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covid relief: nia provides half
million groceries to 13,000 families
Our Bureau
Washington, DC
s coronavirus pandem-
ic has caused high lev-
Aels of unemployment
and poverty across the country,
many families are struggling to
stay afloat. Food pantries have
seen increase in demand and
cars are lining up for hours to
procure free food.
According to Dr. Urmilesh
Arya, President of Nation-
al AIA, in such a depressing
scenario, Dr. Suresh Gupta, a
member of the Executive Com-
mittee of the National Associa-
tion of Indians in America and Dr. suresh Gupta with us president-elect Joe biden
resident of Washington D.C.,
developed a vision to raise funds Dr. Vinod Prakash, Dr. Siva Vishwa Hindu Parishad of centers, temples, gurudwaras
through several organization Subramanian, Dr. Narendra America DC Chapter, United and churches participated in the
and distribute the food to those Tandon, Mr Rajiv Jain, etc. Hindu Jain Temples, Maratha project and provided volunteer
in need without any discrimi- Many organizations liked Kala Mandir, Budha Family, services. More than 13,000 fam-
nation of race, religion, gender the idea and joined hands for American Association of Physi- ilies were provided with almost
and ethnicity. The Goal was to the noble cause. Some of these cians Washington Chapter and half a million groceries to the
raise $ 250,000,00. included India Development Budha family Calcutta. needy people.
For this purpose, Dr Gupta Relief Fund, Hindu American These Associations raised Dr. Gupta said that they
developed a team with other Community Services, Rajasth- the money and created “Grab hosted 30 events for food distri-
medical and non-medical pro- ali, American Diversity Group, and Go” food distribution and bution in the month of October
fessionals as Dr. Ram Nagula, Ekal Vidyalaya DC Chapter, many local schools, community and November.
nrI Institute distributes clothes and food in tribal belt
Our Bureau back what I receive.” A young icated to expanding its mem- go, Angola, Reunion Island,
entrepreneur, who is humble ber’s professional network and Singapore, Germany, Switzer-
New York at heart and sharp mindset has business insights. land, Australia, New Zealand,
anu Jagmohan Singh, maintained a balance and per- NRI Institute promotes Canada and USA in Washing-
Secretary-General, fectly handles everything, be it NRI investments in India and ton DC, New York, California,
MNRI Institute visited business or charity,” said Singh. paves the way in this regard and New Jersey.
‘Tribal Belt’ in Udaipur, Siro- NRI Institute is India’s fast- with an effective approach to- The institute has so far or-
hi during the Christmas Week est growing organization for wards the government and oth- ganized over 100 international
and distributed clothes, blan- non-resident Indians. It is a not- er authorities. The Institute events in India, London, Dubai,
kets, food, slippers and more for-profit (NGO), organization highlights the achievements of New York, Detroit, Washington
for the tribal belt people. founded in year 1989 which NRIs and PIOs in their chosen DC, Silicon Valley, California,
Singh has started a project aims to provide a platform for field of activities. Mauritius, Bangkok, Singapore
in Sirohi, which aims to provide the Indians living in India and NRI Institute, over the and Bahrain. The Institute has
employment to the tribal belt abroad to connect and enhance years, has established Chap- also organized several sympo-
and working on the school proj- their business, taking it to new ters in UK, UAE, Oman, Ku- sia on specific issues successful-
ect which will help the children heights. Representing the en- wait, Saudi Arabia, Bangkok, ly from time to time at the na-
to learn and grow. “Caring and tire Non-Resident Indians Mauritius, Seychelles, Mada- tional and international levels
sharing is my dharma, so I give globally, NRI Institute is ded- gascar, Fiji, Trinidad & Toba- in India and abroad.
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