Setu Charitable Trust


Setu COVID Emergency response April 2021

Bank Details for donations: Name: Setu Charitable Trust HDFC Bank Acct #: 05011450000032 IFSC# : HDFC0000501

No amount is small. Our collective effort will help overturn this crisis.



Your kindness helped Setu provide over 1.5M meals to the poorest of poor last year. Together we can yet again overcome this crisis. Setu has identified over 3000 infirm persons from leprosy patients, to HIV infected, scavengers and transgenders that need immediate assistance in the form of medicines, food, sanitation kits etc..



Setu COVID emergency response
during India lockdown





Vedant Tiwary


Setu Teen CHapter Facebook page


Setu Charitable Trust


Setu Charitable Trust, a nonprofit organziation was established in the year 1994 in the aftermath of the Mumbai riots of 1992-1993. Even prior to its official launch Setu had adopted nearly 80 children who were orphaned during the Mumbai Riots for foster care. After its formation, Setu branched into various social activities including health, education and women’s issues. Setu volunteers started working with the Qureshi community in Parbhani for abolition of child labour in slaughter houses. Very soon, Setu adopted children of sex workers, leprosy patients, scavengers for enrolment in schools. It also ran bridge courses in order to prepare them for maintaining their academic progress. Setu also ran vocational courses for children engaged in power loom industry in Bhiwandi and Malegaon by giving training in vocations like Domestic Wireman, Plumbing, Fabrication, Tailoring etc. Setu encourages participants to look for alternative jobs. Setu has helped to a large extent to end exploitation of child labour in 12 towns in Maharashtra where it works. The other field of activity which Setu steadfastly pursue is empowerment of women through Self help Groups (SHG). Beginning in the year 1998, Setu now has 1500 SHGs of women most of whom have been able to secure loans from banks or financial corporations.



setu’S response to the pandemic – A Case Study





State of migrants in India and how NGOs can be successful in crisis management
July, 2020


Our experience with past crisis, provides important lessons about what to expect and prepare for as we navigate the challenges of our future life. Each time we are challenged we have a chance to grow and come out better on the other side as individuals and as a society.


Many themes are emerging from this crisis. People across the world are so isolated, yet so much is opening up for all of us. While people are extremely terrified with the economy nosediving to a new low every day, the sense of, all are in it together is making it less threatening. It is mitigating shame of poverty, racism, casticism and truly uniting people and the shift from individualistic outlook to people seeking strength in community is apparent.


Difficulty creates resilience and brings back the focus on gratitude. Healing and evolution will happen as we move along in our personal journeys and each of us will have a story to share at the end of it.


When the decision to close schools happened around March 15th, a national debate erupted. There were growing concerns about children being deprived of mid-day meals. 30M children across the country who depended on schools for their only meal in a day across the US would be impacted. This came as a rude shock for me! I could not believe that more than providing education our schools fulfilled a very basic need in society. To add to the stress was the risk of increase in child abuse and domestic violence as children were now forced to stay home for an indefinite period as parents tried to grapple with their own trauma of losing income and healthcare in many households.


I have been very closely associated with Setu,an NGO that supports over 15000 women and children from marginalized communities in states across India. When the lockdown was announced in India most of the people in small towns and villages were still going about their own daily life struggles and triumphs, too busy to catch up with national news, leave alone world problems. Amidst this scenario, in walked the virus. People woke up to the grim reality that something was amiss and overnight things changed. My thought immediately raced to the school situation in the US. Setu supports over 500 children in small balwadis (day care centers). The only reason these children of mostly single mothers and abandoned families from the poorest of settlements come to school, is to be able to get one meal in the whole day. These are children of sex workers, orphans from riot affected areas, children working in animal slaughter houses, children of HIV and leprosy patients etc. I immediately shared the idea of supplying basic food grains to the poor families that were most affected. I started a fundraiser in the US and raised over $1000 from friends and family and what that started is an amazing story that needs to be told. A story of brave warriors and grateful hearts. I have tried to capture the story through this paper. READ FURTHER...



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So many stories and so many memories of hope, pain,hunger and poverty .A big shout out to our front line heroes. They continue to serve with the same passion and love. Setu has now made its way to the poorest of communities in small towns. Hidden from the mainstream are hundreds of migrant workers and their frail families living in small shacks, left stranded without food and money and no way to travel back to their towns.Some tried to walk back and were stopped by the police.Their only hope is that someone can feed their little ones one meal a day!



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Setu Charitable Trust


setutrust2012@gmail.com
Setu Teen chapter: vedanttiwary014@gmail.com