Providing warm blankets for poor elderly villagers in the cold winter months
Food, Cloth and Shelter are the three basic needs of common people. As we are born, weather is sensitive for everyone; everybody feels heat, cold and rain. Many among India’s poor and underprivileged people lack adequate clothing. People usually say that
thousands of people die every year in India, but we say that they die due to lack of clothes and
blankets. So just because they are poor we don’t want they should suffer- Because All Human Life Is Sacred…!.
Winters are a tough time. With temperatures dropping drastically and the added chill in the winds, survival becomes harsh especially for the needy and homeless. Every year hundreds of people become a victim of this phenomenon. The bitterness of winter affects a vast majority of population in ways unimaginable to the comforts of our living rooms.
Open Hands Education Trust takes up the challenge of providing for all these helpless people during the harsh winters. Every winter calls for a blanket donation campaign from this young TRUST. We try to reach out to every person in need during winters and provide them with the warm comfort of a blanket. By doing this, we save the lives of hundreds of people shivering in the bitter cold.
With the comfort of our living rooms, we, tucked into our beds or sofas wrapped in layers of warm clothes, fail to realize the pain of all those people who have to battle out the cold in the open or with minimal resources. We easily beat the winter with our warm, cozy clothes that are at our disposal any moment we wish for. But, all of us are not so lucky. There are people out there who do not have money to afford a day’s meal. How will they afford warm clothes? This is the question all of us who never had to face the bitter truth of winters should be asking ourselves
With our introduction of basic sewing skills girls can move from their village after marriage and take their knowledge with them, sometimes even creating a micro business or simple training centre of their own. In this way the knowledge and skills are spread so maximum support can be reached to many more girls in this manner thus creating a powerful ripple effect of change. Already we have seen the power in action of this transfer of knowledge and opportunity.
With the onset of winters knocking at our doors, Open Hands Education Trust plans to expand its service for humanity to rural villages. In order to do that, we require a minimum of 300 blankets this coming winter. We firmly believe in our supporters and know that whenever we need them, they will be by our side. With our supporters by our side we know that this year’s campaign is going to a bigger success. We humbly call out to all the people out there who share the common dream of helping others in need, to come and be a part of our mission and vision for there is no better joy and satisfaction then helping others and saving a life.
Come this winter, be a hero, a winter soldier for the needy. We all come across people in need around us. So this winter, let us pledge that we will not let anyone shiver to sleep. Wherever we see people fighting this harsh cold with nothing but themselves, let us help them by providing warm clothes or warm food to them. This should be a personal commitment for all of us who know that our fight against the winter is a piece of cake, people who have enough to take them through this winter comfortably. Remember, you don’t need to be a part of a greater cause to start a change, for the change is within you.
