One of the trust’s early gifts to a child: 6 July 2023

One folder in the trust’s records is named first donation. It holds 11 photographs, all from 6 July 2023.

Dates in this post are the dates in the file names of the photographs on the volunteers’ phones.

The pictures

A volunteer in a red shirt walks a small girl along a road. In a roadside shop with shelves of snacks and drinks he buys her something and hands it over. In another picture she looks at the camera. A closing picture shows an image of the trust’s emblem on a patterned background, and one shows a pair of cupped hands holding a few grains.

What the trust does and does not say

The trust does not know the girl’s name or story from these files and does not publish one. It says only what the pictures show: a gift of food to a child on the road.

Why it is kept

The folder reminds the volunteers that the work starts with one person. If you meet a child who needs food, a snack is a beginning, but a call to the trust or to the child helpline, 1098, begins the help that lasts.

The trust number is 97036 30893 (call and PhonePe).