Warm winter for children

Providing warm clothing to underprivileged children in a dangerously cold Winter
Nov 2010 - Jan 2011
Varanasi, Lalitpur, & Vrindivan, India
In Northern India, many people die in the wintertime due to insufficient clothing, warmth, and shelter. Thus the goal of Making It a Warm Winter for the Children was to give one hat, sweater, pair of gloves, and pair of socks to as many underprivileged children as possible In the winter holiday season of 2010 – 2011, 1,721 children in total across three cities received new, warm clothing due to tremendous support from individuals and Sai Maa centers  around the world.

schools and children Visited

  • 150 children at the Little Rose Convent School. Living in severe poverty, each student received a sweater, hat and socks. This school is run by a man who in loving memory of his mother offers the children a free education. The school is not supported by the government, and there are no funds to feed the children. Volunteers at this school had the delight of chanting with the children.
  • 250 children at the Shivapura primary school. At this school there are only four teachers for the 250 students who attend. The children are learning very basic skills such as counting and simple reading.
  • 85 students at the Satuwa Baba Ashram. Most of the boys put their new clothes on immediately and have been wearing them every day since.
  • 200 children at the Swami Janardan Ashram School on Christmas. The children in this area are part rural farming villages who require the school to close in the afternoon so that the children may work on the families’ farms.
  • A school in Vrindavan, supported by the Sai Maa Vishnu Shakti Trust, where 250 children attend class. Hari Babu Sharma, who runs the school, is very devoted to the children. Hari Babu is one of the main coordinators for the 20/20 program eradicating childhood blindness sponsored by the Sai Maa Vishnu Shakti Trust. Currently he is supporting the distribution of vitamins to approximately 10,000 children per year.
  • 100 children in a school in Vrindivan named Sri Hari Das school.
  • 500 children in the rural town of Masura in schools Prathi Primary School + Vindh Vashni
  • 150 children living in the slums of Varanasi.

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