As long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so long can there be no question at all but that splendor of dress is a crime. ~John Ruskin
Last year, some 420 people died from cold in Uttar Pradesh alone according to a Channel News Asia report. At one of our prior meetings, members voiced their intentions to do their bit for society by organising an old clothes donation drive from students in the college. With the onset of winter, a team of volunteers (Deepa Krishnan, Kshitij Vardia, Sankshep, Ashutosh Modi,Aritri C., Ankur Poddar, Neha Bhasin, Santhosh Mahajan and Mathew Joseph) from MADF set about this project in due earnest. They made posters, notices and notably, a giant scarecrow to elicit responses from the batch. The response was phenomenal. Clothes collected stood at 120+ at the end of the second day. This drive was conducted from the 1st-6th of November 2007. We at MADF thank the students who were so generous in their giving. These clothes will be distributed to underpriviliged people in and around Ghaziabad during the Diwali holiday period. We hope that this effort of ours can truly light up their lives in this season of celebration.
