At this hour of coronavirus outbreak in the whole world, there is serious danger to life. In India, people who are hit tremendously are those who live in slums, transgender community, household lady worker & those people who live by begging or are destitute. These people compose a high percentage of population and are scattered in all over. As per Government advisory, people are advised to stay indoors. But majority of these people do not have a house to take shelter. Secondly they lack money and other resources to buy food or other essential items. Thirdly, they lack awareness on what is coronavirus and how to protect oneself from it? Understanding the high proximity of this virus to spread like a wild fire there is a need to do awareness building.
The foremost need for survival is food and our target group is facing difficulty in getting to eat healthy food on a daily basis. To tackle this issue, a “SAANJHA CHULHA”  is established and run from shelter home established at Mill road, Aishbagh, Lucknow.   It is serving healthy, hygienically prepared, fresh food to 50 people on a daily basis. It serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and two times tea. We are also providing food packets to 500 people who were involved in begging and are destitute at Jhule Lal Bagiya on banks of Gomti River.
In another endeavour, families are visited in those areas which consist of daily wage people, transgender, household working women and beggar community. These families are given essential kits named “KHUSHI” kits that contain all essential items required to make food and are required for hygiene and dignity for a person. They are also encouraged to adopt those practices.To make the project more impactful it is important to break myths related to coronavirus. So the beneficiaries are also oriented about safety measures and precautions to stay safe from it.
 Current status/Impact:
SAANJHA CHULHA:-
 (1) 50 people are being served daily twice a day.
 (2) 500 food packets are being given to the people at Jhule lal bagiya on bank of Gomti river (1 APRIL-Till date)
KHUSHI KITS:-
Uptil now 650 KHUSHI Kits have been distributed among transgender community,household working ladies and daily wages labours (SUPPORTED BY : GOONJ, RAJEEV GANDHI FOUNDATION & INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS)

Dear Supporters,
 
Thank you for all your love and support towards this noble cause.
 
I'm very happy to write this update to all my supporters that I am able to rehabilitate people with beggary by providing rehabilitation facilities.

I have current some new update………

1. Happy Home (Care, Protection and Rehabilitation) Temporary Center is established in January 2019, which has a capacity to accommodate 20 clients.

2. In the first batch at the Happy Home (Care, Protection and Rehabilitation) Center, 25 people associated with beggars have received rehabilitation facilities, leaving beggary, providing all the basic facilities (living, food, clothes, medical etc.) to 25 clients. Along with this, the work of awakening their will power and self-esteem has been done in the clients through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

3. Worked to relieve the intoxication habit of these 25 clients through drug-D- addiction centre and improve health by treating other diseases as well.

4. Enhanced the employability skills of the clients, assisting them to small micro - business  and jobs, 3 clients chats outlet, 4 clients tea outlet, 4 clients vegetable outlet, 2 clients seasonal fruit outlet, 4 clients lemon tea selling, 5 clients running paddle rickshaws, 3 clients work of pulmbering and daily wages and left begging.

5. Total 129 clients have left begging and started living a dignified and self respect lives.

6.111 clients have gone back to their original families some 13 years, some 9 years and some 3 years and are now living a harmonious life with their families.

Being able to do this work has been possible only with the cooperation of all you.

Regards,
Sharad Patel

Dear Supporters,

Thank you for all your love and support towards this noble cause.

I'm very happy to write this update to all my  supporters  that I am able to rehabilitate people with beggary by providing a temporary rehabilitation center (Happy Home Care, Protection and Rehabilitation). I have provided needy people with basic features. And according to their interests and capability, they have started self employment, i.e, two beneficiary charity outlets, two beneficiary tea outlets, two attendants seasonal fruit outlets, three services paddle rickshaws, two beneficiaries Battery rickshaw, two service providers, three services plumbering, one serving Pan Masala Benching, two service-taker paper envelopes, one serving seed peanuts. Many of them also rehabilitated their families after 13 years, 9 years, 5 years, 4 years.

Being able to do this work has been possible only with the cooperation of you all.

The rehabilitation center  temporarily requires twenty beds and this year, at least 100 people with beggary will be provided rehabilitation facility.

Please keep supporting so that we can continue to rehabilitate the families by re-establishing their lost dignity and self-esteem.

Regards,
Sharad Patel