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COVID-19 Relief Work in Nesakkaram SEEDS

Nesakkaram SEEDS is a Franciscan NGO, working for the welfare of the underprivileged families at the periphery of Chennai, especially in the slums, for the last 32 years. In the beginning we were within our own homes safely doing our routine tasks. But the cry of our slum parents prompted us to move out to serve them. Their cry was for the most basic need of food. We also saw in the television two elderly people died due to starvation. This brought us to the reality around us. So we planned to distribute provisions and vegetables to the poor families around us. In a special way to the migrant families who were left without work and for the daily labourers. We also included in our beneficiary list the slum families with whom we close work and the SHG members of Nesakkaram.

We started the relief work on 17th April 2020. So far till 24th April we have reached out to 1294 families. The table given below sheds more light on our work and the target group.

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