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HSR Community Support Group: Report for July – September 2020

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This Joy of Giving Week , our communities express their gratitude to all our Donors who truly lived ‘ Daan Utsav’ in spirit during their difficult times. A big Thank you from us too. We couldn’t have supported the vulnerable families without your generous contributions and timely help. As some of us started getting used to the new normal of working from home, with the help of video calls and home-cooked meals, people from other walks of life have been forced to stay home with no work and no money for basic necessities. Where do the auto drivers drive if employees work from home? Where do the domestic workers go if the resident welfare associations keep them out? The children are having a tougher time. While our children have online classes, kids from these disadvantaged communities are losing out on precious education due to lack of smartphones and internet access. Their only hope for a better life is receding with no end in sight. Some children have even been forced to take up ...
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HSR Community Support group

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                              HSR Layout, Bangalore, India  Our Communities The Need Imagine running a household on an income of less than Rs. 6000 a month, you are barely trying to make two ends meet, when you face a new uncertainty – COVID and your income has stopped. Employers don’t welcome you anymore, but landlords continue to ask you for rents. You’ve got to pay electricity and water bills and provide food for your family. Lockdown & COVID has been tough for many of us, relatively speaking many others aren't as privileged as you and I. We have come across many families in and around Somasandrapalya (extension of HSR Layout) who are out of work and are struggling to take care of their families. Adopting local communities The youngest one of our community is less than a week old, while the oldest are two silver-haired 80-year old women who have weathered many droughts and harsh conditions...
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Food Delivery to Just-in-Time-Delivery

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5th Aug'20  was a special day for us. Our journey that began in April with delivering food to a nearby community in HSR as part of COVID relief measure, continued to ' Just In Time Delivery' . A young pregnant lady Tanya, (name changed) was in the second trimester of her pregnancy in April when we first met her, we chatted up with her frequently during our visits and helped take care of her scan and a bit of additional nutrition during her pregnancy, with her due date being the second week of Aug'20. On the 5th Aug'20 around 2 pm, she called and she asked "Didi when are you all coming to meet us" and I replied that we would come over the weekend, she seemed quite fine with it. In another couple of hours, things changed, by 4:30 pm her labour pain had begun. Fortunately, her neighbour Shakku (name changed),  a  mother of 3 kids took charge and started helping Tanya.  She gave her hot water massage, calmed her and fed "Ganji" - rice porridge, while...
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INFORMATION ABOUT LABOUR CARD

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Benefits of Labour Card (one who is registered under Labour department) :   Sl # Benefit Description   1 Free BMTC Bus Pass   BMTC offers 1 year free bus pass for all labourers – enables them to travel all over city 2 Scholarship for Education   Intent is to encourage the kids to study well.    Merit students will get additional benefits 3 Marriage Loan   Marriage loan of up to 1 lakh will be provided for self or for kids (2) marriage.   The marriage has to be registered in the registrar office.   4 Maternity Benefits An amount will be given to the family on the birth of the first 2 children Boy Child (20,000 Rs) and Girl child (30,000 Rs).   5 Health Benefits If any worker is having health issues and is admitted, they get...
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