Food, Clothes & Toys for Orphans

Title:  FOOD, CLOTHES & TOYS FOR ORPHANS in Shimla, India

Project description: To spread joy and cheer, this holiday season and beyond, among the orphans who are less fortunate; By collecting your donations of $10 or more and using the money to buy food, clothes, and gifts for these children. Gifts such as dolls, board games, badminton racquets, puzzles, and related play or educational material.

Goal: To collect $5,000 by Jan 31, 2018. Each dollar collected shall be used towards buying food, clothes & toys for the children. 

Who will benefit: Three Orphanages &  Street orphans
in Shimla, India will be recipients of your generous gift. 

The three orphanages are:

1. Kasturba Balika Ashram
Address: Naldera, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Total no. of children: 50 girls. Age group: 5 to 14 years.

2. Sarvoday Bal Ashram
Address: Near Lady Reading Hospital, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Total no. of children: 40 boys. Age group: 5 to 15 years

3. Balika Ashram
Address: Tooti Kandi, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Total no. of children: 55 girls Age group: 13-16 years

The Mission of the Orphanage: The primary mission of The Orphanage is providing the orphaned, outcast, unloved, needy children with a home, love, happiness, physical & mental nourishment, education and a hope for a bright future.

The Unforgotten Fund http://unforgotten.org/ aims to help the poor. We have active programs in India, Zambia and Sierra Leone. I am a new member of this philanthropic organization and I am spearheading this project in Shimla, India.

I have contributed $1,000 of my own money.

This fundraising campaign is being done on behalf of “The Unforgotten”. All donations collected will entirely go to The Unforgotten organization and from there shall directly benefit the children.  

The Unforgotten is a non- profit 501(c) 3 organization. We are classified by the IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Tax ID# 87-0803021.
 

 Donations to the Unforgotten are tax deductible. A receipt will be sent you to within 5 days of your donation. 

Disclosure: We are a zero overhead charity.  I do not collect a salary or any compensation for the work that I do on behalf of the charity. I am a volunteer, and I do this work for wholly altruistic reasons and because I truly believe in improving the lot of the impoverished and the downtrodden children.

About me:
Name: Shalini Puri


A small mountainside scenic town named Shimla, located in the foothills of Himalayas, is where I grew up. Life was going well until one day when I lost my father in a car accident. I was 17 and was left with my mother, sister 14 yrs of age and brother 9yrs.  The loss is never easy; All four of us were devastated and shaken to our core. Our mother devoted the rest of her life in providing love, care, nurturing and a good education. Today we three siblings are doing well in our careers and have a good life.

I was fortunate and grateful to have a mother and loving siblings. Growing up and even now, I often think of children who have lost all their loved ones and I try to relate to their desolation and desperation…Children who don’t get to experience the unconditional love and support of a parent, the bond one shares with a sibling and precious memories with one’s family. It is for this reason, I have an innate desire and an untiring will to want to do something for these needy or orphaned children.

This is my first project and I am starting it in Shimla. It has been made possible by the support of “The Unforgotten” charity, a US registered non-profit organization that I am a member of; I will be supporting 3 orphanages that have a total of 145 children. The money collected will ALL go towards directly benefiting the children. All admin and travel costs are born by the members of the organization.

In February of 2018, I plan to visit India, at my own expense and own time and will give these gifts to the orphans personally. I plan to capture those moments on camera and will share it with you via Facebook

(www.facebook.com/unforgottenfund), Twitter (@unforgottenfund), and Instagram (@unforgottenfund), as well as through our website (http://unforgotten.org).