Indira Gandhi International Academy is an organisation that takes care of children of Sri Lankan refugees. There are over 250 children here and the organisation takes care of the food, clothing and educational needs of these children. The organisation, I understand, is in need of food supplies, school supplies and other things that the children need in their daily lives. There are many corporates and NGOs that have taken up projects to help out these children.
We are currently running a Toiletries Collection Drive - whereby we're collecting soaps, toothpaste, shampoo sachets and other items to be donated to the school. Most part of today went in co-ordinating and collecting these items. The end result was pretty phenomenal.
At the end of the day we were told that our department had made the maximum contribution :) Such satisfaction to have been able to make a difference.
Unable to find an official web page... a related link : http://www.onlytoday.org/causes-india1.php
One thing that puzzles me is - why someone would not be willing to contribute? Is the cost of one bar of soap/tube of toothpaste too much that you are unable to donate? When will this mind-set change?
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