Pune: NGO Helps 600 Families From Nomadic Tribes Get Food In Pandemic

Mihir Shete

Pune, 24th May 2021: In these tough times, everyone is doing their bit to take care of poor and resourceless people. In one such gesture Manav Vikas Samshodhan Kendra, an NGO from Pune has helped to feed 600 families of nomadic tribes in and around Pune.

Nomadic tribes generally do not stay at the same place for a long time and they have no set businesses as such, thus it became extremely difficult for these families to survive in this raging pandemic.

The noble work done by Manav Vikas Samshodhan Sanstha helped close to 2000 people across various nomadic communities such as Vaidu, Gosavi, Madari, Vadar, Paradhi, Kaikadi. Few families of other scheduled communities were also helped.

Total apathy of the government and system has made the life of these communities very difficult. There is no course on income in the lockdown neither can they afford to go other places else as their rent is due for several months. With no facilities available, they have had to buy water to survive.

These families were surveyed by the Manav Vikas Samdhodhan Kendra under the guidance of its President Bhalchandra Sawant and Professor Vinayak Lashkar. After that, the help came from various ways. Anubhuti Samstha of Thane along with social workers from Pune as well as Dr Ashwini Jadhav, Shweta Goswami, and Ankit Gupta helped to make this possible.

The social media appeal of the NGO gathered attention as many people helped financially. In the next month, the NGO is going to provide these families with basic facilities to keep themselves safe in the rainy season. They are also planning to arrange a health camp and some educational activities.