May 2010 - COMPLETED

Chevuru Village Background
A total of 459 Dalits (formerly known as Untouchables), including 70 widows, live in thatched mud huts in Chevuru. Most of the adults in the village are unskilled agricultural laborers and are unable to find work outside the 3-month growing season each year. Because they earn barely enough wages to support their families, missing even one day of work to repair their fragile huts after heavy rain or floods can affect their ability to feed their children. Acquiring permanent housing will not The only allow these Dalit villagers to work more days of the year but will also raise their social status, giving them the confidence they need in order to stand up for their rights.

Fifty-one families in Chevuru were able to begin building permanent houses under a state government scheme that provides housing grants to people living below the poverty line. However, these grants are not enough to cover the remaining costs of the houses. These families have requested Longitude and ARV’s financial assistance to complete their homes, which have been sitting unfinished since last year. In order to put a roof on every home, we must raise US $1500 per house.

How You Can Help
Our group’s fundraising goal of $15,000 will subsidize the completion of 10 houses in Chevuru. Please help us meet this goal by either fully or partially sponsoring one family’s home. A contribution of any amount will bring piece of mind and security to a very deserving Dalit family.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL DONORS!

Laying the Foundations             Making this House a Home
                                                                                
Anne Rick                                           David W Low

Suzanne Russell                                Nichole L. Knight

M R T Cropper                             Chadley and Shauna Covington

Anne E Banducci                    Indian/Japanese traditional music concert (Sendai)

Denae R Parker                                 Tsushima Bake Sale

David Ellerbroek                                                     
                                                    
Amber Mescher                                                    

Rachel Owen                                                        

Perttu Nils
                                                              
Priscilla Peh                                                           

Angela Haeg                                                         

Martha Hill

Kevin Chang-An-Chen                                          

Gregory and Julie Radke                                      

Mary E Paster                                                        

Matt Krzyzynski

Michelle Berkovich

Teresa W. Low

Jane Low
          
Bernadette Pasek

Rosalind Casey

Steven Mazza

Camille Olsen

Barry L Hass                                                        

Mary and Larry Haeg                                           

Michael Huibregtse 
                                              
Laura Maddy Gleason

Pamela A Kavalam                     

Noel M Claro
 
Melanie S Jamison

Michelle L Farkouh

K W Popp

Mary Zezima 

Mary M Serra

Leah Elliott

Mr Lachlan J Young

Virginia C Pankratz

Vivian Thomas

Pamela A Kavalam

Susan Guare

Emi Nakamori

Zachary A Cramer

Emily Chang

Kim Bergander        

Dalit Dinner Party    

Joseph F Mednick

Miss C A McKee

Theodore A. Lund

Benjamin Lund

Saoirse Burke-Prehn

Jessie L Mannisto

Denise Gayner

Jennie Fou

Zachary Zezima

Allison L Radke

Cate Scullion

Kathryn L Pitz

Brittany L Whitlow

Jennifer Cook

Caille Olson

Blossoms and Bicycles Shiga

Fumiko Horie

Camille Olson

Bethany L.G. Jarvis

Meredith Good

Erika Morita

Pamela A Kavalam

Judy A Meyer

Elizabeth D Miller

David S Kramer

Manfred Pieske

Hiroaki Nishiyama
Tomoko Nishiyama
Nao Hagino
Kaori Fujii
Yuri Matsushima
Mayu Sakai
Miwa Sakai
Nagisa Takezaki
Shohei Chibi Nishida
Lisa Yasutake
Michelle Wigianto
Kemper Johanson
Katie Gordhamer
Carl Ema
Rachel Pilbeam
Matt Sato-Combs
Azim Quentin
Michiru Shimizu
Miho Shimizu
Kaho Shimizu
Futamata
Hidekazu Ito
Sally Higgs
Martin Lamothe
Kyle Bobrick
Anna Messinger
Cassandra Knapp
Carl Sachs
Elizabeth Corlett
Annie Gayner
James Taylor
Arianna
Rumi Takezawa
Hector Luc
Seijiro Tsubouchi
David Ireland
Katie Gordhamer
Linda
Roberta Bettrao
Miwa Elementary School
Oshino Elementary School
Nankoku International Association (NIA)
Tosa Yoga
Zam Zams Lunch Fundraisers (Sendai)
Sarah Zakem
Haruko Calixtro
Linda Schultz
Renee Paczkowski
Katie & Michael Richey
Shiga Darts Tournament
Joanna Blatchly
Charla Chatman
Suzie Banda
Matt Clark
Bhangra Dance Party
Marilyn Begin
Phill Bradley
Anna Radke
Anna Radke
Tadashi & Yoshiko Yamawaki
Justin Pool
Raewyn Macgregor
Laura Rountree
Jon Perry
Nanyo Junior High School 1-yen Collection
Shauna R. Dellavecchia

Antonio E. Fonseca

Siobhan M Lane

Melanie Southworth

Patricia D Viernes

Daniel MacLeith

Tony Kanayama

Brandon Day

Angela Hanis

Justine White