A member of our team said “It fills us with great pride how people love and respect Daisy”
We are pleased to share with you some great news in the life of Project Help India.
Honour
Our General Secretary, Daisy Samuel has received prestigious recognition for her work in the community, and she has been acknowledged as;
“the face of women’s empowerment for the people of Kotdwara”.
Normally a politician would be invited but this year, Daisy was asked to be the Guest of Honour at a Hindu sacred moment, the re-enactment of the story of Rameela. About 430 people attended the performance, and the hall was full of people’s loud applause as Daisy entered the room.
Daisy was honoured for bringing the Women’s SHINE Conference to Kotdwara, for the distribution of ration kits and other food supplies during the Covid lockdown, and for her service, without discrimination, towards children in need.
A lady, the wife of an auto rickshaw driver, said;
“My family and more than a hundred families are alive today just because of Project Help India, else they would have died during the lockdown due to lack of food. Project Help India donated more than 100 ration kits to the families of auto drivers.”
Congratulations Daisy - we honour and celebrate you too
Our Privilege to help another 90 kids
It is always a privilege to help kids in need, and sadly there is increasing urgency due to the ongoing impact of the pandemic. Our Director in Punjab (where we currently educate and feed about 300 kids) was asked if we could take over another centre. ‘Door of Peace’ is a small project that helps about 90 children, 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. The children are from a community of labourers, and most would be involved in child labour (and at high risk of significant abuse) if they did not attend this place. They have no other school to attend. Due to donations from other sources stopping due to COVID, the centre will be forced close at the end of January. The school has operated for the past 8-9 years, is well resourced, has 3 teachers, a cook and a community liaison officer, and has established a very good reputation in the community.
Project help India has decided to pledge an initial commitment until the end of April, with monthly operational costs being $1400 a month. Thanks to our Australian supporters we can manage this sum in the short term. We will review our strategy and ongoing priorities early next month.
Some of the kids at ‘Door of Peace’ who we will now be helping for the next 3 months - perhaps longer.