Haridwar Ann-Daan: One Plate, Many Blessings

Haridwar Ann-Daan: One Plate, Many Blessings — Haridwar, Uttarakhand

Punyakart Foundation serves hungry elders, daily-wage workers, street children and abandoned poor in Haridwar with fresh cooked meals, dry ration support, safe drinking water and Ann-Daan bhandaras at and around the ghats. Your any-amount donation powers regular food drives, family ration kits and outreach to those sleeping hungry on pavements—so every plate you sponsor becomes nutrition, relief and blessings for someone in need.

Seva Vision

To ensure that in the holy city of Haridwar, no elder, child or family is forced to sleep hungry—by offering dependable meals, respectful Ann-Daan and community care rooted in compassion and dignity.

Why Your Support Matters

• Daily Nutrition: Hot meals and ration kits prevent hunger, weakness and undernourishment.
• Stability for Families: Food security allows parents to focus on work and children’s wellbeing.
• Care for Elders: Regular Ann-Daan ensures abandoned and street-dwelling elders are not left hungry.
• Dignified Feeding: Organized queues, clean plates and kind volunteers protect self-respect.
• Emergency Response: Extra drives during festivals, cold waves and lean tourist days.

How We Implement (Month by Month)

1. Map hunger hotspots near ghats, bus stands and slums; identify regular beneficiaries with local inputs.
2. Plan menus and procure grains, pulses, vegetables and supplies with trusted local vendors.
3. Cook and serve at fixed Ann-Daan points; maintain queues, hygiene and fair distribution.
4. Provide ration kits to the most at-risk families identified during drives; track repeat needs.
5. Schedule extra Ann-Daan on key festivals; review impact, feedback and monthly beneficiary lists.

Transparency & Safeguards

• Purchase bills, distribution logs and basic headcounts maintained for every drive.
• Standard portions to avoid wastage; dual-verification on ration kit handover.
• Privacy-respectful photos/videos: wide shots preferred; faces masked when requested.
• Volunteer training on food safety, respectful behaviour and crowd sensitivity.

Ways to Participate

• Sponsor a set number of Ann-Daan plates for one or more food drives.
• Fund a Monthly Ration Kit for vulnerable Haridwar families.
• Support Special Festival Ann-Daan (Ekadashi, Amavasya, major tirth days).
• Set a recurring monthly pledge to keep Haridwar Ann-Daan continuous.

Note: Distributions are dignity-first and consent-based. We avoid intrusive media, prefer cashless procurement where possible, and share simple, anonymized impact updates with donors after Ann-Daan drives.