COVID-19 Pandemic : Food distribution to needy

The Head Office of Sri Sarveshwari Samooh has been distributing food items daily to underprivileged, homeless and other needy in Varanasi during the ongoing complete lockdown endorsed due to Covid 19 pandemic in India. With the permission of Sub-Divisional Magistrate Varanasi, everyday 50 packets are distributed by Sri Sarveshwari Samooh ashram volunteers to as many families caught in the worst ever human crisis of recent times. Each packet contains 3 kg of wheat flour, 2 kg of rice, 1 kg of pulses and 500 g of common salt. Though this initiative is prompted by Sri Sarveshwari Samooh’s fundamental belief in service to humanity, the ashram has been able to distribute 2635 kg of wheat flour, 2140 kg of rice, 1150 kg of pulses and 670 kg of salt till April 19, 2020. The reach out to sections of the society disadvantaged due to outbreak of Coronavirus, will continue in future too. In addition, the volunteers serve among others the molasses, buttermilk and herbal tea many times a day to security personnel, including policemen, on duty near ashram which is situated at Padao, Varanasi.

The food is parallely being distributed by many branches of Sri Sarveshwari Samooh spread across some states of India. Sri Sarveshwari Samooh’s relentless effort over the decades to help the unfortunately condemned persons of the country has been acknowledged nationally as well as globally. Sri Sarveshwari Samooh figures in Guinness World Record for treating maximum number of leprosy patients in the world.