Community Support Model

                              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...

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...