Our Origin
A story that began with a flood, a Facebook appeal, and a refusal to look away.
The floods that started it all
2017 saw major floods happening all across North and Central Bengal. Districts like Howrah, Hooghly and Malda were all facing huge losses in life, livestock and property.
An appeal that couldn't be ignored
It was during this phase that Lt Mrs. Mahuya Bhadra came across an appeal on Facebook about 5 villages in Howrah where people were without food supplies for more than a week due to the floods. She, along with her son and his friends, decided to reach the locals with supplies to support their struggle.
Door to door for help
We came together, formed a group, collected funds by going door to door for help, arranged for ration supplies and transportation, and finally started our journey towards the villages.
Worse than we expected
Upon reaching there we realized the situation was worse than expected — the five villages, Horali, Sitapur, Gaja, Sultanpur and Daspur, were mostly underwater and most people were without their homes, having taken refuge in an Ashram surrounded by water. It took us almost six hours to finish our distribution, and our supplies weren't even sufficient for half of the villagers.
From a group to a Trust
On our way back we decided to do something about the situation in an organized and bigger manner. The group became a team and we registered as a Charitable Trust with Mahuya Bhadra as our settler.
Relief that didn't stop
For the next two months we organized several relief camps providing villagers with ration and cooked food as the water levels slowly reduced. We also organized a free medical camp to treat the waterborne diseases that follow floods.
Education, empowerment, healthcare
Our target was to focus on education, women empowerment and healthcare. In the next six months we managed to stop child marriages in the villages, educated women on menstrual hygiene and its importance, built a library and a computer centre for the children, and organised two more free medical camps.
“We started out as a group of students who had a dream of making a difference in society. We have evolved into a well-knit team whose aim is to build a community which has its individuals living their lives with equal opportunities, dignity, justice and safety.”
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