Soroptimist Welfare Association (SIBC) distributed around 250 blankets and 3 boxes of warm clothes to street dwellers in Navi Mumbai in January 2023. This was much needed with temperatures dropping in Mumbai. 500 biscuit packets were also distributed among children living on the street. The SDGs served were #1 and #3.
Our most awaited fundraiser, the annual Jumble Sale was back with a bang after 3 years at Pillai Campus, Panvel. Covid related protocols had prevented us from holding this activity for two consecutive years. We more than made up with our enthusiasm in collecting donations of used items in good condition such as sarees, clothes,
Our most awaited fundraiser, the annual Jumble Sale was back with a bang after 3 years at Chembur English High School. Covid related protocols had prevented us from holding this activity for two consecutive years. We more than made up with our enthusiasm in collecting donations of used items in good condition such as sarees,
To mark the International Literacy Day 2022, SIBC collaborated with Radiant Minds Preschool team for organising a book donation drive. We collected books, notebooks, stationery items, clothes, educational toys and food grains and donated the items to Manav Jeevan Trust which looks after an orphanage. Literacy is a fundamental right of every citizen. But it’s
Soroptimist Welfare Association (SIBC)distributed around 250 blankets and 3 boxes of warm clothes to street dwellers in Mumbai on Tuesday, 21st December, 2021. This was much needed with temperatures dropping in Mumbai. 500 biscuit packets were also distributed among children living on the street. The SDGs served were #1 and #3
SIBC flagged off the National Project ASHA in July 2021. During the COVID times, street vendors / small businesses have been significantly impacted. Most people are shopping online with the result that street vendors like vegetable / fruit / flower vendors and small-time businesswomen are having a challenging time running their homes. Through this project,
Soroptimist Welfare Association (SIBC), in association with MES’s Pillai College of Education and Research, Chembur organised a ‘Donate a Meal Drive’ to provide food to orphanages and shelter homes who were affected by the second wave of Covid. The collection was open for ten days starting on 30th April, 2021. SIBC also donated an oxygen
As mentioned above Soroptimist Welfare Association (SIBC) members planted fruit bearing trees Warwaal wadi, Pen, an Adivasi village consisting of 35 families. Post the tree plantation, the members met with all the villagers and discussed their problems and needs. Blankets were also distributed to the families. SIBC plans to adopt this village and over a
Soroptimist Welfare Association (SIBC) organized a Blanket collection and distribution drive in January, 2021. Every year the families living on the streets suffer from severe illness due to the low night temperatures. SIBC, in collaboration with Mahatma Education Society, collected blankets and warm clothing from their six campuses across Mumbai. About 50 cartons of blankets
With a pledge to reduce poverty and hunger, Soroptimist Welfare Association (SIBC) collaborated with edukidz INTERNATIONAL, a chain of preschools in Mumbai to release a short movie ‘I CAN, YOU CAN, WE CAN END POVERTY!’ to observe the ‘International Day for the Eradication of Poverty’ on 17th October, 2020. The concept and movie direction and
