Emergency Food and Medicine for Kolkata's Poorest
Organization information
Tiljala Society for Human and Educational Development
Location: Kolkata, 700017, India
Summary
This project provides emergency food and medicine for the marginalised ultra-poor families in Kolkata's squatter communities. Living in makeshift shelters beside open sewers and railway tracks, many survive by rag picking: collecting, sorting and selling waste from the streets. Everyone depends on the precarious informal economy. They are illiterate, malnourished and despised. Access to emergency aid enables the young to stay healthy and provides essential care for the elderly.
Project locations
India