Dear Members,

THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!

Your donations in helping the underprivileged Anglo-Indians in India deserve a million thanks. When the deadly surge of COVID-19, then the Delta Variant and now Omicron struck India, people were dying without oxygen, hospitals were overflowing with very sick patients, many people lost their jobs or had to stay home to take care of the ones suffering, and many went without food; and YOU responded.

Your generous response is yet another outstanding commitment to the wellbeing of the underprivileged Anglo-Indians in India. Because of you, doors were opened to those deserving people experiencing financial hardship (rent, food, medicines, etc.).

We began this fund-raising effort in June and by year's end, raised $5,390.00. This amount includes $500.00 from The Anglo-Indian Association of Canada, the Annual Golf Tournament, donations from many of you, and monies from the monthly Share The Wealth and Bingo winnings. A total amount of $4,000.00 has been distributed to Fr. David Francis who takes care of Hyderabad, Pune, and Vizagapatnam; Ursula Fosberry, President of The Anglo-Indian Guild, in Bangalore; and Harry Maclure, Anglo's In The Wind, in Chennai.

The remaining balance of $1,390.00 will be distributed shortly. We have started the year with a very generous donation of $500 from one of our members and look forward to your continued support and generosity as their hardships and needs have not ended.

Your continued contribution to this cause is urgently required, even the littlest amount means a lot. Please share what you can spare for those less fortunate Anglo-Indians deserving of your help. Just a few dollars can go a long way to supply them with the bare necessities of life
You can send an Etransfer to: aiac02009@gmail.com and please make a note in the comments section in your transfer: 'For COVID-19'. If you cannot send an Etransfer you may mail a cheque to the Treasurer, 6471 Longspur Road, Mississauga, ON, L5N 6E4.

The funds that have been distributed have been acknowledged by the recipients and received with much gratitude. I attach to this letter some of the acknowledgments and heart-wrenching thank-you notes.

On behalf of the under-privileged Anglo-Indians in India, I join with them to express our gratitude for your kindness, and we are so glad that you are part of the movement to assist our Anglo-Indians in India, who are in dire need due to the hardships they are going through brought on by COVID-19 and its Variants.\n\nYou can view all the letters [here](https://www.a-iac.org/documents/covid-19-relief-letters.pdf).

Thank you again and again,

Regards, \
Rod D'Croix \
(President)

Messages From The President

Mar 3, 2022