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ALMSGIVING

Around the world, an estimated 2 billion people lack access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food.

With our Almsgiving Campaign we are on a mission to change that one step at a time. These are the steps we’ve already taken:

1,500

Families supported

540,000

Meals served

9

Villages

The Almsgiving Pilot Project

In collaboration with the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and local Indian officials, 25 Tibetan families in six refugee settlements across India and 50 underprivileged Indian families in Bylakuppe, South India, will receive long-term support to enable them to reach a degree of self-sufficiency.

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WHAT IF FRIDAY NEVER CAME?

TGIF… Thank God it’s Friday!  For many of us, the  promise of the weekend brings relief to a hard week of work, a chance to relax. Now, imagine if Friday never came.  If instead, each and every day upon awakening your first thought was, “I don’t know if I’ll have food for my family today”. In the face of basic survival, where are the weekends, the vacations, the retirement, the dreams?  They simply never come. 

Millions of people around the globe awaken to this kind of life each day. Mothers and fathers, whose pressing concern is the survival of their children, have little room for encouraging the development of their creativity, musical or sports ability.  When incomes barely meet basic needs, there is very little left over for furthering education, let alone dreams. A typical worker in rural India, for instance, who works in agriculture or labor, brings home about $100 USD a month. A family will spend most of that in poor quality, low nutrition food.  Going out to a basic, no frills restaurant would cost a family of four around $5 USD, which would be at least a full day’s pay, and so becomes a luxury that is out of reach for most. For them, life rarely goes beyond survival.

WHAT IF YOU CAN CHANGE THIS?

Now imagine a new reality where families can break out of this cycle, find time to dream for themselves and their children, live fuller lives and create brighter futures.

The ALMSGIVING campaign is a pilot project aimed at creating flourishing, self-sustaining communities by providing a foundational support to its families that lifts them out of struggle.  It functions on the principle that by providing long-term nutritional, educational, and organizational support for those who do not have access, families can allocate their limited resources to invest in themselves and in their children’s futures and break out of the cyclical struggle for survival.  

When basic needs are met, and individuals are better educated and in good health, individuals are happier, free to be more creative, and able to take on a wider view of life.  They can look outward to the broader community, engage and contribute, and enable the community to become self-sufficient through the work of its members. Your help can make this new reality possible in the lives of thousands.

HOW THE PILOT PROJECT HELPS

The Pilot Project uses the Four Pillars as a guide: Health, Education, Sustainability and Mental Well-being.

HEALTH

The ALMSGIVING KIT provides nutritious food, to support both the health of families, and to enable them to allocate resources to other activities such paying medical bills and debts, transportation, etc.
Item Approx. qty
1 White Rice 15 kg
2 Whole Wheat/Millet 10 kg
3 Lentils 5 kg
4 Potatoes 5 kg
5 Onions 5 kg
6 Carrots 5 kg
7 Tomatoes 5 kg
8 Spinach/Capsicum 5 kg
Item Approx. qty
9 Drumstick (Moringa) 5 kg
10 Chickpeas 4 kg
11 Sugar 2 kg
12 Cooking Oil 2 liters
13 Tea 1 kg
14 Salt 1 kg
15 Masala 500 g
16 Turmeric 250 g
Item Approx. qty
1 White Rice 15 kg
2 Whole Wheat/Millet 10 kg
3 Lentils 5 kg
4 Potatoes 5 kg
5 Onions 5 kg
6 Carrots 5 kg
7 Tomatoes 5 kg
8 Spinach/Capsicum 5 kg
9 Drumstick (Moringa) 5 kg
10 Chickpeas 4 kg
11 Sugar 2 kg
12 Cooking Oil 2 liters
13 Tea 1 kg
14 Salt 1 kg
15 Masala 500 g
16 Turmeric 250 g

Education

The Pilot Project includes the provision of badly needed school resources : basics such as pencils, notebooks, and desks, as well as up-to-date textbooks, computers, and other teaching supports.

Education

The Pilot Project includes the provision of badly needed school resources : basics such as pencils, notebooks, and desks, as well as up-to-date textbooks, computers, and other teaching supports.

SUSTAINABILITY

Individual projects, such as starting or developing family businesses, are assisted to help them become autonomous and self-sustainable. Community members, ready to embark in new business ventures, will be supported through information sessions and skills workshops to provide them with initial support and direction. The Pilot Project will also provide local job opportunities such as packaging and distribution work for the Almsgiving Kit.

SUSTAINABILITY

Individual projects, such as starting or developing family businesses, are assisted to help them become autonomous and self-sustainable. Community members, ready to embark in new business ventures, will be supported through information sessions and skills workshops to provide them with initial support and direction. The Pilot Project will also provide local job opportunities such as packaging and distribution work for the Almsgiving Kit.

MENTAL WELL-BEING

Where health, education and sustainability are privileged, mental well-being follows.

With careful monitoring of the results of the Pilot Project, and the documenting of the progress of these families, I Saved A Life aims to put your donations towards producing long-lasting and tangible results.

Together, we can make a new reality come true.