Raj Sadosh

Abohar: Rajasthan Association UK has done commendable work during COVID-19 situation for elderly people of infected families by supplying them food, accommodation and grocery bags.

Recently British Government announced some relaxation as part of many phases of the road map to lift the lockdown.The NGO thought to bring more positivity and energy with motivation among the Rajasthani Diaspora and organized “MirchiBada Fest".

Recently British Government announced some relaxation as part of many phases of the road map to lift the lockdown.The NGO thought to bring more positivity and energy with motivation among the Rajasthani Diaspora and organized “MirchiBada Fest".

It was a way to say thanks and appreciate the efforts of each individual, family or institute who have directly/indirectly been helpfulto support the motive of togetherness by various channels.MirchiBada boxes of happiness and love were prepared in house in a pure and hygienic atmosphere and NGO was live with this on Facebook page, all the Rajasthani families got tremendous enthusiasm.

The organizers were flooded with the volunteers to help in the festival. Some volunteers went to shop MIRCHI at 2 o'clock in the night to the international market which opens in the early hours of the morning. This was all to give the same taste of Jodhpur's MirchiBada. Many people from Rajasthan are in the food industry and another volunteer group of chefs which includes Ravi, Anand, Prem, Rajiv and Narendra was ready with the required protective gears. They did tremendous work by making all the items including sweet as when it comes to Rajasthan nothing is complete without sweet.

Each box of love and affection had MirchiBada, Sweet Bundi and ajwain paranthas.

The distribution of boxes was done by multiple teams in and around London. It was coordinated by Rajeev, Satu Kabra, Ajay, Amit, Jeetu, Alok, Suresh, Gaurav and Dilip along with 20 more volunteers; they delivered the boxes to more than 250 families.

NGO’s effortsduring pandemic COVID-19 were highly appreciated as ittook responsibility towards the community and led the path to support all in need either individuals, families or resources and Maheshwari Mahasabha UK, AkshayaPatra Foundation openly collaborated in this act of virtue with whole heartedly. The NGO has distributed more than 3,950 food tiffins and more than 400 ration items to the needy which includestudents, Corona Infected families, Individuals, old age home and hospital.

Taking a step further the NGO also started live shows of Rajasthani artist poets, singers, writers, etc. to keep the community busy and for children classes of different languages such as Sanskrit, Hindi and Rajasthan