NEW DELHI:Committed to aiding the needy and destitute, Wishes and Blessings NGO tied up with entrepreneurial network, The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) New Delhi, to provide hot and nutritious cooked meals to the homeless, destitute and at-risk individuals and families, in Delhi under its Covid Relief Project, 2021.
“EO New Delhi is delighted to partner with Wishes and Blessings to extend its ‘Khaana by EO’ programme to migrant labour and poor who have been forgotten. We thank Wishes and Blessings for allowing us to serve through them”, says Naval Chopra, EO New Delhi representative.
Through this collaborative effort, packed cooked meals were being distributed twice a day to the needy across the national capital including the hamlets and jhuggis in Ruchi Vihar. These meals were cooked by the chefs at Hyatt Regency, Delhi under strict sanitation conditions and are provided to the needy, completely free of cost. Under the programme, 1200 meals were distributed to the destitute, on a daily basis. Wishes and Blessings’ ensured that social distancing norms were followed strictly, during the distribution drive.
“We are extremely grateful to be associated with social-minded and conscientious organizations such EO New Delhi. With this extension of support, Wishes and Blessings was able to extend its services to even more people in need during this time of crisis.”, says Dr. Geetanjali Chopra, Founder & President of Wishes and Blessings NGO.
The Wishes and Blessings Covid Relief Project was officially launched on day 1 of the lockdown i.e., 25th March 2020, and provided relief and aid in 7 states across India. Since then, the team has served over 20,00,000 meals, distributed 70,000 dry ration kits and provided 23,000 hygiene kits to the beneficiaries.
Wishes and Blessings had launched the WB Ambulances for Covid Relief Project in August 2020 wherein free transport was provided to the underprivileged to reach treatment centres, as well as for executing tests in quarantine zones. Currently, the Covid Relief Project is active in 6 states- Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, and aims at fulfilling immediate and long term requirements of the needy and destitute affected by the Covid-19 crisis.
Wishes and Blessings
Wishes and Blessings is a registered NGO based in Delhi, with a presence in Assam, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Set up under the aegis of Dr. Geetanjali Chopra in 2014, the organization cuts across the spectrum of gender and age to help those who need it.
The NGO is a unique platform to connect donors and beneficiaries, to bring together those who are blessed to help those who have unfulfilled wishes. They believe that happiness is not just an end, but a means to an end as well, and therefore do not have one focus area but 6 causes among which are education, nutrition, care for elders, relief, customizable charity and the overall cause of happiness.
The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a global, peer-to-peer network of more than 14,000 influential business owners with 198 chapters in 61 countries. Founded in 1987, EO is the catalyst that enables leading entrepreneurs to learn and grow, leading to greater success in business and beyond.
