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OVER 3 LAKH HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVE IN DELHI.
474 homeless people died in Delhi Between November 15 2024 to January 10, 2025, due to the 'winter exposure' and unavailability of essential protective measures such as warm clothing, blankets, or adequate shelter.

Project Sleep Well is a project for the homeless initiated by Mr. Shiven Varma, a practicing advocate from Delhi along with Social Worker and Activist for the homeless Mr. Sunil Kumar Aledia, and the NGO Centre for Holistic Development(CHD).

Project Sleep Well aims to provide all homeless persons with sleeping bags to help them survive the Cold and Rain.

Distributing one sleeping bag costs approximately Rs.500
Donate Rs.500: 1 homeless person impacted
Donate Rs.1000: 2 homeless people impacted
Donate Rs.1500: 3 homeless people impacted
And so on...
However, you are free to donate any amount that you may deem fit. Every rupee will count!

Distribute sleeping bags over the usual blankets for the following reasons:

1. Blankets are heavy and cumbersome to carry around. A homeless person does not have a cupboard or a loft where he/she can store the blanket.
2. Even if a person has a blanket, it fails to insulate him from underneath (homeless persons usually sleep on hard, rough surfaces)
3. Winds manage to seep through the gaps in the blanket.
4. On a cold Delhi winter night one needs at least 2-3 blankets to keep warm.
5. The blankets become wet and cold when the dew settles in during winter- completely defeating the purpose of the blanket.

Project Sleep Well started in the winter of 2016 in small parts of Delhi and have now expanded our outreach to the whole of NCR and strive to continue to increase the number of lives we impact every year.

The NGO Centre for Holistic Development(CHD) has been working extensively with the homeless community providing a vast variety of releifs and assistance to the homeless including providing them with sleeping bags, blankets, clothes, food, healthcare or space in a shelter home as per their requirement and need etc.

Centre for Holistic Development (CHD), a Non-Governmental Organisation, which fights for the rights of the homeless people, with an emphasis on social inclusion, leadership, capacity building and livelihoods within the homeless community to help us ensure that the Project is a success. CHD is actively engaged in advocacy and engages stakeholders at different levels to provide support to the homeless community while fighting for the overall social inclusion and better life of the homeless women, men and children.
The collection of funds takes place through crowd funding voluntary donations.

You can also visit and donate through our websites:
https://www.chdindia.org.in


Media reports:https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-gurugram-city/20191220/282222307656688

http://www.dnaindia.com/locality/chandni-chowk/changemakers-they-are-helping-homeless-sleep-well-84148

http://www.catchnews.com/india-news/here-s-how-a-25-year-old-law-grad-is-helping-delhi-s-homeless-beat-the-cold-project-sleep-well-1484756844.html?seq=2

https://www.lawctopus.com/this-jgls-graduate-is-providing-sleeping-bags-to-the-homeless-in-delhi-read-shiven-varmas-inspiring-story/
http://www.gobarefootblog.com/health/few-crumbs-of-comfort-in-the-harsh-winter/