On 1st April 2007, the Bangalore chapter of ~Pankhudi Foundation participated in the monthly Seva Day organized by Sri Rakum school for the blind in Indiranagar, Bangalore.
The previous day (March 30), we collected all clothes at Aarti’s place and sorted them out into bags. WE later dropped them off at Sri Rakum school and decided to be a part of the distribution process that would happen on Sunday, April 1st.
Sometime after 9AM, we entered Sri Rakum’ s premises to see a long line already in wait for the goods being donated.

Items like bags, medicines, Braille sets, talking watches, stationery, among others were being distributed.




Food was also distributed to the needy and generally people were happy during this sunny day.


In order to be a volunteer distributing these items away, we should have given our names a day before Seva day happens. Since we didn’t know this, we resorted to observing:

We later spoke to Acharya Rakum and he mentioned a shortage of Braille items and other articles which the visually impaired would find really useful. There is a place in Tamil Nadu where these kind of goods are usually sourced from. The following is the address:
Worth Plastics
48, New Thiruvalam Road,
Katpadi, Vellore-632007
Tamil Nadu
INDIA
Phone: 0416-2243939
2242739
Email: vir_worth@sancharnet.in
Acharya Rakum also gave us a list of items and their cost which gave us an idea of how to start Seva Days of our own, if the time and opportunity arise. This list of items is with me and would be helpful if we need to procure the same whenever required.