It has been a very busy couple of weeks, planning and executing multiple back to back projects. We would like to take this opportunity to provide you a brief summary of the projects we have completed in the last few days. Leave us a comment at info@h4zp.org if you have any feedback or questions about the projects.
We completed a food distribution in a community with 75 families. We provided enough supplies to last for approximately three weeks. Supplies included flour, lentils, rice, cooking oil, salt, sugar, etc. We also had the opportunity to provide treats to the children of the slums. We provided them with chocolate, cookies and mango juice. As you can see from the photos below, the mango juice seemed to be their favorite. We will definitely take this as a lesson learned.
We also completed a medical camp. We brought a local Doctor and three Nurses to the slums. We set up the medical camp at one of the edges of the slum and hire two locals to inform its residents about the camp. One hundred and sixty-five people came to the camp and were all checked by the local Doctor, assisted by the Nurses.
During the camp, a mother brought her three-year-old son (Ali Khan) who had severe burn skin. His sister (five-year-old) inadvertently kicked a pot with boiling water, some of which landed on his skin. The child had only received basic wound cleaning, inadequate to the level of the burn sustained. Thanks to donations we were able to transport the child to a local prestige private hospital. The donations helped cover the cost of his medical treatment. The child must come to the hospital every day for the next 14 days.
For the first time Hands 4 Zero Poverty hosted a drawing competition in a school in the slums. One hundred and twenty children took part in this competition. The top 10 drawing were selected and its creators were given prizes. It was definitely a challenge to select 10 drawings out of 120, everyone did really great in the competition. The top 10 drawings will be available for purchase online. The proceeds will be used to provide required supplies to the school. At the end of the event we provided all the children with a burger refreshments.
We look forward to continue sharing with you or projects in India.
Food Camp
