Past Projects

Medigift

Providing medical help for free during a major calamity is indeed being socially responsible that was reflected in SOSVA’s efforts of providing assistance to earthquake affected areas of Latur in Maharashtra, Kutch in Gujarat and tsunami affected areas in South India. This was possible based on the authorization received from the Indo-US Bilateral Agreement to import duty free medical equipment from donor agencies in US and distribute them to charitable hospitals all over India. Over eleven years, 38 hospitals were granted equipment worth Rs 27 crores.

Dhabon

On the rural front, there are many tribes in India deprived of the basic amenities, education and employment opportunities. With an aim of fulfilling the educational, housing and nutritional needs of the children belonging to the Katakari Tribe (a migrant community) the Dhabon school was established to mould the future of young innocent minds.

School Feeding Program

Consistently for a year, the feeding program was held in three chosen schools of Mumbai where the little students were provided with warm daytime meals. These schools are involved in the educational development of the underprivileged children and so combining a feeding program added to their child development goals.

Light the Spark

SOSVA partnered with Group M, the media company to provide scholarship to 300 underprivileged children in 8 schools across Mumbai. Along with scholarship, extra coaching was also given to these students. These students belonged to class 8-10th and had been selflessly mentored by SOSVA volunteers who worked hard towards brightening up their future.The project went on for 5 years.

COVID19 – Food for survival

Project ‘COVID19 – Food for survival’ was initiated by SOSVA with the primary objective of supporting the immigrant labourers and their families to maintain good health and immunity by providing them with nutritious food during the COVID19 pandemic. These beneficiaries were the ones who have lost their daily wage jobs due to the global crisis. In this situation, they were neither able to earn a living nor return to their home towns. Getting two square meals a day was their immediate requirement. For us, this involved sourcing essential groceries and delivering them to the needy. The implementation of this program started at the end of March 2020 when the lockdown was declared and continued until the daily wage workers got some job. The initiative involved providing cooked food/ groceries to the beneficiaries in Mumbai.

FHI(Family health International)/ AIDS

SOSVA has played a crucial role as a partner with Family Health International contributing to Aastha project in Mumbai and Thane districts of Maharashtra. This project aims at reducing the incidence of HIV / STIs among sex workers and is a part of the India AIDS Initiative (Avahan) of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation run by FHI.