Even prior to the formation and registration of this Trust in the name “Punarjani”, the first trustees were persons involved in the tragedy of the disease of alcoholism, either as a victim or by way of a saviour and sympathetic rescuer of an Alcoholic. Thus, we all are aware of the calamities suffered by the diseased persons and the grievances suffered by the blood relatives and concerned persons of such Alcoholics. Therefore, we intent to provide help and assistance to those persons who are suffered by Alcoholism and other drug abuses. We wish to help them by providing sufficient means to recover from the total ruin by Alcoholism.

Prior to and subsequent to the inception of this Trust, ‘Punarjani’, we propagate and attempted to educate our local people about the dangerous effects of alcohol abuse and also make them aware that Alcoholism is not only a bad habit but it is a dangerous disease, from which a person can recover, live and enjoy the fruits of life along with their family members in a joyous self-reliant manner without alcohol.

The nine days camp at Thadaparambu Harijan Colony was an encouraging event in this attempt. From Atham to Onam (10 special enthusiastic days prior to the traditional and secularly celebrating festival of Kerala, Onam), we conducted educating and propagating classes at the said colony which is inhabited by daily wage workers, who are mostly consumers of alcohol as a medicine for their daily hard labour. We are not competent to claim that the said classes and propaganda against abuse of alcohol at that place created a mass awareness. We can assure that at least some of the younger generation who attended the classes regularly will withdraw from alcohol abuse. But the reliable news that, on a subsequent day they all unanimously decided and avoided the use of alcohol at the ceremony of a marriage conducted in the colony, really made us happy and provide fresh energy and confidence in the services (already) rendered and intended to be completed through our Trust.

On the occasion of the official inauguration of the Trust at Poomala High School, our Trust conducted a Seminar about alcoholism in which Dr. Sebastian who was brought up at Poomala in his childhood and later on became a famous surgeon who obtained degrees from foreign countries and at present, the Head of Fathima Hospital, Kalpatta and Dr. Anandan K R, Associate Professor of Medical College, Thrissur and other eminent persons including active members of ‘Alcoholics anonymous’ also, educated and shared their experience with more than 150 persons who attended the Seminar. The said seminar provided an opportunity to become aware of the importance of prevention of Alcohol and other drug abuses and the methods, means and centers which help them in order to recover from Alcoholism.

On October 23rd our Trust conducted one-day camp mainly for women, who are badly affected by alcoholic addicted persons. In the said camp more than 150 women participated and learned about the mode of behaviour to be followed in dealing with persons (father, husband, brother or son) who are prone to the consumption of alcohol and other drugs. They became really enlightened about the reasons, preventives, the need and means for eradicating alcohol and other drugs from their lives and from the whole family. They became liberal of their role in helping an alcoholic from his disease. The said camp was conducted with the help of women members of the world-wide organization of “Al-anon”, who shared their experiences.

Parallel to this educating missions and propagations against Alcoholism, we felt the need of a Retreat Center in which a person totally ill due alcoholism, can be admitted for withdrawal and detoxification treatment for de-addiction. Such a Retreat Center- a peaceful, calm resting place which provide medical, emotional, motivational, and spiritual help and assistance to a badly-affected dependant alcoholic - is very essential in the treatment of mentally depressed, emotionally disturbed and spiritually fallen alcoholics. Our attempts to re-discover, enlighten and de-addict a person who is suffered by the dangerous disease of alcoholism is totally based upon the principles and ideals of humanism and philanthropy which is secular in nature. Even though we believe in God the Almighty, any discrimination of caste or creed should not be a hindrance to the recovery of any human being affected by alcoholism, hence we wish to provide absolute freedom to the Alcoholics to conceive, pray and believe in God as he wish to conceive.

The said Retreat Center can be functioned as a coordinating place for the various services intended to be implemented by our Trust. Thus, that can also manage, provide all sorts of assistance in the rehabilitation of de-addicted alcoholics and to their dependents who are suffered by the after-effects of Alcoholism. The said Center also will be the focal point through which we implement our programs of education and propagation against alcohol abuse and will be the Counseling Center for different categories of persons who are badly in need of it.

We located an ideal site for the establishment of such a Retreat Center at Poomala, which is a rural village, situated at a height more than about 1000 meters above the sea level and is only 15 Km away from Thrissur town. The said site having an extent of one acre is situated very adjacent to the reservoir of Poomala Dam. A very beautiful, calm and quite place with easy access to highway at which, electricity, communication and water facilities are easily available.

Thus, our Trust intend to purchase the said plot for an amount of Rs. 5 lakhs and in it we wish to plant and grow herbal medicinal plants and also to generate a ‘Star-Forest’ by growing respective plants of each birth-stars, which provide a peaceful meditative and totally unpolluted fresh air to the inhabitants of the Retreat & Rehabilitation Center.

Moreover, we wish to construct a building complex having about 3500 Sq. feet area, in an eco-friendly manner of Architecture, by using locally available rock, granite, clay-bricks, bamboo and wood. Thus the Center would be hygienic and will be cheaper in cost.

The other requirements of a compound wall, tube-wells, electricity, telephone, water connections, furniture for treatment and counseling and related requirements also should be implemented in the said Retreat and, De-addiction treatment Center – “Punarjani”.

We already launched our website “www.punarjani.org” through which we intend to help alcoholics in their attempts to recover from alcoholism and also to educate and propagate against the abuse of alcohol and other drugs and also to spread out ideals and objectives to the world, by enlarging its space, in due course.

In this respect, we already created a Compact Disc by the name, “Punarjani” (re-birth) which is an illustration of the adverse impact suffered by human beings due to alcohol and other drug abuse with touching stories & experiences of the victims of alcohol. The said CD also included the discussions with eminent doctors and social workers, which are interested and involved in the service of de-addiction treatment and solving psychological problems of adversely affected persons.

“Punarjani” is a charitable organization, which is intended to function without the motive of profit in its all spheres of services.

We hope that, if our project of constructing the infrastructure of the Retreat, Rehabilitation Center could be implemented with the help of its members and well-wishers, then many agencies like; State, Central Government, other Charitable Institution and NGO’s may help us to run, maintain, develop and spread out and fulfill our objectives of total recovery of at least many human beings their family from alcohol and other drugs and the inevitable total destruction by them.

We are well aware of the magnitude of our task. But, we know that Alcohol is mightier than Human Will Power, at least in the case of an alcoholic. In order to fight against this evil, we are all in need of the help of unseen power of Almighty, whether we call it Allah, God, Iswara Brahma, Purusha, Prakriti (Nature), Jesus, Krishna, or Rama or by any name. We firmly believe that it is only through the grace and intervention of the Supreme Power, we can get-rid off this calamity of alcoholism and other drug abuse and firmly expect His graceful intervention in our project through you. In this venture we wish to provide special significance to Alcoholics Anonymous, Al - Anon and Al - Atteen

A meager amount which you spent for luxuries and a little span of time used for entertainment will be worthful help, and turning point for our Trust and it activities.

We maintain our Trust account no: 1505 in the name “Punarjani” with Catholic Syrian Bank, West fort Brach, Poothole. P.O , Thrissur- 680 004,

So, with prayers, we are submitting this request for moral and spiritual support, financial assistance, co-operation advice, guidance and involvement in all manners from you and your organization in actualizing our project to construct and function a de-addiction treatment & rehabilitation centre under the banner of Punarjani and other programs for de-addiction.

The workers,volunteers, including Dr Johns is doing their work as a divine service. They treat each every patient as a true brother who is in need of, help, assistance and help; they provide all these not for profit but due to the divine dedication. Thu this organization becomes their icon organization, as they visits and have a relation with each and every voluntary worker of “Punarjani”. And all of them become the members of a very large family, like Vasudaivakudumbam or Punarjani’s own children.