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CARE TODAY: LEST
WE FORGET
Bouncing Back Strongly
When CARE TODAY set up the Lest We Forget fund in the aftermath of the
war in Kargil, the society wanted to ensure that the brave soldiers maimed
in the hostilities would have a fighting chance of springing back to normalcy
from their numbing experiences. Nothing exemplifies the success of the
programme more than this story of a young Naga soldier.
DUOZOLIE ANGAMI
1 NAGA REGIMENT
If there was one person in 1999 who symbolised
the tragedy of Kargil, it was the sports-loving Naga sepoy who lost both
his hands in the campaign. Just 21, Duozolie Angami had been deprived
of a career and, it seemed, his future. But if there is one person who
symbolises resurgence today, it is this very man. After leaving the army,
the former soldier is today working as an assistant with the Oil and Natural
Gas Commission at Nazira in Assam. He cycles to work, eats and even signs
his name without the help of artificial hands (he was provided hi-tech
prostheses but finds them cumbersome and uncomfortable in the muggy Assam
weather).
Angami is building a house in Dimapur in Nagaland
with partial support from CARE TODAY (picture on left). He has already
got Rs 1 lakh from the Lest We Forget fund and will receive Rs 2 lakh
more. His brother is overseeing construction work. The house is expected
to be completed by October and Angami is planning a cozy Christmas with
his family here.
Angami is a popular figure across Assam and
Nagaland. Whenever he travels people come up to him and ask him about
his experiences. Ever the optimist, he has this one word of advice for
everyone: "What's happened has happened. You have to look ahead,
not back." And no one can say the brave former soldier does not live
by his words.
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Progress Report
Contributions of Rs 5,000 and above
to the Rebuilding Gujarat Fund:
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Anupam
Prem
|
Rs 5,000
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Vinita
Ritunjaya
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Rs 5,000
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P.N.
Mahindra and Friends
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Rs 8,560
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Kanwar
Singh Bhasin
|
Rs 5,000
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Students,
9th Grade, Abqaiq Academy
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Rs 25,000
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Worldgate
Networks Pvt Ltd
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Rs 13,250
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PIMR
Rotaract Club
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Rs 5,000
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Satheesh
Muthu and Friends
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Rs 5,333
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A.K.
Khattar
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Rs 5,000
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Parasmoney
Investment Management
Services Pvt Ltd and employees
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Rs 10,000
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N.K.
Rawat
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Rs 5,000
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HUMANE,
Riyadh
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Rs 1,00,000
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T.V.
Murali and Colleagues
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Rs 37,980
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Dimension
Paint Linkers
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Rs 5,000
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Bimla
Devi
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Rs 5,000
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K.H.
Reddy and Friends
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Rs 6,967
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V.K.
Prabhakar
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Rs 5,000
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A
wellwisher group, Malaysia
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Rs 1,18,378
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Sanjay
Kumar
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Rs 20,000
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Middlesex
University
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Rs 10,000
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Staff
Association, Zakir Hussain
Post-Graduate Evening College
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Rs 34,500
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Commander
(retd) Ajay Bhagra
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Rs 5,000
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S.K.
Kasar
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Rs 5,000
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Prabir
Roy Chaudhary
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Rs 23,400
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4002
Field Ambulance
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Rs 8,460
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Staff
members, SS Kothari & Company
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Rs 15,500
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National
Medicos Organisation, KGMC
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Rs 9,000
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Major
G.B.K. Rao
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Rs 6,790
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Himalayan
Academy
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Rs 25,000
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Students
of HCST Farah
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Rs 5,000
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Students
of EC College and AU
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Rs 5,000
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Madhu
Thaker
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Rs 10,000
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Employees,
NADCO Refinery, Qatar
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Rs 22,600
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D.
Suresh Dasappa
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Rs 5,000
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Modern
School Old Students Association
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Rs 25,000
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Ms
Asavari and Abhiswara Sinha
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Rs 5,100
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C.
Durga Prasad
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Rs 5,000
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Brijendra
Prasad
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Rs 8,000
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N.S.R.
Krishnayya's Friend
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Rs 5,000
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Bhushan
Kumar and Mrs Parveen
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Rs 5,100
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Late
Dr V.P. Mankad
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Rs 5,000
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Sitakant
Hegde
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Rs 10,999
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Preeti
Gupta
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Rs 5,000
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Anonymous
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Rs 20,000
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Anonymous
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Rs 20,000
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Indian Association
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Rs
1,33,572
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R.K.
Sharma
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Rs
5,000
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Kamla
Kumar
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Rs
5,555
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S.C.
Rajvanshi
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Rs
5,000
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Uma
Sharma
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Rs
5,000
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Roopkanwar
Vidyadevi Charitable Trust
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Rs
1,41,000
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T.S.
Mudhole and Tara Mudhole
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Rs
6,851
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Surjit
Singh Bawa
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Rs
5,000
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| Bajaj
Sales Corporation |
Rs
5,000
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