City youngsters bring 'Muskaan' for slum dwellers amid COVID-19

“Arise, Awake & Stop not, till your goal is achieved”, are the words of Swami Vivekananda which have inspired city based youngsters from the

Rotaract

Club of Lokhandwala, Mumbai who spearheaded an initiative named ‘Muskaan’ supporting

Vivekananda Youth Forum

, an NGO providing education to slum, street and orphans across the city.

Volunteer of the NGO,

Vidur Dhabaria

happily shares, “Today through local volunteers,we distributed 25 kits with a set of 12 daily essentials to families who had lack of sufficient resources and could eat only once a day. We started a fundraising campaign to support education of 100 children at the beginning of the month,however due to recent happenings we all know of, we decided to channelize the proceeds to provide daily essentials like rice, dal, wheat, biscuits, soaps to families of our beneficiaries residing in the slums in Vile Parle, Juhu. That is when we collaborated with Rotaract Club of Lokhandwala and urged one and all to contribute towards the need of the hour, thereby reaching the masses”

President of the Club,

Mayank Mishra

states, “ This is just the first phase of the project. We have many more phases awaiting us to impact more families. Our team strongly believes in the cause of education, and we are glad to collaborate and support these families in such crucial times. The ‘Muskaan’ on their faces, has indeed been very satisfying.Our team – Oojal Kaur, Vishruti Doshi, Revati Kulkarni &

Nishika Jain

did their best to promote the cause and collect enough funds are in process to convince many more.”