Minor Charities in India on Birthday and Anniversary Celebrations

The story goes back to 2014, when I donated US$400 to Raj-Saubhag (Shrimad Rajchandra ) Ashram, Sayla, Newyork office for digging/resurfacing an existing well which was dried up and waterless. For sometime funds did not move to India. Met one office-bearer in London on November 4, 2014 on the auspicious occasion of celebration of Prabhaben's 100th Birthday and then things were straightened up. From the Rs. 24,000 received Samerth Trust dug the well in Kidianagar, Rapar, Kutch. The work was completed in February 2015. This well will now provide drinking water to human beings, animals and maldharis traveling on that road. To me it gives me satisfaction that something worthwhile was done in a small donation under Rs.25,000. Why do you also not look for some small donations on birthday/anniversary celebrations rather than spending the funds in parties? I know my nephew Manoj Harsukhlal Shah and Nisha feed Anathashram/Balashram children in Rajkot on their son Shrey's birthday. Very admirable gesture. Anyone has other ideas for such charities? The size of this well is 6 6x50 feet deep and Samerth has constructed the pillars along with the damaged structure and installed iron pulleys for the easy lifting of the water from the well. The installation of pulleys will help the women to get the water from the well with a very less efforts and will save their time and energy to do other domestic work. There was storage of mud and other waste material under the recharge wall of the well and it was cleared and cleaned by the villagers who are experts in this kind of job.

Samerth’ field team has done Geohydrologcal study of this well and found that this well is constructed on sand stone underneath the land and therefore this well has a very positive water recharge capacity with water near in around the well area. With the proper rainfall in the coming season, the communities have water facility for the whole year.
Apart from the local dalit families, this well will also support the Maldharis (Shepherd community) who are taking their cattle to the nearby areas will also get drinking water for themselves as well as for their cattle.