Its about THEM . Lets play our part!

So, how many sweaters are you wearing?

Did you have warm milk before you snuggled in your blanket with your socks on?

Is the heater's temperature comfortable for you?

Did you like what your mum cooked for you or did you order out today ?

Confused?

Well, these questions may seem very normal and usual to all of us. But there are lakhs of people out there for whom these questions are mere fantasy and a part of million prayers.

I am talking about the one's we rather ignore when looked at the traffic signals and markets.

The ones who were either born like this or circumstances made

them live a life we generally call a "nightmare" .

Ofcourse we can't bring them all to our home and feed them but what we can SURELY do is support the NGO's, agencies and people who are trying to do so .

Aham Bhumika is one such organization based in Bhopal, India which works for orphans, destitute and widows from the rural areas and provides them with food,shelter and literacy with the help of donors.

A grain school has been organised by them to teach women read, write and do basic

arithmetic and then widen the tuition circle and provide the teachers with grains and ration.

According to me, there's absolutely no better way to feed and teach women at the same time.

The maximum we can do is help them revive this cause by donating old clothes that we are not even using, blankets which are not-so-soft for us, books that we don't need rather than taking up the space in our store rooms because these things might be trash for us but it means the world to them. Donations can be done in cash as well .

Pay them a visit as few smiles and glitter in eyes is all they need.

So, if you are still thinking how you can help them,

here's the easiest way of using your talent to help them,

If you are a photographer then its better to utilize your skills in a good way rather than posting them in an album on facebook, myspace, etc. That is what I do but have decided to guide them in a good direction. If you too think the same then you can,

Participate in the photo exhibition to raise funds.

All you need to do is send pictures related to :

• Subjects with Rural India in positive light: Examples Child nutrition, women education and empowerment, rural employment, health and sanitation. Food grains, green revolution, culture, festivals and traditions etc.

• Dark side of rural India: Examples Malnutrition and Illiteracy, child labor, droughts and floods, lack of infrastructure, child mortality, religious malpractices, discrimination etc

• Beauty: Example Landscapes, farms and rivers. Heritage and monuments, costumes, handicrafts, decoration and celebrations etc.

For more details, please refer to http://anganwadikids.blogspot.com/2010/12/photo-exhibition-for-raising-fund.html

I really think this organization is an answer to most of my questions raised in the previous articles.

So now the only question that remains is not "How do we do it?" but to

"Do we want to do it?" .

And if the answer is yes then do follow their blog - http://anganwadikids.blogspot.com/

Follow them on twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/Ahambhumika

Or on facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aham-Bhumika/120275261368589

Because they might not be one of the Shahrukhs and Sachins but they truly are the heroes of today. And lets face it, getting updates from them is just a click away .

If you are not a social networking frantic, contact them on ahambhumika@gmail.com or call Subrat on +91 98264 72718 .

And always remember , only YOU can make a difference!