New Delhi, 3rd October 2008- ‘We the People’ (WTP), a NGO with an objective for uplifting the ‘Common Man” and a passion to contribute to the society by supporting human endeavours for elevating realities into better life experiences, are advancing the campaign ‘Sampoorn Samridhi’ to the next front.
This is an innovative project for the development of mobile hawkers, initiated jointly in collaboration with the DSFDC Ltd, under the Self – Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (SRMS) Scheme of Govt of India for persons from weaker & underprivileged section of society,It is a red letter day in this march of WTP for the betterment of the people at the grassroots, being launched by Smt. Sheila Dikshit, CM, Delhi, under its first phase, will provide 31 Acme Cold Carts, supported by DSFDC Ltd. / Govt of NCT of Delhi.
WTP’s ‘Sampooran Samridhi’ initiative to upgrade & improve the standard of life & quality of working of the common man is a technology driven solution supporting the policy of the Govt. of India for eradication of poverty & removal of social inequity. The national campaign initiated by the Govt. of India to abolish manual scavenging & to support the rehabilitation of identified persons through its schemes to provide Self Employment opportunities & arrange modern equipment & trainings.
‘Sampoorn Samridhi’ translates into ‘Complete Prosperity’, this scheme of WTP envisages not only to improve the financial condition but also to upgrade through technology with social acceptability, of the so far unorganised segment of the society.
WTP through its project ‘Sampoorn Samridhi’ for the first time in the country has created an opportunity to completely address the barriers to growth by upgrading the mobile fresh fruit & vegetable hawkers by offering a complete solution & providing them with cold carts powered by green technology with additional benefits of regularising their profession and acknowledging their entrepreneurial skills. ‘Sampooran Samridhi’ by acting as intermediaries between the hawkers, the government agencies & the like minded corporate has also opened opportunities for further growth in the financial & social status of the mobile street vendor.
The Technology of these next generation vegetable & fruit Cold Carts being provided under ‘Sampooran Samridhi’ has been developed by Acme Cold Chain Solutions Pvt. Ltd, pioneer’s in developing cutting edge Technology for cold chain & storage solutions. This initiative of WTP will modernise the working style & upgrade the standard of living of the street vendors on one hand & will provide the customers a new version of modern living with supply of fresh fruit & vegetable at the door step in clean & hygienic condition
Sampooran Samridhi team will provide complete support i.e provisions of cold cart, training to use & maintain them, facility to avail fresh farm products of superior quality, without a visit to the mandis, replenished twice daily or more if required, PCM’s charged on location, provide rickshaw vs pushcart options, assistance with acquiring licenses, facilitate micro finance assistance, insurance of carts, arrange working capital, training in sales & access to best training tools such as information on nutrition, hygiene, sanitation, membership of health plan, usage of cap, apron, gloves etc.
Talking about the initiative, Ms. Sunny Johar, Advisor, WTP, says, “Our project is the first step in a long journey to establish & build an egalitarian as well as an equitable society as dreamt by our constitution makers & being implemented by our government. Sampooran Samridhi the initiative of WTP will go a long way to integrate into the social mainstream so far excluded, the socially & economically backward poor & down trodden people. We hope & propose to pursue this idea with more vigour & expand it all over India with the passage of time in conjunction with various government schemes & with cooperation of other like minded organisation & people. We will continue to expand our horizon by creating and implementing other set ideas to propagate our basic theme of uplifting & integrating the living standard & lifestyle of poorer brethren in the society.”
‘We The People’ (WTP), constituted in 1993, is an organisation involved in the services & uplifting the ‘common man” ie “the people”, as referred to in the preamble of our constitution. It represents a group of citizens committed to create a platform & bring together like minded persons engaged in the upliftment of masses & improving the life of common man at grassroots. ‘We The People’ has implemented various schemes, concepts & ideas at state & district levels in different parts of the country towards fulfilment of its objective either by itself or in partnership with other similarly oriented organisations. Some of its large scale initiatives are Rural Health Camps, Hepatitis – B Immunisation Campaign amongst others.
Dear Citizens,
The underprivilidged and the downtrodden of our society are our responsibility. The work initiated by WTP is commendable and programs like these which are additionally supported by the Government should be maximized by us all and media to reach out to the masses and support gathered for connecting to the needy.