is all about light over darkness

October, 2025

Deepavali is all about light over darkness, optimism over deep pessimism and hope over despair. Idhayangal is delighted to celebrate this great occasion with ten of our Type1 diabetes children who showed all the above qualities with such grace and poise inspite of whatever destiny had thrown at them, rising like a phoenix inspite of amputation, visual loss, severe diabetic coma admissions, symbolising Deepavali's hope, resilience and brightness, we are immensely grateful to members of Inner Wheel Club of Coimbatore West to spend their valuable time and contribution to our children' deepavali dresses, idhayangal and all our 3200 children and their families wishes all of you our heartfelt Deepavali wishes, every single one of you are the light and star enabling our children and families to have hope and happiness in their lives

National Health Mission

October, 2025

Idhayangal in partnership with National Health Mission Tamilnadu is delighted to announce the inauguration of 5th Type1 diabetes specialized care centre at Tirunelveli GH this week in the gracious presence of TirunelveliDistrict Collector Dr Sukumar IAS and Dean Dr Revathy Balan, this initiative opens the door for high quality Type1 diabetes care for hundreds of children across Tirunelveli districts with access to advanced Point of care testing for all diabetes related parameters, analogue insulins glucometers with 24*7 support through dedicated diabetes educators, we profusely thank NHM MD Dr Arun Thamburaj for his enormous support without whom such visionary initiatives are impossible , Tirunelveli District Collector Dr Sukumar for his rock solid support towards this noble cause, Dean Dr Revathy for extending all support, entire NHM team, Tirunelveli Pediatrics, Diabetes and DEIC teams. We are deeply indebted to Rasi Seeds MD Shri Rajendran for funding support to 6 centres across Tamilnadu enabling excellent Type1 diabetes care to thousands of children, with this Idhayangal has set up 5 centres at Chennai Salem Thanjavur Trichy and Tirunelveli with 5 more coming up at Dharmapuri Theni Madurai Namakkal and Chidambaram, we are on the first mile of the thousand mile journey to ensure every single poor child with Type1 diabetes in Tamilnadu has access to best treatment at their local Government hospital free of cost, we are thankful to all our wellwishers who are idhayangal stars forever to transform our dreams to reality

Mugavari Team and all the Mugavari doctors are Idhayangal stars of the month

October, 2025

Idhayangal Charitable Trust is delighted to partner with Mugavari foundation led by Shri Ramesh, awesome inspiring personality who has dedicated his life for supporting underprivileged students in Medicine Engineering Agri with close to 1000 students supported. This partnership is a win-win where doctors post MBBS work for Idhayangal for a defined period, giving back to society at the same time serving and learning, we are so humbled by 3 doctors giving up their PG NEET preparation to serve idhayangal, above photo at idhayangal centre with Mugavari team and doctors & Team Idhayangal,we wish to thank Rasi Seeds MD Shri Rajendran for his out of box thoughts of linking two different organizations for a noble cause, the entire Mugavari Team and all the Mugavari doctors are Idhayangal stars of the month

Mugana and her mother are idhayangal stars of the month

September, 2025

Heart warming moment to receive the marriage invitation for Mugana from Rameshwaram, Mugana (2nd left) was brought to Coimbatore with uncontrolled type 1diabetes with impending diabetic coma four years ago, with the grace of Almighty and Team Idhayangal efforts, she made an amazing recovery. Since then, she has given the fight of her life with excellent glycemic control on insulin pump, finished her college and now getting married in November. Mugana's mother has spent a fortune in inviting Team Idhayangal for the marriage with such love and affection that mere money can't buy, Mugana and her mother are idhayangal stars of the month

all participating children and their parents are idhayangal stars of the month

September, 2025

Idhayangal is delighted to initiate PROJECT RED ARROW, focussing on poorly perfoming children across State with Hba1c >9 %, this day long project got together 16 children from across state looking at root cause analysis of poor performance and giving the chance to each child to get better through individual tailor made solutions, it was awesome to see all children showing huge sense of purpose with a promise to make atleast a 1% reduction in Hba1c in 3 months, we are deeply grateful to all wellwishers and Team Idhayangal for their absolute focus and dedication to ensure no single poor child with type 1diabetes across state ends up in kidney failure or blindness, all participating children and their parents are idhayangal stars of the month

Deeply thankful to all our wellwishers for their support and wishes

September, 2025

Idhayangal is delighted to announce the inauguration of 4th Type1 diabetes specialized care centre at Trichy GH in association with NHM Tamilnadu, closely following the opening of such centres at Chennai Salem Thanjavur recently, this initiative has opened the doors for high quality Type1 diabetes care to thousands of the most deserving underprivileged children across various districts of Tamilnadu with access to comprehensive screening for retinal and renal complications, analogue basal bolus insulins, glucometers provided with 100 glucose strips per month per child, Ambulatory glucose monitoring, insulin pump therapy and 24*7 dedicated diabetes educators and helpline support, we are greatly indebted to NHM Mission Director Dr Arun Thamburaj for his visionary relentless support to our children, Rasi seeds MD Shri Rajendran for funding 6 centres, Trichy District Collector Shri Saravanan, Dean Trichy GH Dr Kumaravel, HOD Dr Suresh Kumar, Dr Padma Priya and entire Trichy GH Pediatrics team and DEIC, Dr Vijay kumar from Trichy Diabetes Club, further centres are planned across state to ensure no single poor child with type 1diabetes suffers for want of best treatment to lead happy healthy productive lives, deeply thankful to all our wellwishers for their support and wishes

Dushyanth and his grandmother are idhayangal stars of the month

September, 2025

God bless young Dushyanth, such Godly innocence battling Type1 diabetes from tender age of 12 months, only caretaker is an illiterate but supersmart grandmother, graciously taking 4 times insulin every day with perfect three times fingerprick testing for glucoses, 3rd consecutive Hba1c at 6.5 percent, beaming with pride receiving idhayangal's special T-shirt, Dushyanth and his grandmother are idhayangal stars of the month

little Rani Isaipriya is idhayangal star of the month

September, 2025

Jhansi Rani would be proud of our Isaipriya for the fight and determination with minimal resources and maximum attitude, it is so fitting that Isaipriya got first prize in her school function for dressing like Jhansi Ranilaxmi, challenges were too many, severe diabetic coma at nine months of age, relentless 4 times insulin and finger prick testing, Managing her A1c at 7 percent consecutively, our little Rani Isaipriya is idhayangal star of the month

Vidya and her daughter are idhayangal stars of the month

August, 2025

Heartwarming to see Vidya from Kodaikanal beaming proudly as a mother, exactly seven years ago she was given up when she came into Idhayangal fold with uncontrolled type 1diabetes and given months to live, Vidya has shown huge determination and fightback courtesy Idhayangal wellwishers, completed her education, happily married and now holding her bundle of Joy, proving girls with type 1diabetes especially from underprivileged background can lead happy healthy productive lives, Vidya and her daughter are idhayangal stars of the month

Thanjavur Raja Mirasdar Government hospital

August, 2025

Idhayangal is delighted to announce the inauguration of the 3rd joint NHM-Idhayangal Type1 diabetes specialized care centre for type 1diabetes based at Thanjavur Raja Mirasdar Government hospital on 13th August. With 3 centres at Chennai Salem and Thanjavur set up within one month period that is life-saving for thousands of poor children with type 1diabetes is a true testament to the leadership of NHM Mission Director Dr Arun Thamburaj, Team NHM, respective Deans of the Government hospitals, all concerned Heads of Departments and our most valued donors. We are deeply grateful to Dean of Thanjavur Medical college Dr Poovathy, HOD Pediatrics Prof Selvakumar, DEIC team and very importantly our donors RASI Seeds and SASTRA University Dean Dr S.Swaminathan

Salem Government Hospital

August, 2025

Idhayangal's dream of ensuring high quality Type1 diabetes care to the most underprivileged across Tamilnadu took a huge leap with the inauguration of Type1 diabetes specialized care centre at Salem Government hospital on August 4th, following the opening of such centre in Chennai, this centre boasts of high quality analogue insulins, glucometers, glucose strips, glucose sensors, retinal camera, POC devices for all bloods and 24*7 dedicated diabetes educator, we are immensely grateful to NHM Mission Director Dr Arun Thamburaj for coming all the way from Chennai to inaugurate the centre, NHM team, Dean and HOD Diabetes at Salem GH, our generous sponsors from Rasi Seeds Chairman and MD, Rotary DG Salem and Rotarians from Elite Club, all wellwishers to make this dream come true, Idhayangal along with NHM is inaugurating more centres at Thanjavur, Trichy, Tirunelveli, Tiruvarur and Dharmapuri in the coming months so that no single poor child with type 1diabetes across state suffers for want of best treatment to lead happy healthy productive lives, deeply grateful for all your support

Swetha is idhayangal super star of the month

August, 2025

Such a joy to see our God blessed child Swetha from deep forested Sathyamangalam area, for the 8th consecutive time, this kid maintains her Hba1c at 7 with a huge smile, well groomed with whatever she has battling poverty, no deviation from an iron clad discipline with 4 times daily insulin, 3 times testing a day ,zero junk food and stoic happy acceptance of her Type1 diabetes, Swetha teaches all of us the power of patience, perseverance, acceptance and determination at such a tender age, awesome Swetha is idhayangal super star of the month

Advika is idhayangal star of the month

July, 2025

Awesome Advika looking so innocently happy after receiving Idhayangal's special shawl for consistently maintaining her A1c at 7 percent this year, this seemingly fragile child has valiantly fought glucose of 750 mgs/dl at presentation and three serious diabetic coma admissions before coming to Idhayangal a year ago, now doing extremely well with A1c of 7, the ever radiant Advika is idhayangal star of the month

Chola MS team and Rasi Seeds for enabling idhayangal to reach the unreached

July, 2025

Great day for underprivileged children with type 1diabetes and their families across Tamilnadu state with the inauguration of first of its kind Type1 diabetes specialized care centre at Institute of Child Health, Chennai, joint initiative of Idhayangal NHM DME and ICH, this centre is the first step in the thousand mile journey of ensuring no poor child with type 1diabetes in India suffers for want of best treatment to lead happy healthy productive lives. This centre boasts of supporting children with best insulins analogues in penfill cartridges, glucometers with 100 glucose strips per month per child, 40 pain-free needles per month per child, access to advanced glucose sensors and insulin pump therapy for deserving indicated children, educational materials, full time dedicated diabetes educators, HBA1C, Thyroid tests, hemoglobin, kidney function tests all in POC devices with drop of blood, advanced AI enabled Retinal camera for avoidable blindness and 24*7 emergency helpline, all completely free of cost. Further centres are getting started at Salem GH, Tanjore Raja Mirasdar hospital, Trichy, Tirunelveli, Tiruvarur and Dharmapuri, dream is to set up centres in each of 38 districts of Tamilnadu so that no single poor child is left behind. Deeply indebted to NHM Mission Director Dr Arun Thamburaj whose support is life-saving for thousands of children across State, whole NHM team, Dr Theranirajan Office of DME, Prof Lakshmi Director ICH, Prof Sridevi Chief-in Charge ICH and very importantly our donors Chola MS team and Rasi Seeds for enabling idhayangal to reach the unreached

Jeevitha is idhayangal star of the month

July, 2025

Awesome to see Jeevitha from deep interior Dharmapuri district showing fierce determination to battle loss of dad at one year of age, type 1diabetes since two years of age, complete visual loss by 13 years of age due to optic atrophy, illiterate but loving mother, depths of poverty and 4 times per day insulin, Jeevitha always has a warm smile and comes in her only best dress to the clinic looking radiant and positive, Jeevitha is idhayangal star of the month

Yuvashri is idhayangal star of the decade

July, 2025

Awesome attitude and determination from 16-year old Yuvashri battling malignant osteosarcoma, left leg amputation, multiple chemos, brittle type1 diabetes on 4 times daily insulin, severe poverty with a hyperrich heart and no dad. This bright kid calls me the morning after surgery with such positivity with no hint of fear or anger at her condition, thanking God for tolerable pain and looking forward to the physio visit! This great photo was taken on 1st post op day, lesson for all of us from Yuvasri on how to conduct oneself graciously inspite of the worst of circumstances, Yuvashri is idhayangal star of the decade, thanks for all wellwishers who prayed for Yuvashri

Yuvashri and her mother are Idhayangal stars of the month

June, 2025

All our prayers are with Yuvashri, extremely smart 16 year old girl battling multiple wars at this tender age, brittle Type1 diabetes on 4 times per day insulin injections, poverty, loss of dad and recent diagnosis of osteosarcoma of tibia, cycles of chemo, due for amputation shortly, any lesser soul would have given up, this God blessed child came to me with steely determination saying these exact words, "Uncle, don't worry about me, I am going to come back to idhayangal walking on prosthetic leg, will complete my college and join Idhayangal, please pray for me and my mother", please join us in praying to the Almighty to show all the mercy to this awesome child, Yuvashri and her mother are Idhayangal stars of the month

Siya is our idhayangal pan india star of the month

June, 2025

Team Idhayangal is deeply humbled by the opportunity to help children irrespective of caste creed religion and State, Siya with brittle uncontrolled type 1diabetes and her parents came all the way from Haryana trusting us blindly, we are so delighted to see this bright kid straightaway understanding the nuances of insulin pump therapy immediately after an exhausting 2 day train travel, so happily receiving her insulin pump and thanking in Hindish Tamil just after 4 days in Tamilnadu, Siya is our idhayangal pan india star of the month

Sanjana is idhayangal star of the month

June, 2025

Everyday we are overwhelmed by our children's affection and ability to give even though we erroneously think they have nothing to give! Sanjana made a miraculous recovery from diabetic coma, now doing extremely well courtesy of Idhayangal wellwishers and Team Idhayangal, painstakingly worked on a cardboard for hours to present to Idhayangal, things that money can't buy moments, Sanjana is idhayangal star of the month

Great to see children from Theni and Madurai districts

May, 2025

Great to see children from Theni and Madurai districts do so well in yesterday's camp, children who were given up couple of years ago showing great determination, the brightness in their face so rewarding where the award and reward is the work itself, deeply grateful to all our wellwishers and donors who power Team Idhayangal to reach the unreached

Nafiya and her parents are idhayangal stars of the month

May, 2025

Heart warming to see the absolute transformation in Nafiya from Lakshadweep within 2 weeks of coming to Idhayangal, what more can a child endure with an ever radiant smile battling brittle type 1diabetes with glucoses of more than 400 mgs for 3 years, low white cells with abscess all over the body, Nafiya showed huge resilience and absolute trust with Team Idhayangal, learnt insulin pump within few days, now looking so confident, all abscesses disappeared like magic within a week. Nafiya and her family repaid their kindness for their free treatment and recovery at idhayangal by raising 33000 from her friends in Lakshadweep inspite of their poverty, for supporting other children at Idhayangal, Nafiya and her parents are idhayangal stars of the month

Athmika is Idhayangal star of the month

April, 2025

God bless Athmika from deep interior Perambalur district, travelled 300 kms with glucoses of 753 mgs/dl coming into idhayangal centre at Coimbatore yesterday, showing the fight of her life with remarkable determination recovered completely courtesy of intravenous fluids, insulin and dedicated idhayangal team work by evening, the cheerfulness on her face at time of going home masks the intense battle of this child with utmost graciousness and no single tear, Athmika is Idhayangal star of the month

Isaipriya is Idhayangal star of the month

April, 2025

Always a joy to have Isaipriya at Idhayangal, this 4 year old child electrifies the centre with her infectious smile and energy inspite of battling brittle type 1diabetes since 9 months of age, taking 4 insulin injections per day with no hint of frustration, wants to be a doctor, confidently wearing a stethoscope around her neck and sitting next to me to see her patients, Isaipriya is Idhayangal star of the month

Selvi and her family are idhayangal stars of the month

March, 2025

Exactly 7 years ago, Selvi was battling severe septicemic shock and diabetic coma at our emergency, showing huge determination to fightback on 4 times a day insulin and later on insulin pump, now looking so serene and happy with her "bundle of joy", after a normal uncomplicated delivery and Hba1c of 6 percent throughout pregnancy, giving huge hope for parents of underprivileged girls with type 1diabetes that they too can lead normal happy healthy lives, Selvi and her family are idhayangal stars of the month

Malar is idhayangal star of the month

March, 2025

Deeply humbled by love and affection of our Idhayangal children, God bless Malar who saved all the little money she received for her birthday recently to buy little gifts for the entire idhayangal team, given up few years ago with glucose of 705 mgs and recurrent diabetic coma admissions, Malar has made a remarkable comeback courtesy of idhayangal donors support, heartwarming to see a child spending her birthday gifting Team Idhayangal, precious moments that mere money can't buy and joys of Idhayangal work, Malar is idhayangal star of the month

Nira and her parents are idhayangal stars of the month

March, 2025

Nira all of 11 months of age, from Kanyakumari, our hearts go out for this angel, recovered from severe diabetic coma last month, gracious in taking 4 times insulin without a tear, so happy at our centre after a long travel from Nagercoil, we are sure the Almighty will shower all her kindness in helping Nira and her parents cope with the stress of Type1 diabetes at such a young age, Nira and her parents are idhayangal stars of the month

Madhusri and all of you are Idhayangal stars of the month

March, 2025

Exactly 6 years ago,Madhusri from deep interior Salem district was unable to stand walk or go to school due to uncontrolled type 1diabetes. With God's grace, Idhayangal wellwishers support, insulin pump and help for college education through idhayangal donors, Madhusri is now a confident young nursing student, triple medalist in Relay, throwball and shotput, dreaming her dreams, deeply grateful for all your support in enabling us to reach the unreached, Madhusri and all of you are Idhayangal stars of the month

All children, District Collector, Dean and all doctors are Idhayangal stars of the month

March, 2025

Idhayangal's dream of ensuring no single poor child with type 1diabetes suffers in any nook and corner of India took a big leap at Trichy by supporting 45 underprivileged children with type 1diabetes across Trichy districts through Trichy Government hospital, it was a privilege to have the District Collector Thiru Pradeep Kumar spend 15 minutes of his valuable time interacting with children and their families, promising all support, all children, District Collector, Dean and all doctors are Idhayangal stars of the month

All of you our donors and wellwishers are Idhayangal stars of the month

February, 2025

Joys of Tanjore camp to see hundreds of children brimming with confidence and happiness, taking the fight back to type 1 diabetes inspite of their tender age, poverty and parenteral illiteracy, mothers for the first time feeling a sense of hope that their children too can lead a normal happy life, A1c reductions of 2%, huge reductions in diabetic emergency admissions, all children, their families, our medical partners at Tanjore, and all of you our donors and wellwishers are Idhayangal stars of the month

Parkavi is idhayangal star of the month

February, 2025

A voracious reader, Parkavi's dream was rattled by extreme visual impairment and type 1diabetes, extremely dejected Parkavi came to our clinic with only one request, "Uncle, I want to read my books and go back to school", after exploring options, idhayangal has funded advanced AI enabled low visual aid glasses that has transformed Parkavi' ability to read, priceless to see her reading with little effort and the peacefulness in her face. Parkavi is idhayangal star of the month

Mugana and her parents are idhayangal stars of the month

February, 2025

Joys of Madurai camp, humbled by Mugana's family love and affection for idhayangal, Mugana was given up with recurrent severe low and high glucoses with coma, now doing extremely well on insulin pump therapy courtesy Idhayangal donors and wellwishers, back to gainful work, her fisherman dad from Rameshwaram scoured the sea for the best sea shells, Mugana and her mother pumped all their efforts to do the artwork on 3 shells with idhayangal name and gifted this to us in front of 125 children and their families, sea shells given with so much of love and gratitude that mere money can't buy, Mugana and her parents are idhayangal stars of the month

Hastin is idhayangal star of the month

February, 2025

God bless Hastin Joel from Trichy, all of 2 years, battling Type1 diabetes without fuss on 4 times insulin injections, happily jumping on seeing us at the Trichy camp, such an endearing moment of pure innocence and joy, the true rewards of idhayangal work, Hastin is idhayangal star of the month

All contributing doctors from Trichy districts are idhayangal stars of the month

January, 2025

Amazing to see what happens when doctors join together for a great cause! Hats off to doctors from Diabetes Club of Trichy and API Trichy to have raised a whopping 9 lacs to support underprivileged children with type 1diabetes across Trichy districts supporting high quality insulins, needles and insulin pumps for 100 deserving children from their districts, when doctors give the Almighty smiles, all contributing doctors from Trichy districts are idhayangal stars of the month

Harshini and her mother are idhayangal superstars of the month

January, 2025

The true superstars are our mothers of children with type 1diabetes, God bless Harshini and her mother from deep interior Ramnad district, battling Type 1 diabetes from tender 7 months of age, on 4 times per day insulin and 5 times fingerprick testing,Harshini and her mother showing great poise and peacefulness inspite of going through some of the toughest moments of their lives, we thank you for enabling us to serve such deserving families across our nation, Harshini and her mother are idhayangal superstars of the month

Nagul is idhayangal star of the month

January, 2025

God has blessed Nagul with loads of innocence and kindness inspite of poverty, visual impairment and brittle type 1diabetes on insulin pump, Nagul hesitantly asked me yesterday whether he can give a gift to his best friend (lucky me), brightly taking out a small pencil cap from his pocket as a New Year gift, such an endearing moment to see this bright kid beaming as he gifted this pencil cap, things that mere money can't buy moments, Nagul is idhayangal star of the month

All our Southern districts children and their families are idhayangal stars of the month

January, 2025

Rewarding start for Idhayangal 2025 at the Southern most part of India, covering Kanyakumari Nagercoil Tirunelveli and Tenkasi, great to see our children doing extremely well, children who were given up couple of years ago showing great fight and determination in taking the battle back to diabetes, awesome smile inspite of whatever fate thrown at them, all our Southern districts children and their families are idhayangal stars of the month

Sai Krish is idhayangal star of the month

December, 2024

Heartwarming tale of 2 brothers, elder Sai Nikethan battled severe diabetic emergency few months ago, now keeping his A1c at 6.9 percent with fierce determination on 4 times a day insulin, however star of the month is his brother Sai Krish who has completely renounced junk food and chocolates for the sake of his brother, this Godly innocent child vaguely understands that his brother can end up in harms way if he is not strict with his food choices and wants to show his solidarity by completely avoiding biscuits and chocolates even if his brother is not around, hard hitting message for grown up adults (brothers) fighting for petty things in life, Sai Krish is idhayangal star of the month

All of you are idhayangal stars of the month

December, 2024

Idhayangal's dream of reaching the unreached has become a reality after our outreach to Kallakurichi and Sivagangai districts of Tamilnadu, it felt like a God given opportunity to support very smart children in deep interior socially disadvantaged pockets of Tamilnadu, it was an awesome sight to see children learning pen devices and glucometers so quickly, understanding Type1 diabetes education and happy to self inject in front of us, we profusely thank all of you, idhayangal wellwishers and donors, doctors from Kallakurichi and Sivagangai, for enabling us to reach the unreached, all of you are idhayangal stars of the month

All five children are Idhayangal stars of the year

December, 2024

Greatly rewarding and heartwarming to have five of our Idhayangal children plucked out from jaws of imminent cessation of life, now doing so extremely well with Hba1c less than 7 percent, looking so happy and full of life, all the five awesome children receiving idhayangal's green cap award for immense bravery and tenacity at peak adversity, all five children are Idhayangal stars of the year

All Children and Parents are Idhayangal Stars of the Month

November, 2024

Awesome get together last Sunday at Racecourse Coimbatore for KIDATHON where 1000 school children across Coimbatore joined hands with 200 idhayangal children to raise awareness and funds for type 1diabetes, great to see young children come so early in the morning for a great cause, profusely thank Rotary E-club of Metrodynamix, DG Rtn Sundaravadivelu, Commisioner of Police Coimbatore, Sub Collector, all children and parents for their valuable time efforts and contribution, all children and parents are idhayangal stars of the month

All doctors from Trichy are Idhayangal stars of the month

November, 2024

Amazing what happens when doctors join together for a noble cause, hats off to Trichy Diabetes Club doctors in raising 7.5 lacs for supporting Type1 diabetes children across Trichy districts and presenting to idhayangal on the eve of World Diabetes Day, world is a much better place when doctors give, all doctors from Trichy are Idhayangal stars of the month

Swetha is Idhayangal's multiple stars of the month

November, 2024

Always a joy to have Swetha at Idhayangal, this Godly innocent child having battled major diabetic coma admissions is so meticulous with her insulin shots and glucose testing, keeping her A1c below 7 for second year consecutively, inspite of extreme poverty Swetha ensures that she is so well dressed when she comes to idhayangal with her only best dress, gets all the flowers from her garden, looks so happy and peaceful, swetha is Idhayangal's multiple stars of the month

all our above donors are Idhayangal stars of the month

November, 2024

Idhayangal's dream of ensuring advanced technologies reach the most deserving underprivileged children became a reality with a single day distribution of 37 insulin pumps along with one-year worth of pump consumables to deserving children across state, all children had extremely brittle type 1diabetes where insulin pumps, a state-of-art gadget size of small mobile phone effortlessy pumps insulin without the need for injections, is life-saving and life-Changing, we profusely thank Dr Veerapan Subramaniam from VGS foundation and Shri Senthilnathan and Mrs Chitra Senthilnathan from ACSEN along with Rotary Club of Coimbatore Metropolis for their generous transformational contribution to our cause, all our above donors are Idhayangal stars of the month

Such a joy to celebrate Diwali with some of our Idhayangal stars

October, 2024

Such a joy to celebrate Diwali with some of our Idhayangal stars, all our children have gone through tough times, just to have them at our premises, eyes filled with hope and happiness receiving their Diwali dresses, enjoying the flowerpots, seeing their darkness replaced with brightness, pessimism giving way to optimisim was such a special moment, Team Idhayangal wishes everyone of you, our wellwishers who have brought happiness in our children's faces a very happy and safe Diwali

God bless Ruel our idhayangal star of the month

October, 2024

Type 1diabetes for 7 years has not deterred Ruel, Idhayangal beneficiary from Trichy storming to Silver Medal at the challenging World Triathlon Chamionship in Egypt recently, he has not only made his family, Team idhayangal and our nation proud., he has given hope to thousands of families of children with T1D that we can change impossible to possible, God bless Ruel our idhayangal star of the month

Ananthika grandmother is idhayangal star of the month

October, 2024

Heart warming moment at idhayangal when Ananthika's grandmother donated Rs 3000 of hard earned money growing and selling corn in their small field, this awesome grandmother was adamant that this funds should help other deserving children at Idhayangal considering how well her grand daughter is doing with idhayangal support, future of idhayangal is in safe hands with such grandmothers, inspite of their poverty and back breaking farm jobs , donating all her esrnings over the past 3 months to idhayangal, Ananthika grandmother is idhayangal star of the month

Prathiksa and her mother are Idhayangal stars of the month

October, 2024

Heart melting moments from Dharmapuri, so humbling to see little Prathiksa so happy to see us on arrival to her hometown for the camp, this little fighter was fighting for her life few months ago with diabetic coma, now doing extremely well on 4 times a day insulin along with meticulous finger prick tests 4 times per day, looking so gorgeous, Prathiksa and her mother are Idhayangal stars of the month

Raihana and her devoted parents are idhayangal stars of the month

September, 2024

Our hearts skipped beats seeing Raihana enter our clinic looking so happy and healthy, just couple of months ago this child was brought comatose with delayed diagnosis of Type1 diabetes, acid in body incompatible with life, 2 cardiac arrests and 8 dialysis, dad had to sell his taxi to pay for her life, taking the fight back to type1 diabetes,showing huge determination with grace and smile on 4 times per day insulin and meticulous glucose monitoring, A1c had come down from 18 percent to 9, Raihana receiving the idhayangal school bag award, both Raihana and her devoted parents are idhayangal stars of the month

Reena Veena and their parents are Idhayangal stars of the month

September, 2024

Heart touching moments from Nagercoil type 1diabetes camp, Reena and Veena both sisters with type 1diabetes and complete visual impairment, blessed with devoted parents, gracious smile inspite of huge physical and financial challenges, managing to keep their A1c at 7 percent for the 5th consecutive time, happily receiving the Idhayangal T-shirt award, Reena Veena and their parents are Idhayangal stars of the month

Nameera is idhayangal star of the month

September, 2024

Joys of Pondicherry camp supporting 125 underprivileged children with type 1diabetes, Nameera receiving the idhayangal water bottle award for best glucose control with A1c of 7 inspite of brittle type 1diabetes and challenging financial circumstances, this awesome kid reciting Idhayangal catchphrase of Dial 110 for type 1diabetes, meaning 100 for Attitude and Discipline (2 words that will add to 100%), 4 for 4 times daily insulin, 3 for 3 times finger prick tests for glucose, 2 for keeping glucose (200, 1 for keeping A1c in single digits at (7, 0 for zero junk food fizzy drinks hospital admissions and complications, 100+4+3+2+1+0=110, idhayangal future is in safe hands with kids like Nameera, our idhayangal star of the month

All of you are Idhayangal stars of the year

September, 2024

Our dream to ensure no single poor child with type 1diabetes suffers for want of best treatment to lead happy healthy productive lives took a big leap forward by Team Idhayangal visits to Pudukottai, Cuddalore and Dindigul districts supporting 125 underprivileged children with free investigations, high quality insulins, glucometers glucose strips. Insulin pumps and 24*7 support, God given opportunity to help so many deserving underprivileged children and their families with glucoses more than 500 and no hope in life, now hoping that they too can dream, thanks to everyone of you enabling us to reach the unreached, our supporters, well wishers, donors, NHM and all our Government hospital stakeholders especially Deans, HODs and their teams. All of you are Idhayangal stars of the year

Lakshmika is idhayangal star of the month

September, 2024

God bless Lakshmika all of 2.5 years of age, presented with absolute dehydration and glucose of 790 mgs/ dl showing so much grace and determination, within 4 hours of fluids and insulin, bouncing back and playing at idhayangal centre flashing the victory sign with a smile, Lakshmika is idhayangal star of the month

Akshara is idhayangal star of the month

August, 2024

God bless Akshara, this charming child from very poor family presented with glucose of 790 mgs/dl absolutely dehydrated but steely determination in her eyes, it was a battle to stabilse her with fluids and insulin, exactly a week later showing so much sparkle in her eyes, bouncing back from jaws of death as though nothing happened, showing no fear or tear on 4 times a day insulin, Akshara is our idhayangal star of the month

Kavinsai is idhayangal star of the month

August, 2024

Joy to see Kavinsai growing up in front of our eyes, looking so happy and cheerful, exactly 2 years ago same month, Kavin was struggling with 18 day admission with diabetic coma, great to see the sparkle in his eyes, Kavinsai is idhayangal star of the month

Swetha is idhayangal star of the year

August, 2024

Swetha, previous idhayangal star, looking awesome in her mini-saree during her recent clinic visit, coming from a deep forested area near Sathyamangalam, this amazing kid took care of her insulin shots four times a day as her mother was admitted in hospital, maintaining her A1c at 7 percent for 6th consecutive time, Swetha is idhayangal star of the year

Diyash Lithakasri and Priyadharshini are idhayangal superstars of the month

August, 2024

Joys of Tanjore camp with Diyash, Lithakasri and Priyadharshini, all 3 kids presented with severe diabetic coma as one-year olds, now looking so innocently Godly and happy to see us, maintaining their A1c around 7 percent with such discipline, lesson for us adults was the way all three children dealt their difficulties with so much positivity, Diyash Lithakasri and Priyadharshini are idhayangal superstars of the month

Kanika and her mother are superstars of idhayangal

July, 2024

Heartwarming smile and happiness from Kanika after securing her medal at school masks the story of great valour and determination from this child. Kanika has battled extremely brittle type 1diabetes with 25 dangerous admissions with diabetic coma before idhayangal input, every time this child had fought her battle with not a single tear, now on insulin pump therapy courtesy of idhayangal donors, No admissions for past 3 years, looking forward to her future, Kanika and her mother are superstars of idhayangal

Yogadarshini is idhayangal star of the month

July, 2024

Yogadharshini, presenting with fasting glucose of 431, 3 month average of above 600 mgs (17.2), No fault of hers, poor management in remote area, illiterate parents, extreme poverty. God bless this child who never missed school except for yesterday as she was unable to stand or walk. Inspite of the hell she would have going through with such high glucoses at school, Yoga never left her smile,few hours of intravenous fluids and insulin at Idhayangal perked up this child to stand up, showing great fight and determination in promising us to get her glucoses within range on 4 times day insulins provided by Idhayangal. For her sheer will power and determination at extreme odds, Yogadarshini is idhayangal star of the month

Children and their parents are Idhayangal stars of the month

July, 2024

Awesome day at Salem supporting 170 deserving underprivileged children with type 1diabetes, all the tiredness of 4 am start from coimbatore, 6 hrs drive up and down, 9 hours of non stop review of 170 children vanished seeing the happiness in our children's faces, the mean A1c for this group has come down from around 12 percent to 8, all children and families bowled us with their absolute love and affection, jeevitha made us feel like a rock star celebrity so happy with a photograph with her doctor, Karunya and Shanmathi presenting our team with small gifts with their parents hard earned money, flowers guava fruits and whatever grows in their area, Team Idhayangal felt blessed with such unwavering affection from children and families who gave everything even though they had nothing, all our Salem district children and their parents are Idhayangal stars of the month

Kavitha and Ganga are idhayangal stars of the month

July, 2024

Kavitha and Ganga, well wishers of idhayangal, did a masterclass at the joy of giving during idhayangal clinic yesterday, both gave their precious time for 3 hours applying mehenthi to all our idhayangal children, just to see all our children forgetting their type 1diabetes for 3 hours, happily giggling and enjoying the pleasant surprise was heart-melting, Kavitha and Ganga proved yesterday the joy of giving their valuable priceless time and effort, traveling all the way from Tirupur to bring smiles on our children's faces, both of them are idhayangal stars of the month

Isai priya are idhayangal stars of the month

July, 2024

Joys of Idhayangal clinic yesterday when Isai priya, battling brittle type 1diabetes since 8 months of age with an awesome smile and confidence, maintaining her A1c at 7 percent consecutively for 18 months with such a determination so inspiring for all of us, when asked what gift she wants, this little kid without hesitation says she wishes a stethoscope so that she becomes a doctor at idhayangal! Let Isai's dreams come true, God bless our idhayangal star of the month

Saisri is idhayangal star of the year

June, 2024

Saisri is truly a God's child fighting back calmly everything that has been thrown at her over the last 6 months, severe diabetic coma admission with cerebral oedema that no child can survive after inadverent omission of insulin by mother for just 2 days, tracheostomy, 45 day ICU admission, 4 times a day insulin, gastric outlet obstruction needing emergency surgery, events stoic adults would have given up! This child looks so serene and fresh after a long travel from Madurai, happily interacting with Team Idhayangal, keeping the Hba1c at 7 percent with such determination, receiving the Idhayangal school bag award happily, Saisri is idhayangal star of the year

Yamuna and her parents are idhayangal stars of the month

June, 2024

June 15 is a red-letter day for Team Idhayangal marking Yamuna's birthday, same day few years ago when Yamuna was pulled from jaws of death with diabetic coma, every June 15, Yamuna and her parents travel 200 kms to our centre, inspite of their poverty, present every single idhayangal member with saree, dhoti and fruits as mark of their gratitude, heartwarming moments yesterday at idhayangal, Yamuna and her parents are idhayangal stars of the month

Idhayangal is delighted to launch Project Vanavil (Rainbow)

June, 2024

Idhayangal is delighted to launch Project Vanavil (Rainbow) in association with Rotary E-club of Metrodynamix where 28 deserving underprivileged children with type 1diabetes were adopted till age 20 years by generous donors for Rs 36000 (430 USD) per annum supporting insulins and pain free needles, each donor was assigned 1-5 children with all details, for the first time we could see tears of joy in parents knowing that their children can dream of a life with guaranteed medical support till age 20, kindly pass this to like minded friends family and organizations willing to adopt one deserving child for Rs 36 k or 430 USD per annum for their loved ones birthdays and anniversaries, this allows idhayangal to add more children from a waiting list of 500, idhayangal can be contacted on +91 9042858882, deeply thankful for all your support, swami

Mohammed is our idhayangal star of the month

June, 2024

God bless Mohammed and his grandparents from Nagercoil, inspite of poverty and challenging type 1diabetes, the family donated a small donation box for idhayangal (with an awesome lock!) along with Rs 10000 of their hard earned money for other idhayangal children during our recent camp at Nagercoil, for the family's sheer kindness generosity and concern for others inspite of their own difficulties, Mohammed and his grandparents are idhayangal stars of the month

Veda is idhayangal star of the decade

May, 2024

Vedasri from Chennai district, just 2.5 years of age, No fault of hers, uncontrolled type 1diabetes, clueless mother, poverty, just a hot coffee spill on her left hand led to devastating necrosis leading to amputation till elbow, showing us how to fight gracefully, within one day of stay at Idhayangal family grasped all educational aspects of type 1diabetes, within 1 week glucoses all under control from 500-600 down to the 100s, stump healing very well, we are determined to get a prosthesis and normal quality of life, Vedasri may have lost her arm but not her tenacity, grace and determination, Veda is idhayangal star of the decade

Prathika is our idhayangal star of the month

May, 2024

God bless Prathika, aged 2 years from Dharmapuri district, this child went into severe hypoglycemic seizures as she entered our clinic, inadverent overdose of insulin by illiterate mother, battled severe seizures with glucose 20, bounced back well with immediate treatment, not a single tear, so happy on discharge, showing immense grit and affection, so endearing to have this child instinctively coming to my shoulders at discharge with a huge smile, joys of Idhayangal's work where God does not call the qualified but qualifies the called! Swami

Dhivarshini is idhayangal star of the month

May, 2024

Dhivarshini from Cuddalore district, showing such pure happiness and joy during our recent Pondicherry camp, totally oblivious to what fate has thrown at her, extremely brittle diabetes on 4 times insulin, mentally challenged due to cerebral hypoxia at birth, rank poverty, unhelpful dad to name a few, this God's child never left me for 4 hours, helping with little chores, all the time smiling, Dhivarshini and her mother are idhayangal stars of the month

Avanash is our idhayangal star of the month

April, 2024

Avanash nanthan, all of 2 years, deep interior Tanjore district, single mother, showing so much happiness and joy inspite of battling life threatening diabetic coma recently, bounced back with utmost fight and determination, on 4 times insulin injections, showing the way for us to battle life's adversities with an awesome smile on video, Avaneesh is idhayangal star of the month

Isaipriya is idhayangal star of the month

April, 2024

Isaipriya, bright idhayangal star over the last year with A1c consistently 7 percent on 4 times a day insulin, electrified our Saturday OP by coming in the same dress code as her doctor with greenshirt and awesome traditional dhoti, the whole outpatient with 25 idhayangal children looked so happy that for a blissful 30 minutes there was no type 1diabetes, Isai and her thoughtful parents are idhayangal stars of the month

Swetha is our idhayangal star of the year

April, 2024

God bless 4 year old Swetha from deep forest area of Sathyamangalam, showing enormous positivity discipline and determination in maintaining her A1c levels consistently at 6.5 percent for a year, firmly refuses any junk food day in and out, always a happy radiant smile, Swetha is our idhayangal star of the year

Sree Deeksha is idhayangal star of the month

April, 2024

God bless Sree Deeksha from Salem district, recovered from a major diabetic emergency admission recently, putting adults to shame by her superb positivity and enthusiasm inspite of being on 4 times a day insulin, maintaining her A1c at 7, showing other idhayangal children how to do fingerprick glucose testing with such innocence and eloquence, Sree Deeksha is idhayangal star of the month

Lavanya is idhayangal star of the month

April, 2024

Exactly 4 months ago Lavanya, single mother of 2 year old, was staring at the jaws of death with advanced kidney failure due to uncontrolled diabetes and challenging socioeconomic circumstances, yesterday full of life after a life saving kidney transplant courtesy of her mother and all supporters of idhayangal, everyone of you,just one message from idhayangal led to all our well wishers opening their purses and hearts, Lavanya conveys her heartfelt thanks to all of you, we are immensely humbled by your love and consideration for our deserving underprivileged with type 1diabetes, everyone of you are idhayangal stars of the month

Sandhya is a true idhayangal super star of the month

March, 2024

Sandhya from deep interior Salem district, showing utmost graciousness, determination and discipline against all odds in life, hearing and speech impairment since childhood, brittle type 1diabetes needing 100 units insulin per day, poverty, illiterate parents, inflammatory bowel disease needing high dose steroids, not sure whether we can cope with one of the above, always a radiant smile, keeping her A1c at 7 percent on four times a day insulin, Sandhya is a true idhayangal super star of the month

Malar is idhayangal star of the month

March, 2024

Malar showing great maturity beyond her years celebrating her birthday at Idhayangal by presenting us a plant pot, this child battled glucoses more than 700 when we first saw her, multiple diabetic coma admissions and poverty, now maintaining A1c 7 percent, Malar is idhayangal star of the month for her graciousness, determination and taking the fight back to type 1 diabetes swami

Pratish is idhayangal star of the month

March, 2024

Young Pratheesh from deep interior Tiruvanamalai district, all of 4 years of age showing the same fearlessness in effortlessy holding a massive cow four times his size donated by idhayangal as part of Project Sakthi, sustainable livelihood Project, as he has shown battling difficult brittle type 1diabetes taking 4 times a day insulins, the determination in his face shows Type1 diabetes is no match for his awesome attitude, Pratish is idhayangal star of the month

Dharani and her little bundle of Joy are idhayangal stars of the month

March, 2024

From Chennai to Kanyakumari, Kerala, Karnataka and Delhi, Idhayangal had supported 1600 underprivileged children with type 1diabetes in 2023. Mind boggling 23 lac insulin shots, 1 lac insulin cartridges, 20 lac glucose strips, 1600 glucometers, 10 lacs painfree 4mm ultrafine needles, 250 insulin pumps, 30000 insulin pump consumables, 600 fridges, 100 children education, 40 cow donations, 100 sewing machines for upskillment of mothers all translating to more than 95 percent reduction in diabetic emergency admissions and mortality, more importantly a hope in the eyes of the child and their parents that they too can lead a normal healthy productive life, all this is possible because of your extreme generosity good will and support, on behalf of all our deserving underprivileged children with type 1diabetes and Team Idhayangal we sincerely thank you for giving us the opportunity to fight this battle where the award and the reward is the work itself Swami

Jayapriya is idhayangal star of the month

February, 2024

A privilege for Team Idhayangal to be a part of a simple marriage ceremony of Jayapriya at Maruthamalai temple, showing huge determination to battle brittle type 1diabetes, crunching poverty, bedbound dad to finish her college education, maintain A1c of 7 on insulin pump courtesy Idhayangal well wishers, it was a special melting moment when Jayapriya wanted us to hand the mangal sutra, please join us in wishing the couple all the very best, Jayapriya and her mother are Idhayangal stars of the month

ICT Camps

February, 2024

From Chennai to Kanyakumari, Kerala, Karnataka and Delhi, Idhayangal had supported 1600 underprivileged children with type 1diabetes in 2023. Mind boggling 23 lac insulin shots, 1 lac insulin cartridges, 20 lac glucose strips, 1600 glucometers, 10 lacs painfree 4mm ultrafine needles, 250 insulin pumps, 30000 insulin pump consumables, 600 fridges, 100 children education, 40 cow donations, 100 sewing machines for upskillment of mothers all translating to more than 95 percent reduction in diabetic emergency admissions and mortality, more importantly a hope in the eyes of the child and their parents that they too can lead a normal healthy productive life, all this is possible because of your extreme generosity good will and support, on behalf of all our deserving underprivileged children with type 1diabetes and Team Idhayangal we sincerely thank you for giving us the opportunity to fight this battle where the award and the reward is the work itself Swami

Dushyanth is idhayangal star of the month

February, 2024

Dushyanth all of 4 years showing great spirit and determination in fighting type 1diabetes for 2 years now, 4 times daily insulins has not dented the morale of this bright kid, sporting a huge smile and showing the traditional Tamilnadu vanakkam with folded hands, A1c 6.9 percent from 12, Dushyanth is idhayangal star of the month

Sivasankari is idhayangal star of the month

February, 2024

God bless Sivasankari from Pondicherry, this awesome child had gone through a serious infection in her right hand narrowly escaping amputation, challenging type 1diabetes, depths of poverty, showing huge compassion by collecting and donating 345 rupees for idhayangal during our recent Pondy visit, heart melting moments to see such kindness compassion and generosity under the most adverse circumstances, Sivasankari is idhayangal star of the month

Veerasai Sri is idhayangal star of the month

February, 2024

God bless Veerasai Sri, battling the most difficult circumstances for a young child, brittle type 1 diabetes, relentless 4 times insulin injections, poverty, single mother, none of this has dented this child's passion to help, this kid was with me for 6 hours in our recent Chennai camp, helping the team with little chores, refusing to leave inspite of mother's pleas, last child to leave the camp, receiving our goody bag and star of the month award, Idhayangal's future is in safe hands with stars like Veerasai Sri, God bless this child who gives everything she has when we wrongly presume she has nothing to give

Rakshana is idhayangal star of the month

January, 2024

Our hearts skipped a beat seeing Rakshana walk into our clinic recently, exactly 3 months ago, this child was brought with severe diabetic coma 30 minutes away from jaws of death, Rakshana fought the battle of her life fighting severe diabetic ketoacidodis with idhayangal support, looking so happy receiving idhayangal's cap award and set of colour pencils, has brought her A1c down from 13 to 7.7 within 3 months on 4 times insulins and fierce food discipline, Rakshanas smile is Idhayangal's award and reward, Rakshana is idhayangal star of the month

Lavanya deeply humbled by your support

January, 2024

Lavanya 27 years old (single) mother of 2 yr old Alfreda, needs urgent renal transplant, extremely difficult financial circumstances, Idhayangal is raising Rs 10 lacs for assessment surgery and postoperative treatment, No contribution is small, kindly pass this to like minded family friends, kindly ignore if not keen or seen this message yesterday, idhayangal charitable trust Account number 6517087788 Indian bank IFSC code IDIB000K169 Kmch goldwins branch funds only in INR from banks registered in india kindly reference Lavanya deeply humbled by your support and consideration

Isaipriya is the idhayangal star of the year

January, 2024

Isaipriya full of happiness and joy receiving idhayangal's pink balloon award for 2023 for maintaining all A1c levels at 7 percent throughout the year, No mean feat at 4 years of age with type 1diabetes diagnosed when she was 9 months old, her ever radiant smile and happy attitude on 4 times day insulin and relentless fingerprick for glucoses is a lesson to all of us, Isaipriya is the idhayangal star of the year

Happy New Year 2024

January, 2024

Happy New Year wishes to all of you from our deserving children families Team Idhayangal and our partners, 1700 underprivileged children with type 1diabetes across India supported with best insulins glucometers glucose strips insulin pumps education all because of your support and wishes, more than 95 percent reduction in hospital admissions and mortality across our partner hospitals, above photo from Tanjore end of year camp, rewarding to see Happy children with families, have an awesome 2024

Jasmika and her mother are Idhayangal stars of the month

December, 2023

Jasmika all of 3 years from deep interior Salem district,taking the fight back to type 1diabetes, survived major diabetic coma admission, battling extremely difficult socioeconomic circumstances, single mother, 4 times a day insulin, showing extreme food and injection discipline that would make grown up adults envious, keeping her glucoses between 100-200, young Jasmika and her mother are Idhayangal stars of the month

Little Vijay is Idhayangal stars of the month

December, 2023

Little Vijay from deep interior Tamilnadu happily receiving insulicool fridge courtesy Idhayangal donors,to store insulins at the right temperature, it is unbelievable that so many type 1diabetes children from rural underprivileged areas present with severe diabetic coma for want of a 5200 rupee fridge to store insulins to maintain potency, this easy to use low power consuming insulicool fridge has reduced major diabetic admissions across State, all our idhayangal well wishers and donors are Idhayangal stars of the month

Nivedha is idhayangal star of the month

December, 2023

Nivedha so happy and contended receiving her favourite blue water bottle for showing some awesome determination and discipline against all odds, No dad, poverty, low socioeconomic pin code, illiterate mother none of this has deterred to bring down her A1c from 13 to 7 percent with a happy positive attitude, Nivedha is idhayangal star of the month

Anitha and her family are Idhayangal stars of the month

December, 2023

Happy Melting moments from Salem Camp yesterday when Anitha (far left) and her family, inspite of abject poverty, showing their gratitude to Team Idhayangal by presenting flowers to all our girls, their extreme happiness at our acceptance of their precious gift are things that mere money can't buy, Anitha was pulled from jaws of destiny and death about a year ago with extremely high glucoses of more than 600, now doing extremely well with A1c of 7, Anitha and her family are Idhayangal stars of the month for their amazing attitude, gratitude and determination

Gowtham many more happy returns of the day

November, 2023

God bless our little superstar Gowtham and his parents, Gowtham celebrating his birthday with us yesterday; poverty and brittle diabetes has not dented his innocence kindness and enthusiasm one bit, this little boy has been collecting 5 and 10 rupee notes in his piggy bank over the last 3 months from parents and relatives to donate for other idhayangal children on his birthday, our idhayangal team was given a great lesson on the joy of giving even when we think there is nothing to give, our idhayangal star of the month is Gowtham, let us all wish Gowtham many more happy returns of the day

Children's day and the World Diabetes Day

November, 2023

Idhayangal's dream of ensuring advanced technologies reach the most deserving underprivileged received a huge boost on November 14, unique combination of Children's day and the World Diabetes Day. 15 deserving underprivileged children with extremely brittle 1diabetes across Tamilnadu state received insulin pumps worth 40 lacs,courtesy of joint initiative between Life for a Child Australia, Right to Live Bengaluru and Idhayangal. All these children would not have survived too long without this pump in view of the brittleness of diabetes, Team LFAC Australia and Team RTL Bengaluru are idhayangal stars of the month for enabling us to break poverty barriers in type 1diabetes

Their families and Idhayangal trustees

November, 2023

Sheer joy of celebrating Deepavali with 10 underprivileged children with type 1diabetes and families, mostly single mothers who have forgotten what it means to be happy, all the mothers and their children had tears of joy after a long time, wearing new dresses courtesy Idhayangal donors, enjoying the evening with flower pots, humbled with tears to hear a mother say that she thanks God for giving her child type 1diabetes as she now feels a part of Idhayangal family, thanks to all of you, our well wishers and donors who are making this possible, deepavali wishes from all our children, their families and Idhayangal trustees

Hema is the idhayangal star of the month

November, 2023

Hema with extremely brittle type 1diabetes from deep interior Tiruvanamalai district , both parents illiterate, showing immense focus and smartness in learning insulin pump therapy within a day, happily showing her pump, reinforcing Idhayangal's dream of ensuring that socioeconomic barriers are broken so that advanced technologies in medicine should reach and benefit the poorest, Hema is the idhayangal star of the month for her grit determination and smartness during extremely difficult circumstances

Priya our idhayangal star of the month

October, 2023

Priya,hardly 4 years old, from deep interior Tanjore district showing extraodinary grace, discipline and determination in controlling her glucoses with advanced sensor support and 4 times per day insulin courtesy Idhayangal. Glucoses of 500-600 now between 100-200, this photo taken after 8 hour bus ride overnight to Coimbatore, wish we had the tenacity and poise one thousandth of this awesome kid, Priya is idhayangal star of the month

Sangeetha our idhayangal star of the month

October, 2023

Melting moments when Sangeetha donated Rs 2000 from securing first prize at a speaking competition to support 4 children with painfree needles for the upcoming Trichy camp, same time last year Sangeetha presented with glucoses of 600 mgs/dl, physically and mentally fatigued with illness and poverty, great to see the fightback from this kid and the immense nobility to give all the proceedings of her hard earned money towards the benefit of other children at Idhayangal God bless Sangeetha our idhayangal star of the month

Sanjana and Soumya are idhayangal stars of the month

October, 2023

Sanjana and her little sister receiving the stars of month award, Sanjana for bringing her A1c from 15 to 7 in 3 months showing great discipline on 4 times a day insulin and extraodinary determination in diet for a 10 year old, her little sister for showing great affection by refusing to celebrate her recent birthday with cakes or sweets with amazing consideration and affection towards her sister with type 1diabetes, both Sanjana and Soumya are idhayangal stars of the month

Yuvasree is Idhayangal star of the month

October, 2023

Yuvasree from Dharmapuri presented with glucoses more than 600, emaciated and dehydrated to idhayangal a month ago, heartwarming moment to see this kid absolutely transformed during our Dharmapuri camp last week looking peaceful and gracious with glucoses between 100-200, No words spoken by this child on seeing us in her place except for tears of joy and warm hug worth a thousand words of thanks, Yuvasree is Idhayangal star of the month

Akshaya is idhayangal star of the month

October, 2023

Akshaya presented to us last month with glucose of 954 mgs/dl extremely dehydrated fought a huge battle to survive; our heart skipped a beat to see this child completely transformed during her recent clinic visit looking so radiant and beautiful showing absolute discipline on 4 times a day insulin with values of 100-180,after consultation melted our hearts by hesitantly asking whether we would accept a bunch of guava fruits she collected from her garden as a token of gratitude for our teams efforts, things that mere money can't buy moments when we happily accepted her gift, Akshaya is idhayangal star of the month

Joys of Idhayangal visits across State

September, 2023

Joys of Idhayangal visits across State, rewarding day at Nagercoil supporting deserving underprivileged children with type 1diabetes, 2 sisters both visually impaired with insulin needing diabetes maintaining hba1c of 7 percent showing utmost discipline and immense happiness seeing us after 3 months, another child's mother gifting us a thank you bag inspite of financial difficulties, all our tiredness travelling from coimbatore to Nagercoil disappeared with such kindness thankfulness and generosity, all our children and families are idhayangal stars of the month

Varna is our idhayangal star of the month

September, 2023

Varna presented to idhayangal 6 years ago completely emaciated , 5 major admissions with diabetic coma, poverty with no will to live, complete transformation courtesy Idhayangal donors, on insulin pump with A1c 7, pursuing degree in fashion technology with idhayangal support, beneficiary of Project Sakthi for upskillment with sewing machine enabling additional revenue during her free time, proudly displaying her first dress stitched with this support. Varna is idhayangal star of the month for her relentless determination and positivity inspite of so many obstacles in her life

Thanusree is our idhayangal star of the month

September, 2023

P.Thanusree showing not an iota of tiredness after traveling 8 hrs overnight to meet us, successfully fought a severe diabetic coma admission 2 years ago, receiving the star of the month award with such an awesome smile as though she hit a jackpot, such Godly innocence, reduced her A1c from around 12 percent to 7 percent inspite of challenging socioeconomic circumstances and illiterate parents, Thanusree is our idhayangal star of the month

swetha and her mother are Idhayangal stars of the month

September, 2023

Swetha and parents celebrating her 6th birthday at Idhayangal by donating Rs 500 of their hard earned money towards painfree needles for other children at Idhayangal, Swetha is a God blessed child with a rebirth after a severe diabetic coma admission 2 years ago, now on 4 times insulin injections along with meticulous 3-4 times finger prick monitoring, A1c 7.2 from 15 percent, levels that adults with type 2 diabetes on tablets find it difficult to achieve, such a dedicated parents inspite of poverty and illiteracy, spare 2 mins of your valuable time for this video, swetha and her mother are Idhayangal stars of the month

Prithika is idhayangal star of the month

August, 2023

Young Prithika, within this tender age, has emerged victorious in various battles including prematurity with 3 month ICU stay, viral encephalopathy at 8 months and now severe diabetic coma due to type 1diabetes, she is a beacon of hope educating us adults on how to cope with severe adversity with a gracious smile and happy face, now doing extremely well on 4 times a day insulin, advanced glucose sensor and a bunch of beautiful flowers! Prithika is idhayangal star of the month

The joys of Idhayangal

August, 2023

The joys of Idhayangal, every single child at one point of time given up by the system with uncontrolled diabetes, major recurrent admissions with coma and poverty, now doing extremely well with excellent glucose control, zero admissions and the best smile one can ever see, looking forward to their future as doctors, engineers and collectors, this smile and transformation possible only due to the absolute kindness and generosity of idhayangal donors and well wishers, thanks to all of you who are our stars forever

Priya is idhayangal star of the decade

August, 2023

Priya from Kallakurichi district, taking the fight back to type 1diabetes doing extremely well now, having lost her dad in a car accident where she was a co-passenger 4 years ago, followed 2 years later by a delayed diagnosis of type 1diabetes leading to a 45 day coma from which she recovered against all odds, this child after waking up from coma asks for a pen and paper, writes that she dreams to become a doctor to help other children!goose flesh moment when mother showed the note, for the great attitude, determination, miracle recoveries and the beautiful smile inspite of all odds, Priya is idhayangal star of the decade

Tamilnadu Medical Council awards

July, 2023

Honoured and privileged to receive the Tamilnadu Medical Council awards 2023 for outstanding Social service thru Honble Health Minister, this award is not for an individual, this is for all our deserving underprivileged children with type 1diabetes, their families, every single one of you, our donors, well wishers and Team Idhayangal, enabling us to support more than 60000 high quality insulin cartridges for last year, 4 lac insulin needles, 4 lac glucose strips, 220 insulin pumps, 2400 sets of pump consumables, 500 fridges to name a few. The real award is the 95 percent reduction in hospital admissions and close to zero mortality, thanks a million for all your support, 7 mins of Varalotti Anna speech on the award if your valuable time permitting, swami

Samar Fathima is idhayangal star of the month

July, 2023

Samar Fathima, so innocently happy for achieving A1c of 7 percent, battling brittle type 1diabetes on 4 times daily insulin, behavioural issues, crave for junk foods,poverty with tenacious determination and focus. Such an awesome talent, presenting Team idhayangal with her artwork thanking us for the support, Smiley queen Samar is idhayangal star of the month

Gokul is idhayangal star of the month

July, 2023

Gokul, full of life inspite of extreme poverty, brittle type diabetes, recurrent seizures, learning difficulties, so innocent and endearing when asked what he wants, kindly watch the 1 min video, all he wants is for us to help all around us, God bless Gokul, our idhayangal star of the month

Yamuna and family are idhayangal stars of the month

July, 2023

Yamuna and her family from deep interior Salem district, coming all the way to Coimbatore to celebrate her rebirth(day) with idhayangal family, same time last year, this child was nearly gone with diabetic emergency, this poor family got a loan for Rs 5000 to buy dhotis and sarees for Team Idhayangal making us choke with tears of joy, Yamuna and family are idhayangal stars of the month

Livitha is idhayangal star of the decade

July, 2023

Awesome melting story of Livitha, eloquently described by Varalotti Anna,kindly listen to 7 mins of purified goodness, Livitha shows immense Godliness by not only cutting junk food and bringing her glucoses down dramatically but donating crumpled 20 rupee notes that she saved from buying junk to other deserving children at Idhayangal for painfree needles, extreme poverty outside, super billionaire richness in her heart, Livitha is idhayangal star of the decade

Dhaksanya is idhayangal star of the month

June, 2023

Dhaksanya, showing all grit, determination and victory sign after battling uncontrolled type 1diabetes, poverty, fungal sinusitis, loss of left eye, loss of left facial nerve but no loss of her smile, determination and ability to fightback, now doing extremely well on her recent clinic visit, looking so happy and radiant, Dhaksanya is idhayangal star of the month

Idhayangal well wishers are our stars of the month

June, 2023

Idhayangal's efforts at sustainable livelihood for underprivileged children and families from Chennai to Kanyakumari on track, Indumathi, brittle type 1 diabetes supported by idhayangal from deep interior Salem district receiving sewing machine to kickstart livelihood, Arokiya from Kanyakumari district, single mother of type 1diabetes child, lost husband, physically challenged, settling up a small shop courtesy Idhayangal's Project Sakthi for rehabilitation of mothers, both families convey their heartfelt thanks to idhayangal donors for giving this opportunity to battle, idhayangal well wishers are our stars of the month

Lithika and Yuvarani are idhayangal stars of the month

May, 2023

Joys of Idhayangal camps across State, Lithika and Yuvarani from Tanjore camp, both at some point given up by parents due to uncontrolled diabetes, ignorance and poverty, now doing extremely well on 4 times a day insulin, great glucose control, looking extremely happy, both kids wanted to stay with us, such pure love and affection that cannot be bought, Lithika and Yuvarani are idhayangal stars of the month

Swathi is idhayangal star of the month

May, 2023

Swathi, brittle type 1diabetes, poverty, told by doctors that every single day of suvival is a bonus, after 15 admissions with diabetic coma three years ago, A1c 14, glucoses 500, now completely transformed with her sheer determination,God's will, huge diabetic education, fridge and high quality insulin support from idhayangal, current A1c 7.2, No admissions for 3 years, looking so happy and healthy, swathi is idhayangal star of the month

Meena is idhayangal star of the month

May, 2023

Meena, just 2 weeks post delivery, back to work with her cow, long standing brittle type 1diabetes, poverty, interior rural Tamilnadu, previous miscarriage, told by relatives that she has no chance of having a child due to her diabetes, showing huge grit and determination on insulin pump and motivation by Team Idhayangal. This awesome picture showing Meena, back to work within 2 weeks of delivering a healthy child, giving her bolus insulin thru insulin pump, somewhere in deep rural Tamilnadu encapsulates Idhayangal's dream of ensuring high end technologies benefit the deserving underprivileged. For showing this great attitude and determination in the face of extreme adversity, Meena is idhayangal star of the month

Amsa is undoubtedly Idhayangal star of the month

April, 2023

Amsa, showing extreme richness of her heart by presenting a pencil from her pencilbox gift to Sanvika, next child in line to see me. Amsa has battled glucose of 600, extreme poverty, lost her dad recently, reduced her A1c from 17 to 7 percent in 4 months! When we think this child has nothing to give, Amsa teaches us a lesson in the joy of sharing and giving whatever she has! Amsa is undoubtedly Idhayangal star of the month

Nagul is Idhayangal star of the month

April, 2023

Nagul, such an innocent sweetheart, battling brittle type 1diabetes, extremely difficult finances, visual difficulties due to optic nerve weakness, showing huge commitment to his studies, proudly showing his award for reciting Tirukural at school, also innocently explaining a great message from this timeless masterpiece, Nagul is Idhayangal star of the month

Kaviyasri is idhayangal star of the month

April, 2023

Kaviyasri, recovering from glucoses as high as 500 mgs/dl, now happily and confidently walking around our trust centre playing doctor with a steth and syringe, clearly wants to become a "diabetes" doctor helping other children, it was such a joy to have Kaviya pose for a Dr Kaviya picture, Kaviyasri is idhayangal star of the month

Harsha is idhayangal star of the month

April, 2023

Harsha battled 19 admissions with severe low glucoses and seizures, very brittle type 1diabetes, now doing extremely well on insulin pump courtesy Idhayangal, showing her supreme talents and gratitude by presenting this beautiful handmade flower vase made by herself to Team Idhayangal during her recent clinic visit, her beautiful smile, attitude and thankfulness is a Godsend, Harsha is idhayangal star of the month Swami

Thithiksha is Idhayangal star of the month

March, 2023

Thithiksha, very brittle type 1diabetes, life transformed by insulin pump supported by Idhayangal, showing her gratitude and happiness to donors and we'll wishers by this drawing, she is keen for her benefit to be available to all underprivileged children across India, Thithiksha is Idhayangal star of the month

Dhaksanya is idhayangal star of the decade

February, 2023

Joy to see Dhaksanya in clinic yesterday, this awesome child lost her left eye due to uncontrolled diabetes, fungal sinusitis, extreme poverty, giving the fight back to all ills thrown at her at such a young age, looking so happy in the 30 sec video, now doing extremely well on 4 times a day insulin, Dhaksanya is idhayangal star of the decade

Swati is idhayangal star of the month

January, 2023

Swati from very poor family, hearing and speech impaired along with type 1diabetes, always a happy smile , never complaining, keeping her diabetes well under control, happily wanting a photo with her doctor, Swati is idhayangal star of the month

Amsapriya is idhayangal star of the month

January, 2023

Transformational heart warming change in Amsapriya, presented to idhayangal 14 days ago with glucoses >600, dehydrated, single mother with 2 siblings, rank poverty outside bit a very rich fighting heart inside, showing huge discipline on 4 times day insulin along with regular glucose testing, very happy and positive within 2 weeks of treatment at idhayangal, Amsapriya is idhayangal star of the month

Anita is Idhayangal Star of the Month

December, 2022

Anita type 1diabetes for 5 years, from remote hill village in interior Salem district, showing huge discipline on four times daily insulin, God given innocence and goodness, bringing one litre of pure mountain honey worth Rs 1500 inspite of their dire poverty, by pestering her dad along with beautiful drawing of Lord Ganesha as a present for Team Idhayangal, no amount of money is equal to the affection of this kid, Anita is idhayangal star of the month

Ajay is Idhayangal Star of the Month

December, 2022

Ajay presented to idhayangal 5 years ago emaciated with glucose of 500, fought back with absolute determination, got insulin pump courtesy of idhayangal donors, scored 651 in NEET, proudly showing admission to Stanley Medical college, dreaming of joining idhayangal team in the future, Ajay is idhayangal star of the month

Manoja is Idhayangal Star of the Month

December, 2022

Manoja from interior Theni district, battling brittle type 1diabetes since 2 years of age, partially sighted due to diabetic retinopathy, early kidney impairment, showing huge fight and determination to complete her nursing course, now appointed as Diabetes Educator for Theni and Madurai districts, proudly receiving her appointment order from Idhayangal, Manoja is idhayangal star of the month for showing utmost discipline and determination in face of huge adversity, swami

Idhayangal stars of the keerthi

November, 2022

Keerthi, 4 years of type 1 diabetes,supported by Idhayangal, mother is vegetable seller on streets, dad bed bound by chronic illness, showing fierce determination battling poverty, diabetes, dad's Illness to secure admission to medicine thru NEET, conveying her wish to be Idhayangal doctor once she finishes, Keerthi is Idhayangal star of the month, thanks to all of you in helping us do the impossible possible

Idhayangal stars of the Anjali

November, 2022

Anjali from deep interior Pollachi, shattered house due to rains, lost her dad, no electricity, presented with severe diabetic coma with A1c of 17.8 (glucoses more than 600), now completely transformed with all your support, house and electricity has been restored by Idhayangal well wishers in Pollachi, recent A1c 9, gained weight and looking awesome on Idhayangal diwali dress, Anjali her mother and sister, our well wishers are Idhayangal stars of the month Swami

Team Idhayangal celebrated Deepavali

October, 2022

Team Idhayangal celebrated Deepavali with 10 children with type 1 diabetes with single mothers, it was a joy to see our children, siblings and their mothers having the time of their lives with brand new dresses, songs, crackers completely forgetting their worries, it'was an emotional moment when one mother came on stage to say that she is happy for her child to have type 1 diabetes because she now feels she has a family with Idhayangal, all our children mothers are Idhayangal stars of the month, happy deepavali to all of you from Team Idhayangal and all our children Swami

Idhayangal Stars of the Month

October, 2022

Idhayangals dream of ensuring no single poor child with type 1 diabetes from Kashmir to Kanyakumari should suffer for want of best treatment, received a huge boost by the God given opportunity of supporting close to 50 underprivileged children with type 1 diabetes across Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts, Team Idhayangal we so privileged to educate and support these children, their attitude inspite of great adversity was heart warming, Beema Akka Australia Joshua from tuticorin, Dr Arun Viswanathan, all partners from Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari medical college hospitals are Idhayangal stars of the month Swami

Harshini is Idhayangal Heroine of the Month

October, 2022

Harshini from Madurai, Type 1 diabetes for 5'years, single mother, very difficult finances, doing extremely well on insulin pump, Hba1c 6.6, showing enormous generosity by donating her Rs 500 gift for her bday by a relative to other deserving children from Idhayangal, such a heart warming moment to see selfless charity from a young child during adversity, Harshini is Idhayangal heroine of the month

Madhushri is Idhayangal stars of the month

September, 2022

Madhushri from Conoor, battling brittle type 1 diabetes for 3 years, very poor family, dad is a labourer in market, such a talent to get district level prize at spelling competition, showing her enormous talent and receiving a Pro T-shirt from Idhayangal, please watch the 50 sec video, Madhushri is Idhayangal star of the month

Dhanapriya is Idhayangal Heroine of the Month

September, 2022

Dhanapriya from Cuddalore district, only daughter, dad labourer, fighting brittle type 1 diabetes for years, showing huge grit and determination, she would not touch a chocolate even on her birthday, doing extremely well through the insulin pump program thru Idhayangal, got her Hba1c levels from 13 to 7, presenting a valuable pen to Idhayangal team during her recent visit, for her sheer determination, discipline, kindness and gratitude, Kurinchipadi Dhanapriya is Idhayangal heroine of the month

Sundar Sreedevi and Anitha are Idhayangal stars of the month

September, 2022

Dhanapriya from Cuddalore district, only daughter, dad labourer, fighting brittle type 1 diabetes for years, showing huge grit and determination, she would not touch a chocolate even on her birthday, doing extremely well through the insulin pump program thru Idhayangal, got her Hba1c levels from 13 to 7, presenting a valuable pen to Idhayangal team during her recent visit, for her sheer determination, discipline, kindness and gratitude, Kurinchipadi Dhanapriya is Idhayangal heroine of the month

Swetha is Idhayangal Heroine of the Month

July, 2022

Joys of Idhayangal, the absolute faith and affection that children have towards the team has to be seen to be believed, moment of immense goodness when child Swetha recovering from a particularly bad diabetic emergency comes for a happy cuddle, again things that money can't buy, Swetha is the Idhayangal heroine of the month

Swetha and Priya is Idhayangal Heroines of the Month

July, 2022

Two tiny tots having a great time at our Idhayangal Trust centre,discussing important issues! Great to see both kids looking very happy after recent diagnosis of type 1 diabetes recovered from diabetic coma, Swetha and Priya are Idhayangal heroines of the month

Rithika is Idhayangal Heroine of the Month

July, 2022

Rithika from Tiruppur, type 1 diabetes for 2 years, lost her dad, mother and Rithika working hard on diabetes, maintaining glucoses between 100-200 mgs/ dl, receiving the Best Child Award from Idhayangal, Rithika is Idhayangal heroine of the month

Nilofer and Dowlath is Idhayangal Heroines of the Month

July, 2022

Nilofer and Dowlath both of them sisters and residents of an orphanage in Trichy, both paralysed waist down since birth, severe hyperglycemia for both 3 months ago with glucoses more than 500, most painful situation of having to rush to the rest room about 15 times in the night due to uncontrolled diabetes, hats off to both these God bleesed kids to show such determination in the face of great adversity on a recent visit to Coimbatore,so happy and doing well on insulin, Nilofer and Dowlath are Idhayangal heroines of the month Swami

Iniya is Idhayangal Heroine of the Month

July, 2022

Iniya completely emaciated and malnourished a year ago with uncontrolled type 1 diabetes and poverty, transformed completely with God's blessings, all your support and Idhayangal team's hardwork, excellent determination on insulin pump, before and after images along with a great dance, poverty outside,richness in strength and determination inside, Iniya is Idhayangal heroine of the month

Swetha is Idhayangal Heroine of the Month

May, 2022

Swetha from a rural forested area near Sathyamangalam, struggling family, extremely high glucoses with major diabetic coma admission just 2 weeks ago, looking so happy during yesterday's follow up, the awesome smile of this child is so heart warming, Swetha is Idhayangal heroine of the month Swami

Madhusri from Athur

May, 2022

Madhusri from Athur, Type 1 diabetes, extremely difficult health and financial circumstances, supported by Idhayangal Charitable Trust with insulin pumps and education, bagging the first prize for 100m run and second on 400m relay, making a statement that sky is the limit, mother in absolute tears of joy as Madhusri was branded as having a bleak few years prior to Idhayangal intervention, thanks for all your support Swami

Isaipriya is Idhayangal Star of the Month

May, 2022

Isai priya just 1 year and eight months of age, battling brittle type 1 diabetes, on four insulin injections a day, demonstrating how to use the advanced glucose sensor to Idhayangal team, this awesome child's smartness,grit and determination at this tender age is Godly, Isaipriya is Idhayangal star of the month, Swami

Sathya is Idhayangal Heroine of the Month

May 2022

Sathya from Tenkasi, type 1 diabetes recovered from severe diabetic coma 8 years ago and doing extremely well with Idhayangal support getting married'at Cuddalore, humbling goose flesh moment when she requested me to give the mangal sutra inspite of all the family around, God bless the couple, Sathya is Idhayangal heroine of the month Swami

Inauguration of Project Madhuram

April, 2022

Idhayangal Charitable Trust and Rotary Coimbatore Gaalaxy are happy to inaugurate Project Mathuram supporting 70 underprivileged children with type 1 diabetes across Coimbatore district for 2years with best insulins consumables blood investigations and rehabilitation of families, deeply grateful for all partnering rotaries in Tanjore, New York and Sourh Dakota for their relentless efforts to make this project possible Swami

Yogalaksmi is Idhayangal Star of the Month

April, 2022

Yogalaksmi from Tiruvannamalai, very brittle diabetes now doing extremely well on insulin pump, rank poverty outside but absolute richness in heart, presenting this surprise gift for my birthday at our home, great things that mere money can't buy, Yoga is Idhayangal star of the month, Swami

Kiruthiga

April, 2022

Kiruthiga happily going home yesterday with her baby, battled brittle type 1 diabetes for 14 years, huge thanks to all Idhayangal donors and well-wishers by supporting Kiruthiga with insulin pump therapy, consumables and blessings, family and Idhayangal convey their heartfelt thanks, great to go home with a bundle of joy, Swami

Devisaipriya is Idhayangal Heroine of the Month

April, 2022

Devisaipriya, an absolute sweet heart, all of 2 years old, recovered from major diabetic coma recently, demonstrating how to use insulin pen, God bless her for her grit and determination in adversity, Isaipriya is Idhayangal heroine of the month

ICT NEWS LETTER JUNE-JULY 2021

July, 2021

Warm Regards from the desk of Idhayangal Charitable Trust. We are so grateful and humbled by all your support during the most difficult times. This has enthused us to work harder to help more underprivileged children across India over the last couple of months. Idhayangal now has extended its support to Tamilnadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab and Gujarat. Our dream is to ensure that no single poor child in India should suffer for want of best treatment to lead a happy healthy life. The updates for this edition are the following

It is mightily hard to be in the shoes of a child going through 15 admissions with diabetic coma over the last 2 years, some of the admissions being a near death experience and still gracious to have the brightest smile in the world! This is none other than Swathi (above photo), the attitude of this child and their family, their absolute graciousness in adversity needs to be seen to be believed! With no fridge at home, no money to buy the best insulins, poor awareness of diabetes, this child battled a war with Type 1 diabetes till such time God was kind to get her introduced to Idhayangal Charitable Trust. With all your support, prayers and blessings, Swathi is now doing extremely well, the discipline she has shown with her injections, glucose monitoring and follow up will make a lot of grown-ups ashamed! She has earned an insulin pump and she is currently doing extremely well with glucoses between 100-180 mgs/dl. Swathi and their family convey their heartfelt thanks to Idhayangal donors.

PROJECT KOVAI THULIR UPDATES

April, 2021

Idhayangal is extremely happy to update on PROJECT KOVAI THULIR, an initiative to support all children with Type 1 diabetes attending Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (GH) Pediatric Department. In association with the Dean, HOD Pediatrics Dr Bhooma and an excellent set of post-graduates led by Dr Nidharshana, this project has been life changing for 40 children with Type 1 diabetes coming from the poorest of backgrounds. We have found a 4% reduction in HbA1c, the three month average, nil admissions with diabetic coma and an excellent improvement in quality of life. We wish to thank all our donors, including Roots India, VGS Foundation, USA & Wintac Limited India for the support.

PROJECT SOUNDHARYA: A SMALL START

March, 2021

It is mightily hard to be in the shoes of a child going through 15 admissions with diabetic coma over the last 2 years, some of the admissions being a near death experience and still gracious to have the brightest smile in the world! This is none other than Swathi (above photo), the attitude of this child and their family, their absolute graciousness in adversity needs to be seen to be believed! With no fridge at home, no money to buy the best insulins, poor awareness of diabetes, this child battled a war with Type 1 diabetes till such time God was kind to get her introduced to Idhayangal Charitable Trust. With all your support, prayers and blessings, Swathi is now doing extremely well, the discipline she has shown with her injections, glucose monitoring and follow up will make a lot of grown-ups ashamed! She has earned an insulin pump and she is currently doing extremely well with glucoses between 100-180 mgs/dl. Swathi and their family convey their heartfelt thanks to Idhayangal donors.

MARCH APRIL 2021 NEWSLETTER

March, 2021

Warm Regards from the desk of Idhayangal Charitable Trust. It gives immense pleasure to be in touch with you once again with our newsletter for March April 2021. There have been great developments both individually as well as in ICT's outreach to Tier 2/3 towns and villages that would directly transform hundreds of lives of underprivileged children with Type 1 diabetes. Once again, this has been a difficult two months with COVID-19 rearing its dangerous head, however this has not dented the spirits of Idhayangal donors, the Team and the children. We are extremely touched and proud of all your support that makes us continue our work with great vigour irrespective of anything that nature throws at us. Here are some of the heart-warming updates for the last 2 months

We met Malarvizhi for the first time at Coimbatore GH with her dad three months ago. She was emaciated with significant weight loss and a random glucose of 705 mgs/dl on assessment. Her 3-month average, not surprisingly was more than 12 % and at this rate, this child would definitely end up with kidney failure and dialysis within a few years. Dad was a daily wage labourer trying to make ends meet with 2 daughters and a difficult economic situation courtesy Covid. What Malarvizhi's family lacked in money was more than compensated by their fighting spirit, smartness and a great attitude. She was fast-tracked to our Insulin pump programme and within 2 weeks her glucoses were well under control with more than 90 % of values between 100-200 mgs/dl. Malarvizhi now is the leader for all the 40 children from PROJECT KOVAI THULIR from Coimbatore GH. She recently had her birthday and it was a heart-warming surprise to see this innocent beautiful child with her sister come to my room to present a Lord Ganesha artwork that Malarvizhi had done herself as a gift to the Idhayangal Team and donors. There are still a few things that mere money cannot buy in this world, once such thing is the spontaneous affection of children like Malarvizhi. This present was so priceless that Lord Ganesha is now adorning the walls of my cabin as a reminder as to why we need to do more for thousands of deserving children like Malarvizhi across India.

MOTHER'S TEARS OF JOY

February, 2021

Dharani is a bright 13-year-old girl with Type 1 diabetes for the past 6 years. Poverty, lack of help and poor insulin management had wrecked this child's life till now with glucoses of 500 mgs/dl and 3-month average of 15%. Dharani would be crying all the time, unable to get up from bed due to severe muscle weakness, lost schooling for 2 years and parents were told to give up by convincing them that nothing more could be done and every day is a bonus! It is funny how humans and doctors often play God! However, God had other plans and introduced Dharani to Idhayangal through another patient of ours. A brief admission followed by diabetes education and insulin pump therapy ( after a difficult month with four times a day insulins) dramatically changed Dharani's health and mind. Above is a photo of Dharani looking so much brighter and happy with current glucoses of 100-180 mgs/dl. Mother was in uncontrollable sobs during her recent clinic visit and for the first time these were tears of joy as Dharani had started to wake up at 6 am in the morning to go for a brisk walk on her own after 6 long years. Mother's words were “ Doctor, I can go peacefully out of this world now knowing that Dharani is back to her normal self, just seeing my child walk happily for the first time in years has brought me happiness that is difficult to express! How such things matter to a mother! Family and ICT Team convey their heart-felt thanks to all our donors and well-wishers for able to make such a difference to every single underprivileged child with Type 1 diabetes.

ICT Outreach to Tier 2/ 3 areas

February, 2021

Idhayangal Charitable Trust is keen to spread our work to other parts of India where there are so many deserving children struggling with Type 1 diabetes. We have made a start in Tanjore and Dindigul districts by linking up with like-minded collegaues in those areas with a significant burden of underpriviliged children with Type 1 diabetes. Above are photos with Dr Cesar's team in Tanjore and Dr Muralidharan's team at Dindigul. Currently around 10 most deserving children are receiving insulin analogues, glucometers, glucose strips and 6 children have been started on insulin pumps, all courtesy of Idhayangal donors contributions. We convey our heartfelt thanks to Dr Cesar & Dr Muralidharan to extend all their support to ICT. We are keen to give a helping hand to Governmental Institutions in Tanjore, Dindigul, Udumalaipet, Cuddalore to name a few in addition to our work at Coimbatore GH. We are also keen to expand in Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab once the COVID situation settles as we are getting plenty of requests for support in these States.

Once again, on behalf of all our children across India, we sincerely thank all of you for your thoughts, generosity and kindness inspite of the most difficult situation Mother Nature has thrown at us. We cannot even dream of the path we have come till now without your support. Your strength and faith makes us believe that we can transform the lives of every single underpriviliged child with Type 1 diabetes in India in a positive way.

Yours sincerely

Dr. Krishnan Swaminathan MD PhD FRCP
Mnagaing Trustee, Idhayangal Charitable Trust
Ph: 9042858882 / 8526421150
Email: snehasswaminathan@gmail.com

January- February 2021 Newsletter

January, 2021

Warm Regards from the desk of Idhayangal Charitable Trust. We have been able to tide the crisis of 2020 with the sheer generosity and kindness of all our donors. We have made a great start to 2021 with some heart-warming projects that are consistent with the core vision of Idhayangal: No single child with Type 1 diabetes from deserving underprivileged families should suffer for want of a helping hand to lead a normal healthy life.

In this edition of Jan-Feb 2021 newsletter, we have the following:

The heart-warming story of Ramya: Idhayangal's dream, Project Kovai Thulir, Project Vanavil updates

Ramya's story: Idhayangal's dream

January, 2021

Ramya comes from a very poor family near Madukkarai on the outskirts of Coimbatore. She has Type 1 diabetes for the past 4 years and has had major life-threatening admissions with diabetic coma at Coimbatore GH, the last one on 5th Feb 2021 which nearly ended her life. Both parents are labourers, a small thatched roof house, no electricity, no fridges, no glucometers, insulins in vials & syringes and poor insight into diabetes. What more can stack up against this poor child. However, this girl had a few strengths, a steely resolve and character, an inherent smartness, a superb grandmother who adored her grand-daughter and Idhayangal Team's input. Once we came to know of this girl, we wanted to do everything to level the playing field. A village visit, a small fridge to store insulins at a nearby shop (we believe the potency of insulin was a factor for the recurrent admissions due to storage issues), best insulins in penfill cartridges, diabetes education for her and the entire village, a brand-new best glucometer, unrestricted glucose testing strips and positivity has completely transformed this child within 2 weeks. Her glucoses which were 500 mgs/dl is settling down to 200 mgs/dl, gained weight and feeling much happier. Early days yet we are quietly confident that Ramya should do well and lead a happy healthy life. Thanks to all the donors and well-wishers for making this start possible to realise our core dream that we are not going to allow a single poor child suffer for want of best treatment that would change their lives positively.

Ramya with her grandmother in front of their house, A happy family with a fridge to store insulins Entire village children getting educated to help Ramya, the comradeship needs to be seen to be believed. Ramya being trained with pen fill cartridges

PROJECT KOVAI THULIR

January, 2021

Idhayangal Charitable Trust has been lucky to have been given the opportunity to help about 36 children with Type 1 diabetes from underprivileged families. Nearly all children have poor glucose control with all the paraphernalia that goes with such families, rank poverty, huge stress of multiple daily injections, no fridges, no glucometers, recurrent major hospital admissions with glucoses> 500 mgs/dl and a stoic acceptance of fate that their child will die at some point of time and there is nothing that can be done about this. ICT wanted to change this completely to all these deserving children. For some unexplained reasons, we find such underprivileged children very smart, bright, quickly understand the nature of Type 1 diabetes once time is spent on education, very well versed with technology and a desire to get better. It was a humbling moment to see all the children together as well as individually to identify core issues that needed to be corrected. We wish to thank the Paediatric department of Coimbatore GH, Dean of CMCH and all the post-graduates who gave us the opportunity to be of help. Within a day, all the households received fridges, all children received the best insulins in pen fill cartridges, glucometers, glucose strips and diabetes education. All children are doing well with reduction in glucoses at baseline of nearly 400 mgs/dl to around 200 mgs/dl within 3 weeks. If consistent, this would translate into major reductions in hospital admissions, kidney failure, blindness and death.

Photograph with all deserving children, Paediatric Team at Coimbatore GH, Roots India Chairman Shri Ramasamy, a major donor and well-wisher for this project. Photo below shows child receiving insulin pens, Dr Indira representing Wintac Limited and Dr Veerappan Subramaniam from USA, another major donor for this project.

Group education for all the children and their families to help understand T1 diabetes better, rapt attention by all children and families.

We wish to thank all the stake holders, especially Roots India Chairman Shri Ramasamy and their team, Dr Veerappan Subramaniam (USA), Dr Dhurairaj (USA), Wintac Team, Dr Indira, Drs Thiyagarajamoorthy, Prabhu Niranjan, Shri Prasad Veluchamy (USA), Shri Ramesh, Shri Shanmughasundaram and many more who have been so selfless in funding this project.

Ramya with her grandmother in front of their house, A happy family with a fridge to store insulins Entire village children getting educated to help Ramya, the comradeship needs to be seen to be believed. Ramya being trained with pen fill cartridges

PROJECT VANAVIL: ADOPT ONE CHILD FOR A YEAR PROJECT

January, 2021

With the number of children with Type 1 diabetes coming to ICT acutely increasing, we would be extremely grateful for you to spread the message about adopting one child for Rs 3000 per month or 36 K per annum, that would change the lives of these deserving children forever. We are humbled by many donors who have already adopted a child, this helps us to move on the next hundreds of children on the waitlist needing support. Please contact Dr Krishnan Swaminathan on 9042858882 or 8526421150 or email snehasswaminathan@gmail.com if interested, A family occasion, child's birthday, an anniversary may be great occasions to help an underprivileged child with Type 1 diabetes. Many thanks for all your support.

As always, we are humbled by all your selfless support. To help around 230 children month on month with the best treatment that such children cannot even dream of is made possible only through all your generosity and goodwill. We thank the Almighty and all of you for making us dream bigger to transform lives of such children forever. Will get back with the March / April newsletter in a couple of months.

2020 ANNUAL REPORT

December, 2020

Warm Regards from the desk of Idhayangal Charitable Trust (ICT). Year 2020 has been unforgettable for all of us due to various reasons. While COVID-19 has been dominating the year, we choose to remember 2020 for a variety of positive reasons from the perspective of ICT. In spite of all the difficulties, we have supported all our children only due to the absolute generosity and faith of all our donors, expanded our work to Kerala and Karnataka, reduced hospital admissions to a great degree, reached a “Century milestone with insulin pump therapy for underprivileged, got connected with great philanthropists and organisations like Single Teacher Schools, CUB, Repco Home Finance, Augustan Knitwear, Water Tec, Right to live, Fueladream, Rotaries, Lions, Nallaram Trust, Gowtham Memorial Trust and much more. Here are our reminiscences from the year 2020.

CENTURY FROM COIMBATORE AND PHOTOGRAPH OF THE YEAR

December, 2020

This century has been the best century for India in the year 2020. We have crossed the landmark of 100 insulin pumps for the deserving underprivileged children with Type 1 diabetes and will rank as the single most rewarding work of ICT this year. Insulin pumps are life changing gadgets that means no injections, excellent glucose control, significant reductions in hospitalisations and quality of life. With a price tag exceeding one lac and consumables costing Rs.9000 per month, this is beyond the wildest dreams of underprivileged children in India. We are able to run this programme only due to the sheer generosity of all our contributors. Since this programme, we have shown a great reduction in glucose levels, a 90% reduction in hospital admissions due to diabetic emergencies or low glucoses, an excellent improvement in quality of life hopefully reduction in kidney failure and dialysis in the long term. We have focussed especially on children with very brittle diabetes, girls getting married and planning pregnancy and those with advanced kidney failure awaiting transplants. We are so happy to have attended at least 6 marriages of girls with Type 1 diabetes across the state and showing a track record of 100% successful outcomes in pregnancy courtesy of the insulin pump programme. We are thankful to all our corporate donors and Medtronic India to have given us all the support to enable this programme. Below are some of the images that speak thousand words.

Photo of the year: Jothi living in an orphanage, now residing with her cousin in what is supposed to be called a house in the background, depths of poverty with glucoses of 600 mgs/dl doing extremely well on insulin pump therapy, she has finished her college and now in gainful employment as an apprentice. She has been selected as the Ambassador for ICT. If she can, anyone can! Heart-warming for all ICT Team to see this kid showing such grit in the face of severe adversity.

On the left: Nivitha from Dalmiyapuram with glucoses 600 mgs/dl doing extremely well on the insulin pump, heart-warming photo with our team. On the right: Renuga and her mother from Atthur, very poor family, dad sells fruits at Athur bus stand, showing what she can do with a helping hand and an insulin pump.

HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMME

Courtesy of great philanthropist individuals and organisations, we have extended our Star Health Insurance to 75 underprivileged children with Type 1 diabetes. This is a unique programme done through Idhayangal Charitable Trust that offers peace of mind to families of underprivileged children by offering a Rs 2 lac health insurance cover for any diabetes or even non-diabetes related admissions. Many children's lives have been saved through this flagship programme. We sincerely thank Augustan Knitwear, Star Health Team and all our contributors in enabling this programme.

EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT AND EMPLOYMENT FOR GIRLS WITH TYPE 1 DM

December, 2020

This issue is close to our heart and we take great pride in ensuring that girls with Type 1 diabetes especially from the lower socio-economic strata get a good education of their choice and placements that would make a huge change in the quality of their lives.

Jeevitha (left) with Type 1 diabetes for the past 6 years has now completed her B Com with support from Idhayangal Charitable Trust contributors generosity and has been employed as a Junior Accounts Manager at Idhayangal, a proud moment for all of us. Anu Bharathi, (right)Type 1 diabetes for 5 years, supported by Idhayangal for her Teacher Training course, receiving the second-year tuition fees, we dream of a day when she becomes a teacher and a role model for other children from ICT. Hemalatha (below) supported for her BSc Microbiology course by ICT and receiving her college fees

ICT OUTREACH ACROSS INDIA

November, 2020

2020 has been a year for ICT to expand our work to other parts of Tamilnadu State, Kerala and Karnataka. Our dream is to be the best pan-Indian Charity for Type 1 diabetes. Currently, children from Dindigul, Bathlagundu, Madurai, Theni, Mayavarum, Kumbakonam, Vandavasi, Tiruvannamalai, Pondy, Chennai, Palakkad, Trivandrum and Bengaluru are benefitted by our support. We are extremely grateful to our medical colleagues in these areas for joining hands for the betterment of our children.

Idhayangal outreach programme: Three insulin pumps as well as a Rs 1.5 lac support for underprivileged children under the care of Dr Santhosh Olety based in Bengaluru. Their team is doing excellent work for deserving children through the Karnataka Institute of Diabetes Benevolent fund (K.I.D)

CORPORATE SUPPORT 2020

November, 2020

Shri RP Krishnamachari/ Texbiosciences/ Single Teacher Schools 2020 Our sincere thanks to Shri RP Krishnamachari from Single Teacher Schools and Texbiosciences. If one needs to see Godliness in humans, Shri Krishnamachari is the walking example. While his service to society is beyond words and comprehension, we are extremely grateful to the Almighty and Ln Srinivasa Giri to have introduced him to us. The immense contribution of Rs 20 lacs from Shri Krishnamachari has single handedly saved many children's lives this year. Thanks is a word that pales in front of his immense generosity and kindness.

Dr. Sujeetha & Dr. Krishnan Swaminathan (left) with the first donation of Rs 10 lacs from Shri RP Krishnamachari, our children Jennifer, Janani and Abinaya (right), few beneficiaries of this immense support holding the next lot of Rs 10 lacs. More beneficiaries from Texbiosciences/STS project along with co-trustee Shri Jayaprakasam (below).

Kumbakonam City Union Bank Support 2020

November, 2020

We are immensely grateful to the entire team of CUB for their immense support by donating Rs 10 lacs during an extremely difficult time for the banking industry. This support has transformed lives of deserving children with Type 1 diabetes. Our sincere thanks to Shri Kamakodi, Shri Ramesh, Shri Balasubramaniam, Shri Kumar Jayaraman and the entire CUB team.

NALLARAM FOUNDATION SUPPORT 2020

November, 2020

We are extremely grateful to Nallaram Trust led by Shri SP Anbarasan. Without much fuss, Shri Anbarasan donated Rs 10 lacs towards our children for insulin pumps and consumables. Beneficiaries were very deserving children from Coimbatore, Salem and Kallakurichi.

REPCO HOME FINANCE SUPPORT 2020

October, 2020

Our immense thanks on behalf of all our children to Repco Home finance for donating Rs 12.5 lacs towards our deserving children. Our sincere thanks to Chairman TS Krishnamurthy, MD Shri Yashpal Gupta, CSR Head Mrs Anita, CS Shri Prabhu, Mrs Meenakshi and the entire team from Repco Home finance. About 20 children will benefit this project due to be rolled out in Jan 2021.

Selvi Sweta comes from a very poor family in Athur, very bright girl, completely malnourished with glucoses 600 mgs/dl, now doing extremely well, one of the beneficiaries of Repco Home's support, Selvi Krishnadeepa from Ottanchatram, one of the beneficiaries as well, from a very poor farming family.

ROTARY SUPPORT 2020

October, 2020

Our sincere thanks to Rotary Galaaxy, Coimbatore for continued support to our children through the Flagship Project Mathuram, photo below of Rs 4 lacs support this year. We are greatly indebted to Rotary Club of Coimbatore Central for their support with international partners and Rotary International for Project Kathir, supporting close to 40 deserving children with Type 1 diabetes to the tune of 95,000 USD. Our sincere thanks to Rotary Club of Metropolis, especially to Shri Rtn VSS for their Rs 5 lac grant for essential insulin supplies. We also wish to thank all Rotaries across the country for supporting our cause, Rotary Texcity, Rotary Club of Nammakal Educational City, Rotary Club of Sakthi Mahalingapuram, Rotary Club of Vandavasi, Kumbakonam and Rotaries in Bangalore to name a few. Rotary support is a life-line for many of our projects and on behalf of all our children, we wish to thanks all our Rotary partners in doing their part to make our children's lives better.

Rotary Coimbatore Gaalaxy support with a fund of Rs 4 lacs (photo above). Ongoing Project Kathir, a Ray of Hope project (photo below) to support 40 deserving children with Type 1 diabetes for 3 years through a 95 K USD grant in association with KMCH, Rotary Club of Coimbatore Central, ICT, International rotary partners and Rotary International.

LIONS SUPPORT 2020

October, 2020

We have been blessed to get the support of Lions Clubs in Coimbatore, Erode and other parts of the state. Our sincere thanks to Ln Srinivasa Giri from Kovaipudur for his contributions and connections to help our children. Our thanks as well to Lions Club of Erode Midtown and all the Lions Clubs in Coimbatore and Karur for their immense support. One of our patients Saktheeswaran with advanced kidney failure on dialysis is able to survive only due to Lions generosity. His mother is now a donor and the renal transplant is expected any time soon. Lions Club of Coimbatore Hill City (Kovaipudur) and Erode Midtown have supported this boys' insulins and insulin pumps to tide over the dialysis time. Our sincere thanks to Ln Srinivasa Giri and Ln Venkataraman on behalf of this family. Saktheeswaran lost his father, his mother works as a labourer and he is the breadwinner of the family. This renal transplant will hopefully get back his life.

Saktheeswaran, (left) a boy with advanced renal failure on dialysis is able is able to survive only due to the absolute generosity of Lions Clubs (Kovaipudur and Erode Midtown). He is on the brink of renal transplant and this would-be life changing. On the right is Selvi Ramya from a very poor farming family near Palani, one of the beneficiary of Lions support.

Right to Live Projects 2020

October, 2020

We are immensely grateful to have known the Right to live Team based at Bangalore for the year 2020. Sincere thanks to Shri Raghuram Kote, Shri Sridhar, Veeresh & Sambhavi for all their efforts in raising valuable funds through their crowd funding platform Right to live. RTL has raised close to 8 lacs during 2020 for helping our children. One part of this fund has been life saving for Saktheeswaran in helping with the actual renal transplant surgery costs. ICT team had learnt a valuable lesson from RTL team, help without prejudice or expectations.

Kaniga, aged 8 years, one of the beneficiaries of RTL funds. She had close to 15 admissions with diabetic emergency due to brittle diabetes and she is now leading a healthy life thanks to support by RTL

Fueladream 2020

Idhayangal joined hands with Fueladream, a crowd funding platform unique for working with more than 100 schools across India led by the visionary Ranga, as he is affectionately known. Ranga has dedicated his life towards working with school children in raising awareness on social responsibility at a young age. It has been a dream for us to get associated with Fueladream during 2020. Even in the midst of the raging pandemic, Fueladream partnered with CS academy based at Coimbatore to raise more than 3 lacs for Idhayangal through students from Class 9-12. We are immensely grateful to Dr Vikram & Dr Sitara from CS academy for giving us this opportunity. This fund has been life changing for a lot of deserving children with Type 1 diabetes.

Thanks to all Contributors and well-wishers 2020

We are proud and humbled to get continued support from philanthropists in and around Coimbatore including Water Tec, Deccan Industries, Lakshmi Ceramics, ITF, Shiva Texyarn, Best Engineering, DK Traders, RA Mills, Rajaratna Mills, Propel Industries, Sreesakthi Engineering, CRI pumps, Catalyst Groups, CAV Roadlines, MTK Textiles, SKT Matriculation School, Vesta Informatics, Tessolve, Roots India, Poppy's knitwear, Olirum Erode Ultimate Alloys to name a few. However, we are extremely thankful for every single donor and well-wisher who have showered their time, love, affection and their hard-earned money for the welfare of all our children starting from those who have given funds from ten rupees to 20 lacs. Every single contribution, no matter the amount, from every one of our well-wishers especially during a year as tough as 2020, has been life saving for all our children supported by ICT and we are deeply indebted for all your support.

Future directions: Looking forward to 2021

September, 2020

Our goals for 2021 Foray into Tier 2 and 3 cities across our State to extend our support to hundreds more poor children with Type 1 diabetes.

Extend our support to other states across India Increase health insurance coverage for all our children Lobby State and Central Government health Ministry to do more for Type 1 diabetes across India Create a corpus of Rs 5 crores to ensure stability and continuity of our work To scale up Project Vanavil where adopting a child by one donor for Rs 3000/ month will help us move to the next deserving child on the waitlist.

Idhayangal Charitable Trust does not exist without your support and wishes. On behalf of all our children, we wish to thank you all profusely for the enormous support during the year 2020. We wish you, your family and friends a very happy, prosperous and safe 2021.

SEP - OCT 2020 NEWSLETTER

September, 2020

Dear Contributor/ Well-wisher
Warm Regards from the desk of Idhayangal Charitable Trust. Hope you are all keeping safe during these difficult times. We at Idhayangal are absolutely humbled by all of your generosity during the toughest time of the decade. In spite of all the difficulties, all our well wishers have been so generous that we have been able to keep up the support to all our children during this time, added more children from Chennai, Vandavasi, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Dindigul districts as well as Trivandarum and have been able to reduce hospital admissions close to zero. We have no way of repaying all your kindness to our children other than ensuring that all our beneficiaries should grow up into responsible adults to give something back to the society as you have done!

In this edition of September / October 2020 newsletters, we have the following updates

Heart-warming story of Jeevitha
Kindness from CUB
Project Vanavil updates

Heart-warming story of Jeevitha

July, 2020

To come from a very difficult socio-economic background and in addition having difficult to control Type 1 diabetes, a dad who had lost his arm and works as a part-time security for Rs 7000 per month, two siblings younger to her is a testament to the tenacity of Jeevitha (photo above). When I first saw Jeevitha four years ago, she was needing about 60 units / day of insulins, very poor diabetes control on multiple injections per day and struggling to cope financially with the burden of diabetes and insulins. Her 3-month average was 10% indicating a high risk of kidney failure in the next few years if uncontrolled. Since then she has been a beneficiary of all your generosity and goodwill. She is now on an insulin pump, doing exceedingly well, her last 3-month average is 6.4% which means very low likelihood of kidney failure and a normal healthy life. She has also finished her B Com for which she had complete funding support courtesy of yourselves and the Trust for the last years. She dreams to finish her CA part-time and we have promised support to do whatever she wants in education. She has been offered placement at Idhayangal Charitable Trust as a Junior Accounts Manager with a payment that will help her family. Jeevitha's story is extremely heart-warming as it shows what our children can achieve given the right kind of support. Our dream is to ensure that all our deserving children grow with the right mind-set, take care of their diabetes properly and lead healthy productive lives not only for themselves and their families but to our society as well. Thanks to all of you for making this happen.

Kindness from CUB

July, 2020

No one can be faulted for not wanting to open up their CSR funding when losses are mounting everywhere. However, Kumbakonam City Union Bank chose to do otherwise. The CSR team not only opened their purses to help our deserving children through their CSR grant but they also opened their hearts to support our cause. I still remember a sunny afternoon at Kumbakonam meeting with the CUB team requesting support for Idhayangal. What struck me was the simplicity and the faith that all the executives had at CUB including MD Shri Kamakodi, Senior GM Shri Ramesh and Shri Balasubramanian. Immense thanks to Shri Kumar Jayaraman for facilitating the meet. However, corona struck and times were difficult. The CUB team did not waver from their word and once the CSR discussions opened up, a 10-lac grant was sanctioned for Idhayangal Charitable Trust. Thanks is such a small word for their generosity. The DD was given at a simple function recently with their team from Coimbatore region. (Photo above). On behalf of all our deserving children, we wish to thank profusely CUB and their team for helping our children during this time of need.

Project Vanavil: Adopt a child for 36 K per annum

July, 2020

Our current flagship Project Vanavil is off to a good start. Adopting one poor child with Type 1 diabetes for Rs 3000 per month or 36 K per annum is life changing for the child and their families. This will help us to move onto new children who are on the waitlist, there are hundreds of children on our waitlist throughout the State. We are extremely grateful to all donors who are a part of this project along with Rotary Club of Coimbatore Gaalaxy who have adopted this program as a flagship cause. Please pass this leaflet below to all your contacts, friends, families, suppliers or business groups. Donors can also start with how much ever they wish; no amount is small. For example, we have 6 donors contributing Rs 500 each that would help one child. Each child will be assigned to the donor and updates on progress will be sent once every 3 months.

We wish to thank all of you for your compassion, generosity and kindness. Kindly stay safe during these difficult times. On behalf of all our children, we wish you and your family health, wealth and peace.

JULY - AUGUST 2020 NEWSLETTER

July, 2020

Warm Regards from the desk of Idhayangal Charitable Trust. Hope you are keeping well during these difficult times. All our children from the trust are doing well thanks to all your support and generosity. Here are the updates for this month.

The heart-warming progress of Raghavarthini Can I have a selfie with you doctor? The great story of Samar Adopt a child with one insulin pump for 50 K only Project Vanavil: Adopt a child for one year for 36 K only

Can I have a selfie with you doctor? The great story of Samar

Sometimes, people wonder why we (our Idhayangal Trust team) are doing this work day and night to support children like Samar from Mettur. Samar has Type 1 diabetes, comes from a low socioeconomic background and heavily supported by Idhayangal. This beautiful girl was recently admitted with severe vomiting and high glucoses. On the day of discharge, this little girl hesitantly asked me, Doctor Uncle, can I ask you a favour?. Happily asking her to blurt out the big favour, this girl smilingly asked, Doctor, can I take a selfie with you so that I can see this photo at home whenever I feel like it. If there was an answer as to why our team are working relentlessly 24/7, the answer was in Samar's big favour. This photo below is so endearing, just to see the happy face of children like Samar makes this job worth it. Samar's mother conveys her deepest gratitude to all Idhayangal donors for their generosity and consideration.

Insulin pumps are life-changing gadgets that are even beyond the dreams of poor children with Type 1 diabetes. Idhayangal Charitable Trust runs India's largest insulin pump programme for the rural underprivileged. The cost of insulin pumps are around 1.5-2 lacs and we are working closely with Medtronic India, the sole supplier of Insulin pumps in India currently to reduce costs. Through a unique scheme, we are able to support insulin pumps for the underprivileged children if a donor supports 50 K for one pump. This is a huge reduction in costs and we have shown that insulin pump therapy without prejudice in rural underprivileged children reduces hospital admissions, kidney failure and deaths. So, if there are any individuals or philanthropic organisations who are interested in supporting this programme, kindly mail me on snehasswaminathan@gmail.com or call me anytime at 8526421150 or 9042858882 (WhatsApp)

JULY NEWSLETTER FROM Idhayangal CHARITABLE TRUST

July, 2020

Dear Well-wisher/ Contributor,
Warm Regards, hope all of you and your families are staying safe during these most difficult times. It has been a huge challenge for all of us here at Idhayangal Trust as well to ensure that not a single poor child is left behind during these times. A lot of poor families are struggling even for basic amenities and the support that all of you are providing at these times is a Godsend. On behalf of all our children, we thank you profusely for your continuous support and contributions.

In this edition of ICT Newsletters, we are happy to share some of the mind-boggling support from great humanitarians. We don't need to go to temples to see Gods. They are in the form of donors and supporters like all of you. Here are the updates

PROJECT ICT/ TEXBIOSCIENCES
PROJECT SANTHI (PEACE OF MIND)
PROJECT VANAVIL

PROJECT ICT/ TEXBIOSCIENCES

April, 2020

It was such a privilege to meet Shri RP Krishnamachari (Texbiosciences and Single Teacher Schools). They are already doing immense work in the field of education and health throughout our State. A chance meeting in Chennai turned out to be a Godsend for our deserving children through a huge contribution for the Trust under the most difficult of the times. Some of the beneficiaries from this project are below

A 16-year girl, poor background, who was transferred to our hospital in a severe diabetic coma and severe blood borne infection. She was given up in a different hospital and was in near cardiac arrest when she came in. Type 1 diabetes for the last 4 years with a 3-month average of 15 % and glucoses 600 mgs/dl (should be 7% in this age). It was battle to save this child and currently doing extremely well on insulins. She had a trial of insulin pump and over the last one month, all her glucose numbers are within the 180 mgs/dl mark. She has received the insulin pump courtesy of Texbiosciences support. For the first time, she feels what it is to be normal.

Master Saranavana Balaji

April, 2020

A 12-year-old boy, son of a bus driver, very poor socioeconomic background, with glucoses 600 mgs/dl on admission. Family struggling a lot to fund insulins. Very erratic glucoses and high risk of kidney failure in 5 years. He was one another candidate for the insulin pump, doing extremely well on the trial pump for the past 4 weeks, all glucoses now 200 mgs/dl. Saravana Balaji receiving the insulin pump due to the generosity of Texbiosciences contribution

In addition, ten children received the best insulins for the first 3 months, courtesy of this project Each month insulins costs approx. Rs 3000. All the children come from very poor families, with a mean income of Rs 10,000 per month. My dad is in this photo, a senior doctor himself, blessing all the beneficiaries on behalf of all contributors.

PROJECT SHANTHI (PEACE OF MIND)

April, 2020

One admission with a severe diabetic coma costs a poor family 1.5 lacs and the possibility of death, especially in a poorly equipped hospital. With Type 1 diabetes from a poor background, the sword of a major hospital admission is always there and we believe that a health insurance back up is vital to give a great peace of mind during emergencies. A lot of families are still paying the interest of a hospital admission five years ago! We have to profusely thank Star Health Medical Director and their team to extend this unique programme in India through Idhayangal Charitable Trust, that waives off all pre-existing conditions with a huge discount in the premium that is supported by ICT. Many lives have been saved through this flagship programme.

This year, we have been immensely privileged in getting huge support from a great philanthropist who was so generous in supporting this Insurance programme in a big way that helped us to cover more than 60 children with a 2-lac insurance cover for any diabetic or nondiabetic emergencies. Some of the details of beneficiaries are below to get a flavour.

This little fighter was admitted with glucoses > 600 mgs/dl and was actually given up in a state hospital. Dad is a labourer earning Rs 6000 per month, cost of a major ICU admission in a good hospital to save this child's life was Rs 1.5 lacs. Thankfully, Raghavarthini is covered under this Health Insurance scheme and her life was saved after transfer to our set up. She is now doing extremely well on four times a day insulin. The family comes from Salem, at least now they have a peace of mind that they can get admitted to a good hospital (God forbid not) in case of any emergency without having to worry about the finances.

Baby Kaniga

April, 2020

Just 7 years of age with Type 1 diabetes for the past 3 years, kaniga coming from a poor socioeconomic stratum, has extremely brittle diabetes. One episode of vomiting will lead to a major admission with diabetic coma. Last year alone, she had seven admissions and thankfully her health insurance covered all her admissions as we were able to prevent ICU admissions by bringing her in early than later. Her parents are deeply grateful for all your support and wishes to convey their heartfelt thanks to all the donors.

These are just the snapshots of the 65 stories of every deserving child that been covered by the insurance. The total cover is Rs 1.3 crores for 65 children for a year.

We profusely thank all contributors and philanthropists who have raised funds for this insurance programme that gives absolute peace of mind to all the families.

PROJECT VANAVIL

April, 2020

Immense thanks to the Rotary Club of Metropolis, our mentor Shri V.S. Srinivasan, President Shri Vittel for donating Rs 5 lacs under the most difficult circumstances to help our deserving children. Project Vanavil is the apt name for this great project which has given hope to 32 children from the poor socio-economic category. 2 children have benefitted from Insulin pumps, Srividya from Tirupur who has a worrying combination of seizures and Type 1 diabetes and Kaniga, who has had around 15 admissions with brittle diabetes coma and a deserving candidate for insulin pump therapy. Photos will be updated next issue. We salute Rotary Club of Metropolis for their immense generosity during these times, considering the amount of funding required for their own flagship projects which are life changing for a lot of fire victims in and around Coimbatore.

We also take this opportunity to thank a lot of individual donors who have kept us going. They are all our unsung heroes. We are greatly indebted to every one of you Wishing you all the best of health, wealth and peace and warmest Regards

Idhayangal NEWSLETTER APRIL MAY 2020

Dear Contributor/ Well-wisher
Warm Regards from the desk of Idhayangal Charitable Trust. Hope you are all keeping safe. It has been an extremely tough 2 months on account of COVID-19 for Idhayangal Trust as well with plenty of contributions/ donations on hold or diverted due to this emergency. We wish to thank all of you for your continued support in spite of the difficult circumstances. Here are the following updates

Out of sight, always in mind
COVID-19 & ICT
Star Health Insurance for 100 children, our dream
Right to live, a big thank you
ICT, CSR Approved now, please connect us

Out of sight but always in mind

FEB, 2020

There is a saying Out of sight, out of mind, however for Idhayangal Trust, we see the reverse Out of sight, always in mind. We are deeply grateful and absolutely humbled by our friends in Birmingham, UK led by Shri Muthu, Mrs Easwari and the AORTAN Tamil Association of Birmingham. Though out of sight from India, they have always kept our children in mind. This team had raised approx. Rs 60,000 for Idhayangal Charitable Trust for their Pongal celebrations, we have absolutely no words to thank them for their efforts in spite of their busy schedule. To add to this generosity, Dr Krishnaveni, Dr Sudharshan & Dr Chitra from Solihull & Stoke on Trent, UK had raised Rs 40,000 to Idhayangal through charity fundraising by selling food. The icing on the cake is Master Rithvik's generosity. Hardly ten years of age, residing in the UK, Rithvik decided not to take any gifts for his 10th birthday, instead requested his friends to donate to Idhayangal. He had raised 320 British pounds (approx. Rs 30,000) from his friends to help our deserving children. I wish I had one billionth of his thoughts at his age. On behalf of all our children, trustees and well-wishers, we wish the AORTAN Team, Drs Krishnaveni, Sudharsan, Chitra, Muthu, Easwari, Rohita and Rithvik all the very best. A big salute to all of you, Out of sight but always in mind

A big thanks to AORTAN Team from Birmingham, Patriotism is not defined by where one lives but what one does for the underprivileged back home from anywhere in the world!

COVID-19 & ICT

FEB, 2020

We were deeply worried with the lockdown, COVID-19 and our vulnerable children with Type 1 diabetes all through the State. We are extremely pleased to announce that till date, all children have been doing well (praying God that they continue to do so) with no disruption in the supplies of insulins, consumables and support. Children and their families have been extremely smart in coping with the lockdown, we are thankful to our Idhayangal Trust team for working extremely hard to ensure that no single child from the trust was affected because of lack of vital supplies of insulins or consumables. We are talking about children as far as Mayiladuthurai, Trichy, Tiruvannamalai & Tirunelveli to name a few places. With a welloiled team, we have prevented major hospital admissions, liaised with local doctors during emergencies and kept all supplies going in the face of a very tight economic crunch. We hope an easing of current situation will make us breathe easier but it has been a great learning experience for all of us to cope with major difficulties and have come out stronger for our cause.

Star Health Insurance for 100 children, Our dream

Idhayangal Charitable Trust is keen to expand the children under Insurance cover. We have saved around 15 children this year because of this insurance cover. Vanisha, a 13-year-old poor girl with Type 1 diabetes, unfortunately ended up with a major accident and needed major reconstructive surgery for a tibial crush injury. Thanks for our health insurance cover, she made a fantastic recovery operated by the best of the surgeons and back to normal now. This is one of the fifteen success stories for this year. We are extremely grateful for all our contributors for helping cover the insurance for 50 children for the year ending April 2020. We are due for renewal and are keen to extend this programme to 100 children at a cost of Rs 8000/ child premium for a 2-lac cover for a year. This is a steep ask considering the current economic situation. In a nutshell, we need Rs 8 lacs to cover 100 children for a year for a 2-lac premium. Kindly consider helping as much as possible to help us realise our dreams of ensuring that no poor child suffers or dies for want of funds to support the best treatment in the best set up in case of a major emergency.

Right to live, A Big thank you

A chance opportunity linked us up with Shri Kote, Sridhar & Veeresh from an organisation called the Right to live based in Bangalore (https://www.righttolive.org/). Right to live is India first crowd-donation platform with a vision of Joining hands to change lives. It was a humbling experience interacting with all the three members of this fund-raising group. The target was set at Rs 2 lacs when all hell broke loose with COVID-19. Though no one would blame us for being sceptical, we pulled ahead with great optimism and now have raised Rs 2 lacs and sixty-eight thousand rupees worldwide in the most difficult circumstances. The great news is that every single rupee collected by Right to live will be transferred to Idhayangal Charitable Trust with no strings attached. Thanks is an extremely small word for people like Kote, Sridhar and Veeresh. This single crowd funding has changed the lives of at least 25 children for the next year

Idhayangal Trust, CSR Approved now, kindly connect

We have now successfully completed 3 years of service with a great track record of helping disadvantaged children with Type 1 diabetes. We are now 12 A, 80 G and CSR approved. Kindly pass this message on to companies with CSR remit so that we can continue supporting and expanding our work. We have a huge number of children to support from Salem, Madurai, Theni, Bathlagundu, Thoothukudi, Nagercoil as well as teaming up with colleagues in Kerala, Karnataka, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Punjab to expand our work pan-India. CSR funding is the need of the hour, our promise to ensure that every single rupee counts. We are happy to visit any CSR eligible organisation once this lockdown ends for a presentation. Kindly connect

On behalf of all our trustees, we thank you all for your continuing faith and support. Keep safe during this difficult time. There is every reason for optimism for the future.

JAN-FEB 2020 Idhayangal NEWSLETTER

Dear Well-wisher/ Contributor,
Warm Regards from the desk of Idhayangal Charitable Trust. Due to your unrelenting support, we are now supporting close to 200 children from underprivileged backgrounds with Type 1 diabetes. We see a huge reduction in complications and admissions, more importantly we see happier children and families due to the support from all of you through the trust. We are genuinely humbled by the all-round support to take our work forward. In this issue, we have the following updates

1. Health Insurance for our children: PROJECT TRANQUILITY
2. Idhayangal Wings: Our work in Madurai districts
3. PROJECT COOL INSULIN
4. INVITE FOR ANNUAL DAY ON 26TH APRIL 2020

PROJECT TRANQUILITY

January, 2020

One of our flagship programmes is to ensure peace of mind to families of children with Type 1 diabetes, so that any unexpected hospital admission is covered by insurance. Currently, we are covering 50 children from poor families with a 2-lac cover for any hospital admissions, related or unrelated to diabetes. We have saved around 10 lives this year alone due to this programme and we wish to extend this help to 50 more families this year. The insurance scheme ends in April. We request our well-wishers to consider supporting this great initiative by contributing Rs 8000/ child for an annum. This would help children like Pavithra (photo below with her mom), unfortunately this poor little girl's dad took his own life within a week of this child's diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. The mother has to support this child who has extremely brittle diabetes, one hospital admission can break this family's already beleaguered finances.

Pavithra, one of our two- and half-year-old sweetheart who has had a tough start to life Rs 8000 thaanam (donation) gives peace of mind for an annum

Idhayangal WINGS: OUR WORK IN MADURAI AND SALEM DISTRICTS

January, 2020

Our dream is to be the best pan-India Charity for poor children with Type 1 diabetes. Therefore, we have slowly started to look outwards to extend a helping hand to colleagues and families outside of our own areas. We have linked with Alpha foundation, Madurai led by Dr Kumaravel & Dr Aruna Chelliah and Dr Theivendran from Sakthi Foundation, Bathlagundu. Both the teams are extremely passionate about improving lives of children with Type 1 diabetes from poor families. Both teams have a huge number of children with Type 1 diabetes from poor socioeconomic strata.

We have supported 6 insulin pumps to Alpha foundation, one to Sakthi foundation along with 20 fridges and the best insulins for the Bathlagundu children. It was rewarding to be a part of the get together organised in these areas and helping deserving children. We wish to profusely thank all of you who have made this possible.

We are also extending our help to children from Salem Districts by teaming up with like-minded doctors in this area. There is a huge burden pf Type 1 diabetes in Salem, we have already started 3 insulin pumps for deserving children as well as supporting 40 fridges for insulin storage in this district. More details will follow.

PROJECT COOL INSULIN

January, 2020

A lot of our admissions with diabetic coma are due to the fact that there was no fridge at home to store insulins properly! This makes insulin lose its potency and even though children take their insulins regularly, it does not work as it has lost all its potency. It is painful to know that Glucoses of 600 mgs/dl with severe acidosis, coma and near death is due to want of 6000-rupee fridge at home. Therefore, Idhayangal has started this programme of PROJECT COOL INSULIN to ensure that all homes of children with type 1 diabetes should have a fridge. To this end, we have supplied more than 100 fridges that has been life changing for our children. Insulin requirements have come down drastically from hundreds of units and hospital admissions have reduced dramatically as well. We are also in close touch with R&D groups to see whether we can make a small portable fridge that is cost effective and can be placed easily in rural homes.

Below is the photo of Sakthi, 17 years old, his diabetes control was extremely poor with a three-month average of 15 % (A1c should be less than 7), meaning his glucoses for last 3 months was around 500 mgs/dl. He is a poor labourer earning Rs 3000/ month. This is a one-way ticket to dialysis and kidney failure in the next 3 years, all because there was no fridge at home and he was storing insulins in a tumbler of water! Since we supplied the fridge and gave him the best insulins, his glucoses are all below 200 mgs/dl and he is leading a happier healthier life. We are in need of great support from all of you for this PROJECT COOL INSULIN programme.

Idhayangal CHARITABLE TRUST ANNUAL DAY

Kindly block your dates on 26th April 2020 Sunday for our Annual day. It is a day for the donors rather than beneficiaries. It is a day for us to thank all of you along with our children and their families for all your support last year. Details of programme will follow shortly, we aim to get some social responsibility in our children's minds by planting trees that grow with them followed by a 2-hour programme at Sitra auditorium opposite airport signal, Coimbatore

THANKS IS A SAMLL WORD FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT

On behalf of Idhayangal Charitable Trust
Dr. Krishnan Swaminathan
Ph: 8526421150 or 9042858882

October/ November 2019 Idhayangal Charitable Trust newsletter

November, 2019

Dear Contributor/ Wellwisher,
Warm regards from the desk of Idhayangal Charitable Trust. We wish all of you and your family a great Diwali. We have made immense progress over the last 2 months. Our children's diabetes control has improved remarkably due to our team's efforts and your support. Data shows that the 3-month average of most children supported by the trust has come down from around 14-15 % to around 7%. This would translate into a huge reduction in kidney failures and blindness and allow them to lead a normal healthy life. In this newsletter, we have the following
1. Our Diwali celebrations
2. Breaking socio-economic barriers in Diabetes Technologies
3. The humbling story of Papammal and her pension

Our Diwali celebrations (2019)

October, 2019

It was a heart-warming Diwali celebration with our Trust's children on 20th October. Idhayangal Team was peaceful to have in our midst families of patients who had unfortunately lost their lives last year. Manikandan's dad and his sister along with Satyapraksh's family joined our Diwali get together. It was a time to recollect memories, however painful it was, we were determined not to forget such families and ensure that they were a part of our Idhayangal's family. Each child had a beautiful dress and came to stage to speak confidently of their future plans. This was followed by songs, dances and firecrackers. Many thanks for all our Idhayangal contributors who have made it possible for these families to gain the confidence and do well in their lives. Photos below.

Breaking Socioeconomic barriers in Diabetes Technologies

October, 2019

Idhayangal Charitable Trust is proud to attach, along with this mail, our recent paper which was accepted in the Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. We have broken a glass ceiling by penetrating insulin pump technologies to the poorest of the poor. This pilot study on 16 children shows that underprivileged rural children can handle insulin pump technology that leads to excellent glucose control, reduction in hospitalisations, improved quality of life and hopefully reductions in kidney failures and blindness. Since this paper, we now have 52 underprivileged children on insulin pump therapy. Each pump costs around 1.5 lacs with consumables of around Rs 8000 per annum. This device is life changing for children on 4 times a day insulin. We wish to thank all our contributors and well wishers who made such things possible. We are confident that Idhayangal Charitable Trust has the maximum number of underprivileged unaffordable rural children on such lifesaving technology in the world. Many more children are on the waiting list, we sincerely request our contributors to help us with this programme (DONATE AN INSULIN PUMP, CHANGE A CHILD'S LIFE FOREVER). We are positive that this programme will change the landscape of underprivileged children with Type 1 diabetes children in our State. We are also actively lobbying the Government to adopt this scheme.

Humbling story of Papammal and her pension

Papammal, a 70 yeal old lady, is a long standing patient of mine, she comes along with her husband all the time. She had not been to school; her whole world revolves around her husband and house. It's been sometime since I had seen her. She suddenly popped into my OP Clinic recently. After general niceties, she started to have tears rolling down her eyes, her husband had died last year and that's the reason for her non-attendance. “Doctor, I don't know what to do, my whole life was my husband, now I am at a complete loss, I just wanted to see you and cry, so that I can feel a bit better. As we were speaking, her eyes fixed on the photograph hanging on my room with our Idhayangal children. She enquired about it, took some Idhayangal leaflets from my desk and left. In the evening I had a phone call from her saying that she had transferred Rs 25,000 from her husband's pension amount for the children. For a lady who had not left her house, she had gone to the bank all by herself, pestered the bank staff to help her with the bank transfer and was calling anxiously from the bank to ensure that the money was transferred. What a humbling effort by this gem of a lady. Idhayangal Charitable Trust is in great hands and hearts with people like Papammal.

We wish to thank the office bearers and members of Rotary Club of Coimbatore Central, Kovaipudur and Rotary Club Galaxy for their support in recent times.

Wishing you all a happy Diwali, may God bless all of you with health, wealth and peace Dr.Krishnan Swaminathan, On behalf of all our children and Team

Idhayangal NEWSLETTER JUNE JULY 2019

Dear Contributor/ Well-wisher,
It gives immense pleasure in sending us this update from our desk. It has been a fruitful 2 months for Idhayangal. Our Project Kathir has made a great start with 12 children from the underprivileged category able to get not only the insulin pumps but also consumables for three years, which gives them enough time to settle down. In addition, 25 children are supported with the best insulins through this programme. Thanks is a small word for Rotary Club of Coimbatore Central, KMCH and all our contributors for making this happen.

In this newsletter, we are sharing details of the advanced insulin pump refresher course for the kids, the story of Arjun's kiss, our insurance cover now reaching 50 children with type 1 diabetes and many more. Once again, thanks for your continued support to our causes.

The Story of Arjun's kiss

February, 2019

Arjun was one of the reasons for starting Idhayangal. This is a poor boy who was given up in Madurai and advised to take him home after a severe diabetic coma due to type 1 diabetes. He was finally saved after a battle on exactly his birthday, which we celebrated in ICU about 6 years ago. Arjun had a severe intercurrent illness last week and his mother brought him to Coimbatore from Madurai just having absolute faith in our team. He had a brief admission in our hospital and improved dramatically. He is one of the children whom we are supporting with studies, insulin and health insurance cover. On the day of discharge, the mother and son were standing uncomfortably in my OP requesting a small favour. All Arjun wanted to do was to give me a hug and kiss for all the help Idhayangal is doing for him and his family. Tears were streaming down my eyes in a busy OPD and none had a clue as to why? It was a emotional moment to have this little boy hug me and plant a kiss on my cheeks, which no amount of money can equate. With another 30 patients waiting, all the tiredness disappeared and this little boy made my day. This simple gesture has motivated all our team to do better for these children for years to come.

INSULIN PUMP REFRESHER COURSE FOR OUR CHILDREN

January, 2022

INSULIN PUMP REFRESHER COURSE FOR OUR CHILDREN

January, 2022

Idhayangal Charitable Trust organised a day's course for 40 underprivileged children on insulin pumps on 7th July 2019. Many of these children had major admissions with diabetic coma pre-insulin pumps with poor insight into their diabetes. It was a complete joy to watch these children doing extremely well on insulin pumps. Most of their glucose levels were well under control between 100-200 mgs/dl (was 500-600 mgs/dl) pre-pump, were doing really well with their studies and more importantly wereconfident of their future and life due to all your support and contributions. It was a pleasure to see Ramya Bharathi, who came to our emergency with impending cardiac arrest just a few months ago back to her normal cheerful self. Children as far as Tirunelveli, Mayiladuthurai came for this course and learnt a lot from each other experiences. Below is the photo of children with our team, as the course finished. Idhayangal thanks all the contributors for enabling us to change the lives of these deserving children.

God bless this child with type 1 diabetes who had come from the jaws of death courtesy of God and health insurance cover. She is receiving the bravery award from Dr. Nalla G Palaniswami for her immense mental strength in the face of severe adversity in ICU

Health Insurance Cover: Reaching the 50 mark

We are immensely thankful to all our Contributors, well wishers and Star health team for getting us to reach the 50 mark for a Rs 2 lac cover for underprivileged children with type 1 diabetes (1 crore worth of cover for this annum). This has given a great peace of mind to all our families and has been life saving for the past one and half years since we started this scheme. We have another 50 children to enrol but doing this on a case by case basis, based on priorities. Our dream is to cover every single child for an unexpected admission, which can break families.

Future plans

We still have around 20 children on the waitlist for insulin pumps, 120 children are getting supported as of now and the numbers are increasing every month. Kindly pass on the message

Adopt one child for Rs 10,000/ annum for your family's occasions like birthdays, anniversaries Support one pump for 1 child at a cost of Rs 1.5 lacs

We are extremely humbled by all your support and contributions; we will keep in touch in a couple of months
Warm Regards
Dr. Krishnan Swaminathan on behalf of Idhayangal Team

Dear Contributor/ Well wisher

Warm Regards from Idhayangal Charitable Trust.
Firstly, many thanks for your thoughts and considerations to give a helping hand to our deserving children with Type 1 diabetes. We are deeply humbled as there are many deserving causes in India and still you thought of us. With your help, we currently support 50 poor children with Type 1 diabetes in absolute need of help
We wish to give news and updates every 2 months, hope this gives you a flavour of how your contributions make a difference to poor children with Type 1 diabetes.

Diwali with our childrents (2018)

December, 2018

Idhayangal Trustees decided to have a small get together on the eve of Diwali at their residence. We had around 6 families along with the children benefited by the Trust come together to have a day of fun. We had a day of singing, dancing and yoga at our community hall followed by flower pots and fun. All children had new Diwali dresses along with goodies, Parameswaran, one of our children was presented with his dream of having a cycle to get to school as the bus facilities were not adequate. Overall it was a great day where everyone forgot their worries and celebrated a great Diwali with the trustees and their familes.

A heart warming story

December, 2018

Vasantha, a 10 year old bright girl was admitted with severe diabetes and ear infection with a very high chance of death. With Idhayangal's support, she braved an ICU admission, two operations on the right ear, 6 weeks of very powerful, costly but life saving antibiotics and insulin to meet us on the last day of her antibiotic therapy and discharge. She dreams to be a scientist like our Great Abdul Kalam! We have promised all support to this child and their family to achieve her dreams. Our support would not have been possible without your support. The family requested me to convey their immense gratitude for all Idhayangal contributors and requested all your blessings for this bright young child.

The Sad Story of Sathya Prakash

December, 2018

IdhayangalCharitable Trust deeply mourns the death of Sathyaprakash, who is only 27 years old, he leaves behind his young wife and a 4 year old daughter. Sathyaprakash has had Type 1 diabetes for the past 10 years. Due to poor insight, lack of finance and lack of access to good doctors, he unfortunately developed kidney failure due to poorly controlled Type 1 diabetes. We have been supporting Sathyaprakash for the past one year with insulins, renal transplant work up and psychological support. He had a kidney transplant done 6 months ago but unfortunately got rejected. He has had a downhill course since then. In spite of all our support as well as the transplant doctors and the hospital, Sathyaprakash passed away 2 weeks ago, mainly because the family could not afford the care. I was the last one to see him in his death bed. With a deep pain in my heart and tears in my eyes, I asked Sathyaprakash whether he wanted to tell me anything. All he could muster was a faint smile, he thanked all the donors of Idhayangal Charitable Trust for the generous support over the last year, he said he had enough of pain over the last 4 years and wanted to die peacefully at home. His final 2 requests were to see whether we could help his daughter get a good education and support his wife and the last wish was for me and Idhayangal Trust to work harder so that no one with Type 1 diabetes gets his fate for want of better access to healthcare and insulins. He simply closed his eyes after these requests. A wave of sheer impotence spread through my heart in that in this day and age, we are still allowing a young chap with type 1 diabetes die with his full life before him, a great family and a beautiful daughter. We deeply mourn the death of Sathyaprakash, heartfelt condolences to his family.

Dear Contributor/ Well wisher.

Words are not enough to tell how grateful we all are for your contributions, we see every day what a change we make in these kids' lives and how much more work we need to do to ensure that there are no more Sathyaprakashes in future. Kindly spread the message of our work to family, friends, philanthropists, corporates and like-minded people, we need all the help. Also any help towards Sathyaprakash family in terms of the daughter's education or gainful employment for his wife is greatly appreciated. May God bless you, our family and friends with health, wealth and peace. As always, we sincerely believe in our motto: A small act of kindness is much more powerful than a thousand heads in prayer

We go in search of Gods to various temples around the world, for us it was a humbling and inspiring experience to see God & Godliness at Hosur. It all started with call from our friend and well wisher Dr CS Mani and his wife Dr Kamini that his father-in-law Shri Ramamoorthy, a 95 year old pensioner at Hosur was keen to contribute towards Idhayangal's causes. We made a day trip to Hosur to meet Shri Ramamoorthy, more to get his blessings and what a day it was! Shri Ramamoorthy hails from a small village near Kumbakonam and due to his sheer hard work he had made it to the top in Electronics. After the initial introduction, he enthusiastically enquired about our work, watched Idhayangal's videos and without a bit of hesitation wrote a cheque for Rs 2 lacs. Tears were rolling down our eyes to see an elderly pensioner innocently parting with 2 lacs of his hard earned money that he could have given to his extended family. All his request was to ensure that this contribution helps poor children with type 1 diabetes irrespective of caste, creed or religion ! What more Godliness can one see or why do we even go to temples to see God? Adding further, he had a small tear in his eye when he said that he watched his father die in the pre-1950s without medical help and poor finances and his dream is to ensure that no one, especially children suffer this fate. It was as though God wanted to teach us a lesson by driving to Hosur to keep telling us to do better by seeing gems like Shri Ramamoorthy & his wife. After a great coffee by Dr Kamini, we prostrated before Shri & Tmt Ramamoorthy and took leave of this unbelievable couple. We sincerely wish God gives great health, wealth and peace to this lovely couple. We hope we can celebrate his 100th birthday with Idhayangal's children. Below is the photograph of these great people.

DINAMALAR NEWS

December, 2018

Successful First Anniversary Celebrations

April, 2017

We successfully completed our first year of birth in India. Our annual day celebrations were held at Sitra auditorium, Coimbatore. The 500 seater was filled to capacity with our children, their families, donors and well-wishers. We remember April 2017 where we started with zero money and a lot of goodwill, over the one year period

The story of Parameeswaran

February, 2018

Parameeswaran is a bright 8 year old boy with Type 1 diabetes. He was recently referred with glucose of 750 mgs/ dl, completely dehydrated and in impending diabetic coma. His dad is in a mental asylum and his mother and grandmother are coolie labourers earning Rs 150 each per day. He has had Type 1 diabetes for 3 years, they have been running from pillar to post in search of some magic cure. Finally they had exhausted all options but by God's grace, heard about Idhayangal Charitable Trust and came to us. We admitted Parameswaran under our care, got him better and now he is on the best insulins at his door step. We have also provided him with a fridge to ensure that storage is properly followed. He is back to school. Idhayangal Charitable Trust, through your support, has made a great change in his life by supporting his admissions in a good hospital, getting him the best insulins and a fridge and supporting his school education.These are the words from his tearful grandmother, Ayya, we have never known where God is but we now see Gods in every one of you who have supported us in a time of need. Idhayangal Charitable Trust supports his school education. We dream of a day when Parameeswaran makes it big and gives back to society what he is getting now. Parameeswarn and his family, our donors during the fridge presentation.

BMJ South Asia awards 2018

February, 2018

Warm Regards from Idhayangal Charitable Trust Advance Diwali wishes to all you and family.
As of now, we are supporting 60 patients, predominantly children with Type 1 diabetes, all because of your goodwill.

We are delighted to share with you that we have been shortlisted for the BMJ South Asia awards 2018 as one of the best non-communicable disease initiatives of the year, we are hopeful to get to the final round from around 2000 applicants through out 7countries in South Asia, we have made it to round 2 of 36 entries from around 2000 ! Will update if we are lucky to go to the final round in Chennai on 1st December. On behalf of all our children from the Trust, we extend our happy diwali wishes.

Warm Regards

Swami on behalf of all trustees "A small act of kindness is more powerful than a thousand heads in prayer"