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  • Fahim

    Fahim

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    This is Fahem. Yesterday his mother was crushed to death by a truck. This week Fahem and 19 other young people from our Topsia Evening Class are due to receive smartphones to enable them to continue their education online. Fahem is 17 […]

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  • Thank you for all your support through 2020

    Thank you for all your support through 2020

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    It has been an especially difficult year for India’s most vulnerable communities. But with the support of our wonderful donors and with Tiljala SHED’s hard work, we have been able to provide huge amounts of food relief, educational support and disaster relief. […]

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  • Saika’s Story

    Saika’s Story

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    Saika is 17 years old and lives in a a shelter beside the open sewers of Topsia in Kolkata. She lives with her father, who is a street vendor selling puffed rice and gram; her mother, a homemaker; a sister and brother. […]

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  • Disaster has Struck. Again

    Disaster has Struck. Again

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    I don’t really know how to report this. Disaster has struck. Again.   I have, for better or worse, tied myself to the fate of a handful of destitute communities in central Kolkata. For five years I have been raising funds to […]

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  • Bhola’s Story

    Bhola’s Story

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    This is Bhola. He is 16 years old and lives in the Topsia canalside squatters, a row of shacks built on a spit of land in the middle of an open sewer in central Kolkata. There are two fresh water taps for […]

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  • Taking Emergency Relief to the Sundarbans

    Taking Emergency Relief to the Sundarbans

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    DONATE HERE Cyclone Amphan Relief Campaign for Global Giving August 2020 On 27th July 2020 Global Giving awarded Tiljala SHED USD3750 for relief for those caught up in Cyclone Amphan.  These funds were donated by private individuals through Facebook as a response […]

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  • We need a new vehicle

    We need a new vehicle

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    DONATE NOW Tiljala SHED’s faithful workhorse – a grey Maruti Suzuki Eeco – is almost beyond use. We desperately need to find a replacement. Bought in 2008 this 7 seater van has been essential to all of Tiljala SHED’s activities. But right […]

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  • Distributing Emergency Rations During COVID19

    Distributing Emergency Rations During COVID19

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    It is Ramadan, the temperature is in the 30s and this little team has distributed emergency food parcels to 1650 families (almost 10,000 people) over the last month. The transportation, storage, packaging, and distribution were all handled by this small group under […]

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  • News from Kolkata during COVID19 lockdown crisis

    News from Kolkata during COVID19 lockdown crisis

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    I was last in Kolkata in January. One woman who has become a friend over the years is Razia. She lives with her disabled husband and 3 children in a shelter beside the Topsia nullah (a stinking open sewer or canal). She […]

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  • New Charitable Trust established to support Tiljala SHED

    New Charitable Trust established to support Tiljala SHED

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    The trustees very pleased to announce the establishment of a new UK registered charitable trust dedicated to supporting Tiljala SHED and other organisations committed to the relief of poverty in India and around the world. The Shanty Trust is U.K registered Charitable […]

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