Food and Poverty Relief

Improving Health Outcomes in India

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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. 

 

Our breakfast program supplies grade school students with a healthy start to their day

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!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indigenous Welfare in India – Double The Donation!*

We are excited to share with you the initiatives undertaken through our Indigenous Welfare Program – Double The Donation Program in support of indigenous communities in India. Our goal is to bring about positive changes in the lives of indigenous men, women, and children who often face numerous challenges in their day-to-day lives.

The Indigenous Welfare Program envisions a future where indigenous communities can thrive and overcome traditional socio-economic challenges.

The long-term vision of the program includes:

– Continued educational support to bridge the educational gaps among indigenous children including books, desks and educational equipment.

– Establishment of a fully equipped computer centre to train indigenous children in digital techniques.

– Distribution of clothing including women’s sarees and men’s dhotis to supplement the basic clothing needs of the communities.

– Distribution of warm blankets to supplement the basic clothing needs of the communities.

Your support and generosity will make a significant impact on the lives of people and entire indigenous communities. Please consider a one time donation, giving monthly or giving through your employer’s payroll benefits program.

*Donations will be matched through this campaign to a total of $5,000 for a total program impact of $10,000 until December 31, 2025

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Join Thousands of People

Your contribution to support our Food and Poverty Relief Programs will go a long way towards alleviating hunger and improving peoples circumstances. Tax receipts are issued for all financial monetary donations and in-kind donations of stocks or bonds.

Canadians Sharing Locally + Globally provides medical, nutritional, educational and environmental outreach in India. As an entirely volunteer-orientated organization with no employees, every donation is invested efficiently and directly into our impactful humanitarian programs.