Project INSANIYAT
Nurturing Humanity: Supporting Soldiers, Families, and the Less Fortunate - Prompt Assistance for Immediate Needs.
Project INSANIYAT
It aims to provide humanitarian assistance to Soldiers & their families as well as downtrodden people of the society. It includes the relief materials, activities and items that the beneficiary are in urgent need.
*All these individuals have been verified & referred to us by Zila Sainik Board (ZSB), Rajya Sainik Board (RSB), Regiments & Records.
Mahima Sagar granddaughter of Ex. Brig. CS Vidyasagar
LOCATION : Secunderabad, Telangana
BACKGROUND : She (Mahima Sagar) is 11 years old granddaughter of former Army officer Brig. CS Vidyasagar. She is suffering from Spinal Mascular Atrophy(SMA).
PROBLEM : Brig. Vidyasagar requires financial help for his granddaughter’s (Mahima Sagar) treatment. Cost of her treatment is Rs.5 crores. She requires world’s most expensive drug (Risdiplam).
HELPED SUCCESSFULLY : Support Our Heroes team contributed total Rs.1,18,000 for her treatment. (one cheque of Rs.1,00,000 & another Rs.18,000).
SOH team wishes pretty young girl fast recovery & normal life.
Ex. Nk. Letkhojang Kuki (78yrs)
LOCATION : Senapati, Manipur
BACKGROUND : Ex Nk. Letkhojang Kuki is non-pensioner veteran. He did 10yrs of service in Indian Army. Few years back he got heart stroke from that time he is on bed and can't move without any support. He lives with his wife, two daughters (one is widow & another one is deaf & dumb). They don't have any fixed source of income.
PROBLEM : Nk. Letkhojang and his daughter expressed that following items can ease their life and put an end to their daily struggle to meet the ends meet:
• A wheel chair with commode for his daily activities
• Financial support of Rs.30,000 to open a small Grocery shop for earning a fixed income
HELPED SUCCESSFULLY : Support Our Heroes team provided wheelchair with commode to Nk. Letkhojang under Project INSANIYAT and financial support under Project SASHKAT to open a shop. Now his shop is operational and running well.
Ex. Sep. Giridhar Malakar (66yrs)
LOCATION : Kamrup, Assam
BACKGROUND : Ex. Sep. Giridhar Malakar is non-pensioner veteran who took premature retirement after 05 years of service in Indian Army. He doesn't receive any pension.
PROBLEM : Sep. Giridhar Malakar is a non-pensioner from ASC who started driving a bus after leaving Army service. Few years back he met with an accident that left both his legs badly crushed.
He is living with his son who is unemployed. They don’t have any fixed source of income. He doesn’t even get Penury Grant from Kendra Sainik Board.
In our detailed discussion with Sep. Giridhar he expressed that following items can ease his & his son’s life and put an end to their daily struggle to meet ends meet :
• A wheel chair for his daily activities (approx Rs 8,000)
• Monthly ration Kit under Support Our Heroes Project PITHU (Rs 1,100)
• Small shop for earning a fixed income (Rs18,000)
HELPED SUCCESSFULLY : Within no time, with the help of our kind-hearted donors and well-wishers, we were able to arrange for the above mentioned help. Now his shop is operational and running well.
Free Distribution of Personal Hygiene Kit For Women
LOCATION : Padum (Zanskar Valley, Ladakh)
BACKGROUND : Female hygiene and problems related to it are the major concerns in Kargil and its surrounding areas. Sanitary pads in the region are considered a 'Luxury'. A lot of women in the region still use ragged clothes.
PROBLEM : While working in the Zanskar Valley(Ladakh) for arranging sewing machines and setting up grocery stores for the veterans and their families, we interacted with their families and locals about problems of the area and see if we can help.
From all the conversations, we picked up that female hygiene and problems related to it are the major concerns. Sanitary pads in the region are considered a ‘Luxury’. A lot of women in the region still use ragged clothes. They are around 155 in number and are all house wives earning their livelihood under MNREGA occasionally.
In Zanskar valley, areas are far-flung and sparsely populated. There is only one shop which sells sanitary pads. During winters which lasts for around 6 months here, there is no supply of pads and all shops remain closed.
HELPED SUCCESSFULLY : We believe that something as basic as sanitary pads should be available to all of them; it is not a “Luxury” but their ‘Right’. Therefore, we distributed 11,500 free sanitary pads to them which can last a couple of months.
Mrs. Manjit Kaur w/o Late Ex. Sep. Mohinder Singh
LOCATION : Kapurthala, Punjab
BACKGROUND : Mrs. Manjit Kaur's husband Ex Sep. Mohinder Singh had retired from Army and during "One Rank One Pension (OROP)" Movement at Jantar Mantar, both of them had rendered free untiring service to the fellow outstation veterans by cooking food, tea etc. for them.
PROBLEM : After the demise of her husband and son, Mrs. Manjit Kaur had no option but to live with 4 grandchildren in her deteriorated house which could crumble down any day. House repair required significant amount of money running into lakhs, which wasn’t possible from her widow pension; it is barely enough to feed her and her grandchildren.
HELPED SUCCESSFULLY : With the help and contribution of TSEWA & other philanthropic people, Support Our Heroes have handed over Rs.1,33,000 to Mrs. Manjit Kaur for house repair.
Mrs. Parvati Devi w/o Late Ex. Sep. Diwani Ram
LOCATION : Delhi
BACKGROUND : Parvati Devi's husband Sep. Diwani Ram (Retd) used to receive two pensions from Army and Air Force but after his death, pension stopped for her.
PROBLEM : Parvati Devi struggled to get her rightful pension for over 5years.This struggle and stress affected her health so badly that she became bedridden. Her son had to leave his job to take care of her. This resulted in severe economic crisis for the family; a point came when there was no money left for food and school fees of Parvati Devi’s grandchildren.
HELPED SUCCESSFULLY : With the help of well-wishers & donors, Support Our Heroes NGO did the following for the widow:
• Bore all treatment expenses of Parvati
Devi until her death
• Ration & food items for the family
• 6 months school fees for both of her grandchildren
• When she died, SOH paid for all her cremation expenses
Ex Sep. Neelkandan Peethambaran (77yrs)
LOCATION : Delhi
BACKGROUND : Ex Sep. Neelkandan Peethambaran is a veteran of 1965 & 1971 war who took premature retirement after 10 years of service. He doesn't receive any pension.
PROBLEM : When SOH team met him, he was begging in the corridors of Connaught Place as Rs.4000 per month Penury Grant isn’t enough for him to meet his monthly expenses as well as pay for the medicines related to the old age problems. He didn’t have a ECHS card (medical card for Army Hospitals) as it would require a one-time fee of Rs.30,000 and he didn’t have that kind of money. Also, he have turned to excessive alcohol due to loneliness and depression.
HELPED SUCCESSFULLY : We motivated him and offered our 24×7 support to him so that he doesn’t feel alone and unwanted. As a result, he completely left alcohol . Also, we are providing financial support to him for his monthly essentials and groceries.
For his ECHS card, we corresponded to concerned Army departments. After multiple follow-ups, we were able to arrange Rs.30,000 from Army for his medical card.
Ex. Rfn. Jigmet Orgyan (Disabled Soldier) Along With Support Our Heroes Patron & Co-Founder
LOCATION :Delhi
BACKGROUND : Rfn. Jigmet Orgyan is a retired 3 Ladakh Scouts soldier who lost both of his eyes and hands in mine blast in Partapur sector in 2002.
PROBLEM : He lives near Ladakh border where temperature in winters drops to -30 degree celsius causing him unbearable pain.
HELPED SUCCESSFULLY : SOH team arranged for free accommodation for him in Delhi for the winters.