canadians sharing locally and globally
Poverty Relief in India - A Double Your Donation Fund
We provide hope to those experiencing poverty and lack of opportunity by providing food ingredients and other basic supplies. We donate local food ingredients including various dahl, cracked and whole rice, wheat, spices, vegetables and drinking water. We donate basic supplies including emergency relief items, blankets and clothing.
Context
The Vellore and Thiruvanamalai Districts of Tamil Nadu, South India have many underserved pockets scattered within cities, including Vellore, as well as the surrounding countryside. Hunger and general poverty are worsened by a lack of accessible quality health care. Due to inadequate nutrition there is also a substantial increase in health risks including heart disease, diabetes, respiratory diseases, blood diseases including Covid, insect borne diseases including malaria and dengue fever, and diseases worsened by poverty. Lack of quality nutrition is one of the contributing factors towards the outcome of disease for children and adults in the underserved areas we reach out to.
Our Goal
Canadians Sharing Locally and Globally’s role is to carry out charitable activities in India and in disaster struck areas of the world. We work with existing local registered charities and donate food to augment the nutritional programs operated by local registered charities in India. Canadians Sharing directly purchases and donates commonly required food items that are either distributed directly to people or prepared and served by our charity colleagues.

Activities
We supply food ingredients to local outreach programs in the Vellore and Tiruvannamalai Districts at various locations. Locations of the outreach may be determined by the needs of the hour: disaster relief, Indigenous poverty relief, underserved pockets of rural or urban people and destitute street people with disabilities. Common food supplies purchased and donated include rice, dahl, wheat, oil, tamarind and spices in order to needful people and families. Our charity colleagues provide the distribution, locations, preparation and whatever else is required to deliver the food to whomever requires it the most. A generous all-one-can-eat meal costs as little as C$150 for the food ingredients to gift 100 adults and children with a meal!