Programme 04 — Ration & relief
Relief is a logistics problem before it is a moral one.
Ration kits for households one bad week from trouble, and provisions for the children's homes we work with.
The steady work is unglamorous: rice, dal, oil, tamarind, salt and soap, packed into kits by volunteers and handed over where we know the household by name.
When a flood, a heatwave or a hospital bill arrives, the same list becomes the emergency list — which is the point. The names exist before the emergency does.
How it is run
Nothing is handed out without being counted. Every kit is signed for by two volunteers, photographed and recorded — it is how a small organisation stays trustworthy.
What it includes
The short list, agreed with the school, the home or the household.
How you can help
Three ways that actually move this programme forward.
Fund a fortnight
One ration kit covers a family of four for two weeks.
Pack with us
Distribution rounds need hands for four hours, usually on a Saturday.
Keep us stocked
We hold a small buffer of dry ration and blankets, ready before the emergency.
Write to kalamfoundationts@gmail.com or sign up as a volunteer. We answer within three working days.
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