Support Sunita to Support our Senior Citizens

Although many urban-poor senior citizens live in joint families, they are not bound to be taken care of by them. In most cases, they are forced to work to justify their position in their households and are often placed at the least priority. These vulnerabilities of the elderly have been worsened in the face of the Covid pandemic, with loss of daily-wage jobs and their susceptibility to infection. Also, many senior citizens, especially migrants, cannot avail Govt. relief packages as they lack documents like ration card. 

Dignity Foundation has been extending support to urban-poor senior citizens across six cities since the onset of the Covid pandemic, including Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and Pune. Through our Ananda Daan initiative, we have supplied 2500+ Ration Kits in urban slums so far. We also starting supplying PPE Kits to the elderly as they tend to live in overcrowded slum settlements and share common amenities like toilets. So far, we have provisioned 300 + Sanitation Kits for the elderly in Mumbai slums. However, we have only reached a tiny fraction of senior citizens in need. With the Covid situation far from improving, we are urgently raising funds to extend support to thousands more.  

In the next 3 months, Dignity Foundation is seeking to distribute 7000 Ration and PPE Kits to senior citizens across 6 key cities. With each kit costing Rs 1500, which includes monthly dry ration and PPE for one senior citizen, we are looking to raise 1 crore on an urgent basis. Join us in reaching out to the most vulnerable, underprivileged elderly. Let’s help them overcome the Covid crisis, with dignity, safety and access to food.