Benevolence

Do you think you can make a difference in someone's life? Is there something you can do to give back something good to the society? Do we have any responsibility towards the society we live in? Fortunately for me, I have been blessed to be a part of a multinational bank who believes in this philosophy. At my workplace, we call it "Make a Difference Day"  as a part of the Corporate Social Responsibility Program and this is a day long employee engagement program where we get to interact with the needy people and provide medical facilities, health awareness and other related camps.

This provides us an opportunity to see how so many people live in some of the most unlivable conditions.  Honestly, it is very disturbing and depressing seeing how people manage to even exist in these conditions.  It makes me realise how important it is not to waste things as they are so priceless for so many people. Be it clean drinking water, toilet facilities or any other such basic necessity, everything such thing is a more like a dream-come-true for these people.We realise how important these basic things in life are and we need to value them. Ever since I started to be associated with these NGO's I make sure that as an individual and as a group we do something good for the not-so-privileged group. We have taken the responsibility of providing monthly ration for the children from an orphanage "Aasharan" in West Delhi. We try and spend atleast 2 hours with these children atleast once in a month. When I donated my young daughter's clothes (to which I was very sentimentally attached) to the infants, it gave me huge satisfaction that some one needed it more and got it.

Now, the question is can 1 day of so-called community service change so many lives? Well, I believe yes. I guess, it all begins with each one of us. A lot of times, we don't get time to come out and spend time for these activities. I urge you all who are reading this to take out some time / money / old clothes/ toys / books etc for the needy ones. I am sure if you do so, it will make someone smile and send blessings to the unknown donor. I agree with you that everything will not change if one person does something for them, but something will definitely change for one person who is the beneficiary.

It is not always your money that these kids require. For a start, you can get in touch with Jolly Verghese @ +91-11-25291848  ASHARAN ORPHANAGE A-46, New Multan Nagar, Surya Enclave,Rohtak Road, Delhi – 110 056, INDIA. Their website address is as follows - http://www.hopefoundation.org.in/children/asharan.aspx#

Do something for somebody else, however little it might look to you....you will feel GOOD !!!