HOPE, (Hold on Pain Ends) a Charitable Trust started in 2014 by a single man, which has now more
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than 1000 volunteers spread all over Kerala, and across several states of India.
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It all started with the initiative of an IT Professional, Dr.Mahesh Parameswaran Nair, a Senior system
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analyst in UST global, whose philanthropic mind to help those in need, inspired many ,both young
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and old ,into it.
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Shri .Mahesh has been in the IT field for the last 14 years of which the last 10 years is in UST global
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and he has worked abroad on several onsite projects. He is presently working in Trivandrum office of
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UST global.
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Shri.Mahesh has been the back born of HOPE.
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HOPE takes up both social responsibility and environmental responsibility. The mission and vision of
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HOPE are many ,to name a few, are to stop the practice of begging , to work towards women
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empowerment, to provide medical aids , to provide food and shelter to the destitutes, and to give
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educational assistance to the financially weaker children.
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HOPE has done several activities throughout Kerala.Some of them are enlisted below:
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• Provided shelter homes to 7 homeless widow mothers and their kids.
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• Rescued 58 homeless people so far from various parts of the city.
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• Established two rehabilitation homes at Gandhibhavan,(Pathanapuram)a largest
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secular joint family in Asia dedicated to the destitute.
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• Adopted a slum with 52 families in Thiruvananthapuram district., providing all
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infrastructure facilities also.
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• Marriage assistance to 6 orphan brides.
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• In addition to these, HOPE volunteers make frequent visits to Old Age Homes, Mental
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Homes and Orphanages, and help them in the form of food, clothes, medicines etc .
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• Wheelchairs, walking aids, hearing aids and water beds for differently abled have also
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been provided .
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Besides financial support, HOPE has organized Blood Data Collection and Donation camps, Organ
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donation awareness, Hair donation camps, Voice Donation camps, Stem Cell sample donation camps,
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Medical camps, Dress banks, Tribal Welfare Programmes etc
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As part of its Environmental Responsibility , HOPE is taking up Vellayani Lake cleaning up activities..
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HOPE has provided educational support for the children from economically backward families. As part
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of this, HOPE has handed over study kits to more than 800 children from the tribal area.
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During the Covid crisis, HOPE has done several activities like bringing back stranded people , including
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Nurses and students from various parts of India , mostly from Maharashtra and Karnataka as part of
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its Back to Home program.
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It is providing assistance in the form of smart phone, laptops, Television, internet connection for the
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most under privileged children so that they can excercise their Right to education.
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He also served food and provisions for many who were homeless and lost their jobs. Apart from these
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he donated PPE Kits, N95 and 3 ply Masks, Face shields, Pulse Oximeters, Oxygen generating
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equipment, Hand Sanitizers, Sanitary Napkins, and Food and Dresses.
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We also provided necessary Medicines and treatment aids for those who were suffering during COVID
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Pandemic. Mahesh rescued few homeless people back to their families and from streets to
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Government rehabilitation homes. He also supplied food and provisions to families of house maids,
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construction workers, Tribal and slum areas who were badly affected due to job lost considering covid
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lockdowns and social distancing.
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Mahesh also supplied vegetable seeds to promote house farming on terrace or balconies so thatpeople could avoid going to shops or Malls for basic daily food requirements during COVID time thus
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erasing the chance of social gathering.
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Dr. Mahesh Parameswaran Nair was nominated by Better India amongst the top ten during week 7 of
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the Covid soldiers award and bagged maximum number of likes from his friends and followers across
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the globe who knows his works in Better India fb page.
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Team was also actively suppporting during Kerala floods 2018 and 2019 across the state of Kerala
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Mahesh and Team has now launched a Android / IPhone Mobile Application named as KINDSERV
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during this COVID time to form a bridge between needy and Beneficiary in terms of Blood, Food ,
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Dress, Medicines, Toys, Reading Books, Voice and Hair donation thus making services Online from any
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part of the world at a finger tip.
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Also, Shri .Mahesh conducts several seminars and training programs .
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Even though ,he is an IT professional, his mind is into social service and how to help the needy. Several
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recognitions have come to Shri. Mahesh Parameshwaran Nair, for his socially responsible activities .
