"No one gets poor by giving!" We have supported numerous charities over the years. We identify charities to support and pay it forward.
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11th January 2023
Mango Tree, Goa
In mid January all of the afternoon children at Mango Tree had very happy surprise. A lovely visitor, Ritu, had fundraised at home in the Uk and decided to put 500 rupees in every child’s Mango Tree bank account. Children’s bank accounts have long been in existence at Mango House. Children are encouraged to put their few rupees into their account to save for something special. In this case, Ritu spoke to the children and explained that she would like them to keep their money for something they need for school. As you can imagine children were amazed to receive such a sum of money and it was especially sweet to see some of our children earnestly attempting to sign their name to evidence their deposit.
The Mango Tree Goa was founded in 2012 and is a UK-registered charity which supports disadvantaged children from slums and similar conditions in Goa regardless of their religion, caste or gender. The children are from outside Goa and have parents who have very little if any education, usually day labourers on poor and unstable wages and rarely speak the same language that children are taught.
6h January 2023
Little Princess Trust
In mid January all of the afternoon children at Mango Tree had very happy surprise. A lovely visitor, Ritu, had fundraised at home in the Uk and decided to put 500 rupees in every child’s Mango Tree bank account. Children’s bank accounts have long been in existence at Mango House. Children are encouraged to put their few rupees into their account to save for something special. In this case, Ritu spoke to the children and explained that she would like them to keep their money for something they need for school. As you can imagine children were amazed to receive such a sum of money and it was especially sweet to see some of our children earnestly attempting to sign their name to evidence their deposit.
We have a philosophy to say “Yes” to any charity asking for a donation; as no one gets poor by giving. We actively support numerous charities:
May 2021 – British Asian Trust – donated oxygen cylinders to hospitals to aid the emergency appeal against Covid in India.
We embarked on Will writing campaigns for Will Aid and Clic Sargent. This is the third time we ran this charity Will writing campaign for Will Aid raising £3365 for the nine charities involved since it joined the scheme. The Will Aid scheme takes place across the country from 1-30 November and supports ActionAid, Age UK, British Red Cross, Christian Aid, NSPCC, Save the Children, Sightsavers, SCIAF (Scotland) and Trocaire (N. Ireland). This was the first campaign with CLIC Sargent in helping fight for young lives against cancer, making sure families continue to get the support they need when they need it.
December 2020 – Save the Children – we all had our Christmas Jumpers on. On a specific Friday in December, people are encouraged to make the world better with a sweater and raise funds for Save the Children by wearing a Christmas jumper and making a minimum donation of £2.
June 2020 – Supported Make Harrow Smile Fundraiser 2020 in helping small businesses through #PayItForward
June 2020 – Supported “Wells on Wheels” – a charity helping rural areas in India. Women walk 1-2 miles a day, carrying pots of water on their heads. Wells on Wheels enables them to ‘roll’ 5 times the amount of water.
June 2020 – We supported the Harrow Hub at London Community Kitchen located at The Kind Café, The Bridge, Christchurch Avenue, Harrow London.
April 2020 – Our lockdown projects included providing a food fund in India where we donated money to feed the daily wagers in Delhi. The daily wage workers were stranded in Delhi without work during the lockdown – we supported families during this period to be given food on a weekly basis.
Crisis at Home – Crisis is the UK national charity for homeless people.
One kind Act – for support of several charities.
World Vision – UK is an international charity devoted to improving the lives of the most vulnerable children.
Gwalier Childrens Charity – to provide health care services to poor and underprivileged children, women and the age.
Mango Tree project in Goa is a UK registered charity which supports disadvantaged children from slums and similar conditions in Goa regardless of their religion, caste or gender.
March 2021 – Bright start scholarship programme for the education of children in India. We chose to support Harmandeep Singh, 15 years of age, as his father is deceased and mother is a Labour worker and this boy aspires for a better life and to study a technical course. As it was Avi and Prab’s 30th milestone birthday, my son and daughter in law, and instead of spending money on celebrations during lockdown, we sent the money for Harmandeep’s education and with the offer to mentor him for his future, and an offer of a better life. The second child we sponsored is Aarti Mishra,15 years of age, who aspires to be a doctor. We chose this student as our payback to all the medical staff who looked after my sister Seema Sharma in her last months before her demise on 29th January 2021. This was done in her loving memory. My nephews Aman and Saahil and niece, Sonika have offered to mentor Aarti and support her in pursuit of her dream in becoming a doctor.
Legal Walk is a 10km walk, starting at the Royal Courts of Justice and following a route around some of London’s best-known legal landmarks. The money raised support legal charities in London to provide support to thousands of people who otherwise cannot afford lawyers.
August 2020 – Contributed to Mother Miracle. A charity aimed at ending the cycle of poverty for their students and their families in Rishikesh, India.
Cruk Lot; At Cancer Research UK pioneer research to bring forward the day when all cancers are cured.
May 2020 – International Nurses Day – We supported and contributed to the Hillingdon District Nursing and Care Connection Teams ‘virtually’ celebrating the anniversary of Florence Nightingale as well as appreciating the tremendous professionalism and hardworkfrom Nurses during Covid 19.
Shrimati – To promote the welfare and education of the children of poor widows and orphaned children.
April/May 2020 – During the lockdown many families were struggling on our doorstep so we contributed to Sewa International to feed the homeless in Lockdown Watford
Helping our local community in Eastcote during the pandemic in delivering food supplies to the most vulnerable.
Legal Bake – The Sethi Partnership Solicitors participated in the Legal Bake by raising dough for justice. All the money raised supports the valuable work of law centres and legal advice agencies in London and the South East.
March 2021 – Supported Comic Relief via a financial donation.
Barnados is a British charity established to care for vulnerable children. We sponsored the Spring Fashion Brunch in aid of Barnados.
MacMillan Cancer Support is one of the largest British charities and provides specialist health care, information and financial support to people affected by cancer. It also looks at the social, emotional and practical impact cancer can have, and campaigns for better cancer care.
NSPCC – The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is a charity campaigning and working in child protection in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands.
Pothohar Association UK – planting 5 trees to help the environment.
Impact – Working across 11 countries of Africa and Asia, IMPACT takes wide-ranging action to prevent and treat needless disability, to promote health; and as a consequence, reduce poverty.
Salvation Army The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church and an international charitable organisation.
Lily Foundation Clinic; UK charity dedicated to fighting mitochondrial disease.
Sky Sharma Foundation is a UK based charity which is focusing on ending the stigma and taboo surrounding Mental Health today.
SWAT – In March 2020, we participated with the SWAT – serving the community by feeding the homeless in the streets of London. This was the first UK Sikh charity to take Langar/Food to the streets. The first UK Sikh charity to take Langar/Food to the streets.
St Luke’s Hospice, which is the local hospice for Harrow and Brent who care for people whose illnesses are no longer curable, enabling them to achieve the best possible quality of life.
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