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        <ExplanationTxt>1. Payir employs health workers to raise awareness, educate and monitor the health of individuals in these villages.Payir has 12 health animators who provide complete health care to 20000 villagers in 12 clusters of 10 villages. They also provided all necessary preventive and curative care for COVID-19 during this time. Also provided supplementary nutrition to 300 students throughout the year - $35,000 2. Thottiapatti is a small village of 450-500 people, most of whom fall below the poverty line Payir planned to undertake the following activities to bring some progress to this village. - A dedicated set of Print, AV Health material, with necessary equipment, community notice boards - Sustained campaign on the topic of Alcoholism along with a fund for De-Addiction treatment - Enable better education - a learning center of excellence, a space for children and young adults. Kickstart 2 entrepreneurship initiatives - $6,000 3. Residential Special Training Center - 2024: Boarding, lodging, learning expense of 16 students who are part of Payir's RSTC (Residential Special Training Center) facilities. - $20,000 4. IDRF - a US non-profit organization. To support Healthcare Initiatives in rural India - $21,000</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>Wire fee RTN Checking, 10; MA corp annual report filing fee, 18.5; MA tax filing fee, 35; Simple 990 Electronic filing site charges, 90; Ext. transfer fee BOA, 2; Wire fee BOA, 45; Web hosting services, 121; Wire fee BOA, 45; Total Expenses, 366.5</ExplanationTxt>
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