Cloth Distribution: Phase II

This update is based on the report and document submitted by student Group Leader of UNIT 7. This team had the responsibility of conducting Phase-II of the cloth distribution.

IIT Kharagpur campus community came forward in huge number and donated used clothes for the needy of our neighbourhood villages. NSS volunteers, mostly from UNIT 3 and UNIT 10 paid house-to-house visit and collected clothes soon after Durga Puja, 2012 festival break. The first phase of the cloth distribution was conducted on 5th December, 2012. A short report of that with pictures can be found here (Link).

The second phase of the cloth distribution was conducted on 19th January, 2013 in Gangadharpur Primary School premises. This time clothes were distributed to a total of 183 registered persons and their family members drawn from Gangadharpur, Shyamraipur, Debigoria, and Lachna villages. Together with first phase distribution, the no. of beneficiaries  had been 360 persons and their family.

Villagers queued up three different lines marked for men, women and children. Blankets and bed sheets were first distributed to Old people. Then the other clothes which were sorted beforehand by NSS volunteers, were distributed.

The help received from village panchayet, primary school teacher and village youth are gratefully acknowledged. Without their cooperation, we could not have been able to reach out to the needy who we wanted to serve. Also, they helped us to conduct the cloth distribution camp in a disciplined manner.

Our thanks to IIT Kharagpur campus community for their donation of used clothes. We shall approach them again after Durga Puja 2013 festival break.