Help save thousands

of lives this

winter!

Provide relief to the

homeless with your
contribution.
 INTRODUCTION
It brings us immense joy to introduce our new initiative to
you: Project RAAHAT (English translation - Relief). Project
Raahat is aimed at helping the homeless and needy by
providing them with basics to combat extreme winter colds
such as a blanket, sweaters, gloves, socks and caps. Our aim is
to help 50,000 homeless and poor citizens.

While all of us sleep without a worry, people find it hard to

even keep themselves warm. We aim to provide relief to the
homeless during this winter season as much as possible,
specially during these trying times.
 EYE OPENING STATISTICS
An analysis of statistics on accidental deaths due to natural causes obtained from
the Open Government Data (OGD) Platform of Government of India reveals that, as
many as 10,933 Indians (an average of 781 per year) have died over the span 14 years
– due to “cold and exposure”. The numbers have been increasing ever since. In 23 of
the last 38 years (1980-2018), the human death toll (over 10,000 die every year) in
India due to cold waves was higher than that due to heatwaves. The maximum
temperatures were markedly below normal (-5.1°C or less) at most places in North
India every year, decreasing every passing season.

With these being only the reported numbers, the real numbers are believed to be
even higher. Some estimates give numbers in thousands of deaths per year.
 DONATION TRANSPARENCY PROGRAMME
We are happy to announce our “Donation Transparency”
Programme. Under this, every donor will receive timely
updates on the campaign, project or initiative they are
supporting. At every step he/she will be notified about details
regarding allocation, usage and deposition of the money
donated. Once the project work is over, the donor will also be
sent pictures and an appreciation letter from our organisation.

An email support platform for the donors -

donors@pledgeasmile.com has also been set up for anyone who
wishes to enquire about the progress of any project or any
other information. We pledge to be as transparent as possible in
our functioning and workings.