Gaspar Delerock and his wife Shanti in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu donated blankets for the poor in Tripura, northeast, as part of celebrating their wedding’s silver jubilee.
Ammu Urimainathan sent her contribution forgoing her Christmas dress and Joseph Raj from Pondicherry shared his meager money left in his bank account.
These people are among 54 members of Pockisham Prayer, a family WhatsApp group that is trying to reach out to poor tribal communities in Tripura.
The group decided to gift blankets as its Christmas gift after listening to one of its members, Jesuit Father Irudhaya Jothi, who works among Tripura’s Tribals and Adivasis (tribal communities with roots in Chhotanagpur region spread over central and eastern India.
This family group meets at 7 pm every Sunday for Mass and adoration since the first lockdown started March 24, 2020, and it continues to hold members.