Glimpse of Daan Utsav

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What is Daan Utsav?
#DaanUtsav (earlier called the Joy of Giving Week) is India’s ‘festival of
giving’. Launched in 2009, the festival is celebrated every year –
commencing on Gandhi Jayanti – from October 2 to 8.
From auto rickshaw drivers to CEOs, school children to celebrities,
homemakers to opinion leaders and media personnel, millions of people
from all walks of life come together during this week to give their time,
money, resources, or skills back to society. They do this by creating or
participating in events of their choice.
A giving event could be as simple as a family taking out their maid’s
children for an ice cream party, or as large as a ‘Gift Compassion’. The
latter is an event that has over 10,000 schoolchildren across India
making and exchanging gifts with their peers from different socio-
economic backgrounds every year.
In 2016, millions of people participated in more than 1,500 events across
200 cities across the country by raising several tens of crores in money
and material donations and by giving countless volunteer hours.
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Daan Utsav 2017
• Last year, the festival was embraced by people all across the
country and its biggest achievement was that it made
considerable headway in rural India. Just like during Diwali,
Christmas or Id, one can’t keep count of the people who
celebrated or the number of gifts or firecrackers that were
bought, it is impossible to provide an accurate data set for
#DaanUtsav as well. However, here are some rough estimates
for the 2016 celebrations:
• 6 million+ people took part
• 200+ cities & towns participated; Daan Utsav reached rural
India too
• 1,500+ events were organised and comprised volunteering,
donation, awareness, fundraising, and material collection
activities
• 1,700+ schools, 450+ colleges participated
• Over 1,000+ companies also participated
Lets have a wonderful
Daan Utsav this year!