The Time Has Come. Let’s Feed India, Together!

India, a developing nation with some of the best cities. Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi, these are the hubs for generating employment. With many segments of the corporate world competing for growth, these companies thrive on their employees. Not the ones who’re on their payroll inside swanky offices, but the laborers who carry sand, bricks, and mortar to bring the skyscraper to life. The Corona pandemic damaged the already-hurt economy but has sent these daily wage workers into an abyss. An overnight government order for a lockdown crippled these workers and hit them where it hurts the most, their stomachs. 

Without any work and daily wages, these workers are suffering. It’s not only the construction workers but also the domesticated helpers, push-cart vendors, street vendors, masons, painters and the list goes on. It’s been days since these families have eaten properly. Their children are starving.

"We are dying here because of hunger. What are we going to eat if we don't earn”,

said, Mr Kumar, a rickshaw puller. 

Mr Kumar was one amongst the thousands of labourers who were seen walking along the highways from cities back to their villages. They feed their families with the meagre income they earn and their children are found working, not studying. 

These daily wage workers in Metro cities are struggling to survive. Their families are stranded on the roads in the scorching heat. Their children are crying for food. They need you to come out and save them. These grocery kits that you donate to can help feed a family for four days. You can start by helping them with as little as you can. The grocery kits will be distributed in Various cities across INDIA. Considering the logistics in the regions and material goes in a kit, the grocery kits are priced.

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Together, we can help them overcome this crisis. Help us by donating a grocery kit to save these poor people. 

Don’t just donate, donate-kart!

Beneficiary NGOs:

1. Sphoorti Foundation - Sphoorti Foundation works for the rehabilitation of underprivileged children - orphaned, abandoned, destitute and other vulnerable sections of society. They have been running a Children's Home for the last 14 years and currently support 250 children. They also work for the welfare of neighboring communities and underprivileged children and undertake relief work during disasters. 

Where are they located? Sphoorti Foundation, survey No. 324, Dundigal Village, Medchal-Malkajigiri District, Telangana - 500043.  Tackling the Corona crisis: To battle the Corona pandemic, Sphoorti staff and volunteers are helping daily wage laborers, rickshaw pullers and auto drivers. Sphoorti will take up relief work in different parts of Hyderabad with a focus on migrant laborers and their families.

2. Pure India Trust - Pushp-Kiran Union for Real Enlightenment (PURE India Trust) is a not-for-profit charitable organisation started by like-minded corporate working professionals in March 2013. The organisation’s mission lies in delivering quality education & employment opportunities to underserved communities of rural & urban areas. During this crisis, they want to reach out to communities in need.

Where are they located? They are located in Delhi, Noida, Jaipur, and Karauli. Tackling the Corona Crisis: Today, they’re battling the Corona crisis by distributing grocery kits to over 300 families from under-served communities. They will be distributed through NCR and Noida.

3. Sparsh Trust - Sparsh is a trust registered that has been formed on the principle of “Jivdaya” which means being kind towards all living beings and helping them. Their core activities involve animal/ bird welfare, as well as Educational and Medical help to under-served people. Following the motto of “Helping those who help others”, Sparsh believes in the concept of being a support system for the organizations working in different spaces of Human and Animal Welfare, and to encourage them to achieve more in their respective fields of work.

Where are they located?

“Matru Smruti” Bungalow, Beside Kala Jyot Flat, Vasna Barej Road, Swaminarayan Mandir Road, Vasna, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380007

4. Spherule Foundation - Spherule Foundation started in the year 2016 with a vision to work primarily to bring deep-rooted sustainable change in people & lives, vision is to create an equal, just and sustainable society. It has been a very rough past few months for Delhi - from the unbearable pollution in winter to the riots recently. Now many migrant workers are left stranded in the city with no food or money. Spherule is reaching out to hundreds of these families in Delhi.

Where are they located?

 A1, 404, Lalwani Vastu, Sakore Nagar, Viman Nagar, Pune 411014

5. AID India - Aid India is an organization that empowers communities, particularly the marginalized, to break the cycle of generational poverty and become self-reliant by providing support for quality education, health care, and shelter. They have been working to address the holistic needs of thousands of Indian villages through education. In their efforts to battle the Corona crisis, they’ve reached out to poor and marginalized communities in Chennai. 

Where are they located?

No:45, Pycrofts Road First Street Royapettah, Chennai - 600014. India.

6. The SARA - The SARA is an NGO that works towards providing support for Suicide Prevention and Crisis Support. They provide immediate support to individuals at times of difficulty in their lives, and support for communities in the recovery of major events. They also educate individuals and communities about suicide and offer appropriate support for those people who are at risk of Suicide or Bereaved by Suicide. They work towards providing basic health care, free education, free clothing, and free food through the compassionate approach.

Where are they located?

H.O. 106, Apna Vihar Housing Colony, Kunjwani, Jammu Cantonment, Jammu and Kashmir 180010

7. CWA - Coimbatore Welfare Association was formed during 1964, by a group of philanthropists belonging to the business community. CWA sponsors SNV Matriculation Higher Secondary School, SNV Global School, SNMV College of Arts & Science and SNMV Institute of Management. Through its sponsored institutions  CWA  provides value based, quality education at affordable cost. During this unprecedented situation of uncertainty arising out of COVID-19, CWA empathizes the hardship during this lock-down and is keen to render a helping hand to those in and around Coimbatore.

Where are they located?

50, Robertson Rd, Subramaniapuram, R S Puram West, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641002

Note: Donations towards this fundraiser are not eligible for any tax deduction such as 80G, 501(c) etc.