During the Covid crisis with the help of donations  SRST was able to distribute urgently needed food parcels to the communities most vulnerable, including the disabled the many sadhu monks, and lone widows. These wonderful souls had previously relied on begging and free Prasad food given by Ashrams and Temples, which had closed due to restrictions. The boys helped with parcels for workers who were stranded miles from home and local villagers who had lost their livelihoods. Several hundred parcels of dry goods were handed out during the first phase of lock down, helping save lives and give hope to hundreds of people.

ashram boys go out every day with food parcels for the vulnerable 

most gratefully RECeiVED 

Disabled widow nun looks to the community for help . With lock down and movement restrictions the widow nuns are not able to roam the streets begging for food which is the tradition in India

he lives a humble life

This sadhu monk was found outside a closed temple where he would go to pray and accept prashadam the blessed food 

A family to feed 

This lady was in a line of Monks hoping for a parcel for her family . She held out her sari as is the tradition when a woman asks for aid and the ashram boy gladly gave her some rice