MADDAD, the helping hand

When we started MADDAD,the helping hand.. the only thought was using all our goodwill ,resources,contacts to do some good work & help people. After a very satisfying & fruitful effort for the Tsunami Victims, which included sending lots of Aid to SriLanka , a badly hit country through The Ex Captain of Srilankan Cricket team,Mr Arjuna Ranatunga , Giving13 Fishing Boats , # sets of Fishing Nets & a motor for the boat to the village at Cuddalore. We , with help from dedicated workers of ISHA foundation ,who helped us with communicating & drawing out contracts with locals who spoke only Tamil.. made sure 4 fisher families shared each boat ,so ineffect 52 families were helped .

Today the crisis to hit Maharashtra if the FARMERS SUICIDE crisis . Though this tragic phenomena is happening in other states too, Maharashtra is worst hit.

I am adding some links below for all of you to read ...

Maddad & Poonam Dhillon are doing a Fund raiser on 25th June for helping famalies of these farmers who after tragic painful loss of the Bread winner of family are left hapless & in terrible financial state. Many families consist of old parents, helpless ,uneducated wife, dependant young children .

Our effort is to PERSONALLY hand money to these families.

Poonam dhillon has used her personal contacts and requested favours from top designers to donate Clothes , Art Jewellery & hand bags to be given as token of appreciation to people who donate for this cause .

YOU TOO CAN JOIN THIS EFFORT & HELP.. Cheques can be made to MADDAD & all the proceeds will go to the families of Farmers who are desperate need for Help.

Unfortunately we at this time cannot accept foreign currency as aid , but will work on the Stringent permission that Government requires us to have for this

PLEASE see these few links to know what the cause is.. will post more information later

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/what-pushes-farmers-in-maharashtra-to-kill-themselves-each-year/366116

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/257-farmers-committed-suicide-in-maharashtra-this-year/article7138684.ece

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/maharashtra-reported-257-farmer-suicides-in-jan-march-govt-115042400566_1.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZtKB_KuASc