On 5th and 6th June, after visiting 9 villages and 25 families in Purulia district, Pappu has decided to take on supporting 14 young disabled children who are most in need. This will involve medical and physiotherapy needs as well as most importantly moral support.
Thank You for your support, because we could not do this without you!
And welcome to our new extended shuktara family:
Kali
Malika
Gopal
Sunaina
Gour
Ani
Mahabir
Bhagbat
Badal
Puran
Subhankar
Subham
Puja
Krishna
Phatik has had his first successful operation!!!!
He is autistic and was born with an imperforate anus.
Pappu is working with doctors and the hospital to get the second part of the operation done as soon as possible.
Phatik Mohato is one of the young people we have been supporting for the last three years in Purulia District of West Bengal.
Pappu drove ten hours overnight from Kolkata to Ranchi to be with Phatik and his family. The treatment has taken place at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Science and shuktara is financially supporting the family during this time.
Saraswati Puja at Anna Bari Monday 3rd February 2025
Adam Thompson, Chairman of Shuktara Trust UK, along with his wife Kate and their two children spent last weekend (19th and 20th October) in Kolkata seeing Pappu and spending time between Anna Bari and Lula Bari. Below are photos from their visit.
1 July 2023
Today shuktara celebrates two amazing events – the 24th anniversary of shuktara and the opening day of the Shuktara Cakes outlet. We could not be more proud of Pappu and all he does as Chairman of Shuktara.
Happy anniversary to shuktara – 24 years of love!
Dolyatra is celebrated in March on varying dates each year, depending on the position of the moon, and this year it fell on March 7. The holiday is similar to Holi and commemorates the last festival of the Bengali calendar.
Pappu’s follow-up trip delivered assistive devices to disabled children and young people in two villages in Purulia district, West Bengal. Seven AFO (Ankle Foot Orthosis) and one movable support chair were distributed. The photos and videos below show the importance of shuktara’s outreach to villages who are not currently given any outside support for the disabled.
Tarakeswar Kumar walking with his newly fitted AFO (Ankle Foot Orthosis). This device is used to stabilise the joints, improve the gait and physical functioning of lower limbs.
Assembling the special chair that will allow Tanjim, who has only been able to lie on a string bed all her life, to sit. The team includes Debasish and his friends who live in Baghmundi village.
Pappu sitting with Tanjim in her new support chair.
This is life-changing for Tanjim who up to this point has only been able to lie on a string bed.
Clearly Tanjim is overjoyed to have her new chair made expressly for her measurements and needs.
Pappu and Tanjim say thank you to all our supporters!
Pappu and the team just got back to Kolkata from Purulia district where they have been distributing blankets to the families that they are supporting.
They will return in a few weeks when the orthopaedic shoes and chairs that are currently being made to order are ready. They will also sort out hearing tests for the Deaf children and young people in the village who have never had any medical help.
Even though the shuktara family are now grown up, healthy and well supported, they still need for us not to forget about them – our support has dwindled dramatically in the last years since the pandemic and yet the work being done on the ground has grown enormously.
Please donate if you can – your support not only helps shuktara in Kolkata but also our Outreach programme providing assistance to the children and young people in Purulia district.
If you donate now a generous donor has agreed to double any donation given to Shuktara up to the total £30,000 cost to run the Outreach programme for 3 years.
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