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At Penthara Technologies, we strive to manifest our values into actions every day. We believe that our success should benefit the local communities we operate in. Taking a step towards the path of driving positive change by giving back to the society, this December we organized our very first cloth donation drive: Mission Do Garmi.
Still working remotely at the time, our team got on a call to discuss and find a meaningful way to give back to the society. A few minutes in, we had a winner.
For those who don’t stay in Northern India, people here face harsh winters which generally begin a fortnight before Christmas. Many people residing in slums who don’t have enough warm clothes have it the worst.
A cloth donation drive where people can donate warm clothes they no longer need to the needy seemed to be the fittest solution to spread some warmth and love right before the holiday season. That’s how Mission Do Garmi was born. The name basically means “A Mission to Give Warmth”.
To undertake a big mission like this, we knew we couldn’t do this alone. With a humble ask and quick show of hands, we had volunteers from our team across India, ready to contribute to the cause. The journey began and the roadmap pretty much looked like this -
With everything packed and ready to go, all that was left to do was to bring this mission to fruition. We picked the first week of December for running the donation drive so that people could receive warm clothes before the harsh winters strike.
On 5th December 2021, our volunteer team in Punjab went shelter-to-shelter to distribute our collections among two slums in sector 4 and sector 14 of the Panchkula district. The clothes that had found their way here from the generous donors in four cities across India, namely Panchkula, Mohali, Lucknow and Mumbai, had now found new owners to keep warm this winter. It was an eventful day. We went home with our hearts 300 smiles richer and our faces beaming with happiness.
Mission Do Garmi 2021 was a mission for people fueled by the support of volunteers, donors and well-wishers. We believe their efforts and contributions deserve a space of their own in our hearts and this blog as well.
We are grateful for everyone involved in making our very first cloth donation drive a success. Giving is receiving and we are already on the hunt for yet another way to give back to the community. Stay tuned for the updates.
We are always looking for more hands to help us realize our mission of doing good in this world. If you are interested in joining us in our future social impact activities, we’d love to hear from you. Write to us at wecare@penthara.com and we’ll be sure to reach out as soon as we can.
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