Fundraising events
Recent fundraising events July 2025 : Dr. Sam Muthuveloe ran a half marathon on the 5 th of July form Wolverhampton to Birmingham to raise funds for OP. Over £2,000 was raised, well over his initial target. Sept 2024 : OP staged another lunch / dance at the well-known venue, Nakshatra Hall. Music was provided by Suresh and Breeze, and catering was done by Crystal Caterers. Musical entertainment was provided by the accomplished father and daughter duo, Christopher and Abigail Dean. The dance item was provided by another father and daughter, Suresh and Sashvita Swaminathan, no strangers to the OP audience. Sept 2023 : A high quality Bharatha Natyam concert was staged at the Bhavan in West London on the 16th of September to raise funds for OP. The highlight of the show was the performance of a father and daughter duo, Suresh and Sashvita Swaminathan. They were ably supported by Abirami Sri Pathmanathan and Jasline Antony. The supporting artistes were led by the well known Pushkala Gopal, who also choreographed the whole event. October 2022 : After the enforced break due to Covid 19, OP staged a fund raiser at Hilton Watford on 9th October. The lunch / dance event was a great success. Music was provided by Suresh and his band, Breeze. Musical entertainment was provided by two young ladies, and a dance item by the pupils of Nithya Shironmani Smt Ananya Ainkaran. Sept 2021 : Prof.Ram Swaminathan, the chairman of Oru Paanai, undertook a 100 kilometre walk, the Thames Walk Challenge, which he completed in 25 hours and 50 minutes. OP received over £3,000 as donations to Swami’s marathon effort. October 2019: OP Kaithady organised a lunch time fund raiser at the VIP Lounge on the 13th of October. The event was supported by the Hearing Conservation Council UK. The event was a great success and raised enough funds to purchase a van for the Nuffield School for Deaf and Blind in Kaithady, Sri Lanka.
Feb 2018 : Divya Kasturi, a multi faceted dancer, presented an excellent dance performance at the Winston Churchill Hall in Ruislip on 17th of February. Her dance performance was preceded by sort cameos by her students and vocals by students of Vamsi Krishnan. The main event was the dance performanceby Divya, who danced non stop for 2 hours. The audience was enthralled by her performance. We have recorded only some of the fundraisers due to constraints of space. Mention must, however, be made of the congregation at the Church of St Michael and All Angels in Stourbridge, who donate money every year from the proceeds of their New Year Party. We are deeply indebted to them. Please consider supporting Oru Paanai by a donation. You can transfer directly to Oru Paanai account: Barclay’s bank, Sort code 20-82-70, Account number 53279685 Further details on how to give to Oru Paanai can be found here |
June 2019 : R P Shravan, a very popular playback singer from Chennai, backed by Gajan and the Free Birds, presented a wonderful evening of Tamil music, including perennial favourites interspersed with new film songs. The capacity audience thoroughly enjoyed his highly entertaining performance.