An Initiative By Tapassya (www.tapassya.org) – an NGO, ideated and nurtured by IT Professionals of Kolkata, along with active support from all of you
Annual Dress and Warm Clothes Distribution Drive In The Remote Villages of West Bengal
A Pictorial Report
For a Better Tomorrow
2011
Culmination of efforts from a dedicated team of Tapassya
over a period of two months
Along with the support from organizations like Capgemini, Cognizant, Ericsson, IBM, Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd, TCS, Tech Mahindra
and support from…….
…….. All Of You
Trip to the villages of Sundarbans
Date : 5-6 November, 2011
Villages : Around Satjelia, one of the worst affected areas by Aila (Parasmani Purba
Para, Satjelia Bidhan Colony, Chargheri, Subhas Colony)
Distributed : 360 new blankets, 260 new sarees along with old clothes
Families served : 380
The Steps in between• Collection of old garments from different organizations
• Carrying out survey in remote villages of Sundarbans and Purulia
• Sorting of garments into different categories – age, sex, size
• Manufacturing of cloth bags to distribute materials
• Putting the old clothes for all members of a family into a bag as per survey report
• Labeling each bag with name of village, family member and sequence number
• Putting individual bags into big sacks and labeling them for individual villages
• Purchase of 1010 blankets and 860 sarees.38 blankets donated by a well-wisher.
• Loading of Truck
and starting off for the destinations …..
After collecting the old clothes, Tapassya spent around Rs 2.5 lacs in purchasing new blankets, sarees and transporation to remote villages. Nearly a thousand poor families served.
On our way to Sundarbans in the truck
Then Boat Journey – Our volunteers from different IT organizations
Anchoring in a village to distribute
The Queue Begins
The Queue Grows
Back to those days on the other side of Water
Distribution in Progress
Date : 12-13 November, 2011
Villages : Ponra (Bagmundi), Ramdih, Chargali, Golamara and Para
Distributed : 688 new blankets and 600 new sarees along with old clothes
Families served : 516 (Ponra-104, Ramdih & Chargali – 217, Para-128, Golamara – 67)
Yet to distribute : Another 300 families in Ajodhya hills by partner NGO, Kalyan. Ajodhya
hills and surrounding areas are homes of very poor people, but politically
disturbed. Kalyan has volunteers in those areas, who will complete
the distribution on behalf of Tapassya.
Trip to the villages of Purulia
Finally our first destination after travelling all through the night
In Ponra Village near Bagmundi Hills
A blanket, a saree and a bag of old clothes per family
Record keeping with thumb impression
You take this, I take thatOur Volunteer-In-Charge – who led a team of students to sort the clothes
The Bag is also BlueArrangements in Progress – Distribution to start in Ramdih
Let the giver bow down and give. Let the taker stand up and take…Sw. Vivekananda
Our student volunteers, who worked tirelessly over last few weeks
A Blanket for all to fight the chilling cold
The SMILES - Our Biggest Rewards
Our Encouragement
We will have to wait for another year
to see this smile
Thanks for giving us the opportunity to stand beside you
We will certainly stand up and walk up the road together
The JOY of Giving. To experience it, be a part of our next drive
A lot of Planning and Working over the Weekends and Nights
At Nanritam’s campus in Para block, distribution going on even in the dark
Wrapping up for the day
On Our Way Back
Thank You for All your Support
We wish to serve 5000 families in 2012