Every January, Greater Noida's night temperature slips under five degrees. Most of us reach for another quilt. But under the flyovers, outside the labour chowks and along the highway footpaths, hundreds of people sleep with nothing between them and the cold.
Daytime distribution misses the people who need it most — daily-wage workers return to their sleeping spots only late at night. So our teams load the vehicles after 11 pm and drive the routes our volunteers have mapped over the years: the bus shelters, the temple steps, the half-built buildings.
There is a rule on these drives: wake no one. A blanket is laid gently over a sleeping man; a rolled one is left beside a family's cart. Warmth should not cost anyone their sleep or their dignity.
One winter, we set a target of 1,100 blankets and crossed it before February — thanks to donors who funded them and volunteers who gave their nights. Local newspapers wrote about the drives; you can find those clippings on our Print Media page. But the number we remember is smaller: the elderly man near Gaur Chowk who folded his hands and said his first full night's sleep of the season came from strangers.
₹300 puts one thick blanket over one person. A monthly pledge keeps the vehicles running all season. And if you can give a night — come with us once; you will never see your city the same way again.
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