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Humanitarian Mission reaches out to the needy
The Humanitarian Mission of New Jersey Arya Samaj, Inc. (HM of NJASM) gave birth to its Humanitarian Mission in 2005. The mission began by reaching out to the poor and needy in Guyana. Now it is extending its charitable arm to senior citizen homes, shelters and the homeless right in New Jersey and Tri-State Area.
Some of the homeless in New Jersey who benefited from the Arya Samaj
President of the organization, Pandit Suresh Sugrim in a press statement, said, “That feeling of helping the people who are truly in need is something that we enjoy in life.”
On December 20, 2014, the Humanitarian Mission of NJASM hosted a massive coat drive in New Jersey. “Our goal for this winter season is to provide a person in need with a piece of warm clothing and to give them comfort. Many adults and children across the country struggle during the winter months because they are unable to afford cold-weather attire due to poverty,” Pandit Sugrim said in a statement.
Pandit Sugrim made a public appeal through social media – Facebook— and in the mandirs, asking Guyanese-Americans and other denominations to donate their used clothing. “As a result, over the past few weeks, we collected a huge amount of winter clothing including coats, hats, scarves, gloves, jackets, hats and socks donated by our donors to be distributed to the homeless people in various shelters and Newark Penn Station,” he said.
With the cooperation of numerous families and different organizations the humanitarian mission headed out to shelters where dozens of coats, pants, and sweaters were handed out. One of the facility managers for the Homeless shelters Stated, “… It’s very hard for us to get donations to help the residents who live there. I wish we could get a lot of help from different organizations and now I have – from this organization here- Thank you very much!”
Despite the bitter and freezing cold weather, words could not express the gratitude and appreciation that the homeless had at that moment. As soon as the word had gotten out that there were coats being given out, many of them lined up hoping that they will receive a piece of clothing to keep warm during this brutal winter season.
According to Pandit Sugrim it was heart-breaking to see that many of these people had no families, no homes and nothing to eat. Some of them are in this situation due to the loss of jobs.
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