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Our work

Years of work, named lives.

Since 2017, every rupee has gone to real students, real families, real hospitals. Here is a chronicle of what your trust and our donors have made possible.

Long-term scholarships
Education

Long-term scholarships

Once we sponsor a student, we take complete responsibility till they finish. From MBBS scholars at MIMS, VIMS, RIMS, AIMS, CIMS and BMC, to PUC and engineering students at NIE and PES — we walk every year with them.

Medical aid & camps
Healthcare

Medical aid & camps

Hearing aids, limb prostheses, thalassemia screening and HLA typing camps with Aster Hospital & IAP Mandya, ICU support during COVID's second wave, and screening for specially-abled children across Mandya district.

Government school reform
Community

Government school reform

We refurbish Nali-Kali rooms (Std 1–3) — painting walls, adding round tables, chairs and interactive learning material — at Bidarakatte, Chennapanadoddi, Yeranhalli, Kodihally, Srinivasapura and Janatapur (Raichur).

Hongirana trustees handing over a hearing aid to the mother of a young child at the Mysore District Early Intervention Centre
A first sponsorship

A hearing aid for a 3-year-old.

One of Hongirana's earliest acts — a ₹28,500 hearing aid handed over at the Mysore District Early Intervention Centre, so that a young child could begin to hear the world around her. Small moments like this, recorded across clinics and schools, are what the Trust was built to make possible.

A chronicle

Year by year, person by person.

A non-exhaustive log of what your support has made possible.

  1. 2017

    Our first sponsorships

    • Hearing aid (₹28,500) for a 3-year-old child via Mysore District Early Intervention Centre.
    • Colour printer donated to Prerana Trust for Disabled, Mandya.
    • School fees of ₹2,000 for an orphan 8th std child in Tumkur.
    • JAWS screen-reader software (₹31,185) for ~25 visually-impaired children at Prerana Trust.
  2. 2018

    Sports, relief & a child who walks again

    • Sports kits for ~20 children at Anakere Raitha Shikshana Samsthe.
    • Kodagu floods relief — ₹10,301 of biscuits and ORS.
    • North Karnataka relief — ₹16,000 of mosquito nets, school bags and books.
    • Limb prosthesis (₹7,500) at JSS Hospital for a 6-year-old who lost his leg in an accident.
  3. 2019–20

    MBBS scholarship program begins

    • Abhishek S — Karwar Govt Medical College
    • Shashank — Gadag Institute of Medical Sciences
    • Manasa — Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences
    • PUC scholarships for 9 students who scored 90%+ in SSLC at government schools.
  4. 2020–21

    COVID response & new scholars

    • 700+ food kits distributed (40 days of food for a family of 4) — ₹4,00,000 spent.
    • ICU & medical supplies (~₹5,00,000) to government hospitals during COVID's second wave.
    • MBBS support for Sanjeeva (Koppal), Aspak Manigar (CIMS), Spoorthi (CIMS), Divyashree (AIMS Belur).
    • MSc Nursing fees (₹80,000) for a girl whose family lost income in the pandemic.
  5. 2022–23

    Expanding into engineering & nursing

    • MBBS: Mohan (BMC), Lingaraju (Raichur Medical College).
    • Engineering scholarships at NIE and PES for top-ranking PU students.
    • Nursing student at Mandya Govt Nursing College saved from dropping out.
    • 133 school bags for Mangala village government school children.
  6. 2023–24

    More MBBS scholars

    • Bilchodu Gangamma — AIMS Bellur
    • Abhishek — Chamundeshwari Medical College, Channapatna
    • Yadhushree — MIMS, Mandya
  7. 2024–25

    Standing by those who lost everything

    • Rakshitha (MIMS Mandya) — lost her father a year ago and mother before joining MBBS. Hongirana takes complete responsibility.
    • Anushree — VIMS Bellary
    • Manoj — RIMS Raichur
  8. 2025–26

    Our first scholar becomes a doctor — and a postgraduate

    • Shashank, our very first MBBS scholar, secured an MD (Medicine) postgraduate seat at MIMS Mandya in his first attempt.
Health camps

Bringing doctors to the doorstep.

In partnership with IAP Mandya, Aster Hospital and the Government of Karnataka's RBSK programme, Hongirana runs free screening and treatment camps — for specially-abled children, thalassemia and HLA typing, hearing assessments and general paediatric care across Mandya and Mysuru districts.

Lamp-lighting at the inauguration of a Hongirana–RBSK health camp, attended by paediatricians and district health officers.
Lamp-lighting at the inauguration of a Hongirana–RBSK health camp, attended by paediatricians and district health officers.
Families and RBSK medical teams gathered at a screening camp for specially-abled children in Mandya district.
Families and RBSK medical teams gathered at a screening camp for specially-abled children in Mandya district.
An infant being examined at a Hongirana Charitable Trust screening camp in Mysuru.
An infant being examined at a Hongirana Charitable Trust screening camp in Mysuru.
A young boy receives a clinical examination at a Hongirana health camp in Mandya.
A young boy receives a clinical examination at a Hongirana health camp in Mandya.
COVID-19 response

When the lockdown came, we showed up.

Through the first and second waves of the pandemic, Hongirana distributed 700+ family ration kits (40 days of food for a family of four) and delivered ~₹5,00,000 of ICU equipment, PPE and newborn-care supplies to government hospitals across Mandya district — MIMS Mandya, Maddur and KR Pet.

Ration kits gathered at a village temple for distribution to families who lost daily wages.
Ration kits gathered at a village temple for distribution to families who lost daily wages.
Families receiving 40-day food kits at the temple distribution point.
Families receiving 40-day food kits at the temple distribution point.
Medical supplies and PPE handed over to the Government Hospital, Maddur.
Medical supplies and PPE handed over to the Government Hospital, Maddur.
Equipment handover at MIMS (District Hospital), Mandya during the second wave.
Equipment handover at MIMS (District Hospital), Mandya during the second wave.
Newborn care supplies delivered to MIMS Mandya's paediatric unit.
Newborn care supplies delivered to MIMS Mandya's paediatric unit.
PPE and medical aid delivered to the Government Hospital, KR Pet.
PPE and medical aid delivered to the Government Hospital, KR Pet.
Hongirana team coordinating with KR Pet hospital staff.
Hongirana team coordinating with KR Pet hospital staff.
Further supplies handed over at KR Pet Government Hospital.
Further supplies handed over at KR Pet Government Hospital.
Books & bags drive

Books and bags for government school children.

Every academic year, Hongirana partners with rural government schools across Mandya and Mysuru to hand over school bags, notebooks, textbooks and stationery — so that no child misses class for want of a pencil or a bag to carry it in.

Students raising their new school bags in joy after the distribution drive.
Students raising their new school bags in joy after the distribution drive.
A full government primary school receives bags, books and stationery from Hongirana volunteers.
A full government primary school receives bags, books and stationery from Hongirana volunteers.
Notebooks and learning kits handed over inside a Kannada-medium government school classroom.
Notebooks and learning kits handed over inside a Kannada-medium government school classroom.
School renovation

Rebuilding government schools, one classroom at a time.

In partnership with IAP Mandya, Hongirana renovates Kannada-medium government schools — repairing roofs, repainting walls with Nali-Kali learning murals, and supplying chairs, tables, blackboards, book racks and textbooks so children learn in a space that feels truly theirs.

A walk-through of one of the renovated government schools — refreshed murals, new furniture and library books in place.

Refurbished Nali-Kali learning room entrance — painted with the Hongirana and IAP Mandya partnership marks.
Refurbished Nali-Kali learning room entrance — painted with the Hongirana and IAP Mandya partnership marks.
A mural of an idealised Karnataka village school, painted across the classroom wall during the renovation.
A mural of an idealised Karnataka village school, painted across the classroom wall during the renovation.
New blackboard and 'Namma shaale, namma hemme' (our school, our pride) mural in a renovated classroom.
New blackboard and 'Namma shaale, namma hemme' (our school, our pride) mural in a renovated classroom.
Plastic chairs, study tables and book racks added to a freshly painted Nali-Kali classroom.
Plastic chairs, study tables and book racks added to a freshly painted Nali-Kali classroom.
Painted alphabet train, number trees and shape charts turn classroom walls into learning aids.
Painted alphabet train, number trees and shape charts turn classroom walls into learning aids.
Notebooks, textbooks and supplementary readers handed over to the school library.
Notebooks, textbooks and supplementary readers handed over to the school library.
Letters of appreciation

In their own words.

Government hospitals, medical colleges and public officials who worked alongside us during the COVID-19 response have written in to thank Hongirana. We share these letters not as credentials, but as a record of where your trust travelled.

Letter of appreciation from Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS)

Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS)

15 June 2021

Letter of appreciation from the Director, MIMS Mandya, acknowledging Hongirana's donation of 55 NIV masks, 200 NRBM masks and 25 fingertip pulse oximeters for COVID-19 patient care.

Letter of appreciation from Mysore Medical College & Research Institute (KRH)

Mysore Medical College & Research Institute (KRH)

7 June 2021

Thank-you letter from Dr. Dinesh HN, COVID Nodal Officer, Krishna Rajendra Hospital, Mysuru — for 10,000 gloves and 5,000 drinking water bottles donated to support frontline healthcare workers and patients.

Letter of appreciation from Krishna Rajendra Hospital, Mysuru

Krishna Rajendra Hospital, Mysuru

2021

Kannada ಕೃತಜ್ಞತಾ ಪತ್ರ (letter of gratitude) from the Medical Superintendent, KR Hospital Mysuru, thanking Hongirana Charitable Trust for medical equipment, supplies and food provided to the hospital and its patients.

Letter of appreciation from Dr. Ashwath Narayan, Hon'ble Minister, Government of Karnataka

Dr. Ashwath Narayan, Hon'ble Minister, Government of Karnataka

2021

Public note of thanks from Dr. Ashwath Narayan acknowledging Hongirana Charitable Trust for joining hands with the CSR initiative to supply medical consumables and air purifiers during the COVID-19 response.

Partners along the way

Aster Hospital · IAP Mandya · Makkalla Jagruthi, Bengaluru · Prerana Trust for Disabled · Mysore District Early Intervention Centre · JSS Hospital · MIMS Mandya and many government schools across Mandya, Mysuru and Raichur.

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