FOOD BANK SANGOLDA GOA, for the last 2 months has been distributing FREE Birthday cakes to senior citizens in GOA suffering from disabilities & registered with The Social Welfare Department.

For the month of January & February we visited 97 such families.

Attached a poster with the breakup, month wise & taluka wise.

Some times the team members sign A birthday song while at times the volunteers sit and catch up light stories and exchange greetings.

One of only kind in INDIA where any senior citizen with a UDID Card and registered with The Government of Goa gets a surprise Birthday cake absolute free right at their door step.

For those senior Citizens unable to accept a cake , we provide a basket of fruits & fresh vegetables.

Entire program is run by our volunteers across all 12 talukas in GOA.

You name it,  we are there,  Even in the remotes parts of Goa , Food Bank delivers.

We have employed a Middle aged Goan lady who herself is without hands and legs but has the ability to do the Telemarketing from her home

Imagine a person with such high degree of disabilities able to rise up to this challenge.

She calls the senior citizen two days prior to the birthday , inquiring about the birthday, location, Landmark, introduces our NGO, Checks if we can send a cake or a basket of fruits.

Then all this data is sent on a WhatsApp group which has all the concerned volunteers.

Day of the birthday , she reminds the concerned volunteer about the delivery of the cake and see that it's delivered.

Then once the picture is uploaded on the group, she calls the birthday person / family to take a feedback. 

All this with a smile as she understands what it is to be a person with disabilites. 

All the beneficiaries are poor simple Goans who are just at times left astonished that some one is actually coming to their Homes for their birthday with a free Cake.

It's difficult at times especially in the bigger and far flung Talukas of Goa Luke Canacona , Sanguem, Dharbandora, Quepem, Sattari.

But the Volunteers rise up to the challenge.

We thank alot of goans who have donated towards this FREE BIRTHDAY CAKE project in the last two months.

Incase you are celebrating your birthday in the future do consider donating a cake or two towards this program.

You may never ever know physically who is benefitting from your donation of this cake but spiritually your blessings have reached you.

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God bless you