Roofs is an Outreach Activity of Trinity where pennies are saved, collected (do not need to be rolled), and banked for aiding villages in India to build houses, schools, and to help with various developmental programs. Monies raised are usually sent directly to the program director, Mrs. Savithri Devanesen, in Madras, India.
This picture shows how your pennies add up and what they can do to change living conditions for others.
For more information contact: Savithri Devanesen, Director
Flat 5 College Park Apartment 4-A
Manonmaniammal Rd.
Kilpauk, Chennai 600010 India
e-mail:
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ROOFS FOR THE ROOFLESS is a small organization working in tandem with rural leaders and councils in fourteen villages located thirty miles south of the city of Chennai in South India. The primary goal of ROOFS is to restore dignity to this rural community by liberating them from the endless cycle of poverty, disease and death. This is being done through various projects such as housing, health care, sanitation and water supply, education, garment making and agro-industries. ROOFS is also at the cutting edge of social and political reform within this community and plays a key role in the emancipation of women and advocated social justice for all. But most of all, it is the dedication and consuming visionary zeal of this organization that is touching hearts and changings lives. The Trinity Coordinator and link to Roofs for the Roofless program in India is Joan Cooke. Joan has lived in Oakville for 40 years. She, with her late husband Ron, raised five children and now has eleven grandchildren. The story of ROOFS FOR THE ROOFLESS and the rural villages of southern India came to Trinity United Church about 24 years ago. On behalf of this organization, she and Ron became an active part of its’ initial Outreach.Now retired from teaching, Joan spends much time travelling to share the ROOFS story with youth and adults alike. Her own personal visits to the villages of southern India are captured on slides. It is Joan’s mission that others become aware of ROOFS FOR THE ROOFLESS and its’ ongoing, life-restoring Outreach. If you are interested in having Joan for a speaking engagement, please call or e-mail. You can can reach Joan by contacting our church office at 905-845-3152 or through the "contact us" section of this web page. If you wish to make a tax deductible donation to Roofs, please forward a cheque payable to Trinity United Church, and mail to: Trinity United Church 1250 McCraney St. East, Oakville L6H 3K3. Indicate "Roofs Donation" in the memo field of the cheque. Tax receipts are sent in January of each year. |
